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.

[Richie765ams]

Foud a solution:

APPLE MUSIC

So happy to lisiten to my full playlist again!

[martijntulp]

Apple Music doesn't seem to have shared playlists. Plus it's more expensive
than Spotify.

[lovevillain]

Yes, shuffle needs to be better all around. Another similar thing is if you say an artist you want to listen to on Alexa then it will always play like the same 5 songs.

[Kurtla]

This is highly annoying when I want to listen to large playlists or shuffle all of my saved songs. I have 1000s of songs saved but when I click "shuffle play" it only plays a few hundred and then reaches the end of the play queue and stops! 

[Kurtla]

Additionally, it plays the same few artists and ignores the vast majority of my music. This is very frustrating and I am a spotify premium user. Very tempted to switch streaming services. 

[rednblu]

Are you trying to use the Shuffle on the Spotify Web player?

[charliegreen1]

The current shuffle implemented on spotify is a joke. It repeats the same songs in a playlist of hundreds. I think it would be a simple fix to have an option that implements totally random shuffle so that you can listen to all of your music easily.

[ravenglasser]

Shuffle still favours a handful of songs while completly ignoring others. listen to your users, oncre a song has played, it should not replay unless the list restarts, the user says so, or the list is finished. unsatisfied at the moment. 

[rednblu]

Has everyone gotten the latest Shuffle on the Spotify player to work perfectly on Windows 10?

My friends discovered a specific sequence of heavy user operations that repeatably break the Web player to make it favor a handful of songs while completely ignoring others . . . .  What have you found on specific hardware and software?

[Mr_Krinklez]

Doesnt matter if I'm on win 10 or mobile, shuffle still just plays the last 40 or so songs that I added to my playlist. This is really bad, i just bought spotify premium but I think I'll be switching back to Pandora.