Songs without choruses

Any they forgot?

Quote:

Almost every popular song has a chorus, that repeating part that often contains the song’s hook, its most memorable musical passage. Strong choruses are considered almost essential for a song’s success. But not always.

Here’s a list of classic songs with no discernable chorus:
  • “Stairway to Heaven”/Led Zeppelin
  • “Bohemian Rhapsody”/Queen
  • “Sympathy for the Devil”/Rolling Stones
  • “Maggie May”/Rod Stewart
  • “Wish You Were Here”/Pink Floyd
  • “All Along the Watchtower”/Jimi Hendrix
  • “Cool for Cats”/Squeeze
  • “Baker Street”/Gerry Rafferty (the repeating sax bit doesn’t count)
  • “Virginia Plain”/Roxy Music
  • “Bittersweet Symphony”/The Verve
  • “Paranoid Android”/Radiohead
  • “Losing My Religion”/REM



Songs without choruses