Four million unplayed songs on Spotify may be uncovered thanks to a new service called Forgotify.

Forgotify Helps You Hear Lost Songs On Spotify

Soundcheck | Mar 31, 2014

According to the streaming music service Spotify, nearly 20 percent of its catalogue -- close to four million songs -- have never been played. But now, a new service called Forgotify aims to get you listening to those songs.

Case in point: Hans Edler, a Swedish pop star who had a No. 1 single in his native country in 2010, but whose song "Every Night and Day" had received exactly zero plays on Spotify until PopMatters columnist Ben Rubenstein discovered the tune via Forgotify.

In a conversation with Soundcheck host John Schaefer, Rubeinstein delves into the finer points of Forgotify, what the service shows us about streaming behavior, our taste in music, and the ability to discover a whole new genre, like "Themes From Long-Forgotten TV Shows" -- and hear some seldom-heard song he discovered including Mundell Lowe And His All Stars' "Theme From Tightrope."

 

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