# 100 different tags per song
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/100-different-tags-per-song/44256
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 20, 2019, 6:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/100-different-tags-per-song/44256 "2019-01-20T18:23:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@california88w](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/california88w)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2019, 6:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/100-different-tags-per-song/44256/1 "2019-01-20T18:23:02Z")
Hello!
Unfortunately, I have a problem tagging the files. I have tried it so far with several files of different origin. I sometimes get over 100 different tags per song suggested and none of them is the right one. Does anyone know where the problem might be?
Thank you in Advance!
Greets
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2019, 6:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/100-different-tags-per-song/44256/2 "2019-01-20T18:49:44Z")
Could you help us a little?
Like tell us how you try to get the tag information?
What tag information you got and what you expected?
What were the results for a manual search?
And then a concrete example would be nice.
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### Author:  [@california88w](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/california88w)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2019, 6:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/100-different-tags-per-song/44256/3 "2019-01-20T18:53:40Z")
For example, I have a folder on the desktop whose directory I select. It's Mp3 from an audio CD which I copied from someone. It is not a music album but songs that do not belong together. I'm using "freedb" as the tag source and picking "based on files". i also tried "web search". in this example i used the search mechanism for a song I already new the Name. the song is not in the list with the 144 entrys. it is the same with every other song. thank you.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2019, 7:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/100-different-tags-per-song/44256/4 "2019-01-20T19:01:36Z")
See this thread on the search in freedb if you have not got the album:
> [@Search for song names in freedb etc.?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/search-for-song-names-in-freedb-etc/17805/8):
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> See there ... [http://www.freedb.org/freedb\_search.php](http://www.freedb.org/freedb_search.php) Words: how will i know Search: Title Results: 59842 result(s) found displayed on 5985 page(s). At position 8: Whitney Houston / How Will I Know Words: houston how will i know Search: Artist Title Results: 68228 result(s) found displayed on 6823 page(s). At position 1: Whitney Houston / How Will I Know This freedb search works as designed. "Tag Sources" search from within Mp3tag, determine via web search ... Text: Whitney …
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### Author:  [@california88w](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/california88w)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2019, 7:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/100-different-tags-per-song/44256/5 "2019-01-20T19:09:17Z")
thank you i will read it!
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2019, 7:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/100-different-tags-per-song/44256/6 "2019-01-20T19:10:57Z")
In a jiffy: freedb is not the best choice to search individual titles as the search looks for each word in the search string.
It would be better to use a different source.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/100-different-tags-per-song/44256/7 "2026-02-09T12:27:52Z")