Genius - How does it work and why doesn't it often?

This is just to ask fellow users to bring some light in how Genius works, and help the builders/designers to get it better. I often find some strange anamolies in the results, and I just would like to know what could be behind those...
So for starters: The Beatles - Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Not the most populair Beatles song, but still probably on the iPods and iPhones of thousands of users. So how come it won't come up with a possible playlist? Which tags are used? Does it have to do with the fact that songs are only officially available since a month or so? Why doesn't it take songs from the same period or style anyway, using the tags? Why do other Beatles songs come up with results? Why doesn't it take other songs from the same album, as that always should "fit"?

StaceyR
Posts: 12
From: USA
Registered: Feb 17, 2008
Genius Playlist
Posted: Dec 9, 2010 11:33 AM Reply Email
I'm curious if anyone knows why Genius playlists can't be generated for some songs that do show related songs in the Ping/Genius sidebar. It just seems like if Genius knows enough about the song to suggest other songs in the sidebar, it would know enough about it to generate a playlist. I'm getting the message "Genius is unavailable...." NOT "Genius does not have enought related songs...."
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Jeremy Banana
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From: Cambodia
Registered: Dec 19, 2010
New! Re: Genius Playlist
Posted: Dec 19, 2010 8:24 PM in response to: StaceyR Reply Email
Yeah. I got the message when I tried it on "Imagine" by John Lennon.
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