Want to play only ONE song

[Miracon]

Hey there! I know this is like 3 years later (and hopefully the problem is sorted!) but have you tried OneTrack?

onetrackapp.com​

It lets you have complete control over your playlists and is designed especially for stuff like dance classes and performances

Hope this helps.

I have been searching for answers for the same thing as I listen to a meditation program at night where I have different stages in playlists and can only listen to one as I fall asleep. So it was driving me nuts not being able to have it stop after the one meditation and there are too many to just do individual playlists and its an exact program so that would have made it difficult to follow properly.

So Thank You for this answer! The app I found is One Track Mind by Benjamin Pung for .99 cents. I just tried it and it does exactly what the OP and I need! That's exactly what it was designed for!

So again, Thanks!

 

[Steve686]

I teach dance classes (swing, line, latin, ballroom), and when I start the song on my iPhone 4 or iPod Touch I only want to play that one song and no others. I realize this can be done by setting up a playlist with only one song in it, but I'd rather have an app that would do the job for me. Any one have any suggestions? TIA...

I just skimmed the first page of answers so....

Has anyone suggested using SIRI to play a single song?

Hold the button, ask her to play whatever song by whatever artist and maybe that will work?

 

[Bacong]

I just skimmed the first page of answers so....

Has anyone suggested using SIRI to play a single song?

Hold the button, ask her to play whatever song by whatever artist and maybe that will work?

yep, this works. I ask siri to play single songs all the time.

 

[PSB136]

I just skimmed the first page of answers so....

Has anyone suggested using SIRI to play a single song?

Hold the button, ask her to play whatever song by whatever artist and maybe that will work?

Yes, I did on page 2. See: https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/20224329/

 

[PSB136]

The post by Moe UK on the first page is correct.

The iPhone CAN play one single song and then STOP when it ends.

Here's how:

(1) Start the Music app.
(2) Go to the "Search" field.
(3) Search for song that you want to play once.
(4) In the search results, tap that song to play it.
(5) Done!

When the song ends, NOTHING further is played, and you're simply dropped back to the search results to either play another matching song, or to start a new search.

This is on my 6+ with iOS 8.1, and it works for me. If it doesn't for you, then you have my sympathies.

 

[ET iPhone Home]

I appreciate all of the answers so far.

To clarify, I'm looking for an app that will allow me to choose one song, that I have loaded on the iPhone or iPod Touch, and play it. Once.

Why don't you create a playlist for only that one song? Problem solved. Title the playlist "One Song". This was way too easy to figure out. Next?

 

[scottw324]

I suggest the Dropbox app. First, go get a free online account at Dropbox.com. Then, get the free app and log in. Then, upload the songs to the website from your computer. Then you can open them using the Dropbox app on your phone.

When it's done playing, the song will simply stop.

(It also plays the audio in the background if you're running iOS 4.)

You realize that this is significantly more difficult and time consuming than just setting up a playlist, from/on your phone, with the one song on it with no repeat enabled?

Just saying.

 

[Small White Car]

You realize that this is significantly more difficult and time consuming than just setting up a playlist, from/on your phone, with the one song on it with no repeat enabled?

Just saying.

Sorry, I'm having a bit of a tough time remembering how the iPod app worked in 2010.

Pretty sure this required the use of a computer with iTunes at that point in time. Not sure. Doubt the OP cares anymore either way.

 

[epicrayban]

Is there any way to queue music? I love queuing music or "add to next list" feature on iTunes. Why isn't it also in the iOS music player app?

 

[Guesszoo]

The post by Moe UK on the first page is correct.

The iPhone CAN play one single song and then STOP when it ends.

Here's how:

(1) Start the Music app.
(2) Go to the "Search" field.
(3) Search for song that you want to play once.
(4) In the search results, tap that song to play it.
(5) Done!

When the song ends, NOTHING further is played, and you're simply dropped back to the search results to either play another matching song, or to start a new search.

This is on my 6+ with iOS 8.1, and it works for me. If it doesn't for you, then you have my sympathies.

This is great!! Worked perfectly! I'd love to just play one song from my playlist, but the search function will work perfectly until Apple fixes the glaring omission of that option from the playlist! Thanks!

 

[Carlanga]

This is great!! Worked perfectly! I'd love to just play one song from my playlist, but the search function will work perfectly until Apple fixes the glaring omission of that option from the playlist! Thanks!

It's sad cool that old answers still work for something that is still an issue 6 years later. Had fun reading my 2010 replies on this thread.

 

[andyp350]

Edit: just seen this topic was started in 2010 so may reply was not relevant.

 

[velvetmonster]

I teach dance classes (swing, line, latin, ballroom), and when I start the song on my iPhone 4 or iPod Touch I only want to play that one song and no others. I realize this can be done by setting up a playlist with only one song in it, but I'd rather have an app that would do the job for me. Any one have any suggestions? TIA...

Old thread, but I was looking for how to do this, and then figured out how, so I'm going to reply.

So here's how. Select all of your music on you ipod or whatever (control or command A), go to Get Info, select Options, then under playback check Skip when shuffling. Then put your ipod in shuffle mode. It plays one song you chose to play, then goes looking for the next one to shuffle, and since there aren't any songs that can shuffle, the song you chose to play finishes and nothing else starts up.

 

[SSDGUY]

Old thread I know, but I also needed a better, more pro solution than asking Siri, playing from a search field, etc. (as suggested in earlier posts). You gotta pay $15 but it's the perfect mix of simplicity and "robust enough" features. If you're doing production work and need to order/edit many single tracks this does it without the fuss. The big buttons are nice too. SoundCue

 

[chilman]

There is a way to do it, pnce you open music, go to search, you type in that song that you want to play, it will then search and display that song from your library . Click on that song, i assume that the title of the song that you wanted to play has no duplicates or same title song but a different version. At the end of the song it won't continue to the next song b/c there is no other song lined up. This save you time from having to make separate playlists for each song. So use: 1. Open music. 2. Go to search and type the song you wanted. 3. Click your song that you search. Thats it.

 

[danny_w]

My wife uses an app called Tempo Slo Mo for her dance practice and it does exactly one and only one song plus it can vary the speed without changing the pitch. And it can play songs from your device or from Dropbox. I sometimes use it for guitar practice when playing a backing track.

 

[SSDGUY]

There is a way to do it, pnce you open music, go to search, you type in that song that you want to play, it will then search and display that song from your library . Click on that song, i assume that the title of the song that you wanted to play has no duplicates or same title song but a different version. At the end of the song it won't continue to the next song b/c there is no other song lined up. This save you time from having to make separate playlists for each song. So use: 1. Open music. 2. Go to search and type the song you wanted. 3. Click your song that you search. Thats it.

That works, but it's pretty cumbersome when you need a multi-track playlist for a live performance and need to stop and start manually. Many folks need a playlist that will only play one song when cued, then stop, ready for the next in the list to be played when needed. Strange that there's no setting to make iTunes do this without singling out a song via search, or making a series of playlists each with only one song. I used SoundCue this weekend on my iPad for some backing tracks for my band's live performance, and it was great — really easy to see the big buttons and great for last minute rearranging of playlists. You can also adjust track volume independently, which is a great feature. I hated to pay $15 for the app but it was well worth it.