At the time of writing this post, the database was listing 822.692 songs. SecondHandSongs has grown so much over time that challenge has shifted from "Are we large enough to be relevant?" to "Which are the relevant versions in these endless lists of cover songs?"

To help you navigate, we develope...

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As the number of cover versions in the database endlessly grow, so does the need to filter out the most relevant ones. There are different dimensions of relevancy, and one is: Which do our users think are the best and worst versions of each work?

To help create useful rankings, go to the Highligh...

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To help you navigate the long list of cover versions, we have expanded the "Highlights" section with a series of qualitative/subjective tags. A few examples:

• Definitive: Jeff Buckley's version of Hallelujah
• More famous than the original: Frank Sinatra's version of New York, New York...

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