Remember the famous opening scene from the 1997 sci-fi classic Contact --the one that shows just how far into deep space radio broadcasts bearing our music have traveled?

A new website turns that mind-blowing sci-fi conceit into a real-life interactive "map" that lets you track the progress of our favorite songs--some from as far back as 1915--as they beam out into the cosmos at the speed of light.

How far away has Montell Jordan's "This Is How We Do It" gotten? How about The Rolling Stones' "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction?" You can find out about those and many other hits from past decades on lightyear.fm .

"We were inspired by the opening of 'Contact' and thought it would be fun to make it interactive," Mike Lacher, a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based writer and developer who is one of the site's creators, told The Huffington Post in an email. "While it's certainly not scientifically accurate, we think it's a cool way to get a feeling for the vastness of the galaxy, and how very small we are. It's also good to think about just how far out our species has blasted the Macarena."

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