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.

[mikeshif]

Exactly!! I don’t understand what’s so difficult about randomizing the sequence of songs in a playlist each time you hit shuffle.. Cmon SPOTIFY!! Hire me if y’all need help

[nromito]

I have 24 hours of music in one of my playlists. Whenever I start a new listening session (i.e. start listening after a couple hours of not listening), and I hit "Shuffle" on the playlist, it *always* starts with the same song and then plays the same group of 10 songs as my last listening session.  

[rednblu]

Maybe try the following.

* By clicking on some track in your playlist-- Start playing your playlist of 24 hours of tracks.

* Watch your PlayQueue while you do the following.

* Toggle your Shuffle Off and On about six times until your PlayQueue looks like it is "shuffled".  (If you have sorted your playlist by TrackName, it is easy to tell when the PlayQueue looks "shuffled," right?)

[nromito]

This happens in the free version of the Android App, so I can't turn shuffle on an off unfortunately.  I only have one option and that's hitting the big green button for "Shuffle Play"

[Soundofus]

On the Desktop version, at least, you can already do that.

1 - Turn shuffle on

2 - Double click, in your library (left column), the name of the playlist you want listen to.

3 - Every time you will listen to it, it will start at a different random point.

[Guenwhyvar]

This is really rediculous. My playlist has almost 1,500 songs and today it only plays bands and artists starting with 'A'. 😞

[leon3000924]

06/05/2018

Shuffle is still broken.

Fix**bleep**.

[johnpott]

the function seems to only play the first 10 songs from my 650 song playlist. I’ve deleted the app, logged out, and listened for hours with no avail. this is coming just off the update (may 1, 2018)

[rednblu]

Did you try playing just on your console-- without casting to your fancy speakers?

[Whyyyyyyyyyyyy]

Shuffling is still broken for a large amount of songs. My saved song list is pretty long (around 1000 songs), but I probaly only hear about 200 of the songs (max).