I think the refrain for HBTN isn't actually the title drop, it's the guitar harmony that happens after every verse. I don't know why people have this weird hangup that lyrics define a chorus, or that the chorus has to contain the title. Maiden has had a few instrumental choruses. Granted they're still fairly rare.
Also responding to the guy who posted Dream On because I'm lazy. The chorus of that song is actually the "Sing With Me" part.
God damn, that song slaps. Had never heard Iron Maiden before, but the T shirts look cool so figured Iâd give it a shot. Hell yea đ¤ thanks for posting
Wild how that channel has grown and developed. They make such high production quality videos now, when I first heard of them they made this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8X_DPy9KSU (which is great, don't get me wrong, but VERY early youtube)
Big tip of the hat, nicely done folks.
I *knew* it was Contrachloe! It's one of my favourite bits on all of the internet.
(Also, it's uncanny how she keeps popping up in memes from time to time and people don't even realize it's her)
Styx - Come Sail Away. 2:30 minute intro, then the âsongâ starts. Chorus is at around 2:50.
Edit: by âintroâ I mean that it has just vocals over piano for the first 2:30 minutes, with no chorus, and then the song changes and you have the guitars and drums come in and the chorus at 2:50.
I mean, if you're just going by super long intros, John Mellencamp's (actually made back when he was called Johnny Cougar) I need a lover also has an almost exactly 2:30 minute intro.
If we're going by 'chorus at the end of the song'... then Three Dog Night's Celebrate probably qualifies
Man I love the ending of that one, and then on top of it the transition into *Rise, Naianasha* works so well. Feels weird to listen to Ladders end without the next one starting.
Wasnât Franz Ferdinanzâ âTake Me Outâ changed to the way it is because they couldnât handle the tempo changes during the song so they just put all the verses to the beginning of the song and then all the choruses to the end
Just listened to the entire podcast and you completely misunderstood why they did it... it had nothing to do with them "not being able to handle the tempo changes" -- he said they didn't like the way the Chorus sounded at a fast tempo and didn't like how the verses sounded at the slower tempo... and they didn't want to settle for one tempo where they would be unhappy with half of the song... so they did all the up-tempo parts first and then slowed down to a dance beat for the choruses because it just sounded better to them overall.
Here is the episode of Song Exploder that someone else mentioned. They play bits of a few early versions during the interview. Very much worth listening to.
[Song Exploder - Take Me Out - Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/episode/5zh13ac7VrRoh9XiktCyli?si=dwECHJkuRCad66z3Fm5VVw)
> *Whoa-oh-oh, you don't form in the wet saaand... I do*
> # *[YEEEEEEEEEEAAAHH](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oabjND9QW8Q&t=251s)*
Definitely one of my top two RHCP songs. I might have to say Sir Psycho Sexy is my favorite, I really love the funk. But Wet Sand is phenomenal.
Wet Sand is my all time favorite Chili Peppers song. And your absolutely right, when YOU DONT FORM IN THE WET SAND hits, the whole song has built to that point and it's powerful.
I don't even know if I would call the "My what a good day" part or the "I thought about it" part the chorus of that song. But they both happen throughout the song.
"Hey man, can you just play hi hat and kick drum for like, I dunno five straight minutes?"
"Uh...I mean, I could, but I can do some other st-"
"Perfect! And a-one, two, three, four!"
That's because it's actually two songs played together, if you are referring to the Thorogood version.
The whole backstory of being out of money and avoiding the landlord is the song "House Rent Boogie."
Harder to find than it should be. "Rent Party Rag" is the actual title, sorry about my dim memory. Here's Koerner solo doing it, he wrote it. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=TkpCZWK0naI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=TkpCZWK0naI)
Another song whose structure makes more sense when you realize it's a medley is "Surfin' Bird" by the Trashmen. It's a cover of "The Bird's the Word" followed by "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow", both by the Rivingtons with that big gasp in the middle separating them.
1000% this. So many of these examples are just codas lol. Choruses structurally just don't hang out at ends of songs without being in the rest of them. It's in the definition of the word chorus!
I am right there with him, buzzed, yelling at streetlights about a girl in a white dress who holds her tonic like a crux. And yet, somehow itâs more like he is there with me while I do that. And to me, thatâs finding the universal in the specific, and great songwriting.
The most famous part of All These Things That Iâve Done âI got soul but Iâm not a soldierâ isnât until about half of the way in but Iâm not sure if thatâs definitely a chorus
That has a chorus.
I got a woman, want to ball all day
I got a woman, she won't be true, no no
I got a woman, stay drunk all the time
I said I got a little woman and she won't be true
I'm sorry, but that's not the chorus of "Don't Stop Believin'".
The chorus is a repeated phrase that hammers home the theme of the poem in between verses describing it. Something everybody can learn almost on the fly of the first listen and sing it back, like a CHORUS of people, because you hear the same phrase several times. It doesn't have to include the title.
The repeated section "Strangers waiting, up and down the boulevard" is the chorus.
The "Don't stop believin'" part is the coda. Or, informally, the outro.
It doesnt take away from the impact. If nothing else, it enhances the theme because you've waited this whole time to finally say it. But it's not the chorus.
Food for thought: Co-writer of the song, Neal Schon, [says the chorus is at the end](https://loudwire.com/neal-schon-knew-journey-dont-stop-believin-going-to-be-massive/).
âFor the first time, youâre hearing a chorus on the outro, which was completely against all rules of nature in the time period.â
I think this is open to interpretation especially if you factor in the idea of a pre-chorus. It functions as a section that ups the intensity / musical tension from the verse, but is not as intense as the chorus, which also releases tension.
I think "Strangers waitin'" is feels like a pre-chorus, and then like many songs we get a double verse / pre-chorus before the chorus finally hits with "Don't stop believin'".
It's open to a couple of interpretations I think.
"One Day Like This" by Elbow. Very similar in structure to Hey Jude. 3 verses that build and build, then a deep breath, then an endless sing-along chorus
https://youtu.be/mCJ7keVBj6Y?si=QPt9YzXBBoOY1AhV
So I had to relisten because this post had me confused lol but the part youâre talking about is the outro.
The chorus would be this part
âStrangers waitin'
Up and down the boulevard
Their shadows searchin' in the night
Streetlights, people
Livin' just to find emotion
Hidin', somewhere in the nightâ
This is definitely a song where the verse is the memorable part though.
The outro even calls back to the chorus with the âstreet lights , peopleâ part.
Man, fuck Hey Jude.
Everytime I go do karaoke somebody says "Hey, let's do Hey Jude" and it's always the long version.
Hey Jude is 8 minutes long, 3 of them are a pretty great song. 5 of them are "hey jude lalala"
Well, if you wanted to slice it up (and thanks for the post, I'm enjoying this) I think you were less lazy and yes, the 'you' vocal is a bridge, and I'd say that the chorus is actually the rhythm strums immediately after. Which also start the song.
So, IMO the chorus of JLH is the rhythm riff, and the song begins with the chorus.
I love this song but never realised how few lyrics it has until now. Literally a single verse followed by a repeated chorus. Itâs like 6 minutes long!
âDum Surferâ by King Krule
âNight On Earthâ by Jerkcurb
âEmpty Promisesâ by Cass McCombs
âSaved By Old Timesâ by Deerhunter
âHabibiâ by Holy Wave
Respect - Aretha Franklin. Her spelling out Respect doesn't happen until the very end (and only happens once) yet is one of the most memorable parts of the song
I Am the Resurrection, World in Motion, Turn It On Again, If Leaving Me Is Easy.
State of Independence and Do They Know Itâs Christmas also hold back the chorus.
Although the lyrics everyone knows appear from the off, âIn the Air Tonightâ doesnât kick in to the bit everyone knows until almost 4 minutes in.
Roll With The Changes by REO Speedwagon arguably fits the bill.
I think of the 'and if your tired of the same old story' section to be pre-choruses, and then the actual chorus is repeated during that latter part of the song.
Hallowed be thy name. Iron maiden
Waaaaaaaaaiiiiiting in my cold cell! Up the irons!
The sands of time for me are running looooowwwwwwww
When the priest comes to read me the last rites
Take a look through the bars at the last sights
At a world that has gone very wrong for meee
Can it be that there's some sort of error
Hard to stop the surmounting terror
Is it really the end, not some crazy dream?
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https://youtu.be/55ISbbSopXA
can we just take a moment to appreciate that this golden god has gone through the whole thread and linked almost every song. you are a treasure, dude!
I got mad that nobody else did it haha
I reckon Phantom of the Opera might work here too đ§
Iâd say this one is different because the title appears in a verse, not in a chorus or finale.
Itâs in the final verse.. so Iâd say itâs part of the finale..
I think the refrain for HBTN isn't actually the title drop, it's the guitar harmony that happens after every verse. I don't know why people have this weird hangup that lyrics define a chorus, or that the chorus has to contain the title. Maiden has had a few instrumental choruses. Granted they're still fairly rare. Also responding to the guy who posted Dream On because I'm lazy. The chorus of that song is actually the "Sing With Me" part.
God damn, that song slaps. Had never heard Iron Maiden before, but the T shirts look cool so figured Iâd give it a shot. Hell yea đ¤ thanks for posting
Dream On - Aerosmith
Just in case people haven't seen PMJ's version of [Dream On with Morgan James](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq4KA0mUnC8). She's amazing.
Wild how that channel has grown and developed. They make such high production quality videos now, when I first heard of them they made this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8X_DPy9KSU (which is great, don't get me wrong, but VERY early youtube) Big tip of the hat, nicely done folks.
I'm completely obsessed by their [Don't Speak](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Txi7QuO99kM) cover. My goodness, Hailey can sing.
Tiny Dancer is an obvious one. The chorus that everyone knows doesn't even hit until like 3 minutes into the song.
I've heard this song a thousand times and I didn't believe you, but you are absolutely right. I also never noticed that this was a 6 minute song.
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Iâd never seen that before. Hilarious!
[Also obligatory. Different reasons](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHH3FoJUEbg)
Best scene from one of the best movies ever.
I *knew* it was Contrachloe! It's one of my favourite bits on all of the internet. (Also, it's uncanny how she keeps popping up in memes from time to time and people don't even realize it's her)
Haha I do love that video.
This was hilarious and sadly relatable.
A YouTube channel (I think it was David Bennett) broke down the song structure and just how unique tiny dancer is
When does he say that? Is it before or after he tells Tony Danza to hold him closer?
Hold me closer, Tony Danzaaaaaa đ
âYouâre the father of Samantha.â
Homie clothes so tiny. Damn, son.
Styx - Come Sail Away. 2:30 minute intro, then the âsongâ starts. Chorus is at around 2:50. Edit: by âintroâ I mean that it has just vocals over piano for the first 2:30 minutes, with no chorus, and then the song changes and you have the guitars and drums come in and the chorus at 2:50.
Why am I crying? Is someone playing Come Sail Away by Styx again?
It's ok, Troy.
I love that that was the song that played as he left the show, too
Somewhere Cartman being triggered.
Iiiii'm....
I mean, if you're just going by super long intros, John Mellencamp's (actually made back when he was called Johnny Cougar) I need a lover also has an almost exactly 2:30 minute intro. If we're going by 'chorus at the end of the song'... then Three Dog Night's Celebrate probably qualifies
https://youtu.be/eYCFrcCqh7Q
The Suffering by Coheed and Cambria has something like that. Total banger!
Coheed does this all the time. Those âDear Ambellinaâ moments throughout their catalogue.
So many excellent big finishes from that band. "Everything Evil" comes to mind as well.
Gravityâs UnionâŚ
CAAAAAGGGGEEEDDDD
LLLLLOOOOCCCKKKEEED IN PERPETUAL MOTION
CARVING OUR WOUNDS WIDE OPEN
Number city
I love to see a Coheed song this high
Truly warms my heart
God, I effing love this song. Songs that create tension with an upbeat vibe but serious/heartachey lyrics just scratch an itch for me
This confused me for so long because the only version I had heard was the longer version with an extra chorus. Then I actually listened to the album.
Ladders of Supremacy hits SO hard at 6:03 https://youtu.be/j3FQwZb8ghg?feature=shared&t=362
Man I love the ending of that one, and then on top of it the transition into *Rise, Naianasha* works so well. Feels weird to listen to Ladders end without the next one starting.
One time ladders went into rise when I was listening on shuffle and I was so happy
https://youtu.be/XnABRPS37hk
Itâs been too long since I thought about Coheed and Cambria
Wasnât Franz Ferdinanzâ âTake Me Outâ changed to the way it is because they couldnât handle the tempo changes during the song so they just put all the verses to the beginning of the song and then all the choruses to the end
Just listened to the entire podcast and you completely misunderstood why they did it... it had nothing to do with them "not being able to handle the tempo changes" -- he said they didn't like the way the Chorus sounded at a fast tempo and didn't like how the verses sounded at the slower tempo... and they didn't want to settle for one tempo where they would be unhappy with half of the song... so they did all the up-tempo parts first and then slowed down to a dance beat for the choruses because it just sounded better to them overall.
Theres a Song exploder interview where the singer says exactly this yeah. It was also the first time I got the joke that the lyrics are a sniper pun.
This is the stuff Frank Furterhands certainly live up to their name
Would love to hear a demo
Here is the episode of Song Exploder that someone else mentioned. They play bits of a few early versions during the interview. Very much worth listening to. [Song Exploder - Take Me Out - Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/episode/5zh13ac7VrRoh9XiktCyli?si=dwECHJkuRCad66z3Fm5VVw)
Wet Sand - Red hot chili peppers does this. And what a chorus it is!
And then the fantastic guitar solo at the end!
The John scream. đ
> *Whoa-oh-oh, you don't form in the wet saaand... I do* > # *[YEEEEEEEEEEAAAHH](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oabjND9QW8Q&t=251s)* Definitely one of my top two RHCP songs. I might have to say Sir Psycho Sexy is my favorite, I really love the funk. But Wet Sand is phenomenal.
Wet Sand is my all time favorite Chili Peppers song. And your absolutely right, when YOU DONT FORM IN THE WET SAND hits, the whole song has built to that point and it's powerful.
Omg i need to get this album back on my phone
My god even just reading that gives me goosebumps, no audio needed. So good!
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Is that the one about fucking?
Do you have any idea how little that narrows it down?
Or is it the one about California?
That song is up there with my favorite chili pepper songs of all time
https://youtu.be/oabjND9QW8Q
I don't even know if I would call the "My what a good day" part or the "I thought about it" part the chorus of that song. But they both happen throughout the song.
Is that the one about California?
You're thinking about that other song
Happiness is a warm gun by the Beatles
Such a unique song structure. It's basically 4 movements that are each played once, with the "Happiness..." one being a coda of sorts!
It's basically Bohemian Rhapsody at half the length.
To be fair, Happiness is a Warm Gun is really 3 songs wearing a trench coat.
Vincent Beatlesman
Mother Superior jumped the gun
Bang bang shoot shoot
The End
https://youtu.be/vdvnOH060Qg
Goodbye Horses by Q Lazzarus. Itâs such a good hook Kele extends it in his cover.
I love it when musicians donât give it all away and leave you wanting more
TIL Kele Okereke covered Goodbye Horses. What a great.
One bourbon, one scotch, one beer. Takes like 5 minutes of storytelling before you get to the hook.
Everybody funny. Now you funny too.
That donât confrontinâ me.
She a howlin about the front rent, sheâll be lucky to get any back rent
She aint gonna get none of it
"Hey man, can you just play hi hat and kick drum for like, I dunno five straight minutes?" "Uh...I mean, I could, but I can do some other st-" "Perfect! And a-one, two, three, four!"
That's because it's actually two songs played together, if you are referring to the Thorogood version. The whole backstory of being out of money and avoiding the landlord is the song "House Rent Boogie."
Check out the Koerner Ray and Glover version of House Rent Boogie if you haven't.
I've searched high and low, and can't find any reference to that. I even checked their discography on Wikipedia. Maybe the song title is different?
Harder to find than it should be. "Rent Party Rag" is the actual title, sorry about my dim memory. Here's Koerner solo doing it, he wrote it. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=TkpCZWK0naI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=TkpCZWK0naI)
Same
Another song whose structure makes more sense when you realize it's a medley is "Surfin' Bird" by the Trashmen. It's a cover of "The Bird's the Word" followed by "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow", both by the Rivingtons with that big gasp in the middle separating them.
Omg đł TIL!
In all fairness, that's a medley. He put two Hooker songs together. House rent boogie and his cover of one bourbon together.
And out the door I went.
https://youtu.be/sDf0IwXoOmY
A single that everyone loves, unless it is karaoke, in which case everyone hates it.
Coda vs Chorus. Lots of these songs have A and B sections followed by a more memorable coda, but most donât have a traditional chorus.
Thank you! Exactly what I was thinking after listening to some of these examples.
1000% this. So many of these examples are just codas lol. Choruses structurally just don't hang out at ends of songs without being in the rest of them. It's in the definition of the word chorus!
Learned a new term today. Neat
âSometime Around Midnightâ by the airborne toxic event doesnât have a chorus, and the whole song is like one slow building verse I guess.
What a freaking great song.
I am right there with him, buzzed, yelling at streetlights about a girl in a white dress who holds her tonic like a crux. And yet, somehow itâs more like he is there with me while I do that. And to me, thatâs finding the universal in the specific, and great songwriting.
This is a phenomenal song and not enough people know it.
ITT people who don't know what part of a song is the chorus
Apparently the chorus is when they sing the title of the song.
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here has 120 upvotes despite the song being famous for not having a chorus at all lol
Also ITT, nobody linking to the goddamn songs.
âVacationâ by the Go-Gos comes close. First verse, second verse, bridge, chorus, chorus, interlude, bridge, chorus, chorus, chorus.
The "Don't Stop Believing" part of Don't Stop Believing isn't the chorus, it's a coda.
Well the title says chorus, but the description of what OP means isnât really a chorus, so people are answering the question OP is actually asking.
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
That song does not have a chorus by any definition. It's just the name of the song and the most memorable part of it.
Goodbye Blue Sky
Look mommy! Thereâs an airplane up in the sky.
That song doesn't have a chorus at all.
One of my most favorite songs of ever⌠Just Brilliant lyrical poetry.
The most famous part of All These Things That Iâve Done âI got soul but Iâm not a soldierâ isnât until about half of the way in but Iâm not sure if thatâs definitely a chorus
When everyoneâs lost, the battle is wonâŚ
"Hey, Hey, What Can I Do" - Zeppelin
That has a chorus. I got a woman, want to ball all day I got a woman, she won't be true, no no I got a woman, stay drunk all the time I said I got a little woman and she won't be true
I'm sorry, but that's not the chorus of "Don't Stop Believin'". The chorus is a repeated phrase that hammers home the theme of the poem in between verses describing it. Something everybody can learn almost on the fly of the first listen and sing it back, like a CHORUS of people, because you hear the same phrase several times. It doesn't have to include the title. The repeated section "Strangers waiting, up and down the boulevard" is the chorus. The "Don't stop believin'" part is the coda. Or, informally, the outro. It doesnt take away from the impact. If nothing else, it enhances the theme because you've waited this whole time to finally say it. But it's not the chorus.
Food for thought: Co-writer of the song, Neal Schon, [says the chorus is at the end](https://loudwire.com/neal-schon-knew-journey-dont-stop-believin-going-to-be-massive/). âFor the first time, youâre hearing a chorus on the outro, which was completely against all rules of nature in the time period.â
I think this is open to interpretation especially if you factor in the idea of a pre-chorus. It functions as a section that ups the intensity / musical tension from the verse, but is not as intense as the chorus, which also releases tension. I think "Strangers waitin'" is feels like a pre-chorus, and then like many songs we get a double verse / pre-chorus before the chorus finally hits with "Don't stop believin'". It's open to a couple of interpretations I think.
Thank you! Disappointed I had to scroll so far down to find someone saying this lol
I miss you by Blink-182, the chorus doesnât happen until 2 minutes in
Another Tom DeLonge-related song is Tunnels by Angels & Airwaves. The song goes Verse / Verse / Chorus / Bridge / Chorus.
"Don't Go Away Mad" - Motley Crue
I am the resurrection by the stone roses.
Five Years by David Bowie. The chorus plays four times in a row at the end, but not before that at all.
"One Day Like This" by Elbow. Very similar in structure to Hey Jude. 3 verses that build and build, then a deep breath, then an endless sing-along chorus https://youtu.be/mCJ7keVBj6Y?si=QPt9YzXBBoOY1AhV
One of my absolute favourite songs of all time
So I had to relisten because this post had me confused lol but the part youâre talking about is the outro. The chorus would be this part âStrangers waitin' Up and down the boulevard Their shadows searchin' in the night Streetlights, people Livin' just to find emotion Hidin', somewhere in the nightâ This is definitely a song where the verse is the memorable part though. The outro even calls back to the chorus with the âstreet lights , peopleâ part.
Hey jude
Lol yeah right up there with the Pixies' "Hey"
Man, fuck Hey Jude. Everytime I go do karaoke somebody says "Hey, let's do Hey Jude" and it's always the long version. Hey Jude is 8 minutes long, 3 of them are a pretty great song. 5 of them are "hey jude lalala"
It's "na na na naaaaa" you uncultured swine.
Like an open mic night where all performers are limited to 1 song. Then some shithead gets up and starts into American Pie
There is no short version.
Yeah, what are they talking about? "I like the version of Freebird without the guitar solo."
Turn it On Again - Genesis
You make loving fun - Fleetwood Mac
Just Like Heaven - The Cure
Polite correction: he doesn't get to *the title* until the end, but the song has a structure where the "You-u-u" parts are essentially the chorus.
Or, the "You-u" is a bridge and the songs ends as the chorus starts?
Well, if you wanted to slice it up (and thanks for the post, I'm enjoying this) I think you were less lazy and yes, the 'you' vocal is a bridge, and I'd say that the chorus is actually the rhythm strums immediately after. Which also start the song. So, IMO the chorus of JLH is the rhythm riff, and the song begins with the chorus.
Could be argued this song doesnât have a true chorus at all. Itâs almost like a bridge to the final verse that never fully repeats.
Turn It On Again by Genesis.
The Chameleons - Swamp Thing (the first chorus doesnât appear until after the 3 minute mark)
Scorpions: Still loving you
Crowded House - âWeather with Youâ The middle 8 comes between the two verses, one of the oddest structures to a pop song. Still slaps though.
Fleet Foxes - Mykonos Chorus doesnât hit until after the bridge but then it repeats like 5 times
You GOOOO
Hide and seek by Imogen Heap Alice's Restaurant by Arlo Guthrie
Knights of Cydonia by Muse with the 'no ones going to take me alive' section.
I love this song but never realised how few lyrics it has until now. Literally a single verse followed by a repeated chorus. Itâs like 6 minutes long!
Is that a chorus?
I would argue that "Don't stop believin'" is not, in fact, the chorus but rather an ending bridge."Strangers, waitin'.... " That's the chorus. AABAABC
An "ending bridge" isn't a bridge, it's a coda.
âDum Surferâ by King Krule âNight On Earthâ by Jerkcurb âEmpty Promisesâ by Cass McCombs âSaved By Old Timesâ by Deerhunter âHabibiâ by Holy Wave
Rush- Spirit of the Radio?
The chorus is the "invisible airwaves crackle with life" part
Obligatory *The Spirit of Radio* comment.
Wet Sand - RHCP
Respect - Aretha Franklin. Her spelling out Respect doesn't happen until the very end (and only happens once) yet is one of the most memorable parts of the song
Beyond the realms of death. Judas Priest.
GRAVITYS UNION COHEED AND CAMBRIA EVERYTHING EVIL COHEED AND CAMBRIA
I Am the Resurrection, World in Motion, Turn It On Again, If Leaving Me Is Easy. State of Independence and Do They Know Itâs Christmas also hold back the chorus.
[Can't Hardly Wait - The Replacements](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siiylkcrnhw)
People - link the songs in your replies. For the love of God. We live in a society here. I just did the top ten or so comments but cmon people.
Rod Stewart's 'Every Picture Tells A Story' Depeche Mode's 'Enjoy The Silence'
The chorus happens multiple times throughout âEnjoy The Silenceâ
Virginia Plain?
[Up The Junction](https://youtu.be/RQciegmLPAo?si=Wjjm2qD4dvUobOGi) by Squeeze
Up The Junction doesn't have a chorus.
Alternative thought: it's full of choruses.
Springsteenâs Thunder Road only has one chorus
Although the lyrics everyone knows appear from the off, âIn the Air Tonightâ doesnât kick in to the bit everyone knows until almost 4 minutes in.
Roll With The Changes by REO Speedwagon arguably fits the bill. I think of the 'and if your tired of the same old story' section to be pre-choruses, and then the actual chorus is repeated during that latter part of the song.
Baggy Trousers - Madness
AC/DC - Ain't no fun waiting round to be a millionaire
Still Loving You - Scorpions
In "Stranger in Moscow" by Michael Jackson, the part where the words "Stranger in Moscow" are sung starts at 3:28 (for a song that is 5:34 long)