Somewhere in late 2002, three young Belgians had an idea: let’s create a database of cover songs! It took a few months to put the idea into practice and create the initial website, which was launched on March 24, 2003. That’s exactly ten years ago today!

Meanwhile a lot has been happening on the ever-evolving world wide web, other cover sites came and went, but SecondHandSongs survived them all. We kept growing slowly but steadily, up to the point we can now safely claim that SecondHandSongs is the most comprehensive and accurate resource for cover song information on earth.

Of course this wouldn’t have been possible without the continuous efforts of the ever-growing team of SecondHandSongs editors. These walking music encyclopedias have always guaranteed the quality of the database and the great variety of genres and languages included. A big thanks to them!

While today is the actual birthday of SecondHandSongs, we’ll be celebrating it for a full year. We’ve been working hard preparing all kinds of exciting new features, competitions and much more, which we will launch gradually throughout the year. Be sure to follow us on Facebook or Twitter to stay updated.

Hi cover song fans,

SecondHandSongs presents a new R.E.M. cover by Peter Buffett: It's the End of the World as We Know It and I Feel Fine

A few words from Paul: Fear is the easiest way to keep humanity from evolving. From the fear of God, to the fear of paying the mortgage, to the fear of not being seen as cool. It’s a lockdown. Our culture has us in a chokehold at any cost. It doesn’t care about you or me. And fear is its go-to position. But by being fearless and "ending the world as we know it", we can usher in a new era. My new single "It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" is available now. Buy it on iTunes or listen in my store.

To celebrate this release, Paul Buffett offers 2 free copies of his album "Imaginary Kingdom"

How to win one of these? Simple: The winners are the 2 SecondHandSongs members who are the first to add a Youtube video to any performance in the database, contest starts RIGHT NOW.

Good luck!

The SecondHandSongs Team

PS: Not sure how to add a Youtube video? Check out the tutorial.

PS2: SecondHandSongs editors are excluded from this contest.