Looking closely at several successful songs, you will notice that often songwriters use either a one-word title or a phrase. Here are some examples:
One-word Titles
Longer Titles
Types of Song TitlesTitles can be categorized in many different ways; they can answer the question who, where and when, they can be taken from a quotation, a title or line from a book or they can utilize the play of words. Here are some examples:
Who: "Diana" (Paul Anka)
Where: "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" (Tony Bennett)
When: "Tomorrow" (from "Annie")
Quotation: "The Days of Wine and Roses" (Perry Como)
Book Title: "Catch-22" (by Pink based on Joseph Heller's book of the same title)
Play of words: "Dont It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" (Crystal Gayle)
The different types of titles are as vast as the number of songs that have been written through the years. Look closely at the titles of your favorite songs to see which category it falls under.

