# Help with tags
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-tags/19429
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 9, 2017, 3:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-tags/19429 "2017-10-09T15:25:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@mmega](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mmega)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2017, 3:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-tags/19429/1 "2017-10-09T15:25:13Z")
Hello, can anyone help me change my tracks from:
Artist - Songtitle ft. Artist2
to:
Artist ft. Artist2 - Songtitle
Thanks in advance.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2017, 3:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-tags/19429/2 "2017-10-09T15:33:37Z")
see e.g. here: [/t/19388/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/19388/1)
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### Author:  [@mmega](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mmega)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2017, 3:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-tags/19429/3 "2017-10-09T15:54:13Z")
I can't really understand what to do from the examples 😕
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2017, 4:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-tags/19429/4 "2017-10-09T16:04:31Z")
> [@mmega](#):
>
> I can't really understand what to do from the examples 😕
As the examples are pretty thorough I have hardly any idea where to start.
So you have to help me and tell me how far you've got.
E.g. are we talking about filenames or actual tag fields?
$regexp('Artist - Songtitle ft. Artist2','(._) - (._) ft. (.\*)','$1 ft. $3 - $2')
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### Author:  [@mmega](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mmega)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2017, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-tags/19429/5 "2017-10-09T16:13:32Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
>
> As the examples are pretty thorough I have hardly any idea where to start.
> So you have to help me and tell me how far you've got.
>
> E.g. are we talking about filenames or actual tag fields?
I just need to tag my songs using my original filenames.
My first attempt was to use %artist% - %title% from convert \> filename - tag
However now some songs with featuring artists were put in the title.
I want the featuring artists to go into the artist section.
Forgot to mention that some of my tracks have this format in their filename
Artist - songtitle ft. artist2 (remixname)
I guess that needs a different approach right? That would need to be:
Artist ft. artist2 - songtitle (remixname)
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2017, 4:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-tags/19429/6 "2017-10-09T16:44:00Z")
Please fill the tags first - mucking about with the filename makes it even more difficult.
It may be easiest if you move the "ft. artist" to a separate (user-defined) field first.
For "songtitle ft. artist2" use an action of the type "Guess value":
Source: %title%
Guessing pattern: %title% ft. %feat\_artist%
Check the extended tags dialogue (Alt-T) and see that you now have a user-defined field "feat\_artist"
For "songtitle ft. artist2 (remixname)" use this approach:
Action of the type "Guess value"
Source: $regexp(%title%,'(._) ft. (._) ((.\*)','$1 $3\_\_$2')
Guessing pattern: %title%\_\_%feat\_artist%
Now apply a filter with the expression:
%feat\_artist% PRESENT
Select the files and apply an action of the type "Format value" for ARTIST
Format string: %artist% ft. %feat\_artist%
If the result is OK, delete the field FEAT\_ARTIST in the extended tags dialogue.
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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/help-with-tags/19429/7 "2026-02-09T12:27:02Z")