Is there a(n extended) Spotify search syntax?

[HoogendoornJH]

I am using Spotify for some time now. It's OK, but I find the search capabilities of Spotify very limited. But may be this is due to ignorance. Is there a kind of syntax for more advanced searches in Spotify?

(Note: I use Spotify in Sonos).

[Jordi]

Hi there and welcome to the community,

Yes there is, Spotify has some secret search queries built in. You can read more about this here:
https://support.spotify.com/learn-more/faq/#!/article/Advanced-search1

[HoogendoornJH]

I am sorry, Jordi, but your hyperlink doesn't bring me to the answer. Can you be more specufic?

[Jordi · Accepted solution]

Hi @HoogendoornJH,

Sorry about that, I have copied the contents of that page for you. Does this help?

You can refine your searches in Spotify by adding extra terms into the search box. Note: search terms are not case sensitive.

Search by artist

• artist:Radiohead – lists all tracks by Radiohead

Search by track

• track:"My Sound" – lists tracks with the name My Sound

Search by album

• album:Loveless – lists the album Loveless
• album:”Many Faces Out Of Focus” – use quotes when the keyword contains spaces

Search by year

• year:1969
• year:1989-2013
• year:1989-2013 NOT year:1993

Refine your search with AND, OR, and NOT.

• Kyuss AND Green – lists results with keywords ‘Kyuss’ and ‘Green’
• Zeppelin OR Floyd -- lists results with keywords 'Zeppelin' or 'Floyd'
• Metallica NOT Anger – lists all Metallica tracks except with the word ‘Anger’

Instead of using AND or NOT you can also use a plus sign (+) or a minus sign (-).

Further search options

genre: Displays music in the genre matching keyword. See the list of all genres, for example genre:blues, genre:"rock and roll".
label: Displays music released by the label matching keyword. 
isrc: Displays tracks matching ID number according to the International Standard Recording Code. 
upc: Displays albums matching ID number according to the Universal Product Code.
tag:new - Lists the most recently added albums. ‘Tag’ won’t return results for any other keywords.

[chrismarx]

Any way to search by a specific username? 

[wsmyth]

Spotify has some secret search queries...

And why the heck are they "secret"?

[bobsax]

track:"daydream" doesnt work? Daydream by the Lovin Spoonfull was a huge hit ... no love;(

[maximebochon]

I tried it today on the web app, and it did'nt work at all.

Is it still available? Or is the syntax different now?

[Smoodmood]

Exactly  why tf are we PAYING for an app where the functionality is secret? Sounds like a Class Action to me. 

Typing track:"name" where name is any song name doesn't return anything but "track name".

These clowns are trying to be 1337 like its 1999 with your money, and what you paid for. They're just trying to show off, but are too dumb to realize that's for actually freeware apps

[coldtoad]

The updated URL is:

https://support.spotify.com/us/using_spotify/features/search/

[chipbite]

Thanks for this info, good. 

Seems you cant combine some search criteria, like tag:new and genre:<xxx>. 
So, if I try e g "tag:new genre:rock" or "tag:new genre:electronica", I get no results.

BR!

[rvw359q_a-slb]

It seems it's not possible to search by isrc: or upc: anymore?

[DouglasXKeith]

Using a search like
track:blue
only gives me about 10 results from a playlist where there are at least 100 songs that have the word "blue" or "blues" in the title.
But if I search for
blue
then I get songs with "blue" in the title, but ALSO songs with no "blue" but do have "blue" in the artist name or album title.
What if I ONLY want to see all of the songs with "blue" in the title. I can't find any way to accomplish this.