# Re-ordering iPod songs

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-ordering-ipod-songs/376559>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 15, 2006, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-ordering-ipod-songs/376559 "2006-10-15T19:45:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-ordering-ipod-songs/376559/1 "2006-10-15T19:45:05Z")

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When organizing by Genre, the playlists are alphabetized by artist. But if you have songs from a “various artists” album, you want the songs in album-order, not artist-order. How do you fix that and still keep it listed under Genre?