How do you write a citation for a song in MLA or APA?

How do you write a citation for a song in MLA or APA?

Use the following structure to cite written song lyrics in MLA 8: Singer’s Last Name, Singer’s First Name. “Title of the Song.” Title of the Album, Names of other contributors, Album’s Publisher, Year of publication, track Number.

How do you cite a musical script?

Use the following structure to cite a published play in MLA format: Playwright last name, First name. “Play Title.” Publication Title, edited by Editor First and Last name, Publication Year, Page numbers.

Do you put musicals in quotes?

This includes books, movies, plays, TV shows, newspapers, magazines, websites, music albums, operas, musical theater, paintings, sculptures, and other works of art. Titles of plays, long and short, are generally italicized. Titles of poems and shorter works of fiction are generally in quotation marks.

Are Broadway shows in quotes?

Plays, Musicals, Books, and Films are NOT put in quotes!

Do you Italicise song titles?

Typically, album titles are italicized, just like book titles, journal titles, or movie titles. Song titles are enclosed in quotation marks, as is often the case with poem titles, book chapter titles, or article titles.

What song titles are in all caps?

SONGS IN CAPS

• PRBLMS6LACK • FREE 6LACK. 4:06.
• GUMMYBROCKHAMPTON • SATURATION II. 4:21.
• TOKYOBROCKHAMPTON • SATURATION II. 3:12.
• SWEETBROCKHAMPTON • SATURATION II. 4:34.
• GOLDBROCKHAMPTON • SATURATION. 4:26.
• STARBROCKHAMPTON • SATURATION. 2:41.
• FACEBROCKHAMPTON • SATURATION. 4:19.
• BOOGIEBROCKHAMPTON • SATURATION III. 3:13.

How do you write song titles in a sentence?

Generally and grammatically speaking, put titles of shorter works in quotation marks but italicize titles of longer works. (For example, put a “song title” in quotation marks but italicize the title of the CD it appears on.)

Are song titles proper nouns?

We capitalize proper nouns, including persons’ names, specific places, company names, and brands; titles of books, movies, songs, or other works; and names of religions, months, days of the weeks, and holidays.

Is Mr a proper noun?

The abbreviation ‘Mr. ‘ is a title that is always used with a proper noun, so it is considered part of the proper noun.

Is Dad a proper noun?

Luckily, the answer is simple. Proper nouns are capitalized and common nouns aren’t. In other words, when “Mom” and “Dad” are used in place of a person’s name, they’re capitalized. When “mom” and “dad” describe a generic parental relationship, they’re lowercased.