Display song info/art

What add-in/plug-in programs are there for itunes that displays album art/song info for each song when they change in itunes, especially when itunes (or other player) is minimized? I used to have one, but my hard drive crashed, and I forgot what it was called.
TIA,
Blair

There are several, but I happen to like the Yahoo Widget Engine:
http://widgets.yahoo.com/
Install it, then go to the gallery:
http://widgets.yahoo.com/gallery/
and search for iTunes

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