Collocations for song - noun
1. piece of music with words
ADJ.
beautiful, good, great, lovely | catchy | mournful, sad | country, folk, pop/popular, traditional
a Hungarian folk song
a Hungarian folk song
bawdy, children''s, drinking, love, patriotic, protest, religious
After a few drinks, they were all singing bawdy songs at the top of their voices. | a protest song written in the sixties
After a few drinks, they were all singing bawdy songs at the top of their voices. | a protest song written in the sixties
theme, title
the theme song from ‘The Godfather’ the title song from the Beatles'' album ‘Help!’
the theme song from ‘The Godfather’ the title song from the Beatles'' album ‘Help!’
VERB + SONG
compose, write | do, perform, play, sing
They performed another two songs as encores. | Sing us a song, Susanna!
They performed another two songs as encores. | Sing us a song, Susanna!
record
SONG + NOUN
writer (also ‘songwriter’)
a singer-songwriter
a singer-songwriter
contest
PREP.
in (a/the) ~
Important historical events were commemorated in song.
Important historical events were commemorated in song.
~ about
a song about love
a song about love
2. act of singing
VERB + SONG
break into, burst into
He strummed a couple of chords on the guitar and they all burst into song.
He strummed a couple of chords on the guitar and they all burst into song.
PREP.
in ~
He heard voices raised in song.
He heard voices raised in song.