A CHORUS?

Time for discussion.... rehashed, new POV... etc....

http://songtown.com/does-your-song-have-to-have-a-chorus/

Saw this and read it.... and ....well. I'm guilty of saying.... YES... if you are trying to write for an artist and want to hear your song on the radio..... then YES, it needs a chorus. So I went and wrote one several years back that violates this rule.

One of my co-write tunes that I really like....

OUGHT TO COUNT

fits this formula... no chorus, just a bridge. I was told by "folks who know" in Nashville that the song has some great verses but the lack of a chorus kills it as being viably commercial.

Discuss this or the topic in general.

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