# How to change the order of songs in my iTunes library?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-change-the-order-of-songs-in-my-itunes-library/605624>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 9, 2011, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-change-the-order-of-songs-in-my-itunes-library/605624 "2011-12-09T14:34:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Toxylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-change-the-order-of-songs-in-my-itunes-library/605624/1 "2011-12-09T14:34:42Z")

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I can’t believe I have to ask this simple question here…but I have looked into every nook and cranny in the iTunes on my laptop and can’t seem to find an answer.

I have all the 3500 songs on my laptop iTunes in an alphabetically ordered list, i.e. from ABBA straight through to ZZ Top. That’s how I like it. However, after a drunken night of partying and listening to music with my friends, I woke up to find out the order has been reversed - now the list starts with ZZ Top and ends with ABBA. I have no idea what button I (or someone else) clicked to make this so, but I can’t seem to bring it back to normal, no matter where I look for a solution. It’s ridiculous how bad it gets on my nerve to have my music arranged backwards.

So, how do I make the list go from A to Z instead of Z to A?

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**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-change-the-order-of-songs-in-my-itunes-library/605624/2 "2011-12-09T14:54:08Z")

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You can sort on any field in the list by clicking on it. The first click goes low to high, the second high to low - so, you should just be able to click on the ‘name’ field to get things back where they were.

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**Author:** ![Toxylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-change-the-order-of-songs-in-my-itunes-library/605624/3 "2011-12-09T15:13:07Z")

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Thanks! That was easy! (although I feel even stupider now…) Case closed.