Med en Join-fråga som denna har jag samma resultat och det fungerar :) vet fortfarande inte varför de kapslade frågorna tog upp till 40-50 sekunder. Tack till användaren Dibakar Paul som hjälpte mig!
$sql1 = "Select distinct title, artist, album
from songs where id not in(Select distinct song.id
from songs song inner join playlist playlist
on playlist.song_id=song.id
inner join playlists playlists
on playlists.playlist_id=playlist.playlist_id
and playlists.name = '$playlist_name')";
$sql2 = "Select distinct song.title, song.artist, song.album
from songs song inner join playlist playlist
on playlist.song_id=song.id
inner join playlists playlists
on playlists.playlist_id=playlist.playlist_id
and playlists.name = '$playlist_name'";