diff --git a/src/audio/queue.test.ts b/src/audio/queue.test.ts
index e801014..e956d6e 100644
--- a/src/audio/queue.test.ts
+++ b/src/audio/queue.test.ts
@@ -150,6 +150,32 @@ describe("PlayQueue", () => {
     expect(next).not.toBeNull();
   });
 
+  it("random mode with single song returns null on next", () => {
+    queue.setMode(PlayMode.Random);
+    queue.add(makeSong("1"));
+    queue.play();
+    expect(queue.next()).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("random mode plays each song exactly once then stops", () => {
+    queue.setMode(PlayMode.Random);
+    queue.add(makeSong("A"));
+    queue.add(makeSong("B"));
+    queue.add(makeSong("C"));
+    queue.play();
+    const played = new Set<string>();
+    played.add(queue.current()!.id);
+    for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+      const song = queue.next();
+      if (!song) break;
+      played.add(song.id);
+    }
+    // All 3 songs should have been played
+    expect(played).toEqual(new Set(["A", "B", "C"]));
+    // next() after all played should return null
+    expect(queue.next()).toBeNull();
+  });
+
   it("random-loop mode never returns null", () => {
     queue.setMode(PlayMode.RandomLoop);
     queue.add(makeSong("1"));
diff --git a/src/audio/queue.ts b/src/audio/queue.ts
index 9c26ab0..7a6f36f 100644
--- a/src/audio/queue.ts
+++ b/src/audio/queue.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export class PlayQueue {
   private songs: QueuedSong[] = [];
   private currentIndex = -1;
   private mode: PlayMode = PlayMode.Sequential;
+  private playedIndices = new Set<number>();
 
   add(song: QueuedSong): void {
     this.songs.push(song);
@@ -36,32 +37,36 @@ export class PlayQueue {
     if (index < this.currentIndex) {
       this.currentIndex--;
     } else if (index === this.currentIndex) {
-      // Move the pointer back by one so next() in sequential mode advances
-      // to the song that shifted into the removed slot. Without this, the
-      // shifted song is silently skipped because current() incorrectly
-      // returns it (even though the player is still on the removed song)
-      // and next() then increments past it. currentIndex may become -1,
-      // which is fine — it represents "no current song" and next() will
-      // pick index 0.
       this.currentIndex--;
     }
 
+    // Rebuild playedIndices to account for shifted indices
+    const newPlayed = new Set<number>();
+    for (const idx of this.playedIndices) {
+      if (idx === index) continue;
+      newPlayed.add(idx > index ? idx - 1 : idx);
+    }
+    this.playedIndices = newPlayed;
+
     return removed;
   }
 
   clear(): void {
     this.songs = [];
     this.currentIndex = -1;
+    this.playedIndices.clear();
   }
 
   play(): QueuedSong | null {
     if (this.songs.length === 0) return null;
+    this.playedIndices.clear();
     this.currentIndex = 0;
     return this.songs[0];
   }
 
   playAt(index: number): QueuedSong | null {
     if (index < 0 || index >= this.songs.length) return null;
+    this.playedIndices.clear();
     this.currentIndex = index;
     return this.songs[index];
   }
@@ -81,11 +86,16 @@ export class PlayQueue {
         return this.songs[this.currentIndex];
       }
       case PlayMode.Random: {
-        if (this.songs.length === 1) return this.songs[0];
-        let nextIndex: number;
-        do {
-          nextIndex = Math.floor(Math.random() * this.songs.length);
-        } while (nextIndex === this.currentIndex && this.songs.length > 1);
+        if (this.currentIndex >= 0) {
+          this.playedIndices.add(this.currentIndex);
+        }
+        const unplayed: number[] = [];
+        for (let i = 0; i < this.songs.length; i++) {
+          if (!this.playedIndices.has(i)) unplayed.push(i);
+        }
+        if (unplayed.length === 0) return null;
+        const nextIndex =
+          unplayed[Math.floor(Math.random() * unplayed.length)];
         this.currentIndex = nextIndex;
         return this.songs[nextIndex];
       }
@@ -141,6 +151,7 @@ export class PlayQueue {
 
   setMode(mode: PlayMode): void {
     this.mode = mode;
+    this.playedIndices.clear();
   }
 
   getCurrentIndex(): number {