How to find free music for YouTube videos (and credit it right)

"Free music" usually means openly licensed — free to use if you follow the licence, which mostly means crediting the artist. Get that right and you keep your video safe.

Step by step

1. 1Open Music & SFX and search a mood or genre — or tap a Vibe like Lofi or Cinematic to browse.
2. 2Filter: Instrumental for no-vocals background, length, energy, and "Commercial OK" if the video is monetised.
3. 3Preview tracks, download the one you like, and copy the ready-made attribution.
4. 4Paste the credit into your video description — done.

The licences in one minute

CC0/public domain: use freely, no credit needed. CC BY: credit required. BY-SA: credit + share edits alike. Any licence with NC is non-commercial only — skip it for monetised videos. Always check the track's source page; some catalogues also sell separate commercial licences and use Content ID.