diff --git a/backend/lib/ytdlp.js b/backend/lib/ytdlp.js
index ffafee1..c58a1cb 100644
--- a/backend/lib/ytdlp.js
+++ b/backend/lib/ytdlp.js
@@ -110,9 +110,11 @@ async function downloadTrack({ jobId, artist, rawArtist, albumArtist, title, alb
 
   const escRe = s => s.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&');
 
-  // Strip release-type suffixes Spotify sometimes appends to track/album names
-  // e.g. "recognize - Single" → "recognize", "Blue Moon - EP" → "Blue Moon"
-  const searchTitle = title.replace(/\s*[-–]\s*(single|ep|album|remaster(?:ed)?|deluxe(?:\s+edition)?|bonus\s+track)s?\s*$/i, '').trim() || title;
+  // Strip release-type suffixes Spotify appends to track names (e.g. "recognize - Single" → "recognize").
+  // Only strip trailing "- word(s)" when those words are release-type qualifiers or bare years, not
+  // real sub-titles (which tend to be longer phrases or start with "feat"/"ft").
+  const RELEASE_SUFFIX_RE = /\s*[-–]\s*(?:(?:official\s+)?(?:music\s+)?(?:single|ep|lp|album|ost|soundtrack|remaster(?:ed)?|deluxe(?:\s+edition)?|bonus\s+tracks?|b-?sides?|version|edit)\b.*|(?:20|19)\d{2})\s*$/i;
+  const searchTitle = title.replace(RELEASE_SUFFIX_RE, '').trim() || title;
 
   const variantFilter = buildVariantFilter(searchTitle);
   const titleKws      = buildTitleKeywords(searchTitle);