Implement an actual shuffle function

[RoninTheOrigina]

Yes, you read that right.  The "shuffle" function in Spotify is nothing more than a randomizer.  There's a difference?  YES.

RANDOM - Play one song.  The next song can be ANY song in your playlist.  Including the one you just listened to.  Though I've never had this specifically happen, I literally just heard the same song that I heard 2 songs ago.  This is how Spotify's "shuffle" currently functions.

SHUFFLE - Take your entire list, shuffle them (like cards), and play the first song in the shuffle.  Once finished, move that song off the pile.  Once the pile is depleted, shuffle the deck again and start over (maybe pop a message up).

I know enough about programming (not much) to know that shuffling is probably a bit harder than random, but come on.  I may be in the minority, but I don't have a lot of little playlists.  I have one list with nearly a thousand songs in it, because I like all the music, and am rarely not in the mood for one of those songs.  But what I can't stand is hearing the same song over and over again.  I think there may even be songs in my list I haven't heard yet, while I've heard others 4-5 times.

I know it may not matter much, but I would probably lay down the money for at least a year subscription if this feature was implemented.

EDIT: Another user pointed out that I can see what all is queued up in my shuffle by clicking the Play Queue link, and that Spotify supposedly sets up a rolling shuffle of 50 songs.  It would be nice if this range could be expanded to say 50-100% of your playlist.

EDIT 4/6/12: I just dealt with the same song 16 tracks later.  The song played the first time yesterday afternoon.  I went home, listened for a bit on my home PC (just a few songs), then started listening again this morning.  If the list recycles itself after a day, or if you log in from another computer, I see that as an area for improvement.

[jaredmcwhae]

I'm having the problem of songs from the same artist being played one after the other. I have a massive playlist with plenty of different artists and on shuffle it will line up 2, 3 and sometimes even 4 songs from the same artist in a row. Very frustrating. Not what I want when I am in shuffle. 

Never had this problem with any other player. 

Please fix 

[Blackhoule]

First: I love Spotify! Its really really good.  BUT!!!

Pls improve the Shufflemode. Its by far the worst Shuffle ive ever seen. In just one Playlist, i have over 300 Tracks and it feels like that im listening to the same 30-60 Tracks over and over and over again. Its really like this. I dont know how your Algorythm works, but it needs to be improved to have more variety from your really big range of music. Or at least the feeling to have more variety. 

[cohenfs]

Spotify, you made no improvements. "Shuffle" still does the same thing, i.e., it shuffles only the 100 songs at the top of one's playlist (whether listed by title, album, artist, or "custom"). Most of my playlists have far more than 100 songs. Why can't Spotify shuffle a WHOLE list that's loner than 100 tunes?

[cohenfs]

Apologize. My comment above ^^ is incorrect. The shuffle function only works like this when I Chromecast, for some reason. Otherwise, shuffle works fine.

[charlesahduncan]

doesn't shuffle well at all, plays 3 songs from an album, one from another then like the rest of the first album. no change noticed.

[Nytheria]

awful. repeats the same music over and over again.

[dgaunt]

The shuffle option is broken.

I have a playlist of artists I particularly enjoy (what?!), but I actually want them to be shuffled in together so I have a fairly even mix. The queue currently shuffles a select few bands in the playlist, but later down there is a solid block of two artists. No, not mixed in, but all songs by one artist, then the other. No matter how many times I re-shuffle, the function refuses to shuffle the two artists (in my case Chance the Rapper and Twenty One Pilots). It does the same thing on both the iPhone and my computer.

If the function is made to shuffle all songs, naturally it should shuffle all songs.

[chani167]

I feel like the "Shuffle" on my playlist doesn't actually work. If I skip a song or pause my music while I have to get up for a moment, it seems like it reshuffles everything as soon as I hit play. I have a 12 hour playlist and shouldn't be hearing the same song twice during a day, but it happens more often than not.

[David1016996]

Yes, as everyone has said, nothing is shuffled. Example: Artist A, artist B, Artist C in a playlist. Press shuffle, and you'll only get artist A A A A A A etc instead of A C B C A etc.  I'm actually shocked that this has been going on since 2012

[Bloodiestorb]

Needs to incorporate a "last played" function so we're not hearing the same songs over and over while other songs are neglected