Spotify can’t play a local file after Gracenote updated its metadata

If you let Spotify update your local files with information from Gracenote it is possible that iTunes moved your files due to their new - updated - song information. This can occur in rare cases if:

1. You have enabled “Keep iTunes Media folder organized” in iTunes -> Preferences -> Advanced
2. iTunes deem the new metadata as such a major update that it would no longer fit in it’s current place in the “Artist » Album » Song” folder hierarchy that iTunes uses.

Re-import your music into Spotify

1. Go to the “Local files” view, select all your Local Files in Spotify (ctrl+a (win) /cmd+a (mac) ) and delete them
2. Import your iTunes library again to Spotify using the “Local files”, “Import music” function

Similar issues:

1. I let Gracenote update my local files and now I can’t play them in Spotify and iTunes looks weird
2. How Spotify updates metadata and how this correlates to iTunes
3. I can’t undo the changes Gracenote did on my tracks

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