wrong song match
iTunes match is matching my songs with the wrong song. For instance, I may have an original Broadway version but the match is with the same song but a different singer. Can I fix this?
iPad (3rd gen) Wi-Fi + Cellular (VZ), iOS 6.1.2
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iTunes match matches songs by Song Title & Artist, if it is a song which is available to buy on the iTunes store it will use that version in your iTunes match - However sometimes iTunes match can get it wrong and ends up matching with a simular album (as in your case!).
I had a simular problem where i imported an old West End CD from the 90s into iTunes and then iTunes match somehow matched this to something simular - But different!!...
What worked for me and how i got around this was to back up the correct song files (say on your desktop) and then delete and remove them from both iTunes and select the "Also delete from iCloud"option and effectively start again with this album.
re-add the songs from the desktop (or wherever you backed them up) but before you initiate iTunes match to search / update your library, make a slight change to the title of the album.
I know this might be a bit annoying if your like me and have OCD with correctness of music names / album titles etc, but this was the only way i could find to do it.
so for example:
Album Name: Wonderful West End
Change to (Wonderful West End (2013) - as an example..
That way when you tell iTunes to match - it shouldn't pick up the incorrect album and then upload the correct songs to iTunes Match.
I just hope that Apple can come up with a better fix for this in the future, like giving us the option in iTunes to NOT Match songs and just upload.
Hope this help! 🙂
