IRW 115 - Fierman: Annotated Discography Assignment
Annotated Discography Assignment Resources
On this page, you will find resources to help you with the Annotated Discography Assignment.
Cite a Song in MLA
We can create citations for all sorts of things, including an individual song. Below are a few examples, as well as links where you can get more information. You can also try a citation builder, but it will probably be easier to create a song citation using the examples below. Bonus: you will also learn more!
Depending on how you listened to the song, there are different ways to cite it. Below are some common examples, copied directly from the Purdue Online Writing Lab website (or Purdue OWL for short).
In all of them, note that the artist or band name is first, followed by the song title in quotation marks, and then the album name in italics. Publication/access info follows, and that differs depending on where you heard or own the song.
Basic format
Artist name. “Song Title.” Album Title, Record Label, Year. Where You Accessed It.
Spotify (and other music apps: simply change app name in citation)
Morris, Rae. “Skin.” Cold, Atlantic Records, 2014. Spotify app.
Online Album
Beyoncé. “Pray You Catch Me.” Lemonade, Parkwood Entertainment, 2016, www.beyonce.com/album/lemonade-visual-album/
CD
Nirvana. "Smells Like Teen Spirit." Nevermind, Geffen, 1991.
Song/video on YouTube:
Artist last name, First Name. "Title of video." YouTube, year song was released, www.youtube.com/xxxxx.
Recommendation: do a little research about when songs were released, compared to when they were posted online. Also: you will likely have choices of places that have the song: generally, try to get as close to the original artist as possible. Their website, their YouTube channel, will have more accurate data than a repost.
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