- song
- noun1 piece of music with wordsADJECTIVE▪ beautiful, good, great▪ catchy (informal), memorable▪ classic, famous, popular▪ hit▪
He had a string of hit songs in the 1970s.
▪ mournful, sad▪ traditional▪ blues, country, dance, folk, pop, rap, etc.▪an Irish folk song
▪ patriotic, protest, religious▪a protest song written in the sixties
▪ love, slow, torch▪The band were still playing slow songs.
▪emotional ballads and heartfelt torch songs
▪ bawdy (BrE), drinking, football (BrE), rugby (BrE)▪After a few drinks, they were all singing bawdy songs at the top of their voices.
▪ children's▪ Christmas, novelty▪A Christmas novelty song was playing on the radio.
▪ theme, title▪the theme song from ‘The Godfather’
▪the title song from the Beatles' album ‘Help!’
▪ signature▪She closed the concert by singing her signature song.
▪ cover, original▪He released an album of cover songs.
▪ siren (figurative)▪People can become vulnerable to the siren song of extremism.
▪ swan (usually swansong) (= last piece of work or last performance by an actor, musician, etc.)▪This film was the swansong for Basil Rathbone in the role of Sherlock Holmes.
VERB + SONG▪ compose, write▪ do, make, perform, play, sing▪They performed another two songs as encores.
▪Sing us a song, Susanna!
▪ record▪ download▪I downloaded a song from the Internet.
▪ listen toSONG + VERB▪ come on, play▪A rap song came on the radio.
▪ go▪How does the song go?
▪ sound▪The old songs sound like Gregorian chants.
▪ be called▪a song called ‘Mona Lisa’
SONG + NOUN▪ lyric, lyrics▪ title▪ writer (usually songwriter)▪a singer-songwriter
PREPOSITION▪ in (a/the) song▪Important historical events were commemorated in song.
▪ song about▪a song about love
PHRASES▪ the same old song (esp. AmE, often figurative)▪They continue to sing the same old song they have been singing for years.
2 act of singingVERB + SONG▪ break into, burst into▪He strummed a couple of chords on the guitar and they all burst into song.
PREPOSITION▪ in song▪He heard voices raised in song.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
