Lost Downloaded Song

Mrs_CP · 3 January 2017 at 4:07PM

Hi - I have searched around for an answer to this question but to no avail so hoping someone can help.

I subscribe to Deezer and have around 1000 songs which I access via my iPod and Samsung Galaxy Edge S6 phone.

Following the passing of George Michael, I went to make up a playlist of my favourite songs but could not find one of them, one which I have downloaded and played hundreds of times and of course, it is my favourite. It is the MTV Unplugged version of I Can't Make You Love Me. I can find it on YouTube but not on Deezer or iTunes - when I had actually downloaded it previously from both.

I have submitted a query to Deezer but wondered if anyone knew - is it normal for, say, record companies to withdraw songs from streaming services? I am guessing that is what happened as it was there before, and now it is gone! Just curious if anyone knows why?

thanks

JohnB47 · 3 January 2017 at 5:20PM

Mrs_CP wrote: »

Hi - I have searched around for an answer to this question but to no avail so hoping someone can help.

I subscribe to Deezer and have around 1000 songs which I access via my iPod and Samsung Galaxy Edge S6 phone.

Following the passing of George Michael, I went to make up a playlist of my favourite songs but could not find one of them, one which I have downloaded and played hundreds of times and of course, it is my favourite. It is the MTV Unplugged version of I Can't Make You Love Me. I can find it on YouTube but not on Deezer or iTunes - when I had actually downloaded it previously from both.

I have submitted a query to Deezer but wondered if anyone knew - is it normal for, say, record companies to withdraw songs from streaming services? I am guessing that is what happened as it was there before, and now it is gone! Just curious if anyone knows why?

thanks

Are other George Michael songs available on Deezer or iTunes? If so, I've no idea why that particular song has disappeared. If not, perhaps it's a legal thing - those given the job of managing his estate have maybe put a hold on things for the time being.