This Free Web App Turns Any List of Songs Into a Spotify Playlist
Creating a Spotify playlist isn’t that difficult, but it can be tedious, especially if you want to put together a mix of dozens or even hundreds of songs. Spotlistr is a free tool that can do all the work for you: it can automatically turn any list of songs into a Spotify playlist, even if it’s just in text format. You paste the text containing your list of songs, let the application launch, make sure the tool has identified the correct songs, and press the button. The playlist appears. What’s more, Spotlistr can convert playlists for almost any other music streaming service, including YouTube, Soundcloud, Reddit, and Last.fm.
To get started, go to Spotlistr.com and log in using your Spotify account. Then select the source of the playlist you want to create. I prefer to use the Text Box option, which allows you to insert a simple list of songs. You will need proper formatting: there should be one song per line.
Click Search and the service will try to match each string with a specific song.
You can scroll through the list and quickly confirm that the app has found the songs you really want. You’ll see up to four options for each entry, allowing you to choose between them. Once everything looks right, you can add the playlist to your Spotify account.
Use Spotlistr to import playlists from another service (or even Reddit).
Converting a list of songs into a playlist is just one feature of Spotlistr. As noted, it can also import and convert playlists from other services. If there’s a YouTube or Soundcloud playlist you want to move to Spotify, there are tools for that. It is also possible to get the best Last.fm tracks from any user.
A particularly cool use case: you can also download all the songs from any Reddit conversation, subreddit, or collection of subreddits. For example: I was able to turn this list of 2024 song recommendations into a playlist that includes all of those songs in just a couple of clicks. This is a great way to view a list of songs without having to manually search for each one, but note that the tool is not particularly good at parsing messages with multiple songs on the same line.
You can also use the app to export any existing Spotify playlist to a CSV file. There is a “stats generator” that allows you to create a sort of “Spotify Wrapped” any time of year. You can automatically remove duplicates from any playlist or create a playlist cover.
Essentially, this site offers a set of tools that Spotify should already have, but doesn’t. Bookmark it if you ever get frustrated with the playlist creation process.