Changing song names

is there any way that i could change the name of a song in my library?
Windows XP

Right click on the song, choose Get Info and then the click on the Info tab you can change the name in there. For more information look at this link: Add Song Information, Lyrics, and Artwork to My Tunes

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Can anyone explain me why iTunes is just changing song names an messing up the order?

I have different songs that I would like to upload onto the phone iOS 6.1.3
So I copy the songe into a playlist in iTunes.
Song names are
whatever_xx-001
whatever_xx-002
whatever_xx-020
what does iTunes? It just changes the song names and make a complete mess with the order of the songs:
whatever xx 1
whatever xx 20
whatever xx 2
My question is, if iTunes is not usable for copying numbered songs? I cannot imagine that this tool is so stupid? Or am I doing something wrong?
Thank you for a hint.

Now I look more carefully at your list, I see what you mean.
iTunes does have a method for Artist sorting if the Sort fields are empty (as most of mine are), but offhand, I don't know much about it to be honest. The glaring issue in the your screenshot is Ministry Of Sound.
If any of the other experienced contributors add to this thread (note the number of points they have) with better advice than I can offer, take it.
In the meantime, start with the Ministry Of Sound and check the Sort Artist field. If you highlight everything by an artist, or a complete album, and select Get Info/Sorting, you see this view:
and if you select just a single song, it's this view:
I assume, unless you tell me otherwise, that the Ministry Of Sound entries will show something in there which is causing iTunes to put them in with the entries for A. Replace it with Ministry Of Sound. If the field is blank (which it will be if there are two different entries in your selection) simply type in Ministry Of Sound. Does that make any difference?
If it does, then check your other entries to see what is causing the issue with them.
You may find the the artist "Joey Bada$$" has been set to sort by Bada$$, Joey.
This screenshot of my Artists column may explain why B.o.B is before Baauer:
If you don't like it that way, change the entry in the Sort Artist field to suit you.

ITunes changing song name!!

I have about 100 songs in my library, half of which were purchased in the last week. Up until today, I haven't had any problems with the song names, artists, etc.
However, while deciding what to listen to a few minutes ago, I noticed a song was named -pl that's all. I had to click on the song to play it, in order to hear what it was.
I have looked everywhere in iTunes for a way to "rename" a song, but I can't find a way to do that. Is it even possible to rename a song?
Why would iTunes just change the name of a song and give it such a stupid name?
Has anyone else had any issues like this?
Thanks for any help.
JO

Right click -> Get Info. Name it whatever you want.
You can also rename a song by clicking the whole line once, wait a second, then click the song name again, and you can edit right in place. It's likely that you did this by accident without realizing it when your song got renamed to "-pl"/ Those three keys are right beside each other on the keyboard.

Changing song names and adding album artwork

Some of the songs that i imported into itunes by some artists, lets say for example "Less Than Jake" shows up as "less than jake" (uncapitalized) when i go to change the first letter which is an "l" to a capital "L" i successfully change the name in itunes and then when i am done changing ti and click on another song it just goes back to lower case
does anyone know how to fix that so that the names that i fix stay fixed not just go back
Another question that i have is some of my artists albums do not have album artwork and when i right click on the album and say get album artwork nothing happens. And i already registered with itunes store so its not that it wont get the album artwork because i didn't register with itunes. Is there anyway to copy the album picture from the internet and get it associated with that specific album in itunes anyway?
ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED
THANKS IN ADVANCE
GREG
Windows XP Pro

Greg,
Are you just typing over the name as it appears in your iTunes library?
I am not familiar with the Windows version, but in the Mac version, the best way to edit song title/artist/genre, etc is to select a song and then "Get Info" - in the Mac version that is under the "File" menu - a right click will probably work for you. There are several tabs on the Get Info screen - go to the "Info" tab and you will see what to do.
As for album artwork, iTunes has been pretty good about finding artwork for for those albums which I purchased from the iTunes store, but was no help at all in finding art for the (many) albums I ripped from my CDs.
You COULD find the album art yourself, using Google 'Images' but I think you will find it to be too tedious, and most of the album cover JPEGs you will find by that method are too small and of poor quality.
It would be better to use a third party application. For Mac users I can recommend Fetch Art (http://members.cox.net/afriesen3//fetchart/index.html); I expect there is something similar for Windows, but I can't be specific.
-GW

Consolidation files problem - iTunes changes song name

I upgraded Library to iTunes Medial Organization. Now, every time when I consolidate a file into iTunes library and click to play the file right away, iTunes will cut off a part of the song name and replace a letter "O" at the end. It happened once to change all the song names in the same playlist, however I unable to pinpoint how did it happen.

Sounds like Windows Media Player is "fixing" the info in the ID3 tags for you.
When you play it in iTunes, it will update the library to match the ID3 tags, which is why it looks like iTunes is doing it.
In WMP, Tools -> Options -> Library.
Uncheck *Automatic media information updates for files*.
Any songs that WMP already messed with, you will need to add the info back.

Won't let me change song name?

I just imported the nutcracker soundtrack onto my itunes. I have tried to change the song names, as they were not listed (they were all listed as allegro, andante, etc). It won't let me change them to the proper names (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, for example). The names show up fine at first, but when the song starts to play, it then reverts back to the old name. I'm not sure what to do.
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highlight the song in the itunes libary. click on it once and wait. the song title should now be highlighted. now delete the current title and type in the new one.

How do I create albums in iTunes, change song names/artist names, etc!!??

Ack! Please help me! I am a total dummy and I have no clue how to use my iPod video 30GB. First, I connected iTunes and all my old songs (previously dl from kazaa and limewire) were transferred over, only since the sharers spelled the artist names differently, I have Led Zeppelin (and every other artist) spelled a million different ways so all of the songs are listed in my library separately.
So, um, I need to know how I can at least manage my albums or whatever so that I can put all songs by one artist in one place and just name it something different, and also, if I do this in iTunes and then hook up my iPod will it automatically update to reflect these new categorizations? Also...if none of that is possible, how do I delete all of the songs from my iPod and iTunes so that I can try to arrange them differently in my music folder so that when they're imported into iTunes they can all be placed together more correctly?
Could it have something to do with the fact that when I installed iTunes I selected the option to "Do it myself" rather than "iTunes do it for you" option when selecting the songs from my music folder? ANY help would be so so so greatly appreciated!!!!!
Stefanie
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In iTunes, right click on the song and go click on the selection 'get song info' (Or somthing like that, I`m not 100% sure, but i think it it similiar) and you can change what you want in there.

Changing song names/artist names on ipod

When I initially put all my songs on the ipod some of the song titles and artist names were wrong - i went back into itunes and fixed them all but when it updated the ipod it didn't change any of them on the ipod. Is there something I am not doing?
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When you have the ipod plugged in have you tried to click on the names in the ipod folder to where a box comes around each name? Try this and it will let you type in a new name.

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I imported a CD that was made from a digitally downloaded album. When I did the import into iTunes, all the songs were imported as Track 1, Track 2, etc. I went into Get Info, Info tab, for each song and updated each song with the correct title. When I play any of these songs, the title will revert back to Track #. I do have my prefs set up to automatically retrieve CD track names from the internet. I'm running iTunes 9. Any ideas on what I can do to fix this?

Sounds like Windows Media Player is "fixing" the info in the ID3 tags for you.
When you play it in iTunes, it will update the library to match the ID3 tags, which is why it looks like iTunes is doing it.
In WMP, Tools -> Options -> Library.
Uncheck *Automatic media information updates for files*.
Any songs that WMP already messed with, you will need to add the info back.

How do i change the name of my songs on itunes?

How do i change song names on itunes? it says " 1 Select the information you want to change. 2 Type the new information. 3 Press enter. this does nothing.

Hi Nethudir,
Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.
When editing the song information, make sure you are viewing the song's Info window:
To view and edit a song or video's info in iTunes:
Click once on the track title to select it
From the File menu, choose Get Info
Click the Info tab
You will see a screen like the one below:
From:
Fixing Incorrect Song or Album Listings in iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/TA24677
Best Regards,
Jeremy

Hi, I have an issue.. my iPhone 4s 32 Gb is changing the name of the artist and the songs in my iPhone, please help me! Thanks in advance :)

Receantly I bought a 4s iPhone with 32gb of capacity. The issue consist in by some way the iTunes or iPhone change the name of the artist to others, it looks like that is check marked some option to auto-recognize the name of the song and artist. Please help, I will really appreciate your quick answer.
Eduardo GV.

Hi there, ronyme! Thanks for reaching out about your iPhone 4s. It's a great device. I can see you bought it from your cousin. Have you already taken possession of it? If so, are you in the United States or have you taken the device to Jordan or another country?
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I purchased an used iPod nano 4th with many many songs on it,but when i hooked the usb cable to try and change the name,something went wrong.i had to reset it,thinking my music would still be there,but i lost everything! Is there any way to get these back

I purchased an used iPod Nano 4th.with many,many,many songs and albums on it,but when i plugged the usb cable into my laptop(i am a new comer to computer) i thought i was changing the name and thought i was syncing but something went wrong and everything was gone! is there any way possible to get these back? Please I need Help!!! Thank you!

Was the music purchased via your iTunes account and/or did you buy it from other sources or copy it from your own CDs, or did the music belong to the previous owner ? If the music was yours then you can sync it back to the iPod via your computer's iTunes. If the music is not still on your computer then have you got a backup of it ? If not then for iTunes purchases you might be able to re-download it depending on which country you are in. If the music was put on the iPod by the previous owner then you will need to buy your own copies of it.

Changed account name--lost songs in itunes

I changed the name on my account, and all my music files from i-tunes went with the other account. I was wondering if i plugged in my i-pod into my mac now, if that it will delete everything from my i-pod and just have the songs that are in my i-tunes now, or if it would just add the new songs?
Please some one help with this

I'm a PC user, but it sounds like your new account will have come with a set of empty user folders:- desktop, documents, music library, etc. Unless you deliberately wiped the old account, and all the files associated with it, your old iTunes library should still be on your computer somewhere. You should be able to track it down and move it to the equivalent location for your current account. When you start up iTunes your old libray should then appear. The alternative is start your new/current version of iTunes and re-import all the tracks from wherever they are hiding just now. If your old workspace is trashed and you can't recover the tracks from it then you'll want to look at something like Zevoneer's post in this thread.
tt2

How changing the song name?

Is it possible to change the names of the song in itunes?
The reason I want to do this is not because I am trying claim that the songs are by me. I just wana put "A","B","C"... in front of their names so they can be sorted the way I want

Click/Select/Highlight the song in iTunes. Then click the song name again. The name should become editable.
Compared to...
Also, you can single click on the song, wait a second or two, then single click on the inofrmation you want to change. It is like a delayed double click.
You worded it better than me. I'm never quite sure how to explain that, but I like "delayed double click."
btabz

Changing Artist/Genre/Song Name in "Get Info"

I am very maticulous about my music organization, and only maybe half the time am I able to change the Genre/Song Name/Or Artist
anyone else have this problem?
how do I fix it ?

If iTunes won't accept changes to the tags see Repair security permissions for iTunes for Windows.
If iTunes appears to accept your changes but the original values reappear later then the files are likely to be mp3s with multiple tags. In such cases iTunes only updates one of them and may later read back the unchanged data from the other. To fix this select the tracks in question in iTunes, right-click and use Convert > ID3 Tags > None, several times, then use Convert > ID3 Tags > ID3v2.3. You will need to reinsert any embedded artwork.
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