Originally Posted by Scott Campbell
Coincidentally to this thread, I was reading a story at lunch about the anniversary of Billy Joel's "The Stranger". It had four hits on it:

Scenes from an Italian Restaraunt
Movin' Out
Just the Way You Are
Only the Good Die Young

One of these had a chorus. Another had a repeated refrain which might almost count as one. The other two (including the biggest hit of the four) had no chorus....

Scott


And that is one of the greatest pop albums of all time. You can cite example after example of great songs that lack a chorus but try to get a TAXI forward with a song that breaks this rule.

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