Songs without actual choruses | Page 2 | Fab forum

First, thanks for the praise!

And, "expert" or not, as I said neither am I always sure about what's a chorus.

Generally I'd say it's a repeated melody/line after the verses. But I also think it has to have a certain length to count as a full chorus. There's no objective number for this length, so maybe I'm not always right…

Anyway, here are the first albums, listing the songs WITH a chorus. I guess there will be MORE chorus songs this time!

Only counting original songs, of course.

Please, please me:

I saw her standing there (how could I dance…)

Ask me why (Ask me why…)

Please, please me (Please, please me…)

Love me do (it doesn't have verses, imo, just this chorus and the middle eight. But maybe they're all verses then?!)

PS I love you (PS til you, you, you)

Do you want to know a secret (I guess the I'm in love with you)

That's 6 with a chorus, 2 without

With the Beatles:

It won't be long (It won't be long..)

All my loving (All my loving…)

Don't bother me (So go away… although the lyrics change in every chorus)

Little child (Little child…)

Hold me tight (so hold…)

I wanne be your man (wanna be your man…)

Not a second time (no, no, no…) maybe that counts…

That 7 with a chorus, 1 without

A hard days night

AHDN (it's been a hard…)

I'm happy just to dance with you (just to dance with you…)

Tell me why (Tell me whyyyyyyy…)

Can't buy me love (Can't buy me love…)

Any time at all (Any time at all…)

I'll cry instead (but I can't/until then…)

Things we said today (someday…)

When I get home (Ooo-ahh…)

You can't do that (I'm gonna let you down…)

I'll be back (I think there are four choruses with slightly different lyrics. Or you say they're the verses and there's no chorus but three different middle-eights…)

That's 10 with a chorus, 3 without

Beatles for sale:

No reply (no reply..)

I'm a loser (I'm a loser…)

Baby's in black (oh, dear…)

I'll follow the sun (but tomorrow may rain…)

Every little thing (every little thing…)

What you're doing (Would it be too much…)

That's 6 with a chorus, 2 without

Help:

Help (Help me if…)

The night before (Treat me like…)

You've got to hide your love away (Hey, you've got…)

I need you (Please come on back to me… with slightly different lyrics the other times)

Another girl (I ain't no fool…)

You'Re going to lose that girl (you'e going to..)

Ticket to ride (she's got a…)

It'S only love (it's only love..)

You like me too much (you'll never leave me…)

Tell me what you see (open up your/look into these eyes now…)

I'Ve just seen a face (falling….)

That's 11 with a chorus, 1 without

So, all in all, as expected they went more "according to formula" in their early days and made 50 songs with a chorus and just 9 without a chorus!

Quite a change…

But that's our Fab Four!

Thanks for reading!

MeanMrsMustard said:

Holy cow paulsbass! 

Exactly how much free time have you had lately? 

There are some of those that I might count as a "refrain" instead of a "chorus" because of how short they are. But still… 

Well, to be honest this didn't take THAT long… the boys were finally sleeping, so I wanted to finish what I'd begun…

In my book a refrain is the excact same thing as a chorus, with no difference whatsoever.

I know, sometimes it's hard to decide: is this the end of each verse or a real "chorus" already?

If you name your examples maybe we get closer to the truth.

But after all, in some cases there may be no solution at all. It's just music…

Hi Joe!

Thanks for making your own effort with The Quest for the chorus!

I even printed your list to cross-check it with mine. Looks as if we got a lot along the same lines.

If you allow I'd like to peacefully disagree on some choices (I won't comment on the covers).

First, I know excactly what you meant with being "inconsistent" in the choices! So for example I didn't choose "There's a place" for the same reason you left out others: not a "real" chorus. Same with "All I've got to do".

I should have known better – Doesn't have a real chorus imo, the last part is more like a "middle-eight" to me.

Things we said today – Definitely HAS a chorus! I think it doesn't matter if some words change.

You can't do that – If you include All I got to do you have to take this one!

I'll be back – What's your analysis of this one?

What you're doing – has a chorus, imo, regardless of slightly differing words

I need you – Same here.

Nowhere man – What's the chorus supposed to be here? The first and last have the same chords and melody as the verses, so they can't count. The other ones have quite different lyrics, so I find that hard to decide.

Think for yourself – Don't know how I could forget that! Same with Michelle. And I think I can agree on "The word" (it's so fine)

Goodday sunshine – I can agree on that

Fixing a hole – Disagree. But I agree on Getting better

Back in the USSR – Disagree.

Blackbird – Definitely has a chorus! (Blackbird fly…)

Savoy Truffle – also a chorus! (Well you have to…)

Octopus's garden – chorus! (I'd like to be)

Across the universe – chorus! (Jaj guru…)

One after 909 – chorus!

Two of us – disagree

Your mother should know – questionable, but I can agree on Strawberry Fields, also on Here comes the sun

So that's not really much disagreement here!

And funny how two "expert" fans like us both still overlooked some obvious choices!

Joe said:

Pah, I wrote a long reply but my browser decided to be dodgy and I think it got lost. Anyway, I can't be bothered to go through each one again, but I was wrong about I Should Have Known Better and Nowhere Man. Most of the others are debatable, but I don't think where where a couple of lines from the verses get repeated (Octopus's Garden/One After 909) that really counts as a chorus. It's just a basic blues technique.

I'll Be Back – no chorus whatsoever. Same with What You're Doing.

Totally forgot about Across The Universe.

Yeah, that sucks, happened to me before…

While I can partly understand your thoughts about What you're doing and Octopus's Garden (still disagree on the latter, though) I strongly believe the "I said move over once…" part is definitely the chorus in One after 909.

GniknuS said:

 

 

I know this is only one example, but what part of Things We Said Today would you consider the chorus? "Someday when I'm lonely" or "Me, I'm just the lucky kind"?

"Someday when I'm lonely" sounds like the chorus to me, but maybe it starts at "then I will remember".

"Me I'm just"… changes rhythm and key (from minor to major) drastically, so it's more like a "middle eight", as the Beatles call it.