Cda song in e-mail won't play

Someone sent me a song that wouldn't play. It said "Track 1 cda (44bytes)"
Do I need some kind of microsoft software to play this? (I have none) People mostly send me mp3's. I assume this is not an mp3? (There is a pic that looks like a white page with the top right corner bent down.)

those 'cda' files are not songs at all. Your friend had inserted an audio CD, and the 'cda' files are just dummy files that tell their computer, "Hey! Start playing from track 1".
44 bytes is tiny, it's not even large enough to contain this short reply to your problem. There isn't any useful information in the file, for a mac or a pc.

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Cda song in e-mail won't play

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