Putting THE Hook in Line 1 of a Stanza-Type Chorus, AND at the end, is a strong Structure.

It gives you two 'hits' on THE Hook in each giving of the Chorus, which is likely to be at least twice, four 'hits', driving that Line home in the listener's mind, and memory, if you've got them listening.

If there's a third giving of the Chorus that's six 'hits'. Short Songs, short Verses, a short Chorus, can do that, and still perform, in recorded form, under three minutes, thirty seconds, or less; Radio Friendly. Live play can go on longer. 'Album' recordings or 'Download' streaming can go longer. Internet listening? Maybe longer can still work.

Or a Song can Repeat THE Hook in a Coda, several times to get that 'memorability' factor up.

I like the 'AND' solution rather than the 'EITHER/OR' solution, in many decisions, in Songwriting, and in life. Either Line 1 or the last Line; versus first Line and last Line.

If I'm sixty seconds or more into a Song and you haven't gotten THE Hook to me by then I'm probably drifting off to my own thoughts and will only notice when the Song ends that I've come 'Un-Hooked', not paying attention, not thinking about the Lyric, or the Melody, or the Structure, or the singers, players, and not likely to think, "I'd like to hear that again!" and certainly not, "I'd pay to hear that again!"

Structure may make a great difference in how your tracks for the consideration of others who might write a Lyric to it. If they can hear the Movements, the Change, the Repetition, the Structure, they can write to it. It will impose restrictions on the time/space for delivery of a Lyric, keeping them from droning on with multiple examples of the same idea, or Too Much Exposition in a Verse, a Chorus which, rather than delivering the 'Punch Line', the main idea, does more Exposition.

Adhering to some Time limitations, getting to THE Hook within the first minute, not much later if at all, can make Lyricists pare down their words and get it done within those limitations. You can reasonably stretch the limitations you create to accommodate their ideas. It's malleable, pliable, flexible, at this point. But don't let them make the mistakes that make the difference between 'Hook Factor' memorability and forgettable 'Too Much/Not Enough'.

Three Bears; Goldilocks. 'Just Right'. Enough.

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