iTunes Match Match Explicit Songs Matches Clean

I hate to repeate this sentiment but I've been having the same problem. Some of the songs are explicit and some are clean. I hope Apple knows about this issue and comes up with a way to set explicit song versions on iTunes match. There is no way to tell it what songs are matched inccorectly.

I can't believe this is still an issue. I wonder how many people are annoyed at the lengthy wait for this seemingly simple fix, and just rebuying some music so it's in its original unmolested form. I'd even suggest that it's possible Apple is trying to fix this issue but is taking their sweet time with it because of that.

This is bizzare, not changing anything had same music is cloud and last week like a good amount of tracks just decided to change from what they were to all CLEAN versions of the track.

I could understand if I matched and got CLEAN but it's already been matched.

APPLE I need to know my music is safe with you when I paid you.

I hate having my hard drive and devices full and TRUSTED you would keep it in a **** cloud.

What's next, it just changes the songs to other songs?

Have you guys tried deleting your clean versions and redownloading from the cloud? I did that with some songs the other day and several came back as explicit and only one was still clean.

And no I don't think it's a conspiracy. If I recall correctly, apple makes very little off of iTunes music sales.

Apple accounted for 28% of music sales in 2010 so Apple is doing quite well selling music. It's also the richest company in the country so they have the money to throw at this problem and get it fixed.

I don't think it's a conspiracy though. This may also be a persistent issue throughout the iTunes Store. I purchased a Nas album "It Was Written" before the DRM was stripped off and to this day I cannot download the explicit version from Apple. I worked with a customer service rep and trying to communicate this problem was very frustrating. I don't know how much more detailed I needed to be but the person on the other end didn't understand what I was asking and wasn't able to resolve the problem after multiple attempts. That's why I believe their may be deeper problems with explicit/clean albums & tracks.

Bottomline, the "match" software has bugs that cause explicit tracks to be matched to clean tracks or even worse album tracks being matched to live tracks. If you're charging for this service, you have to solve the problem in a timely manner or begin refunding paying customers. We're past that timely window though, hence the palpable frustration on this thread. And additionally, Apple's customer service hasn't been helpful at all. "We're working on it" only flies for so long.

It's obvious how many people are still having this problem. I've gotten up the 'support ladder', but still no real joy from anyone. The issues aren't just matching to 'clean' versions - if you're matching a song that ISN'T actually available from your store (I'm in New Zealand, but have plenty of Canadian CDs that I've matched from), you can end up with a truncated song or a match to a song from a different album (so, from a Compilation album, rather than the original).

The ONLY thing that is going to get Apple off of their proverbials and fix these issues is legal action.

In New Zealand, they are already (likely) offside of the Consumer Guarantees Act (a service of product must be 'fit for the purpose' it has been claimed to) and the Fair Trading Act (misleading advertising - the product does not do what it was advertised to do).

Short of fixing the problem, Apple should offer the service FREE to those affected by the problem until such time as they have fixed it. This is the only fair resolution.

Otherwise, people should be seeking damages for their song libraries being harmed, along with the time spent in dealing with the issues.

My guess is that in the US, some intrepid soul will decide that 'enough is enough' and begin class action legal proceedings. Make sure you get onboard when that happens.

I actually did test that theory with a few different albums. On a Kanye West album and an Operator album, both came back still "edited". On two Jay-Z albums, they came back as explicit.

My best course of action at this point may be to just delete/download a few albums each week to see if they get corrected. Maybe Apple is indeed working this. I just wish they would tell us that. I understand that bugs happen. And I accept that early adopters will feel this pain more than others. But on the flip side, why not consult with those of us willing to help correct the problem? Keep us involved and get true "boots on the ground" feedback. We all just want a solution.

Can someone explain how that stupid software that is iTunes is tagging my own sketches as explicit, where I improvise on different subjects while imitating accents of various regions? The sketches are not explicit at all! Should I read 5 pages of this thread to figure out what to do? There doesn't seem to be a solution - is there just a way to disable Match?

By the way, if you're on a PC, use only iTunes to sync your playlists to your devices. Other than that, it's a pathetic software. JRiver's Media Center is 100 times better.

Same problem for me. Jay-Z's Black Album got switched from explicit to clean on iTunes Match. Deleted it from iCloud / iTunes Match and Re-ripped the whole Allbum from the CD I have (Explicit Version). Then again, iTunes Match decided that it was the Clean Version and as such the version that plays on all my devices (iPhone, iPad) is the Clean version, and not the Explicit version that I matched. Thanks in advance for fixing this bug. P.

More and more lately I'm having the problem of songs in my playlist will just be skipped and I can not play them. Song I've purchased on the store too. I hit play and nothing happens. It's getting worse and worse I have to delete them all the time and redownload them they will work for a few days then just start being skipped.

I got a refund for iTunes Match a few months back after I completely lost hope in a fix for this coming before iTunes 11...I'm following up to see if its fixed because I have 2 computers with different music on both and I'm absolutely shocked that this problem has been known since November and hasn't been fixed.

@juicy_jones

I am in the process of requesting a refund as well, such a let-down this thing was for several reasons: Cleansing of songs, mis-matching of studio/live tracks, and (my favorite) corruption on the server. I agree, approximately six months into the service with bug that alters/modifies peoples' libraries and there has been no fix, or even a public promise of one as of yet.

In the meantime, I have been using Google Music (free, but you have to upload your library) and Spotify (like Netflix for music) and haven't really looked back. 🙂

My eminem "same song and dance" is censored.. several of 50 cents are censored... and half the album covers disappeared after i spent hours setting it up so that all my albums have covers... Got this iyunes match and t screwed it all up

I agree christ0phe! I am no programming wizard, but I am fairly certain I could have put together a fix for this in the 6 months it has been occuring. Apple needs to get on this pronto! I am starting to get more and more aggravated with every "edited" song I happen upon as I work through my library. It is one thing to take your sweet time when you are offering a free service. But when you are charging...make it right or lose your customer base.

After overpaying to get my songs censored they did however give me 5 free song uploads and say they were working on it... i have over 50 censored songs so giving my 5 free songs is a slap in the face in my opinnion