How to write a catchy song title
The song title, “You can’t take that away from me,” immediately begs the question, “What can’t you take away from me?” It leads the reader to want to investigate further and discover what the lyrics say. Increase our interest and arouse our curiosity.
A “catchy” song title will pique interest and make listeners want to search for more information about the song’s topic.
When selecting a song title, one must ask, “What is the song about?” Is it about gaining love, losing love, rival love, or unrequited love? The theme of the song must be very clear in the mind of the composer and this central idea must be conveyed to the listener.
1. What makes a good title?
The title of a song should summarize the essence of the song and should be used in a prominent place in the song, such as the first line “Night and Day”, at the end of each verse “New York State of Mind” or at the end of the song “You will never walk alone”.
Some of the best and strongest titles contain language that paints a verbal picture or suggests an image in the mind of the listener. “A boy named Sue” or belongs to the color “Blue suede shoes”. either mentions a place “Chicago”, or represents a name “Michelle”, or suggests a date “April Showers”.
2. Can I use a title that already exists?
It is fascinating to know that song titles, book titles, and movie titles are not subject to copyright and therefore can be freely used by anyone without cost or royalty payment. There are hundreds of songs with the title “I Love You” and this title could be classified as a cliché ‘(an overused and worn phrase). Certainly “I Love You” is a vitally important phrase to express particularly in love songs or ballads, but one must cleverly find another way to present cliches … offering a fresh and unique way of doing it. The word “love” just rhymes with five other words, “glove” “from” “over” “dove” and “push”. and therefore it is very limited with rhyming links.
3. What’s wrong with the title “I love you”?
It’s a good idea to find fresh new ways to say the same old, tried and true phrases like “I love you.” That title is “I can’t smile without you.” or “You light up my life.” or “Sometimes when we touch.” Saying “I love you” using different words with a new approach is catchy and refreshing.
4, Where can I find “catchy” titles?
Where does one go to find fresh and “catchy” song titles? Titles such as: book titles, telephone conversations, newspapers, television, radio, advertisements, movies, conversations heard in restaurants, etc. will be displayed practically anywhere.
The title can be considered the “axle” of a wheel and all lyrical lines are the spokes that connect to the axle or title. Each line of the letter should reflect the title and help the story unfold.
Some writers start with the title and then build a story around that title. The title should be unique and should bring to mind a clear image such as “The first time I saw your face.”
It is interesting to note that the three most used words in song titles are “Heart”, “Night” and “Yes”.
Here are some ideas to extract song titles from:
Purple rain, deep purple, little green apples, blue suede shoes, the lady in red, it’s not easy being green.
New York State of Mind, By the time I get to Phoenix, St. Louis Blues, April in Paris, Stairway to Heaven, New York New York.
Two for the road, three coins in a fountain, sixteen tons, 76 trombones, three times a lady, a samba note.
Saturday night fever, rainy days and Monday, April showers, Ruby Tuesday, Sunday kind of love, September in the rain, the longest time.
Night and day, Strangers in the night, Night fever, Blues in the night, Teach me tonight, White satin nights.
Michelle, Laura, Hi Dolly, Lucille, hard-hearted Hannah, sweet Georgia Brown, Billie Jean.
If I had you, if I loved you, if I had a brain, if I ever left you, if I was rich, if I ever lost my faith in you, if you asked me to.
Day after day, here and now, for once in my life, too close for comfort, opposites attract, no one does it better.question
- That’s all there is? Who can I go to? Guess who I saw today?
“What kind of fool am I? Can you read my mind? How am I supposed to live without you? How deep is your love? Will you love me tomorrow? What have you done for me lately?
You don’t buy me flowers, you can’t smile without you, hurting each other, breaking up is hard to do, the end of a love story, after love is gone, almost over you, you don’t know how it feels, missing you now.
Our love is here to stay, you are the sun of my life, if I loved you, people will say that we are in love, I just called to tell you that I love you.
Let’s go crazy, beat it up!
Repetition
Fly, Robin, fly; Bad, Bad Leroy Brown; I love you, I need you, I love you; Enough is enough; And again.
- Alliteration (the repetition of initial consonant sounds)
Seasons In the Sun, The way we were, My boyfriend’s back, Touch me in the morning, You light up my life, Someone’s wrong song.
- Simile (a comparison of two different things where I “like” “like” or “what”)
Bridge over troubled waters, younger than spring, the song is you, a pretty girl is like a melody.
- Metaphor (a comparison of two different things where the words “like” or “like” are not used)
You win the round, you start the economy, what is the bottom line?
Up, up and away; Slow ship to China; Let’s get away from all that; Over the rainbow; By the time I get to Phoenix, take me to the moon.
The impossible dream, climbing every mountain, I think, is a wonderful world, you will never walk alone.
The best is yet to come; Easy Come Easy Go; Wait and see; Signed, sealed and delivered, beginner’s luck. It’s too late!
- Oxymoron(a single phrase juxtaposing opposing terms)
Serious fun, The tender trap, Cruel kindness, Hurry slowly, My happiest mistake, The sound of silence, Kill me softly.
Peel Me a Grape, A Walk in the Spring Rain, That Goodbye Look, Tockin ‘On Heaven’s Door, Livin’ On a Prayer, Strawberry Fields Forever, Walking on Broken Glass.
Another man on the right has just left, everyone has the right to make mistakes, if only I could remember to forget, the high cost of living goes down, my future has just passed.
Full moon and empty arms, each heart must have one, new looks from an old lover, the night we call day, rain or shine, love at second sight, the high cost of love.
Gone with the Wind, from here to eternity, games that people play.
- Personification= attribute human characteristics to inanimate objects.
Ol Man River, summer knows it,
Writing a “catchy” song title requires careful thought and the composer’s imagination. Using the above suggestions, one can find inspiration for the best title, the correct title, your title.