Editing Song structure (section)

===Chorus or refrain===
[[File:Jingle Bells chorus Ab.png|300px|thumb|"Jingle Bells"'s chorus {{audio|Jingle Bells chorus Ab.mid|Play chorus}} or {{audio|Jingle Bells full Ab.mid|full song}}]]
{{main article|Refrain}}

The terms ''chorus'' and ''refrain'' are often used interchangeably,<ref>Whitesell, Lloyd (2008). ''The Music of Joni Mitchell'', p.151. {{ISBN|9780199719099}}.</ref> both referring to a recurring part of a song. When a distinction is made, the chorus is the part that contains the hook<ref name="Watson">Watson, C. J. (2003). ''The Everything Songwriting Book: All You Need to Create and Market Hit Songs'', p.86. Adams Media. {{ISBN|9781440522666}}.</ref> or the "main idea" of a song's lyrics and music, and there is rarely variation from one repetition of the chorus to the next.<ref name="D&H6"/> A refrain is a repetitive phrase or phrases that serve the function of a chorus lyrically, but are not in a separate section or long enough to be a chorus.<ref name="Cope68">Cope (2009), p.68.</ref> For example, refrains are found in [[the Beatles]]' "[[She Loves You]]" ("yeah, yeah, yeah"), [[AC/DC]]'s "[[You Shook Me All Night Long]]", [[Simon & Garfunkel]]'s "[[The Sound of Silence]]", and "[[Deck the Halls]]" ("fa la la la la").<ref name="D&H7"/>

The chorus or refrain is the element of the song that repeats at least once both musically and lyrically. It is always of greater musical and emotional intensity than the verse. "The chorus, which gets its name from a usual thickening of texture from the addition of backing vocals, is always a discrete section that nearly always prolongs the tonic and carries an unvaried poetic text."<ref name="Everett16">Everett (1999), p.16.</ref> In terms of narrative, the chorus conveys the main message or theme of the song. Normally the most memorable element of the song for listeners, the chorus usually contains the [[Hook (music)|hook]].<ref name="songstuff">{{cite web |title=Song Building Blocks |date=14 March 2025 |url=https://www.songstuff.com/songwriting/article/song_building_blocks/ |work=Songstuff}}</ref>