-            api_json = self._download_webpage(
-                next_url, playlist_id,
-                note='Downloading song information %d/%d' % (i + 1, track_count),
-                errnote='Failed to download song information')
+            api_json = None
+            download_tries = 0
+
+            while api_json is None:
+                try:
+                    api_json = self._download_webpage(
+                        next_url, playlist_id,
+                        note='Downloading song information %d/%d' % (i + 1, track_count),
+                        errnote='Failed to download song information')
+                except ExtractorError:
+                    if download_tries > 3:
+                        raise
+                    else:
+                        download_tries += 1
+                        self._sleep(avg_song_duration, playlist_id)
+