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Slacker Radio lyrics: Up your music intelligence

If you've got a Slacker Radio subscription, you'll soon get lyrics on the iPhone, BlackBerry, and Web.

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Article updated 4/1/09 at 1:30 pm PT to correct the name of LyricFind.

Slacker Radio with lyrics
All these lyrics can be yours as part of a subscription fee. Slacker Radio

If you've ever seen this Internet-infamous video, nobody need ever remind you of the importance of song lyrics.

Soon, subscribers to Slacker Radio's RadioPlus service will be able to avoid embarrassing lyrical flubs with the help of a new lyrics tab on the iPhone, BlackBerry, and Web. Slacker Radio has partnered with LyricFind to provide the text behind the songs, which RadioPlus subscribers began seeing Tuesday, March 31, 2009, on Slacker.com. The lyrics tabs is expected to appear on the BlackBerry on April 1, and on the iPhone sometime next week.

Licensed lyrics are beginning to set a trend in mobile applications. In addition to Slacker Radio's lyrics play, TuneWikihas released its offering for Android and is working on versions of the music video and lyrics application for the other mobile platforms. The bottom line is: are you willing to pay for a tool that keeps you from making a fool of yourself in front of people you're trying to impress?