Funny. I picked three of the top hit songs from 2014 at random and listened to them: "Meanwhile Back at Mama's" (Tim McGraw/Faith Hill); "Automatic" (Miranda Lambert); and "Shake It Off" (Taylor Swift). All three had this song structure: V-V-C-V-C-C. Each had two verses before the first chorus.
I agree there are probably more songs now than ever before with only one verse before the first chorus, but it's obviously not a hard and fast rule that everybody follows.
The songs in my other post were mentioned because they had "bitter" themes. I didn't analyze their song structures.
I agree there are probably more songs now than ever before with only one verse before the first chorus, but it's obviously not a hard and fast rule that everybody follows.
The songs in my other post were mentioned because they had "bitter" themes. I didn't analyze their song structures.
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