# Songs out of order on USB drive

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/songs-out-of-order-on-usb-drive/17240>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [September 17, 2015, 6:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/songs-out-of-order-on-usb-drive/17240 "2015-09-17T06:27:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![bugo](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/f05b48/32.png) [@bugo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bugo)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 6:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/songs-out-of-order-on-usb-drive/17240/1 "2015-09-17T06:27:39Z")

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I just bought a 2010 Chevrolet HHR with a factory stereo with a USB port. When playing certain albums, the radio will play tracks in alphabetical order or it will start off with a track in the middle of the album. say track 7, then it will play 8, 9, 10 etc until it reaches the end of the album then it will play track 1 then 2 then 3 and so on. Some albums play correctly from the first track to the last. What commands can I use in mp3tag to force the radio to play the songs in the order they are on the albums?

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**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 6:48am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/songs-out-of-order-on-usb-drive/17240/2 "2015-09-17T06:48:42Z")

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> [@bugo](#):
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> ...What commands can I use in mp3tag to force the radio to play the songs in the order they are on the albums?

Try this (no guarantee):  
Fill the fields ALBUMARTIST and ALBUM with data that allows to group the files together.  
Fill the field TRACK with ascending numbers for each album but do not use 3-digit numbers.

If the player relies only on the filename, rename the files with the function  
Convert\>Tag-Filename  
and, e.g.  
%album%_$num(%track%,2)_%title%

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**Author:** ![tagmusing](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ee59a6/32.png) [@tagmusing](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tagmusing)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 4:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/songs-out-of-order-on-usb-drive/17240/3 "2015-09-24T16:20:05Z")

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There are some car radios, which play the songs in the order, the computer copied them onto a usb stick or harddrive.  
Then tagging will not help you. But ther are to little programms I know off, which change the Order accoring to the filename.  
Foldersort and DriveSort.  
I had a Blaupunkt radio, where it was necessary to sort the songs every time, I put new ones on my usb stick.  
Perhaps it helps you.

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**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/songs-out-of-order-on-usb-drive/17240/4 "2026-02-09T12:25:52Z")

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Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:25pm UTC