Genius doens't work for all songs .

I have the same problem with it recognizing "The Beatles" or "Garth Brooks" songs. I believe that the Genius only works for artists/songs available in the iTunes Store. TEG

shingi70 said:

Daft Punk
The Crystal Method

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Can't check Broken Bells right now, but those above work for me.

I'm not sure if this is the same issue you are having, but I've noticed that songs I download directly on my iPhone 3GS then transfer into iTunes on my pc at the next sync don't seem to ever get into the Genius mix, even after multiple attempts to "update Genius", even turning Genius off and back on.

The strange thing is that I can create a Genius playlist on the song through iTunes on my pc, I can create a Genius list based on the song (after syncing) on my iPod Nano, but still could not create a Genius list for that song on my iPhone. For an experiment, I deleted the song everywhere (iPhone, iPod, and iTunes), then purchased it again through iTunes on my pc (wasting $0.99, but oh well), synced it to my iPhone, and voila, now Genius for that song works everywhere. Makes me not want to buy anything directly on my iPhone, at least until they fix the glitch.

You need to make sure your music is tagged properly if it’s not purchased from the iTunes Store. In fact, on some songs I had to manually edit them to match the iTunes equivalent exactly.

A similar problem occurs with album artwork.

By the way, The Beatles and Garth Brooks work fine for me.

The software is good but it is still in a state where it could be approved.

shingi70 said:

I see your point but i bought the music from the itunes store.

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That's weird. I would try removing them from iTunes (don't delete them from your hard drive!) and reimporting them into iTunes.

I bought Broken Bells album from iTunes and it says it can't find genius information. Even after updating my Genius info.

Broken Bells Broken

Has anyone actually gotten Broken Bells to work with Genius? Come on, there's a ton of related songs in my library. I bought Broken Bells from iTunes - with iTunes LP no less. I've tried turning Genius off and on again, re-importing the songs. They've just received a Grammy nomination! Come on, Apple!

I haven't tried Broken Bells, but I know that "Tighten Up" by the Black Keys doesn't work, even though it's the most popular iTunes track from that album.

Genius is okay when it works, but it's frustrating when it doesn't.

Broken Bells still not working for me... WTFFFF

Gahhhhhhhh I was really hoping iTunes Match would fix this. Nope