“SecondHandSongs is building the most comprehensive source of cover song information, by means of a database of originals, cover songs, sampled songs and sampling songs.. This advanced database stores the data in a reusable and maintainable way, and which is interconnected to many other online databases. What is a performance? A performance is a version of a work performed by one or more performing artists. A performance can be an original or a cover or sampling version. How is an original performance defined? SHS defines three types of originals for a work.

• The first (public) performance of a work
• The first recording of a work
• The first release of a work..”