Use case · YouTube

Royalty-Free Music for YouTube Videos

Background music that sits under a voice: steady, warm and never shouty. Credit goes in the description. 30 picks below from 366 tracks, all free with credit.

Credit generator

Checklist

Put the credit in the description: “Music: [title] by Purrple Cat, purrplecat.com, CC BY 4.0”.
Duck the music 15–20 dB under speech so your voice stays clear.
Monetized videos are fine. The music isn’t in Content ID.
Don’t upload the track itself as a “music video” to streaming services.

01 · YES

Use it, free

YouTube videos and Shorts, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X and other social media. Twitch, YouTube Live and other livestreams, plus the VODs.

02 · CREDIT

One line, every time

“Music by Purrple Cat” with a link to purrplecat.com, in your description, caption or stream panel. The license is CC BY 4.0.

03 · NO CLAIMS

Not in Content ID

None of this music is registered with Content ID, so your uploads and streams won’t get claimed by it.

04 · NEVER

Not on streaming services

Don’t upload the music to Spotify, Apple Music or any other music streaming service, and no remixes, samples or covers there. Those uploads cause false Content ID claims for every creator using the music.