How to get your release information right before you submit
There’s a lot of information to fill out when you’re putting a release together. Track titles, artist names, versions, contributors, explicit settings. It can be easy to wonder what goes where.
The easiest way to think about it is this: use each field for the information it’s designed for. Your track title should contain the track title, version information has its own field (see below for more info on this), and artist roles and credits should be added separately.
Here are some of the most common things to check before you submit.
Keep your track and release titles clean
Your track title should just be the name of the track.
Music platforms generally don’t want extra information added to titles when that information already has somewhere else to go.
For example, avoid adding things like:
- the year the track was released
- the artist name
- producer credits
- track numbers
- release format information like “Digital Single”
- audio format information like “Dolby Atmos,” “24-bit,” “192 kHz” or “lossless”
- platform-specific information like “Mastered for iTunes”
So instead of:
The White Stripes – Blue Orchid
use:
Blue Orchid
And instead of:
5. Move On Up (Extended Version)
the track title itself should simply be:
Move On Up
with Extended Version entered separately in the Version field.
Identify remixes and alternate versions in the Version field
If a track is a remix, live recording, radio edit, instrumental or another alternate version, that needs to be clearly identified for music platforms.
Enter that information in the Version field rather than adding it directly to the track title.
Version information can include:
- Live
- Radio Edit
- Instrumental
- Extended Version
- Remix information
Music platforms use that information to identify and display the specific version of your track.
Exactly how the version information appears can vary from platform to platform. Spotify, Apple Music and other music platforms may format or position it differently, so the final display won’t always look identical everywhere.
The original recording is different. You don’t need to add labels like Original Version, Album Version or Original Mix to it, because music platforms already treat the original track as the default version.
The important thing is to clearly identify alternate versions when they are different from the original recording.
Choose a clear, specific track title
Music platforms may push back on titles that look more like search terms, genre descriptions or SEO keywords than the name of a song.
For example, titles like:
- Top Hits Spotify For You
- Top EDM 2026
- Trending Sound
- Best Country
- Sleep, Study, Café Sounds
- Background Music for Podcasts
- Yoga Music
can be interpreted as descriptive or search-focused information rather than a genuine track title, particularly when they’re combined with genres, instruments or suggested uses.
That doesn’t mean your title has to be complicated. A simple title is completely fine. The important thing is that it reads like the name you’ve actually given the track, rather than a collection of keywords designed to describe or promote it.
Format Parts and Volumes the way music platforms expect
If your release title contains a Part or Volume number, music platforms have specific formatting they expect.
Use:
- Pt. for Part
- Vol. for Volume
Separate it from the title with a comma.
For example:
Title, Pt. 1
or:
Title, Vol. 1
If the same title appears on your cover art, make sure the formatting there matches too.
Keep artist names separate from credits
Your artist name field should contain the name you release music under, without extra information attached to it.
Use the same spelling and formatting consistently across your releases.
For example:
Jack White
rather than:
Jack White (Guitarist)
Avoid adding:
- roles like “guitarist” or “producer” (there are dedicated fields for adding contributor roles and credits)
- dates
- band affiliations
- websites
- social media handles
- other descriptive information
If another person contributed to the release, use the relevant contributor and role fields to credit them properly.
That helps music platforms understand the difference between who the artist is and what everyone involved in the release actually did.
Use your legal name for songwriting credits
When LANDR asks for your legal name in the Composer or Lyricist fields, enter your full legal name rather than your artist name.
This doesn’t replace your artist name.
Your artist name is still what listeners will see as the performer. Your legal name is used for publishing and rights attribution and may appear in the credits section on platforms that display that information.
For example, on Spotify your artist name can appear under Performed by, while your legal name appears under Written by.
Making sure those fields are accurate helps music platforms connect the right people to the right rights and credits.
Make sure your explicit setting matches your release
If your track contains explicit lyrics, make sure you mark it as Explicit in the Release Wizard.
If you use a Parental Advisory label on your cover art, the explicit setting in your metadata needs to match.
Likewise, if the track doesn’t contain explicit material, it shouldn’t be marked as explicit or use a Parental Advisory label.
The goal is the same as with the rest of your metadata: the information you enter, the artwork you upload and the music itself should all agree.
The main thing to remember
You don’t need to cram every piece of information about your release into the title.
The Release Wizard gives you separate places for things like versions, artists, contributors, songwriting/role credits and explicit status because music platforms need those pieces of information separately.
Putting each detail where it belongs helps music platforms display your release properly and means there’s less chance you’ll need to make changes before we can send it out.
