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Google assistant plays alternative versions of songs such as remixes

Google assistant plays alternative versions of songs such as remixes

When I try and play songs on Android using Google Assistant i get non studio versions. For example, if I ask for Diamonds by Rhianna I instead get a incredibly explicit song with Kayne West rapping for about a minute (it's a remix) instead of the expected studio version. The only solution I've found is to "hide" the songs that keep coming up instead of what I want.
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MihailY
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Hey folks,

 

We just wanted to let you know that we've reopened the investigation on this issue. We'll keep you posted on any updates in this thread.

 

Cheers,

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The workaround suggested on this thread is rubbish. Years later and the behaviour is still the same. 

 

Ask Google home to "Play Yellow Submarine by the Beatles" and it plays a "Yellow Submarine Mini Documentary". 

 

Ask it to play "Shiny by Jemaine Clement" and it plays the Maori version instead of the main Disney soundtrack version.

 

Just two examples but it does this all the time, picking random covers or alternate language versions instead of the obvious top hit when you search manually. 

A bump on this - Metallica Master of puppets plays the live version instead of normal (would think the normal would be a huge hit considering it was featured in stranger things) Thanks

Hey folks,

 

We just wanted to let you know that we've reopened the investigation on this issue. We'll keep you posted on any updates in this thread.

 

Cheers,

MihailYModerator
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