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Last.fm Tag

Generate a Spotify playlist from any Last.fm genre tag, like electronic, jazz, or shoegaze. Track Down pulls up to 1,000 of that tag's top-scrobbled tracks in one request and matches them on Spotify.

Step 1 — Enter your input

More tracks = same request, just a longer wait — there's no extra cost to asking for the max.

You'll be redirected to Spotify to approve access, then brought right back here.

How does Last.fm Tag work?

Track Down builds a Spotify playlist from any Last.fm genre tag — electronic, jazz, shoegaze, or any tag Last.fm tracks — by pulling that tag's top-scrobbled tracks across all Last.fm users and matching each one to Spotify.

Steps

  1. 1Type a genre tag, such as "electronic" or "hip-hop."
  2. 2Track Down calls Last.fm's tag.gettoptracks endpoint and pulls up to 1,000 of the tag's most-scrobbled tracks community-wide in one request.
  3. 3Each track is matched and scored against Spotify the same way as every other Track Down source.
  4. 4Save the confident matches to a new or existing Spotify playlist.

Frequently asked questions

Where do the tracks for a genre tag come from — my account or everyone's?

Everyone's. Tag-based results are Last.fm's community-wide top tracks for that tag, aggregated across all Last.fm users, not personalized to any one account.

What happens if I use a tag that doesn't exist or has very few scrobbles?

Last.fm returns whatever tracks it has tagged, which may be far fewer than 1,000 for niche or misspelled tags — Track Down will simply match and show however many tracks come back.

Can I combine multiple genre tags in one playlist?

Not in a single run — each Tag conversion pulls one tag at a time. Running the tool again with a different tag and saving to the same existing playlist is the way to combine genres.

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Last verified: July 2026.