Song Title Formatter for Spotify & Apple Music
A free song title capitalization tool and checker. Make your titles store-ready before you hit upload: fix capitalization, feat. and remix formatting, and catch what gets DistroKid and TuneCore releases changed or rejected.
Runs entirely in your browser. Your unreleased titles never leave your device.
How it works
Paste your titles
One song, or a whole album tracklist, straight from your notes or DAW.
Get store-ready titles
Capitalization, feat. and version formatting fixed to Apple Music rules.
Release with confidence
Copy the Title, Featured artist and Version fields into your distributor.
Six things stores look at in every title
Capitalization
Apple Music title case, sentence case for other languages, ALL CAPS and rAnDoM casing fixed.
Featured artists
"ft", "Feat.", "featuring" and "w/" rewritten to "(feat. Name)" or "(with Name)".
Version info
Remix, Live, Acoustic, Sped Up, Radio Edit and Remastered moved into brackets and spelled out.
Rejection triggers
Track numbers, years, "prod. by", "Official Audio", Explicit/Clean, emoji, links and handles.
Upload form fields
Splits each title into Title, Featured artist and Version, the way distributors ask for it.
Whole tracklists
Paste an album’s titles, one per line, then copy or download the fixed list.
Song title capitalization: how to capitalize song titles
Song title capitalization follows title case, the format Apple Music asks for in English. Titles in all capitals, all lowercase or random casing aren’t allowed, and Apple rewrites them if you submit them. Do you capitalize every word in a song title? Not quite. These are the song title capitalization rules:
- Capitalize every word except the short words listed below.
- Always capitalize the first and last word of the title, and the first and last word inside parentheses.
- Capitalize the first word after a dash (-), slash (/) or colon (:).
- Always capitalize Is, It, This, That, Are, If, Than, even though they’re short.
- Capitalize a short word when it’s part of a verb phrase: “Shake It Off”, “Turn Up the Music”.
Keep these lowercase (unless first or last)
Examples: In the Still of the Night, A Day in the Life, This Is What You Came For, Born to Run.
How to write “feat.” in a song title
Featured artists are written as (feat. Name): lowercase “feat.” with a period, in English, inside parentheses. Use (with Name)for joint credits. Two or more names are joined with commas and “&”. If the title also has version info, the feat. credit comes first in parentheses and the version follows in square brackets.
feat. vs ft.: both mean “featuring”, but stores only accept “feat.”. Writing ft in a song title, or spelling out featuring in a song title, gets changed or flagged, so use “feat.” every time.
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Song (feat. Drake)
Song ft Drake
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Song (feat. Drake)
Song Featuring Drake
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Song (feat. Drake & Future)
Song (Feat. Drake and Future)
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Song (with SZA)
Song w/ SZA
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Song (feat. Drake) [Remix]
Song - Remix ft Drake
Also enter the artist in your distributor’s featured artist field. Apple Music builds the “(feat. …)” part of the title from that role, and Spotify shows featured artists in the artist line.
Get your music on Spotify, Apple Music & TikTok
A distributor sends your songs to every major store. Format your titles here, then upload.
Why releases get rejected: what to leave out of titles
A common reason for a DistroKid rejected release or a TuneCore rejected release is the track title. Distributors ask you to type only the song name in the title field, and version info and extra artists go in their own fields. Use the song title checker above before you upload. Stores reject or edit titles that carry extra information:
- 1track number
Midnight Drive
01 - Midnight Drive
- 2year
Midnight Drive
Midnight Drive 2026
- 3artist credit in title
Midnight Drive
Midnight Drive (performed by Nova)
- 4promo words
Midnight Drive
Midnight Drive (Official Audio)
- 5producer credit
Midnight Drive
Midnight Drive prod. by Kay
- 6emoji and handle
Midnight Drive
Midnight Drive 🔥 @novamusic
- Explicit / Clean: don’t write them in the title. Use the explicit flag on the upload form.
- Format and promo words: “Official Video”, “Lyrics”, “Original Mix”, “Exclusive”, “Dolby Atmos”, “Lossless”.
- Store names and links: no “Spotify”, “Apple Music”, “YouTube”, URLs or @handles.
- Generic titles: “Track 1” or “Untitled” only if that really is the song’s name.
Album, EP and single titles
Album title capitalization follows the same title-case rules as song titles. The release title also has a few extras, including how stores label a single vs EP:
- “- Single” and “- EP” are added by Apple Music automatically. A single is 1–3 songs under 10 minutes each, and an EP is up to 6 songs and 30 minutes.
- Deluxe and anniversary editions go in parentheses: “Summer Nights (Deluxe Edition)”.
- Remix albums must say so in the album title, e.g. “Summer Nights (The Remixes)”.
- Keep the casing consistent across every track on the album.
Switch the tool to Album / EP to apply these checks.
Do Spotify and Apple Music have the same title rules?
No. Apple Music is the strictest store, so a title that meets Apple’s rules is safe on Spotify too. Spotify’s title rules are lighter: Spotify’s music metadata guidelines mainly ban artist names in titles, and it often keeps non-standard capitalization that Apple would change. That’s why this tool formats to Apple’s standard.
| Rule | Apple Music | Spotify |
|---|---|---|
| ALL CAPS title | Not allowed, rewritten to title case | Usually kept as submitted |
| all lowercase title | Not allowed, rewritten to title case | Allowed |
| Featured artist format | (feat. Name), lowercase, in parentheses | No artist names in the title; use the artist fields |
| Emoji | Not allowed | Avoid, since distributors usually block them |
| Version info | In ( ), extra references in [ ] | Follows your distributor’s version field |
Song title format & capitalization questions
How do you capitalize (or capitalise) a song title?
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Use title case: capitalize every word except short articles, conjunctions and prepositions (a, an, and, as, but, for, from, nor, of, or, so, the, to, yet, at, by, in, into, off, on, onto, out, over, up, with). The first and last words are always capitalized, and so is the first word after a dash, slash or colon. Words like Is, It, This, That and Are are always capitalized.
How do I write "feat." in a song title?
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Write it lowercase with a period, in English, inside parentheses: "Song Title (feat. Artist Name)". Don’t use "ft", "Feat.", "featuring" or "w/". For a joint credit use "(with Artist Name)". Also add the artist in your distributor’s featured-artist field.
Will Spotify or Apple Music reject an ALL CAPS song title?
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Apple Music’s style guide doesn’t allow titles in all capitals, all lowercase, or random casing, and Apple usually rewrites them to standard capitalization. Distributors such as DistroKid warn that stores may reject ALL CAPS or unusual capitalization. Spotify is more relaxed and generally keeps the casing you submit.
Where does Remix, Live or Acoustic go in the title?
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In parentheses after the title: "Song (Remix)", "Song (Live)", "Song (Acoustic Version)". If there is more than one extra reference, the first goes in parentheses and the rest in square brackets: "Song (feat. Artist) [Remix]". Spell versions out in full, so "Acoustic Version" rather than "Acoustic Ver.".
What can’t I put in a song title?
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Track numbers, years or dates, producer credits ("prod. by"), "Official Audio" or "Official Video", "Explicit" or "Clean" (use the explicit flag instead), emoji, URLs, social handles, store names, and the artist’s own name. Stores reject or edit titles that contain these.
Should album titles end with "- Single" or "- EP"?
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Apple Music adds "- Single" or "- EP" automatically based on track count and length, so you can leave it out of the album title you type into your distributor.
Does this work for titles in other languages?
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Yes. Pick "Sentence case" for French, Italian, Swedish and other languages that capitalize only the first word. Spanish and Portuguese can use title case or sentence case, as long as one album is consistent. German capitalizes every noun, so choose "Keep my casing" to run the checks without changing capitalization.
Is there a song title checker I can use before uploading to DistroKid or TuneCore?
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Yes, the formatter at the top of this page works as a song title checker and song name checker. Paste your track titles and it flags anything that could get the release changed or rejected, then gives you the store-ready version to paste into DistroKid, TuneCore, CD Baby or any other distributor.
Why did DistroKid or TuneCore reject my release?
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Title formatting is one of the most common reasons. Releases get rejected or edited for ALL CAPS or random capitalization, track numbers, years, producer credits, “Official Audio”, emoji, links, or artist names typed into the title. Artwork and audio problems are other common causes. This tool checks the title part.
What’s the right song name format?
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The standard song name format is: Title in title case, then (feat. Artist) if there’s a featured artist, then the version in square brackets, e.g. “Stay with Me (feat. Drake) [Remix]”. With only a version it goes in parentheses: “Stay with Me (Acoustic Version)”.
Does Apple Music allow non-standard capitalization?
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Generally no. Apple Music’s style guide asks for standard title case and rewrites all-caps, all-lowercase or stylized casing in most cases. Spotify is more likely to keep a stylized title as submitted.
Is my unreleased music data safe?
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Yes. The checker runs entirely in your browser. Nothing you type is uploaded, stored or logged.
Sources & accuracy
Rules are based on the store and distributor documentation below, last checked October 2026. Stores update their guidelines, and the final decision on any release is theirs.
- Apple Music Style Guide
- Spotify metadata guidelines
- DistroKid: release and track title formatting issues
Built and maintained by Foysal Mostafa. Not affiliated with Apple, Spotify or any distributor.