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# Guide To Getting Your Spotify URI Before Releasing Your Music
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/guide-to-getting-your-spotify-uri-before-releasing-your-music/
- Published: 2019-05-13T09:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2019-05-13T09:30:00.000Z
- Description: In this how-to piece, Chris Robley details how artists can get their unique identifying Spotify URI in advance of releasing their music on the platform, thereby allowing listeners to pre-save. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2019/05/guide-to-getting-your-spotify-uri-before-releasin
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: DIY Advice & Tips, Music Business, Songwriting & Music Publishing, Streaming, DIY, DIY musicians, indie, music, music industry, musician, musicians, Spotify, URI, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 09:55

[![1](https://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20240a4863ce0200d-200wi "1")](https://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20240a4863ce0200d-popup?ref=hypebot.com)In this how-to piece, Chris Robley details how artists can get their unique identifying Spotify URI in advance of releasing their music on the platform, thereby allowing listeners to pre-save music before its dropped.

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By **Chris Robley** of **CD Baby** of the **[DIY Musician blog](https://diymusician.cdbaby.com/music-promotion/get-your-spotify-uri/?ref=hypebot.com)**

# In order to set up a Spotify pre-save, you’ll need the URI for your unreleased music.

**A URI is Spotify’s unique identifier for music on their platform.**If you’re looking for the URI for music that is already available on Spotify, it’s simple; you just click the ellipses (the three dots) next to the track, album, or playlist, scroll down, and copy that URI.

### But how the hell are you supposed to get the identifier code for music that hasn’t been released yet?

CD Baby’s [music marketing platform Show.co](https://diymusician.cdbaby.com/music-promotion/music-marketing-actually-works-anatomy-successful-show-co-campaign/?ref=hypebot.com) makes it simple.

## Easy steps to getting your Spotify URI

I’m going to assume you’re here because you want to create [a Spotify pre-save campaign](https://diymusician.cdbaby.com/music-promotion/boost-streams-pre-save-campaign-spotify/?ref=hypebot.com). I mean, why else would you need a Spotify URI ahead of time?

### With Show.co, you can get the URI for your unreleased music AND launch a Spotify pre-save at the same time.

1. [**Distribute your music** to Spotify](https://cdbaby.com/?ref=hypebot.com) via CD Baby
2. **Set a release date in the future** (give yourself at least a couple weeks to get the most out of your pre-save campaign)
3. **Confirm that your music has been delivered** to Spotify by going to the “Distribution: Partner Delivery” section of your CD Baby dashboard
4. If you don’t have a free Show.co account, create one FROM WITHIN YOUR CD BABY DASHBOARD by clicking the “Free Marketing Tools” link
5. If you don’t have a CD Baby account, they’re also free — so get started [HERE](https://cdbaby.com/?ref=hypebot.com)
6. [**Log into your Show.co account**](https://www.show.co/?ref=hypebot.com)
7. **Click *NEW CAMPAIGN*** in the top right
8. **Select “Social Unlock”**![Show.co pre-save campaign for Spotify](https://pyw2t1f9myua878y2rfs2d19-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Setting-up-a-pre-save.png)
9. **Choose “Spotify: Pre-Save”** from the campaign type dropdown
10. ![How to get your URI from Spotify before your music is released](https://pyw2t1f9myua878y2rfs2d19-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Finding-your-Spotify-URI.png)
11. **Select “CD Baby UPC”** as the identifier
12. **Enter your UPC**, which should be a 12-digit code
Through our linkup with Spotify, we’ll then locate your URI, pop it into your Show.co campaign, and you can continue setting up your pre-save.*Please note: *if your music is already available,* you can’t do a pre-save — because that’s only for music that’s NOT yet released on Spotify. If you’re trying to enter the UPC for older releases, you’ll see a warning message like the one below.*

![How to find your URI from Spotify](https://pyw2t1f9myua878y2rfs2d19-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Getting-your-URI-for-a-Spotify-pre-save.png)

*If you get that warning message, don’t be sad.* **There are a lot of ways to promote your music on Spotify, even if it’s been out for a while.* Just create a different kind of campaign from the dropdown menu, such as:*
- *Stream on Spotify*
- *Add to My Music on Spotify*
- *Add to My Playlist on Spotify*
- *or Follow on Spotify*

### Don’t have a Show.co account yet? They’re free for all CD Baby account holders — and CD Baby accounts are ALSO free. So there’s no cost to launch a Spotify pre-save!

[Get Started](https://cdbaby.com/?ref=hypebot.com)**[Chris Robley](https://diymusician.cdbaby.com/author/chris-r-at-cd-baby/?ref=hypebot.com)* is the Editor of *CD Baby's DIY Musician Blog*. I write [Beatlesque indie-pop songs](http://blog.chrisrobley.com/?ref=hypebot.com) that've been praised by No Depression, KCRW, The LA Times, & others. My poems have appeared in Poetry Magazine, Prairie Schooner, The Poetry Review, & more. I live in Maine and like peanut butter chocolate chip cookies, a little too much.*