Lyrics Plugin For Windows 7 Media Player 12

Lyrics Plugin is a free plugin that adds Lyrics in both Windows Media Player and Winamp Player. The plugin works perfectly with Windows Media Player 12 in Windows 7. After you have installed the plugin, simply play a song in Windows Media Player and it will show you the lyrics in the Now Playing mode.

Windows Media Player Lyrics

I don’t know the source where it takes the lyrics from since the author hasn’t mentioned it anywhere. If the lyrics for a specific song are not found then you can add one yourself, but so far it showed the lyrics of every favorite song that I played.

Download Lyrics Plugin

If you are looking to add lyrics to iTunes, check out LyricToy. Enjoy!

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68 Comments

  1. Posted October 27, 2009 at 1:41 am | Permalink

    My favourite Lyrics software is Minilyrics, since it displays fully synchronised lyrics. I love its floating window which displays lyrics without ever getting in your way.
    The only problem with Minilyrics is that it is slightly buggy.

  2. sinisteric
    Posted November 29, 2009 at 8:08 pm | Permalink

    just some advice for guys with Windows 7 and windows media player (wmp) 12:

    close wmp before downloading the plugin. If wmp doesn't open after the plugin downloads, just restart computer or log off and log back in.

    works great otherwise. thanks!

    • jason
      Posted July 14, 2010 at 2:18 pm | Permalink

      dll error in windows 7

  3. Carlsone
    Posted December 1, 2009 at 11:57 am | Permalink

    I have installed the beautiful plugins..It works one the first re-start, but after the plugins will never show.
    In fact it is shows on the section plugins but it don't run when I start a music.

    Can you help me?
    Thinx

  4. Carlsone
    Posted December 1, 2009 at 4:57 pm | Permalink

    I have installed the beautiful plugins..It works one the first re-start, but after the plugins will never show.
    In fact it is shows on the section plugins but it don't run when I start a music.

    Can you help me?
    Thinx

  5. Carlsone
    Posted December 1, 2009 at 9:57 pm | Permalink

    I have installed the beautiful plugins..It works one the first re-start, but after the plugins will never show.
    In fact it is shows on the section plugins but it don't run when I start a music.

    Can you help me?
    Thinx

  6. W7
    Posted January 12, 2010 at 1:18 am | Permalink

    For Carlsome, you need to switch to Library Mode, when you open a song, then press Alt key and look for the menu View, then Plug-ins, then watch if the “Lyrics Plugin” is selected, if don't just do it and then switch back to Now playing mode. That's all.

  7. alex
    Posted January 12, 2010 at 5:30 am | Permalink

    coool! thx a lot!

    • ashish
      Posted June 14, 2010 at 9:06 am | Permalink

      thanks alot man!!!!!

  8. Carlsone
    Posted January 12, 2010 at 12:14 pm | Permalink

    Yeah thinks a lot W7….thinks for the many karaoké I will do!!

  9. Melissa
    Posted January 15, 2010 at 1:43 pm | Permalink

    why does windows live messenger show *what i'm listening to* only for the first song? Can you help me?

  10. paulinavita
    Posted January 16, 2010 at 7:04 am | Permalink

    just change your song and then play again the previous song. it kinda lag. happens to me most of time, but if u see from the others' msn, they will still see the song.

  11. kurenai
    Posted January 17, 2010 at 1:26 pm | Permalink

    i download the pluggin but it doesn't works

  12. missAlexa
    Posted February 18, 2010 at 9:58 am | Permalink

    This plug-in just made my day!

  13. akabeng
    Posted February 21, 2010 at 8:39 am | Permalink

    ya~~ made my day too~~

  14. kalxainictra
    Posted March 1, 2010 at 9:22 pm | Permalink

    wow…….. this is great…..
    thank you!!!! <3

  15. drizet
    Posted March 21, 2010 at 4:02 pm | Permalink

    click on view, then on plug ins' u'll c there the lyrics plugin. if it has a sign that says thats its in use, click on it and then click on ctrl+1 and do thw same thing again

    • krishna
      Posted August 22, 2010 at 2:33 pm | Permalink

      thanks mate…
      it works… awesome steps..!!

  16. drizet
    Posted March 21, 2010 at 4:06 pm | Permalink

    i rly like this program, but there is one big problem:sometimes the edit button goes under the play and pause and stop buttons so i cant edit. wat do i do???

    • John
      Posted April 19, 2010 at 4:06 pm | Permalink

      Hi,
      I have same problem. Do U have had a solution yet?
      I resize the window to be so long to pull the Edit button from under the Play button. But if the lyric is too long, I cannot resize the window long enough.
      I have a suggestion for the author/programmer: insert several empty lines after the Edit and Configure buttons. It can help.

      • Kaza
        Posted May 14, 2010 at 7:27 am | Permalink

        Hi,
        If you want to edit the lyrics, right click the bar and choose show list. The lyrics screen will be minimized, then you can press the Edit, Search Google or Configure. Hope this help =)

        • nicolas
          Posted May 25, 2010 at 10:14 pm | Permalink

          THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

  17. Hung
    Posted April 8, 2010 at 1:54 pm | Permalink

    thank you

  18. Jason
    Posted April 16, 2010 at 10:13 pm | Permalink

    every time i close WMP plug-in disables itself automatically….Hope the author releases a new update for it….:/ :/ :/

  19. vince00
    Posted April 17, 2010 at 3:43 am | Permalink

    Thanks guys! it is truly awesome, i love it! i dont really mind switching in library mode, pressing Alt and choose lyrics plugins everytime =)! thx again

  20. poepsel
    Posted April 24, 2010 at 3:02 pm | Permalink

    Lyrics plugin displayed the song at windows mediaplayer 12 only if I online.
    When a played musik other home, and i have no internet, then the site in wmp12 is blanc.
    what can i do ??

  21. vagabond
    Posted May 13, 2010 at 8:54 am | Permalink

    ::It’s fucking awesome…..::

  22. lacee
    Posted May 15, 2010 at 5:09 pm | Permalink

    worked well with xp sp3 fantastic plugin however the newly installed win 7 does not support it… got some error message :@

  23. lacee
    Posted May 15, 2010 at 5:13 pm | Permalink

    talking about WINAMP indeed

  24. steen fn
    Posted May 25, 2010 at 10:38 pm | Permalink

    Thanks a lot. Works fine on Windows 7 for me. Tip for lacee … I read somewhere else that it helps if You uninstall and reinstall. My music isn’t middle of the road … but so far the plugin have found every lyric. Thanks again for the very helpful instruction on how to use it.

  25. Roxas1992
    Posted June 1, 2010 at 6:02 pm | Permalink

    HI! I’ve got a problem with lyrics plug in in WMP12, Windows 7.
    When i try to change the color settings i encounter the following problem: I press the configure button ,I make the changes ,and i click save… but the problem is that no changes are made!!
    When i try to configure it again it seems to have saved my preferences but the color in the actual lyrics won’t change… Any solution would be appreciated!

  26. William Butterell
    Posted June 8, 2010 at 12:47 pm | Permalink

    Hi,
    On Windows Media Player 12 (Windows 7), after you play a video file, you have to delete and re-install the plug-in to get it to display lyrics again in now playing. Please help!

  27. Roxas1992
    Posted June 8, 2010 at 2:23 pm | Permalink

    Problem solved! I just had to run WMP12 in administrative mode and configure it…
    I think that most problems will be solved if you run WMP as administrator…

    • yc630
      Posted June 27, 2010 at 7:43 am | Permalink

      Run programs in administrative mode is not a good idea. I hope the next version can solve this problem….

  28. Pedro
    Posted June 30, 2010 at 11:01 pm | Permalink

    Yet it works. Had the same problem here. Just did as you said and fixed it. You just have to do it once, and the changes stick for good.

    Thanks a lot, Roxas. I would never figure it out, and it bothered me everytime I used the plugin…

    =)

  29. Akshay
    Posted July 22, 2010 at 7:37 pm | Permalink

    Really amazing piece of software and so light on the system too…!
    ~~kudos~~

    By the way, i was wondering if there is any way if those lyrics can be embedded by the software automatically into the mp3 file so that i don’t have to remain connected to the internet for the same song being played…or better still, those embedded lyrics could also be displayed on a portable music player too… woudn’t that be great!

  30. adi
    Posted August 18, 2010 at 11:25 am | Permalink

    excellent plug-in……. displays lyrics of all songs alryt any language………..(script is the default for your comp)
    but can someone tell me how to save the lyrics so that i can use it evn whn offlyn…….

  31. Chhouda
    Posted August 19, 2010 at 3:50 am | Permalink

    THANK YOU!

  32. Mati
    Posted August 22, 2010 at 6:41 am | Permalink

    Excellent plug-in.
    Works for other languages too. (French, Hebrew) fantastic.

    Thank you very much.

  33. Iliana
    Posted August 23, 2010 at 1:43 am | Permalink

    I have a lot of time using this plugin and it was fantastic, but days ago it started to show me the wrong lyrics. It shows correct artist name and title but the lyrics doesn´t match o_O. I uninstalled and reinstalled and nope. And when I try to edit, appears a blank popup… I don´t know what to do. Hope someone can help me -_- Thanks in advance :)

    • Cire87
      Posted August 24, 2010 at 12:00 pm | Permalink

      I am also having the same problem and i dont like it! Any advice anyone?

    • SeroujK
      Posted August 25, 2010 at 1:04 am | Permalink

      same problem :S this sucks :’(

  34. Sabini
    Posted August 24, 2010 at 8:40 pm | Permalink

    Iliana i’m having the same problem!!! and i don’t like it at allllll.. can anyone help?

    • Iliana
      Posted August 25, 2010 at 6:47 am | Permalink

      I´m not the only one… this is a problem with the plugin, not our computers, I guess. I´ve been looking for an email to contact the creator of it. I tried WHOIS to know who is the owner of the site… but no results either ¬¬ yeah, I don´t know what else to do -_-

      • ReesesPuffs
        Posted August 25, 2010 at 8:44 am | Permalink

        oh god im soo glad i aint the only one with this problem. you dont know how many websites ive been too looking for anything. id wish someone would help!

  35. Emitala
    Posted August 25, 2010 at 9:14 am | Permalink

    wow people… i came to here because i have the same problem!! 3 or 4 days ago lyric plugin show me wrong lyrics!! I’m really angry because I loved read the songs!

    I wait por a help!
    (excuse me if my english is not good)

    • sengkuang
      Posted August 26, 2010 at 12:27 am | Permalink

      i’ve been using this plugin for a long time
      but
      i got the same problem too
      i try to edit the lyric
      but a only a blank page appear
      hope someone could help in this problem

      thanks :)

      • Hansen
        Posted August 26, 2010 at 1:03 am | Permalink

        Hello from Denmark

        I sure hope some one fine a answer to this problem to, because i have been looking at my pc but nope not there, i have been surfing internet like you did no answer to that problem, so i try some other programs but not quite the same….
        Is the program just over shop closed or what? If so does anyone know a program to use instead???
        (sorry my english is not so good)

  36. Sabini
    Posted August 26, 2010 at 3:20 am | Permalink

    That’s too bad i loved my lyrics plugin =(

    Please if anyone finds anything about this problem could you let us know.. thank you!

    • Pawel
      Posted August 27, 2010 at 7:30 pm | Permalink

      I’ve got a windows 7 & wmp 12 and this plugin works great if mp3 tags are correct (sometimes are numbers before title or artist tags – in windows explorer in windows 7 can we this corrected manually).

      I had many these songs with not exactly tags, so I haven’t lyrics. I tried edit but hardly never I can saves lyrics (blank screen) so I was looking for better solutions for lyrics and I downlaoded Winamp 5.5. In winamp 5.5 is builtin option to view lyrics (option: OnlineServices \ MetroLyrics ). This working similary to our plugin in wmp, mp3 tags must exactly match.

      I hope this help you.

      • Iliana
        Posted August 28, 2010 at 2:42 am | Permalink

        Thanks for your help :) Unfortunately I don´t think its a tag problem because the plugin used to work pretty well for all of us until now. I have win 7 and wmp 12 too, and before I noticed that many people have the same problem, I checked the tags thing… but that´s not the solution -_-

        I hate winamp but haha, if this problem doesn´t have a solution in the next future, I think I´ll download it because I really want my lyrics back o_O

        Thanx again Pawel :)

        • Pawel
          Posted August 28, 2010 at 2:19 pm | Permalink

          Could you write here example of title and artist that lyrics are wrong? All lyrics are now wrong?

          • Iliana
            Posted August 29, 2010 at 2:02 am | Permalink

            For me, are all wrong =/

            And here´s the example:

            The Siren by Nightwish

            Day after day alone on the hill,
            The man with the foolish grin is setting perfectly still,
            But nobody wants to know him,
            They can see that he’s just a fool,
            And he never gives an answer,
            But the fool on the hill
            Sees the sun going down,
            And the eyes in his head,
            See the world spinning around.

            Well on his way his head in a cloud,
            The man of a thousand voices talking percetly loud
            But nobody ever hears him,
            Or the sound he appears to make,
            And he never seems to notice,
            But the fool on the hill . . .
            ————-
            and the correct lyrics are

            A lady with a violin playing to
            The seals
            Hearken to the sound of calling

            Who tied my hands to
            The wheel?
            The zodiac turns over me
            (come to me)
            Somewhere there my fate
            Revealed
            I hear but how will I see…

            • Pawel
              Posted August 29, 2010 at 11:46 pm | Permalink

              hmmm when I had changed tags of one mp3 to The Siren and Nightwish I got the correct lyrics. I don’t know why you have wrong:(

              • Iliana
                Posted August 30, 2010 at 11:27 am | Permalink

                I changed the tags too and nope, doesn´t work -_-. The weird thing here is that the plugin used to work perfectly fine weeks ago with all my songs and now, none of them are correct. It could be my problem with a few songs, but no. Plus, now I can read that a lot of people have the same problem… and ahh, sometimes is hilarious to see a sad song with happy lyrics but this is becoming more and more annoying. Anyway, thanks for your help dear *hug*

  37. Daniel
    Posted August 28, 2010 at 2:51 am | Permalink

    same problem

    • Hansen
      Posted August 28, 2010 at 4:49 am | Permalink

      It is working right now :) :) but for how long haha… we hope, is there a service mail adres or a website ?

      • Iliana
        Posted August 29, 2010 at 2:05 am | Permalink

        I didn´t see that, but wrong lyrics again. Look at this:

        Carry On – Angra

        Tak się boję o siebie
        Że zostanę sam
        O swój psychiczny stan

        Tak się boję o siebie
        Że zostanę sam
        O swój psychiczny stan

        o_O

        • Cire87
          Posted August 29, 2010 at 11:05 am | Permalink

          you think thats bad?
          heres the lyrics for The Hand That Feeds – Nine Inch Nails

          “Sun chiar de treaba,daca ajungi sa ma cunosti bine
          Dar nu ai cum sa o faci,deci raman tot un nemernic pentru tine”

          all i gotta say is….wow

          • Iliana
            Posted August 30, 2010 at 11:38 am | Permalink

            Look at this:

            Concerto en mi mayor, Primavera, opus 8 No. 1, Allegro
            Antonio Vivaldi

            [Chorus 1]
            I don’t want to move too fast, but
            Can’t resist your sexy ass
            Just spread, spread for me
            (I can’t, I can’t wait to get you home)
            Don’t want to come on too strong, but
            I’ll play in you all day long
            Just spread, spread for me
            (I can’t, I can’t wait to get you home)

            I didn´t know that Vivaldi wrote lyrics for his concerts… quite open mind for his time xD: “Can’t resist your sexy ass” o_O

  38. Emina
    Posted August 29, 2010 at 10:11 pm | Permalink

    Yep it’s bad alright…. it was working fine till last week and now its suddenly started giving weird combination of song and its lyrics….i mean come on , for a Japanese song i’m getting French lyrics!! Even for every day songs like those of Beyonce , Enrique or even hindi songs its not working.

    Here’s for 50 Cents – Candy Shop

    ※ほら stand up 立ち上がりな
    誇り刻むジーンズ
    この荒野ひとり佇むオマエの胸にしみるGin
    風に揺れるロッキングチェア
    揺さぶられる radio の beats
    さぁ歩き出すぜ feelin’ high singin’
    マスターピース※

    Bust it スターティングオーバーなら
    ローカルからグローバルまで
    乗っかるクラシック 道を転がる音楽を楽しむ
    ガス代と等価交換でサーチン
    晴れの日も雨の日もハート晴れ渡っちまうな
    消えちまうぜ、ハザード
    振り切る風、伸び切ったカセットから今日も聞こえんだろ?
    My Brother!

    Hey Sister! 祝いのKissとHug
    出来ちゃったね 生粋のSound
    はにかんではポッ(照)
    運を編んでる 君とからんで
    喜びはらんでる(済)
    手にも目にも汗かいて掴んだ上にも
    まだ目眩のするような
    キリのないずっと先があるのだろうけど
    鳴らせスナップ 受けて立つさ
    さあRestart 生まれ変わるぜ
    異端児な坊や達の新たなスタンダード

    △Hey! You! Hey! 轟け魂
    このBrand-new shit
    Hey! Hey! You! Hey!
    受け取れピースを、マスターピースを(×2)△

    優雅な朝から始めよう
    風に吹かれても この太陽
    心に抱いて感じるままに過ごすだけ
    よりダイナミックに歌うリリック
    もう嫌なことなんて全部吹き飛ばして
    ほら Growingだ Always
    このまま遠くへ行こう Hey Daddy!

    ハイ〜 Mammy! 聞こえるかな?
    この詩に魂と歌詞溶かして
    バリバリなハッピーチューンをレペゼンチョー
    超クラシックをプレゼントしよう
    歴史的ショータイム招待
    それは君が思うより壮大
    エッポクメイキングで皆ブレイキング
    集まりなフリーク これがマスターピース

    (△くり返し)

    And let it go.(×4)

    (※くり返し)

    Hey! You! Hey!
    Hey! Hey! You! Hey!(×2)

    Is there any way to change the site from where the plugin is getting the lyrics? Right now it is configured to get the lyrics from the site “www.lyricsvip.com” and i want to change this ….is there any way to do so?

  39. RedxD
    Posted August 30, 2010 at 8:42 am | Permalink

    hey guyz im having the same problem :S look

    St Jimmy – Green Day

    dame tu corazon
    pequeño como un limon
    tu dame tu corazon
    pequeño como un limon

    hay mira chikita yo se que te gusta cuando te pones brava te gusta chiquita la peleita
    pero yo quiero saber de que esta hecho tu corazon yo quiero saber si esta dulce o amargo

    dame tu corazon
    pequeño como un limon tu dame tu corazon pequeño como un limon
    hay mira chikita yo se que te gusta cuando te pones brava chikita la peleita

    yo lo siento cuando canta como un escalofrio frio como una cosita que yo no entindo como te lo puedo explicar
    a veces siento a veces canto a veces duermo pero a veces muerdo.

    dame tu corazon
    pequeño como un limon tu dame tu corazon pequeño como un limon

    oye no seas cruel que hoy me he puesto perfume de clavel y llegao como un pincel pa paseartelo por la piel
    si no hay ningun hotel
    po por debajo del mantel mujel yo voy a sel franco si tu no me lo das yo te lo arranco , mamita yo no soy manco por las orejas brotando humo como chimenea este tipo por ti se mea
    dulcinea las que son feas las torea y las bonitas las bombardea

    dame tu corazon
    pequeño como un limon tu dame tu corazon pequeño como un limon
    damelo dame tu corazon yo quiero saber porque no me lo das
    hay tanta gente en tu vida que no se si quepo yo pero es que no quiero entrar yo no te digo nada pero mi guitarra si mi gur¡itarra si
    dame tu corazon…

    buscas una perfecta candidata
    pa irse de regata con este pirata
    aqui hay conexion y no es cibernetica
    esta carroza tiene buena genetica
    niguna mujer guapa se me escapa este sudaca no se come cualquier cachapa aqui hay conexion y no es cibernetica
    esta carroza tiene buena genetica

    WTF is that?!?

    • Iliana
      Posted August 30, 2010 at 11:33 am | Permalink

      Haha, OMG, I´m sorry RedxD, your song makes me laugh a lot because I think is a reggaeton song or something and its funny. Unfortunately our problem is not. Maybe we will need the help of an expert with this kind of stuff or find another plugin. It´s so weird that on lyricsplugin.com there isn´t a contact email of the creator… so weird…

      • RedxD
        Posted August 31, 2010 at 4:51 am | Permalink

        LOL i haven’t noticed hahaha, well i was looking for others plugins but i didn’t find any that i liked :S

  40. Emitala
    Posted September 1, 2010 at 7:04 am | Permalink

    Now it’s working!!! I’m really happy. :D :D :D

    • erry
      Posted September 2, 2010 at 7:27 am | Permalink

      is it really working? mine is still not :(

      • RedxD
        Posted September 2, 2010 at 8:47 am | Permalink

        mine was working just about 7 hours ago now i’ve just checked and it’s not working :S

  41. Iliana
    Posted September 2, 2010 at 10:09 am | Permalink

    Nope, not working yet ¬¬

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