Changes order of songs within album on iPod playback

My iPod classic now decides for itself what the order of songs on an album should be. The songs are listed in the correct order, but it essentially does a shuffle play when you go from one song to the next. Any ideas?

I'm having the same problem. The songs on the album are ordered correctly in iTunes, I checked the number in "Get Info" and that was correct. When I update my iPod Classic, they're all out of order.

Similar Messages

Changing Order of Songs in Album-iTunes 12

Like the title says, how do I change the order of songs in a album? Before you could use get info and sort by track number.
Thanks

Hey Lando25,
I understand that you want to change order of songs that are playing in iTunes. This functionality should still be available to you, as confirmed in this article:
iTunes 12 for Mac: Edit song and CD information
https://support.apple.com/kb/PH19618
You may need to simply scroll in the information field in order to find the fields that you wish to edit. Thanks for coming to the Apple Support Communities!
Cheers,
Braden

How do I edit the order of songs within an album?

I have my Ipod plugged in and need to fix the order of songs on a few albums. Can someone please let me know how to do this? Thanks a lot.

If the songs are in a playlist open iTunes then click on the playlist. Click on the number column (extreme left). Click on the song you want to move and drag it to where you want it to be. Right click on the playlist name and select "Copy to play order". Connect your iPod, if you are updating automatically it will pick up the change. If you are updating manually then you connect first and when the iPod appears in the source list carry out the process above directly in the playlist on your iPod. Make sure neither Shuffle or Repeat are switched on in the playlist, either of those can prevent you reordering tracks.
If the tracks are out of order in the library try this, I found that it works for me. Right click at the top of any column in your iTunes library and choose **Track Number** from the list. Click at the top of this new column to sort it and after that click on the Album column. If you like you can then click on Artist, it will continue to hold the track order as well. Afterwards anything you import should follow this arrangement Artist>Album>Track Number within Album (you can hide the track number column when you've done if you don't want it cluttering up the view)

ITunes mixes up the track order of songs within an album??

My iTunes mixes up the track order, and there is no way to specifically order it by track. i have even gone and individually marked each song as ie(2 of 12) but it still lists them in a random order. How can I make the songs fit in their original order? And none of that "click at the top to order it by artist, album, or time etc," because it doesn't click above track number.

If the songs are in a playlist open iTunes then click on the playlist. Click on the number column (extreme left). Click on the song you want to move and drag it to where you want it to be. Right click on the playlist name and select "Copy to play order". Connect your iPod, if you are updating automatically it will pick up the change. If you are updating manually then you connect first and when the iPod appears in the source list carry out the process above directly in the playlist on your iPod. Make sure neither Shuffle or Repeat are switched on in the playlist, either of those can prevent you reordering tracks.
If the tracks are out of order in the library try this, I found that it works for me. Right click at the top of any column in your iTunes library and choose **Track Number** from the list. Click at the top of this new column to sort it and after that click on the Album column. If you like you can then click on Artist, it will continue to hold the track order as well. Afterwards anything you import should follow this arrangement Artist>Album>Track Number within Album (you can hide the track number column when you've done if you don't want it cluttering up the view)

I can't seem to move/change the order of songs within my customized standard playlist.

Somehow the order of songs in my customized Standard Playlist is locked. iTunes won't let me change the order. Is there some Preference or default that makes them locked into position? The playlists created by iTunes allows me to drag songs up or down but my Playlist won't.

If shuffle is selected on for the playlst, you won't be able to re-order the songs. Turn shuffle off and try again.

How to change order of songs played

I want to change the order of songs in a particular album in my general music library. I tried changing the track number, but it does not seem to do anything. Any help?
Thanks in advance.

Changing the track numbers should be enough IF the Album and Artist or Album Artist fields are identical for each track.
I just solved a similar issue for someone -- see http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=4035849

HT1351 Only want to see sync songs/artists/albums on iPod touch (not the whole library in iTunes). How to do it?

I only want to see on iPod touch songs/artists/albums manually selected for sync (not the whole library in iTunes). How to do it? Not sync titles appear in grey colour...

So if I understand you correctly, you want to be able to sync only certain songs, artists, and albums correct? If so you can configure this set up from under the iPod's Music configuration tab in iTunes as described in the Syncing Automatically section in the Apple support document you linked in at the top of the page. Note that you cannot select only certain songs, but you can set it up to sync selected Artists, Genres, and Albums.
If the tab and its configurations are grayed out, it is likely because your iPod is set up for manual management, meaning the manually manage music and videos option is enabled from under the iPod's Summary tab.
B-rock

Having problems with order of songs on albums.

I want to add a track to an album that wasn't originally on said album (bonus track on the UK release of the album). I've changed the song and album info (listed the song as track 15 of 15, changed number of tracks on the album from 14 to 15, etc.), but when I look at the album, the song stays on top unless I list the songs by track number (which is fine when I'm just looking at the album, but it doesn't help at all when I'm looking at my whole library).
So, how do I get iTunes to think this song is part of the album and move it to the end of the album where it belongs?

iTunes seems to sort the album by the Date Added.
One way to get around it is to drag all the songs from the album to the desktop, delete them from iTunes and add them back.
If you want to keep the original date added, first change the computer date to match, add them back then change the computer date to normal.
This sorting is supposed to have been fixed in iTunes 7.3.1.

Can't edit a specific playlist and change order of songs.

I set up a new playlist and am unable to move the songs around to the order I want. My other playlists are letting me edit/move around the order without a problem. How can I access the edit feature for my "blocked" playlist.

If you want to order your songs manually select your playlist and display your playlist in the browser,
then click on the header row - the small triangle in the leftmost column.
Then you should be able to drag your songs into the correct order.

Change order of songs on itunes

How do I change the order of the songs in itunes? I have albums out of chronological order and want to move them so that when I play all the songs from a band on my IPOD it plays them from the first to last. Thanks for any help.

In addition to what macmenno said, if you want to sort your albums in chronological order, then you need to make sure there is a date in the date field. If there is not, or not for all tracks for an album, select all the tracks and press Commend-I to bring up the Get Info box. Fill in the date and close the box. The change will be applied to all tracks. If you have your Library sorted on Album, you can easily select all the tracks by clicking on the top track and shift-clicking on the bottom one.
The second thing to consider concerning chronological order is which date to use and how consistent do you want to be in dates? The original vinyl release date? A reissue date? The first issue date of the cd? For albums that have only been issued on cd, this should not be a problem, but there have been plenty of discussions here concerning reissues and ports to cd.

Order of songs in album retained in iTunes 6? Oldest OS for iTunes 7?

I still have iTunes 6 until I can make sure I can move up to an OS supporting all my current software and hardware (including digidesign 001 which interfaces my monitor speakers through a card in the back of my computer).
I notice that in iTunes 6, as I go and archive my music collection, songs are listed without the track number, and you only see the track number if you go to Get Info. I'm a little nervous that I'll lose track of which song belongs where in the album. Does iTunes 6 automatically keep them in track order within a single cd/album when I order the library by Artist name? And same for iTunes 7? This will also be pertinent when I archive my old vinyl albums to my hard drive.
As for iTunes 7, what is the earliest operating system it works with? Panther or Tiger? I'll try looking these questions up too. I'm also interested in what advantages iTunes 7 offers over iTunes 6.
I have had Panther and ilife 04 for a long time but not installed them due to concerns about my software not all being compatible. Eventualy I will be buying a new Leopard mac laptop and so all this worry about having the latest and greatest will be taken care of at that time, later in the spring. But for what's on my G4 at the moment, it's still Jaguar and it works with all my software and hardware. I'll inquire with digidesign about whether I can use Panther with my digi 001.

I also have two other questions. i can't yet find it in the Help file for iTunes 6 but I am not sure what the "part of a compilation" checkbox is for and why it can't tell itself. I have had two types of compilations: one where it's a single disc with various artists and one where it's a multi-disc compilation with one artist.
Also, I'm not sure what the "group with" blank is for (these are in Get Info). I'm trying to put all the proper notes in my Info settings and organize my library so that it's easy to use.
Does iTunes 7 do some aspect of this better?
If I "connect" to the internet to see gracetunes on this, will that wipe out all the detail I've added to track listings? Will it put any artwork with it? At present no artwork appears and I'm not sure what the artwork tab is for in Get Info. These are all for cd's i've previously bought and am archiving for myself.
Also, is there a quick way to get it to uncheck everything when it starts checking off songs automatically in my iTunes library?
I'm also interested in what "consolidate library" means.

Need help restoring order of songs on albums

Please help me!!!
For some reason, all the songs on my albums are playing/displaying in alphabetical order!!! I have no idea how this happened. Can you tell me how to fix this?
(For example, for some reason now when I open an artist's album, all the songs are displayed and played in either ascending or descending order alphabetically.)

If you have the track number in the ID tag you can just resort by that column in iTunes.
If you can't see the track number column right click teh header bar to add it

How can I change order of songs in a playlist from alphabetical. I'm using v. 10.7. In a previous version I could drag the songs into any order, but this doesn't work anymore.

The playlists in version 10.7 always put the songs in alphabetical order rather than the order in which I add them. With my older version I could re-order them by dragging them. With this one they just pop back into alphabetical.

It turns out that by clicking a little arrow to the left of "name" on the header, the titles can be unalphabetized.

Changing order of songs

My Ipod shuffle will not let me move songs around in the list. I want to move a song to the beginning but it will not let me. It was letting me by clicking and dragging.

The fix posted by 0Ari0 works very well.
iTunes tries to sort the song by what ever column header that is selected.
Another way to have the songs sorted the way you want is to create a playlist.
You can sort the songs in a playlist any way you want by clicking on column headers or by dragging and dropping. Then connect up the ipod and sync the playlist to the ipod. This way the songs can be sorted ahead of time before connecting the ipod.

Changing order of songs after importing

I can't work something out and would appreciate some help.
I am trying to burn some songs to a CD but when I move the songs I want to burn into an on the go playlist the proper sequence of songs gets mixed up. I want to burn the songs in the same order as the original CD but have to manually move them around before burning. Is there a setting which I can alter for this?
Cheers
Chris

If it you can't do it, just tell me. I've looked everywhere to try to do it but I cant find an answer.

Changes order of songs within album on iPod playback

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for