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I posted this in another thread but its a few days old. This is popping up all over the place lately and I’ve been working with an awesome customer support person at Apple, but there isn’t really a fix yet. It looks like a bunch of older versions of albums (90’s kid music) had the rights dropped on Apple Music in the last month or so. The problem comes in if you had the songs on iTunes and mapped to Apple Music early on. That’s about the extent of what me and the IT lead have figured out. If that song stays under your Apple ID and you add a new version of the song it still won’t work, so that old version is corrupting any of the new ones too.

So not great news but I have a fix I tested and it’ll work but you need another user’s device or create a second ID on another device. It looks like it was dumb luck that it happened with the iOS16 release but for whatever reason all of those original albums the rights are gone from Apple Music. I have no idea, but the fact that they are greyed out seems valid. The downstream effects were unintended consequences.

So here is the fix - and please test this on a couple songs with a test album first so you understand the steps and don’t blow up your library.

Send the playlist to another device, I used my wife’s but it has to be a device that doesn’t have you signed or signed in with a different Apple ID so you can actually send the playlist.
On the second device, the songs will automatically map to a current version of that song. I have no idea why we can’t just refresh the mapping on a device but you can’t.
Duplicate that playlist on the second device. While in the playlist hit the three dots in the upper right, click add to playlist, name the new playlist and create it.
Delete bad songs on the first device.
Send the playlist back to device one from device two. This will remap all the songs to whatever version is out there now and ignore the old mapping.

You’ll want to duplicate all the playlists first so you don’t lose songs on multiple playlists. Because as soon as you delete the songs they will drop from the playlist. Since they aren’t in your library. You can also remove step 3, but that’s kinda risky if something maps weird. It’s better to just duplicate.

If you have iTunes I would also make a playlist with all your songs to remap all the the other songs not in a playlist and do the same thing. The only time this won’t work is if the song has been completely deplatformed by apple.

Sorry for the crap news. I think the real question is why there isn’t an option to refresh mapping on a song within Apple Music or iTunes. But I’ll argue that one with the IT lead on Tuesday when I talk to her again. Hopefully this helps a few people out.

How do you fix this song is currently unavailable in your country or region?

Putting your device in and out of airplane mode can also resolve connectivity problems..

First: Check Your Connectivity..

Check Apple Music Server Status..

Disable Your VPN Connection..

Close and Reopen Apple Music..

Resync Your iCloud Music Library..

Resync Your Music Library Using iTunes..

Resync Your Music Library on a Mac..

Why does Apple Music say a song isn't available in my country or region?

Due to regional licensing and distribution policy, some songs are not available to select countries. If the song isn't licensed to the country your VPN connection is routed to, then that error will show up whenever you try to play it. You can disable your VPN within the app or from the iPhone Settings menu.