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[Other] Exact release date across all platforms

Spotify has exact release date information for albums - it can be viewed in the mobile app (at least under iOS, v8.5.41).

 

Using the official desktop app, however (macOS, v1.1.24.91.g4ca6d5eb) you only get the year.

 

Why the disparity? I would have thought that, if anything, the desktop app would contain more granular information, while the mobile app would contain more of a summary.

 

Year is not very granular at all - artists can do a lot in a year, and fans sometimes like to know at least the month they released something, if not also the day.

 

Thank you for reading

Updated on 2021-07-07

Hey folks,

 

Thanks for coming to the Spotify Idea Exchange and voting to make this happen.

 

We're happy to announce that this feature is now available. All you need to do is hover over the song's release year: this will show you the full song's release date 🙂

 

Once again, thanks for helping us make Spotify better, by participating here on the Community!

Top Answer
MattSuda
Spotify Star

If you hover over the release date in the new 2021 desktop app update or the web player for several seconds, the full release date will show in a popup tooltip. They should just show the full release date by default. The tooltip is slow and small.

 

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Comments
meahtenoha
Status changed to: Good idea, vote for it

Updated: 2016-12-08

Hey @rlb89408 we also think this is a good idea. We've changed the idea status and we'll continue to bring your comments and votes back to our internal teams as this grows. Thanks!



sam_lorimer

Yes please - I thought I must have been doing something wrong to fail to find this information on the desktop app!  Such a small but useful fix.

wouterbouvy

I really miss this in the desktop app. A mouse over (hover) tooltip would be good enough for me. Now I always have to grab my iPhone to check release date. Very unconvenient.

Cheleway

I need this so bad.  Even Googling release dates is a pain in the **bleep**.  

sammarcus

This is craaaazzy that this capability has still not shipped. They have the data — it's visibile on mobile— why is it redacted on desktop. Makes no sense. I see I commented on this 10 months ago with simialr sentiment. Sad to see this dragged on for so long.

Cheleway

It's not visible on my Android....Unless I'm missing something.

bayoughozt

PLEASE bring back the date information!  Recently, Spotifiy removed year of release (before that it was the full release date - strongly preferred).  I would prefer the entire date, but please at least bring back the year, at minimum.  This is critical information for some of us.  You have the data, and it's incredibly easy to surface it.  Please bring back this very useful data.

dthrift3

Great Idea, I support this!

jjdude

I'd love to be able to see the precise release date of any album/single. On both mobile and desktop.

olivertylsar

It's now on desktop. Finally! Thanks Spotify. 👌 Still missing it on android though.