How to Play a Song Backwards on Windows Media Player

Whether you are looking for subliminal messages or you are just interested in strangeness that may ensue, it can be an unique experience to listen a song backwards. While it may be impossible to use the main Windows Media Player program play a song backwards, one can use third-party software like Audacity to reverse the file and then open the reversed file in Windows Media Player.

Things You'll Need

• Audacity
• Windows Media Player

Instructions

1. After downloading and installing the free Audacity software from http://audacity.sourceforge.net/, open the program and drag your music file into it.

2. Choose "Edit," "Select," then "All" to make sure you are selecting the whole file.

3. Select "Effect" and then "Reverse" to the reverse the file's waveform. It will now play backwards.

4. Click on "File" then "Export as WAV..." to save the newly-reversed file in whatever directory you want.

5. Open the file in Windows Media Player. You can now enjoy the experience of a backwards file.

Tips & Warnings

• Control+A is a quick way to select all of the file in Audacity.

References

• Audacity
• Microsoft