How to deal with Sort Title and remixes/extra track info?

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So I have a few songs that have an article to start, for example, “The Sign (Ultimix Version)” by Ace of Base. If I set it to Sort Form (using Yate), I get “Sign (Ultimix Version), The” which seems incorrect to me. Shouldn’t it be, “Sign, The (Ultimix Version)?”

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I don’t know what MusicBrainz context you’re referring to, but I’d certainly say so.

This is obviously wrong:

Title Sort
A Sign (Remix) Sign (Remix), A
The Sign (Remix) Sign (Remix), The
A Sign Sign, A
The Sign Sign, The

This is obviously better:

Title Sort
A Sign (Remix) Sign, A (Remix)
A Sign Sign, A
The Sign (Remix) Sign, The (Remix)
The Sign Sign, The
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Awesome, thanks for the guidance! I guess it’s more of a style question than a MusicBrainz specific question, as I’m not sure MusicBrainz stores a “Sort Title” field. Are there any other places I can search style guidelines? The MusicBrainz ones don’t address this particular issue.

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It’s in the aliases.

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