The goal of the project is to interpret what influence songs have on people, but without the help from the music industry rating system. The idea is to question the top-down categorization and evaluation of music by the music industry and its popularity (sales) charts, by using Twitter social network and the comments users post quoting lyrics from songs. The newly created ratings (created by twitter users) will be compared with the ratings provided by the top music industry charts. We will use the number of times a song was quoted in Twitter messages as an indicator of its 'ratings' in the world in order to create an alternative rating system. In a way these new 'music chats' could give us a more accurate insight into the perceived 'value' of the song. These 'grassroot' charts are based on the influence of songs on people’s everyday lives, on the real emotions they evoke, and on the associations they create in people’s minds, unlike official music industry charts (like Billboard) that are solely based on album sales and the commercial success of the artist.

In a way, the application could facilitate meeting of people through feelings they associate with songs, giving them a meaningful connection or a bond. Further, the reinterpretation and the re-evaluation of songs provided by the users could give another perspective on the songs and artists, and the music industry in general.

These findings could be further used as an indicator of the direction and intensity of various globalisation (or glocalisation) processes (distribution and popularity of songs throughout the world, languages), different cultural reactions/perceptions and (re)interpretations, and the possibilities of the cultural exchange.

So, how do we use songs in our everyday lives – when, how, and how often do we express our thoughts, emotions, or ideas through song’s lyrics? What is a social life of a song? What could it mean for the music industry (or artists) that users can share their own (re)interpretations of songs and recreate music charts?