Why do songs become unavailable on Apple Music?

Hi all


Having some issues with Apple Music. I get the message "This song is not currently available in your country or region" when it's added to a playlist. However, searching for the song in Apple Music allows me to play it.


The playlist is fine on iTunes on MacOS, don't have any issues playing from there. I haven't changed region, but I have just re-subscribed to Apple Music after having about a year off from it.


Any ideas?


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iPhone XR, iOS 12

Posted on Apr 5, 2019 5:06 AM

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Posted on Jun 20, 2019 9:22 AM

OP and everyone else having this problem, I think I may have fixed it. I was having the same issue. The song is having an issue in how it saved to your library for some reason. I fixed it by doing the following:

Go to the Songs section of your Library.

Find the problem song and delete it from the library.

Re-add it to your library/any playlist.

It should now be playable.


I don't know why this happened, or how this song came to be saved in my library because I'd never actually added it. But lo and behold, it was there and causing the problem.

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Oct 10, 2019 7:36 AM in response to greenmind

Wish I could tell you when it occured or if the problem recurred. Don't use the phone for listening to my library but only a back up for my PC library and occasional listening in the car. Only found out when I tried to play a song for someone that was curious about the artist. It did recover (that song) when I re-sync'd with the PC, so I blame the phone software. I have 1700+ songs on the phone so checking the entire library is not feasible, 5 days of listening 24/7. If tracks can be retracted by the artist, record company or from a region that makes a great case against digital music you've "paid" for which seems counterintuitive to the industry. Get the CD then then can't take it back. And has been said some here had their own original music on their phone which was retracted.


And yes, Apple created the problem and hasn't uttered a word (to me) as to why. In my case it wasn't a retraction or regional because the PC worked fine and phone restored after a re-sync. I buy all of my music from Amazon and don't have a cloud account.

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