topic Re: How do I add something to the START of the queue? in Desktop (Windows)

How do I add something to the START of the queue?

BobGohd — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 16:30:39 GMT

Plan

Premium

Country
Canada

Device

PC, Android phone, Android TV

Operating System

Windows 10, Android

My Question or Issue

How do I play a whole album or playlist? Currently it only plays the first song on the album and adds the rest to the end of the queue.

Here's how it should work:

- Add to Queue should add the items to the end of the queue
- Clicking play on an album (or playlist) should play that album in it's entirety (currently it plays the first song on the album and adds the rest to the end of the queue). Maybe a Play Next option, located right next to Add to Queue, would add the items to the start of the queue

Thanks

Re: How do I add something to the START of the queue?

Xenia — Sat, 25 Jul 2020 13:48:47 GMT

Hey there @BobGohd,

Thanks posting here and welcome to the Community! We'll gladly help you out.

Adding a specific song or a whole album to the Play Queue should place them at the top, right after the currently played track.

If the new items you add to the queue are moved to the end instead, we'd recommend that you try a clean reinstall to see if that makes a difference.

If that doesn't fix the issue, a couple of screenshots or a video would help us investigate this further. You can use the Insert Photos / Insert Videos option in the post editor to do this.

Could you also confirm if this happens only on one device or across all devices you use?

Thanks - Keep us in the loop!

Re: How do I add something to the START of the queue?

BobGohd — Sat, 25 Jul 2020 16:13:17 GMT

ok here's the queue:

I go to an Artist page, find and album and click play on the album:

It adds it and plays the first song. The Queue/Next up page now looks like this:

The next song to play in this example is "Casual Affair" by Tonic.

It should play the whole Garbage album before going back to the Tonic album.

Note, it's not a reinstall, as it happens on multiple devices (including the webplayer) and on multiple accounts (I had someone else test it).

Thank you for responding, and I look forward to your solution.

Cheers

Re: How do I add something to the START of the queue?

ChayBlay — Sat, 08 Oct 2022 15:20:07 GMT

Bump. Having this same issue and know that reinstall won’t fix as it happens on every device. Is there a solution for this?

Re: How do I add something to the START of the queue?

AlejaR — Sun, 09 Oct 2022 15:45:53 GMT

Hey @ChayBlay,

Thanks for your reply in this thread.

We'd like to gather as much info as possible. Can you share with us the exact make/model and operating system of your device along with the Spotify version you have installed?

On another note, did you notice if this started to happen after a specific event, such as an OS update? If yes, please send us the details.

Lastly, would you mind sending us a video recording of the behavior you're describing? You can attach the video in your next reply in mp4 format, or you can also upload it to YouTube or Google drive and make it public, so we can watch it.

Keep us in the loop!

Re: How do I add something to the START of the queue?

Moekoenig — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 13:25:17 GMT

Hey there, so I have the exact same issues and it's really annoying. You Choose an album or playlist (since that's what you want to listen to at that moment) and it plays the first song and then continues back to the queue (that could be from 2 days before).

Same thing, when adding songs to your queue, they appear at the very end (which can be a long way down) and when you clear the queue, those queued songs are cleared as well and you have to start from the beginning.

Please help me/us out with that problem. Other than that I greatly enjoy Spotify.

Cheers moe

Re: How do I add something to the START of the queue?

OscarDC — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 14:14:43 GMT

Hey @Moekoenig,

Welcome to the Community and thank you for joining the conversation.

We appreciate your feedback regarding this function. If you want to show your support for it, a similar idea has already been posted here. Feel free to add your vote by hitting the thumbs-up button, and subscribe to it to be aware of any updates. We'd also recommend taking a look at its status for more info. Any relevant updates about this will be posted there.

If anything else comes up, the Community will be here for you.

Re: How do I add something to the START of the queue?

JoséWordPlayer — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 03:35:49 GMT

Bob said in 2020 "Maybe a Play Next option, located right next to Add to Queue, would add the items to the start of the queue" ; we are almost reaching 2026 and still no implementation of that, thus spotify queue still sucks.