How to fix dead tracks in your Apple Music playlists

Every playlist has dead tracks — the ones you skip every single time. One or two won't ruin a playlist. Five or six and the whole thing feels broken, because each skip resets the energy.

1. Find them

Apple Music doesn't show "skip count" the way iTunes used to, but you know which ones they are. Play the playlist on a normal day and note every song you reach for the skip button on.

2. Don't just delete — replace

Removing a track leaves a hole in the energy curve. If the dead track was a mid-tempo bridge between two bangers, removing it jumps you straight from peak to peak. Replace with something at a similar BPM and energy.

3. Re-check the order

Once you've swapped a few tracks, the order is off. Drag the new ones into roughly the right BPM slot. Slow songs early, peaks in the middle third, gentler closers at the end.

The faster way

My Flowlist rebuilds the playlist around the moment — workout, run, dinner, drive — by scoring every track in your library and sequencing only the ones that fit the arc. The dead tracks just don't get picked.