diff --git a/spotdl/spotdl.py b/spotdl/spotdl.py
index 72201db..c3fcc6e 100755
--- a/spotdl/spotdl.py
+++ b/spotdl/spotdl.py
@@ -155,7 +155,8 @@ def download_single(raw_song, number=None):
         if not refined_songname == " - ":
             songname = refined_songname
     else:
-        log.warning("Could not find metadata")
+        if not const.args.no_metadata:
+            log.warning("Could not find metadata")
         songname = internals.sanitize_title(songname)
 
     if const.args.dry_run:
diff --git a/spotdl/youtube_tools.py b/spotdl/youtube_tools.py
index 6ae5713..d7a1228 100644
--- a/spotdl/youtube_tools.py
+++ b/spotdl/youtube_tools.py
@@ -41,13 +41,18 @@ def go_pafy(raw_song, meta_tags=None):
 
 
 def match_video_and_metadata(track, force_pafy=True):
+    """ Get and match track data from YouTube and Spotify. """
+    meta_tags = None
+
     if internals.is_youtube(track):
         log.debug("Input song is a YouTube URL")
         content = go_pafy(track, meta_tags=None)
         track = slugify(content.title).replace("-", " ")
-        meta_tags = spotify_tools.generate_metadata(track)
+        if not const.args.no_metadata:
+            meta_tags = spotify_tools.generate_metadata(track)
     else:
-        meta_tags = spotify_tools.generate_metadata(track)
+        if not const.args.no_metadata:
+            meta_tags = spotify_tools.generate_metadata(track)
         if force_pafy:
             content = go_pafy(track, meta_tags)
         else: