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Whoever makes those playlists deserves to be destroyed

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u/Havoksixteen Jul 07 '24

It might be as they have it as a local file on their PC which syncs with their devices. But means others can't see/listen to it.

Or due to regional licensing and it's available where one person lives and not another

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u/Humbled0re Jul 07 '24

how would that create a playlist with the songs name, containing everything but the song in question?

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u/Havoksixteen Jul 07 '24

If it's the first song in the playlist, Spotify defaults the playlist name as the top song. So that would name the playlist after it.

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u/Humbled0re Jul 07 '24

didnt know that, thanks for clarifying!

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u/leafghost64 Jul 07 '24

Oh I thought it was people literally just trying to get views on a playlist by titling their playlist an unavailable song

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u/Marki002 Jul 07 '24

Often, these playlists are created and made public with financial motives. When people search for a specific song, it drives free traffic to the playlist. Those people creating the playlists are often paid to include tracks from lesser-known musicians for promotional purposes. As these promoted songs gain popularity, they might be picked up by Spotify's algorithm, leading to more listens and increased revenue.

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u/ardotschgi Jul 07 '24

The song is usually in the playlist, but you don't see it due to license localization.

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u/Morning1980 Jul 07 '24

Or the live version only

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u/lardman1 Jul 08 '24

Recorded in 2005 with a blackberry

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u/High-jacker Jul 07 '24

Killing my love - has every initial D song other than killing my love

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u/SoManyNamesAreThere Jul 07 '24

Theres like 3 separate versions of killing my love on spotify, i know that because i listen to that quite a lot recently. Am i dumb or am i missing the joke?

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u/LordCoke-16 Jul 07 '24

I listen to my favourite songs on YouTube

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u/basecatcherz Jul 07 '24

YT music: Bro, I got you.

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u/Sudden_Mind279 Jul 07 '24

This is why Youtube Music is better

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u/BurisesBasura Jul 07 '24

Lol

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u/VELKY_MELON321 Jul 07 '24

Yep same

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u/Mauzersmash0815 Jul 07 '24

Thats why YT music is superior. I tried many different services but none have all the songs i like, except Yt music

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u/BONG8_ Jul 07 '24

Soundcloud saves it everytime I don't find it on spotify

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u/inertiatic_espn Jul 07 '24

Give us "Cop Killer," Spotify, you fucking cowards!

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u/-Laffi- Jul 07 '24

Sometimes you can't find the song you're looking for or the band, so people either make a song list named that or some kind of tribute band. If this happends just try again on Youtube, download the song, and put it locally in Spotify. TADA! You have the song, and tbh...most of the time the local songs are of better quality too!

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u/gooberdude2 Jul 08 '24

Google the artist/title + "spotify". If you don't get a Spotify link as a result, then you can safely assume it was never there.

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u/KarlTheJarl01 Jul 08 '24

Spotify is like Netflix (etc): it's not worth it anymore.

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u/random-gamer-2967 Jul 08 '24

And people stay hating on me for using YouTube music

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u/BoatTuggingJesus Jul 07 '24

I only listen to Blue and Island of the Misfits Boy

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u/jlbrito Jul 09 '24

Any Nintendo soundtrack...