diff --git a/Docs/Changelog_SSCformat.txt b/Docs/Changelog_SSCformat.txt
index 205aac7c06..3c3378adfe 100644
--- a/Docs/Changelog_SSCformat.txt
+++ b/Docs/Changelog_SSCformat.txt
@@ -6,9 +6,12 @@ a changelog is provided here between each version.
 Notice: .ssc is not a finalized format at the moment. There are plans for a
 change to JSON, but it is unsure if this will be done.
 
-Implement .ssc at your own risk.
+/!\ Implement .ssc at your own risk. /!\
 ________________________________________________________________________________
 
+[v0.57] - AJ
+* Add #ORIGIN tag to metadata.
+
 [v0.56] - Wolfman2000
 * Implement #WARPS tag to replace negative bpm/stop gimmicks.
 
diff --git a/Docs/Changelog_sm-ssc.txt b/Docs/Changelog_sm-ssc.txt
index d4dd8722a6..11c3298de0 100644
--- a/Docs/Changelog_sm-ssc.txt
+++ b/Docs/Changelog_sm-ssc.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ sm-ssc v1.2.5 | 20110???
 * [ScreenOptions] Added SelectMultipleMessageCommand, ChangeValueMessageCommand. [AJ]
 * [UnlockEntry] Added GetCourse, GetCode Lua bindings. [AJ]
 * [UnlockManager] Added UnlockRequirement_NumUnlocked enum. [AJ]
+* [Song] Added Origin (#ORIGIN tag in .ssc) [AJ]
 
 20110428
 --------
diff --git a/src/NotesLoaderSSC.cpp b/src/NotesLoaderSSC.cpp
index 409999960d..1b9c7033de 100644
--- a/src/NotesLoaderSSC.cpp
+++ b/src/NotesLoaderSSC.cpp
@@ -178,6 +178,11 @@ bool SSCLoader::LoadFromSSCFile( const RString &sPath, Song &out, bool bFromCach
 					out.m_sGenre = sParams[1];
 				}
 
+				else if( sValueName=="ORIGIN" )
+				{
+					out.m_sOrigin = sParams[1];
+				}
+
 				else if( sValueName=="CREDIT" )
 				{
 					out.m_sCredit = sParams[1];
diff --git a/src/NotesWriterSSC.cpp b/src/NotesWriterSSC.cpp
index 3b19eb4270..5c01700586 100644
--- a/src/NotesWriterSSC.cpp
+++ b/src/NotesWriterSSC.cpp
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ static void WriteGlobalTags( RageFile &f, const Song &out )
 	f.PutLine( ssprintf( "#SUBTITLETRANSLIT:%s;", SmEscape(out.m_sSubTitleTranslit).c_str() ) );
 	f.PutLine( ssprintf( "#ARTISTTRANSLIT:%s;", SmEscape(out.m_sArtistTranslit).c_str() ) );
 	f.PutLine( ssprintf( "#GENRE:%s;", SmEscape(out.m_sGenre).c_str() ) );
+	f.PutLine( ssprintf( "#ORIGIN:%s;", SmEscape(out.m_sOrigin).c_str() ) );
 	f.PutLine( ssprintf( "#CREDIT:%s;", SmEscape(out.m_sCredit).c_str() ) );
 	f.PutLine( ssprintf( "#BANNER:%s;", SmEscape(out.m_sBannerFile).c_str() ) );
 	f.PutLine( ssprintf( "#BACKGROUND:%s;", SmEscape(out.m_sBackgroundFile).c_str() ) );
diff --git a/src/Song.cpp b/src/Song.cpp
index 96d74b4d57..5b1d7d51a2 100644
--- a/src/Song.cpp
+++ b/src/Song.cpp
@@ -1502,6 +1502,7 @@ public:
 	static int GetDisplayArtist( T* p, lua_State *L )	{ lua_pushstring(L, p->GetDisplayArtist() ); return 1; }
 	static int GetTranslitArtist( T* p, lua_State *L )	{ lua_pushstring(L, p->GetTranslitArtist() ); return 1; }
 	static int GetGenre( T* p, lua_State *L )		{ lua_pushstring(L, p->m_sGenre ); return 1; }
+	static int GetOrigin( T* p, lua_State *L )		{ lua_pushstring(L, p->m_sOrigin ); return 1; }
 	static int GetAllSteps( T* p, lua_State *L )
 	{
 		const vector<Steps*> &v = p->GetAllSteps();
@@ -1627,6 +1628,7 @@ public:
 		ADD_METHOD( GetDisplayArtist );
 		ADD_METHOD( GetTranslitArtist );
 		ADD_METHOD( GetGenre );
+		ADD_METHOD( GetOrigin );
 		ADD_METHOD( GetAllSteps );
 		ADD_METHOD( GetStepsByStepsType );
 		ADD_METHOD( GetSongDir );
diff --git a/src/Song.h b/src/Song.h
index d8dd4a20ee..c8cd697210 100644
--- a/src/Song.h
+++ b/src/Song.h
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ struct lua_State;
 struct BackgroundChange;
 
 /** @brief The version of the .ssc file format. */
-const static float STEPFILE_VERSION_NUMBER = 0.56f;
+const static float STEPFILE_VERSION_NUMBER = 0.57f;
 
 /** @brief How many edits for this song can each profile have? */
 const int MAX_EDITS_PER_SONG_PER_PROFILE	= 5;
@@ -222,6 +222,8 @@ public:
 	 * This is read and saved, but never actually used. */
 	RString	m_sCredit;
 
+	RString m_sOrigin; // song origin (for .ssc format)
+
 	RString	m_sMusicFile;
 	RString	m_sInstrumentTrackFile[NUM_InstrumentTrack];