[All Platforms] Option to have a true shuffle

[jonathanleyerle]

So I’ve been noticing more and more recently that Spotify’s default shuffle feature doesn’t fully shuffle your songs. It does some sort of grouping to try to get similar songs together based off of what I’m sure is dozens of factors. Every time I shuffle a playlist (the one I noticed this with the most is ~100 songs and 6 hours of mostly full albums) it will group the songs mostly or completely together by album/artist, and given the number of times I’ve re-shuffled and checked the order there’s no way it’s just a coincidence. They also generally seem to be in the same order as well. If I hit shuffle play on a playlist it’ll generally put the same artists at the beginning every time.

With larger playlists of albums I am really not a fan of this shuffling method. If I have 6 hours of music on a playlist I will hardly ever have 6 hours to actually listen through the whole thing, but when I do listen to it I would like to hear all of the music on it equally, and not just the artist or two your algorithm likes to shuffle to first.

Anyways, I’m a reasonable man, all I’m asking for is an option to have a true shuffle (take all songs in the list, put them in a random order, and once they’re all played reshuffle them and play them again). Make it premium only if you want. I don’t think you should scrap the current shuffle algorithm because it sucks. Looking at some of the suggestions on here it seems like some people lobbied hard to have it that way. Just add an option for a true shuffle for those of us that don’t care about potentially getting the same song twice in a row.

[Coenicorn]

year 4 of waiting for a true shuffle. How can it be this hard? Look at what spicetify shuffle+ does with the fisher-yates sort, please just do it, current shuffle is absolute dogwater. Sometimes algorithms don't make an app better, beauty from simplicity man.

[Someone209]

Please do this Spotify.. All it takes is a little effort, but you will make my 900+ songs playlist and those of others that much more valuable. Algorithms don't work on large playlists, because it results in 80% of the playlist getting buried behind the initial 20% you do have the time to listen to.
I have various playlists based on moods and genres, I want to be able to switch between them knowing that the next time I play a list it's not going to be the same distribution of songs again and again.

Another feature suggestion would be to remember the shuffle of a playlist so that when I do decide to get back to a large playlist, I can continue where I left off and don't have to hear the same songs over and over again before getting to the rest.

[Someone209]

So... When is this coming?

[rozeboosje]

*Ian Paisley* NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, NEVER */Ian Paisley*

[csptt]

Why not add a simple shuffel without repeat song?

It was on a old mp3 before, must be a simple code for that?

shuffel all songs 1 time

[BerkshireGregory]

My experience with this is that Spotify has applied some kind of "smart" thinking which replays the most played songs. This results of course in a kind of endless loop and I only get to hear a small percentage of the songs that I have purposely added to a playlist. I have nine and twelve-hour playlists and still hear songs repeating over and over. I believe the technology is there to do a completely random shuffle! It is my belief that Spotify decided if they play songs you like over again, (based on the fact that you listened to them recently), then you will be happier and listen to S. more often. OVER THINKING IT!! I am an inch away from Apple Music!

[kangafeet]

I have to agree with BerkshireGregory that I'm very close to trying another streaming service. For me it's tidal especially with their new pricing. It seems as if this 'community' is spotifys way of giving users a way to complain/suggest things but without telling them that it would be just as effective complaining to the nearest brick wall. 

[BerkshireGregory]

Yeah, right?! I've been using them for many years now, but man this one aspect of the service drives me NUTS!

[rozeboosje]

Why wait? I left 2 years ago. Never going back to that sad excuse for a streaming "service". This thread, however, has kept me captivated ever since.

[BerkshireGregory]

That's hilarious that it bothered you enough that you still follow the thread! Can't say I blame you. Really the only reason I have yet to switch is the potential of losing my beloved playlists. I understand though that there are ways to make the switch while holding on to them. Did you find it relatively seamless or no?