Finding Songs Without Music Videos

For decades, pop music has usually been organised around albums and singles. An album is a collection of songs released together, while singles are the tracks chosen to represent the album and attract the biggest audience. Record labels typically pick three to five songs from an album to release as singles over several months. These songs are sent to radio stations, added to streaming playlists and almost always get an official music video to promote them.

Because the singles receive the most attention, many listeners never discover the rest of the album. However, some of the best songs are often the ones that were never released as singles.

If you want to find these hidden tracks, try this method:

1. Choose an artist you like.

2. Look at one of their studio albums.

3. Find out which songs were released as singles (this information is easy to find on music databases or encyclopaedia sites).

4. Listen to the remaining tracks and check whether they have an official music video. In most cases, they won't, making them true album-only songs.

   
   

For example, if an album has 12 tracks and 4 singles, there are usually 8 songs that never had a promotional video and may have been heard mainly by fans who explored the whole album.

There are exceptions. Some artists create visual albums, where every song has a video, although this is still relatively rare because producing videos is expensive and time-consuming. On the other hand, a successful single may sometimes never receive a traditional music video. Instead, it might only have a lyric video, an animated visualiser or a simple audio upload.

Exploring albums rather than just the biggest hits is a great way to discover overlooked songs, understand an artist's style and find music that many casual listeners have never heard.

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