Collocations for "song"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "song" in context.
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song
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [soul, pop, rock, rap] song
- [a new, an old, a classic, a hit] song
- a song from the [sixties]
- a [folk, traditional, love, protest] song
- my [favorite, preferred] song
- [frog, bird, animal, wildlife] song
- [sing, write, compose, record] a song
- singing songs about [love, peace]
- there are [12] songs on this [CD, album, compilation]
- what's your favorite song?
- heard the song [on the radio, in a shop, at a club]
- what song is this?
- dedicate a song to your [wife, children, parents]
- wrote this song for his [wife, ex, friend]
- [have forgotten, can't remember] the [words, lyrics]
- have a song stuck in my head
- they're playing our song
- a song to [remember, sing, play, use]
- the song was used for a [movie, commercial, TV show]
- the [children, crowd, fans] broke into song
- [don't, no need to] make a song and dance (about)
- a song by [The Beatles, Elvis]
- the [words] [of, to] this song
- a song for [peace, freedom, love]
- UK: you're really on song (today)!
- UK: bought the [car, house, painting] for a song!
- UK: the [car] was going for a song
- the song [name, title, lyrics]
- a song bird
'song' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Chinese
- Irish
- Spanish
- annoying
- asleep
- award
- backing
- badass
- bass
- belt
- billboard
- bird
- blues
- bridge
- burst
- catch
- catchy
- certainly
- chart
- cheesy
- chorus
- clap
- clever
- compose
- controversial
- cool
- copyright
- cover
- critic
- cue
- current
- cut
- dance
- dazzle
- dedicate
- dedication
- dip
- discover
- ear
- echo
- edit
- encore
- ending
- especially
- excerpt
- extract
- fame
- familiar
- famous
- fast