Genius

Song credits, song relationships and artist song lists

Genius provides lyrics, annotations, credits, and music knowledge, plus song stories, relationships, page details, and artist song lists by popularity or release date; dates and views may be unavailable.

Get song

Get a song’s credits, story, song relationships, and page details from its title or Genius link. Relationship lists include songs shown by Genius.

Your information

Song

Song title or Genius song link, for example Bohemian Rhapsody.

ArtistOptional

Artist to distinguish songs with the same title, for example Queen.

1 credit per run

Results

What you’ll get

Each run returns the following information.

About: Information from this workflow
Album: Information from this workflow
Title: Information from this workflow
Covers: A list of items
Samples: A list of items
Writers: A list of items
Producers: A list of items
Page Views: Information from this workflow
Sampled in: A list of items
Release Date: Information from this workflow
Other Credits: A list of items
Genius Song ID: Information from this workflow
Interpolations: A list of items
Primary Artist: Information from this workflow
Featured Artists: A list of items
Genius Song Link: Information from this workflow
Song Art Image Link: Information from this workflow

Your information carries over to Studio.

About Genius

Genius returns song credits, relationships, and page details from a song title or Genius link, with an optional artist name.

It lists an artist’s songs by popularity or release date from an artist name or Genius artist link.

Built by Fous from genius.com and checked automatically; it last passed a check on Sep 28, 2026. Fous is not affiliated with Genius.

Actions

Get song

1 credit per run

Get a song’s credits, story, song relationships, and page details from its title or Genius link. Relationship lists include songs shown by Genius.

What you provide

Field	Type	Required	Description
Song`song`	Text	Required	Song title or Genius song link, for example Bohemian Rhapsody.Example: Bohemian Rhapsody
Artist`artist`	Text	Optional	Artist to distinguish songs with the same title, for example Queen.Example: Queen

What you get

Field	Type
About`about`	Text
Album`album`	Text
Title`title`	Text
Covers`covers`	List
Title`covers[].title`	Text
Artist`covers[].artist`	Text
Genius Song Link`covers[].genius_song_link`	Text
Samples`samples`	List
Title`samples[].title`	Text
Artist`samples[].artist`	Text
Genius Song Link`samples[].genius_song_link`	Text
Writers`writers`	List
Producers`producers`	List
Page Views`page_views`	Number
Sampled in`sampled_in`	List
Title`sampled_in[].title`	Text
Artist`sampled_in[].artist`	Text
Genius Song Link`sampled_in[].genius_song_link`	Text
Release Date`release_date`	Text
Other Credits`other_credits`	List
Role`other_credits[].role`	Text
Names`other_credits[].names`	List
Genius Song ID`genius_song_id`	Number
Interpolations`interpolations`	List
Title`interpolations[].title`	Text
Artist`interpolations[].artist`	Text
Genius Song Link`interpolations[].genius_song_link`	Text
Primary Artist`primary_artist`	Text
Featured Artists`featured_artists`	List
Genius Song Link`genius_song_link`	Text
Song Art Image Link`song_art_image_link`	Text

List artist songs

1 credit per run

List an artist’s songs on Genius by popularity or release date, with featured artists, dates, views and song art. Dates or views may be unavailable.

What you provide

Field	Type	Required	Description
Sort`sort`	Text	Optional	Order songs by popularity or newest release date, for example popularity.Example: Release date
Artist`artist`	Text	Required	Artist name or Genius artist link, for example Taylor Swift or https://genius.com/artists/Taylor-swift.Example: Taylor Swift
Max Results`max_results`	Number	Optional	Maximum number of songs, for example 20.Example: 55

What you get

Field	Type	Description
Songs`songs`	List	Songs in the selected order.
Title`songs[].title`	Text	Example: All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version) [From The Vault]
Song Link`songs[].song_link`	Text	Example: https://genius.com/Taylor-swift-all-too-well-10-minute-version-taylors-version…
Page Views`songs[].page_views`	Number	Example: 6667715
Release Date`songs[].release_date`	Date	Example: 2021-11-12
Genius Song ID`songs[].genius_song_id`	Number	Example: 7076626
Featured Artists`songs[].featured_artists`	List
Song Art Image Link`songs[].song_art_image_link`	Text	Example: https://images.genius.com/73d1cdd8620992686cda0642e463906b.1000x1000x1.png
Artist Link`artist_link`	Text	Genius artist page link.Example: https://genius.com/artists/Taylor-swift
Artist Name`artist_name`	Text	Name of the matched artist.Example: Taylor Swift

Example result

For Artist: Taylor Swift

JSON

{
  "songs": [
    {
      "title": "All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version) [From The Vault]",
      "song_link": "https://genius.com/Taylor-swift-all-too-well-10-minute-version-taylors-version-from-the-vault-lyrics",
      "page_views": 6667715,
      "release_date": "2021-11-12",
      "genius_song_id": 7076626,
      "featured_artists": [],
      "song_art_image_link": "https://images.genius.com/73d1cdd8620992686cda0642e463906b.1000x1000x1.png"
    },
    {
      "title": "Wood",
      "song_link": "https://genius.com/Taylor-swift-wood-lyrics",
      "page_views": 4679348,
      "release_date": "2025-10-03",
      "genius_song_id": 12274793,
      "featured_artists": [],
      "song_art_image_link": "https://images.genius.com/c4336a93ab25e17fcace592cb9bba51a.1000x1000x1.png"
    },
    {
      "title": "The Fate of Ophelia",
      "song_link": "https://genius.com/Taylor-swift-the-fate-of-ophelia-lyrics",
      "page_views": 4313076,
      "release_date": "2025-10-03",
      "genius_song_id": 12287956,
      "featured_artists": [],
      "song_art_image_link": "https://images.genius.com/20137020caed6518eafd30ae87b0c216.1000x1000x1.png"
    }
  ],
  "artist_link": "https://genius.com/artists/Taylor-swift",
  "artist_name": "Taylor Swift"
}

For developers

Run this workflow from your own code. In Studio, turn on Developer mode and create an API key.

cURL

# First set your key: export FOUS_API_KEY='YOUR_FOUS_API_KEY'
: "${FOUS_API_KEY:?Set FOUS_API_KEY before running this example}"

curl 'https://api.fous.com/v1/query' \
  --fail-with-body --silent --show-error --max-time 120 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{
  "api": "@genius",
  "visibility": "public",
  "operation": "get_song",
  "version": 1,
  "input": {
    "song": "Bohemian Rhapsody",
    "artist": "Queen"
  },
  "response": {
    "format": "json"
  }
}'

What you can do with it

Review song writers, producers, and other credits.
Explore songs that cover, sample, or interpolate a track.
Compare an artist’s songs by popularity or release date.
Track song release dates and page views.

Questions

Is Fous affiliated with Genius?

No. Fous is not affiliated with Genius. This workflow reads the public genius.com website and returns its data.

How much does it cost?

Each run costs 1 credit. With pay-as-you-go, a credit costs 1¢; monthly plans cost less per credit.

Do I need a Genius account?

No. You only need a Fous account.

How current is the data?

Fous gets the data from genius.com when you run it; repeating the same request within a day may return the saved result. Fous checks this workflow automatically; it last passed a check on Sep 28, 2026.