Editing Song structure (section)

==Variation on the basic structure==
Verse-chorus form or ABA form may be combined with AABA form, in compound AABA forms. That means that every A section or B section can consist of more than one section (for example Verse-Chorus). In that way the modern popular song structure can be viewed as a AABA form, where the B is the bridge.

AAA format may be found in [[Bob Dylan]]'s "[[The Times They Are a-Changin' (song)|The Times They Are a-Changin']]", and songs like "[[The House of the Rising Sun]]", and "[[Oh My Darling, Clementine|Clementine]]".<ref name="D&H8">Davidson & Heartwood (1996), p.8.</ref> Also "[[Old MacDonald Had a Farm|Old MacDonald]]", "[[Amazing Grace]]", "[[The Thrill Is Gone]]", and [[Gordon Lightfoot]]'s "[[The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald|The Wreck of the ''Edmund Fitzgerald'']]".<ref>Watson (2003), p.87-8.</ref>

AABA may be found in [[Crystal Gayle]]'s "[[Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue]]", [[Billy Joel]]'s "[[Just the Way You Are (Billy Joel song)|Just the Way You Are]]", and [[The Beatles]]' "[[Yesterday (Beatles song)|Yesterday]]".<ref>Watson (2003), p.89.</ref>

ABA (verse/chorus or chorus/verse) format may be found in [[Pete Seeger]]'s "[[Turn! Turn! Turn!]]" (chorus first) and [[The Rolling Stones]]'s "[[Honky Tonk Women|Honky Tonk Woman]]" (verse first).<ref name="D&H8"/>

ABAB may be found in AC/DC's "[[Back in Black (song)|Back in Black]]", [[Jimmy Buffett]]'s "[[Margaritaville]]", [[The Archies]]'s "[[Sugar, Sugar]]", and [[The Eagles]]'s "[[Hotel California]]".<ref name="Watson90">Watson (2003), p.90.</ref>

ABABCB format may be found in  [[John Cougar Mellencamp]]'s "[[Hurts So Good]]", [[Tina Turner]]'s "[[What's Love Got to Do with It (song)|What's Love Got to Do with It?]]", and [[ZZ Top]]'s "[[Sharp Dressed Man]]".<ref name="Watson90" /> Variations include [[Smokey Robinson]]'s "[[My Guy]]", [[The Beatles]]'s "[[Ticket to Ride (song)|Ticket to Ride]]",<ref name="D&H8" />  [[The Pretenders]]' "[[Back on the Chain Gang]]" (ABABCAB), [[Poison (American band)|Poison]]'s "[[Every Rose Has Its Thorn]]" (ABABCBAB), and Billy Joel's "[[It's Still Rock and Roll to Me]]" (ABABCABCAB).<ref name="Watson90"/>