diff --git a/test/test_all_urls.py b/test/test_all_urls.py
index 94cbce6e8..dcce9ddb8 100644
--- a/test/test_all_urls.py
+++ b/test/test_all_urls.py
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ class TestAllURLsMatching(unittest.TestCase):
         assertPlaylist(u'https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwP_SiAcdui0KVebT0mU9Apz359a4ubsC')
         assertPlaylist(u'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV6J6_AeFEQ&playnext=1&list=PL4023E734DA416012') #668
         self.assertFalse('youtube:playlist' in self.matching_ies(u'PLtS2H6bU1M'))
+        # Top tracks
+        assertPlaylist('https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=MCUS.20142101')
 
     def test_youtube_matching(self):
         self.assertTrue(YoutubeIE.suitable(u'PLtS2H6bU1M'))
diff --git a/test/test_youtube_lists.py b/test/test_youtube_lists.py
index de157f657..c9632ddf6 100644
--- a/test/test_youtube_lists.py
+++ b/test/test_youtube_lists.py
@@ -117,6 +117,13 @@ class TestYoutubeLists(unittest.TestCase):
         original_video = entries[0]
         self.assertEqual(original_video['id'], 'rjFaenf1T-Y')
 
+    def test_youtube_toptracks(self):
+        dl = FakeYDL()
+        ie = YoutubePlaylistIE(dl)
+        result = ie.extract('https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=MCUS')
+        entries = result['entries']
+        self.assertEqual(len(entries), 100)
+
     def test_youtube_toplist(self):
         dl = FakeYDL()
         ie = YoutubeTopListIE(dl)
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
index 5dd2de5ee..765c690f1 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -1422,7 +1422,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
 
 class YoutubePlaylistIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
     IE_DESC = u'YouTube.com playlists'
-    _VALID_URL = r"""(?:
+    _VALID_URL = r"""(?x)(?:
                         (?:https?://)?
                         (?:\w+\.)?
                         youtube\.com/
@@ -1431,7 +1431,11 @@ class YoutubePlaylistIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                            \? (?:.*?&)*? (?:p|a|list)=
                         |  p/
                         )
-                        ((?:PL|EC|UU|FL|RD)?[0-9A-Za-z-_]{10,})
+                        (
+                            (?:PL|EC|UU|FL|RD)?[0-9A-Za-z-_]{10,}
+                            # Top tracks, they can also include dots 
+                            |(?:MC)[\w\.]*
+                        )
                         .*
                      |
                         ((?:PL|EC|UU|FL|RD)[0-9A-Za-z-_]{10,})
@@ -1441,11 +1445,6 @@ class YoutubePlaylistIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
     _VIDEO_RE = r'href="/watch\?v=(?P<id>[0-9A-Za-z_-]{11})&amp;[^"]*?index=(?P<index>\d+)'
     IE_NAME = u'youtube:playlist'
 
-    @classmethod
-    def suitable(cls, url):
-        """Receives a URL and returns True if suitable for this IE."""
-        return re.match(cls._VALID_URL, url, re.VERBOSE) is not None
-
     def _real_initialize(self):
         self._login()
 
@@ -1469,7 +1468,7 @@ class YoutubePlaylistIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         # Extract playlist id
-        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url, re.VERBOSE)
+        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
         if mobj is None:
             raise ExtractorError(u'Invalid URL: %s' % url)
         playlist_id = mobj.group(1) or mobj.group(2)