Here’s a List of Siri Commands for Apple Music on HomePod and Beyond

One of the best reasons to own a HomePod is if you have Apple Music, because you can ask Siri for just about any song. If you’re looking for a huge list of Siri voice commands to try with Apple Music, Reddit user ArponeQ has painstakingly compiled a ‘nearly complete’ list of what you can ask.

Of course, you aren’t limited to just HomePod to try these Siri voice commands for Apple Music–they’ll work on your iPhone, iPad or Apple TV as well.

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Check out the huge list of Siri voice commands below…

Genres

° Works combined with “Instrumental” ^ Works combined with “Acoustic”/“Unplugged”

  • Blues°^
    • African blues
    • Alternative blues
    • Classic blues
    • Chicago blues
    • Contemporary blues
    • Country blues
    • Delta blues
    • Electric blues
    • Indie blues
    • Punk blues
    • Ragtime blues
  • Classic
    • Baroque°
    • Chamber music°
    • Christmas
    • Choral music (thanks to Stryker295)
    • Minimalism
    • Opera
    • Orchestral
    • Renaissance
    • Romantic Era Classical
  • Comedy music
  • Country°^
    • Americana
    • Alt-country^
    • Bluegrass
    • Country gospel
    • Country pop
    • Country rock
    • Honky Tonk
    • Indie country
    • Outlaw country
    • Sertanejo
    • Traditional country
  • Disney
  • Easy listening
  • Electronic°
    • Alternative/indie electronic
    • Ambient
    • Breakbeat
    • Chillwave
    • Dance
    • Disco
    • Downtempo
    • Dubstep
    • Electro
    • Electro blues
    • Electro House
    • Electronica
    • Electropop
    • Electronic rock
    • Grime
    • House
    • IDM
    • Jungle/Drum’n’bass
    • Techno
    • Trance
  • Experimental music°
  • Folk^
    • Alternative folk
    • Celtic
      • Celtic folk
    • Contemporary folk (only from your library)
    • Folk-rock
    • Indie folk
    • Traditional Folk
  • Hip-hop^
    • Crunk
    • Dirty South
    • Indie hip-hop
    • Rap
      • Gangsta Rap
      • Indie rap
      • Old School Rap
      • Pop rap
      • Trap
      • Underground Rap
      • West Coast Rap
  • Jazz°^
    • Acid jazz
    • Alternative jazz
    • Bebop
    • Big Band
    • Dixieland
    • Free jazz
    • Hard bop
    • Indie jazz
    • Ragtime (=Ragtime blues)
    • Smooth jazz°
  • Latino°^
    • Bossa Nova
    • Cumbia (thanks to KTMRCR)
    • Flamenco
    • Reggaeton
    • Tango
    • Salsa
    • Samba
  • New Age°^
  • Pop°
    • Alternative pop
    • Britpop
    • Dream pop/Shoegaze
    • Fado
    • Holiday
    • Indie pop
    • New romantic
    • Power pop
    • Schlager (German pop)
    • Soft rock
    • Synth-pop
    • Surf pop
    • Teen pop
    • Worldbeat
  • R&B/Soul°^
    • Alternative R&B/Indie R&B
    • Freestyle
    • Funk°
    • Gospel
      • Southern Gospel
    • Hip-hop soul
    • Motown
    • Neo-soul
    • Oldies
    • Pop soul
    • Psych rock soul
    • Quiet storm
    • Reggae
      • Dancehall music
      • Dub
      • Roots Reggae
      • Ska
    • Rhythm and blues(=R&B)
    • Soul blues
  • Religious
    • CCM/Christian pop
    • Christian country
    • Christian metal
    • Christian rock
    • Praise & Worship
  • Rock°^
    • Adult alternative
    • Alternative rock^
    • Arena rock
    • Blues rock
    • British Invasion
    • Classic rock
    • College rock
    • Experimental rock
    • Glam rock
    • Goth
    • Grunge
    • New wave
    • Post-grunge
    • Progressive rock/prog-rock/art rock
      • Canterbury Scene
    • Hard rock°
    • Indie rock°^
    • Jam Bands
    • Jazz rock/fusion jazz
    • Metal°
      • Alternative metal
      • Black metal/death metal
      • Doom metal
      • Glam metal
      • Hair metal
      • Industrial metal
      • Nu metal
      • Pop metal
      • Thrash metal
    • Psychedelic/psych rock
    • Psych rock pop
    • Punk^
      • Alternative punk
      • Emo
      • Emo pop
      • Folk punk
      • Grindcore
      • Hardcore punk
      • Indie punk
      • Pop punk
      • Post-punk
      • Rap punk
    • Rap rock
    • Rockabilly
    • Shoegaze/Dream pop
    • Singer-songwriter^
      • Alternative singer-songwriter
      • Indie singer-songwriter
    • Southern rock
    • Stoner rock
    • Surf rock
  • Soundtrack
    • Musicals
    • Score music°
    • TV themes music
  • By instrument
    • Bass music
    • Piano
    • Saxophone/sax music
    • Vocal (only from your library)
      • Standards
  • International
    • African music
      • Afrobeat
    • Anime
    • Blues: French blues, Latino blues,
    • Dangdut
    • Electronic: French electronic, Latino electronic,
      • Eurobeat
      • House: French house, Latino house, Russian house
    • Enka
    • Folk: German folk
      • Polka
    • Hip-hop: Aussie hip-hop, French hip-hop, German hip-hop, K-hip-hip, Italian hip-hop, Latino hip-hop,
      • Rap: French rap, Italian rap, Latin Rap
    • Jazz: French jazz, Latino jazz
    • Mexican music
    • Pop: Canadian pop, Cantopop, C-pop, French pop, German pop, Indian pop, Israeli, Italian pop, J-pop, Kay?kyoku, K-pop, Latino pop, Mandopop, Russian pop, Turkish pop
    • R&B: French R&B, German R&B, Latino R&B
      • Soul: French soul, German soul, Latino soul,
    • Rock: Brazilian rock, Canadian rock, Chinese rock, French rock, German rock, Korean rock, Latino rock, Portoghese rock, Russian rock
      • Metal: British metal, German metal, Latino metal, Russian metal
      • Punk: French punk, German punk, Latino punk, Russian punk,
    • Soca
  • Others?

Moods

  • Angry
  • Cheerful: happy, upbeat, whimsical
  • Chill: calm, relaxed, soothing, unwind, warm
  • Fun=Partying
  • Motivation: lively
  • Romantic: affectionate, romance, wedding music
  • Sad: blue, somber
  • Safe for kids
  • Weekend

Activities

  • Breakup: heartbreak
  • Meditation: bedtime, yoga, sleep
  • Entertaining: cooking, dinner Party
  • Focus
  • Getting it on: intimate, baby making music (tnx to Throwaway_Consoles)
  • Halloween
  • Partying: dancing, driving, something lit (tnx to m-simm),
  • Workout: cardio, exercise

Commands

  • Genre: “Play some [genre – list above]”;
  • Only from my library: “Play my [genre] music” / “Play some [genre] from my library”; Shuffled: “Play shuffled my [genre] music”;
  • Period: “Play some [50s/60s/70s/80s/90s/2000s/2010s] music”
  • Mood/activity: “Play some [mood/activity – lists above] music”;
  • Genre + period: “Play [genre] from the [period]”;
  • Mood + genre + period. Ex.: “Play sad alternative rock songs from the 90s”
  • Music for me: “Play something I’d like” , “DJ for me”, “Play my suggested music“;
  • Playlist of an artist: “Play some [artist]; “Play [artist] from Apple Music“; the songs in my library of an artist: “Play my songs of [artist]”; Shuffled: “Play my songs of [artist] shuffled”;
  • Play similar songs to the current: ”Create a station with this song”;
  • Music from charts. Ex.: “Play top [number] songs from [year]” (only US);
  • Top songs by genre: “Play some cool/new [genre – only main genres]”;
  • Latest song published by an artist: “Play the newest/latest song by [artist]” (thanks to deoee);
  • Play a random playlist in ‘For You’: “Play my daily playlist” (thanks to egg1111115);
  • Others?

We tested lots from this list and yep, they worked with Siri. Let us know what works for you and what else is missing from this list.

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