Song Titles/Draft

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This article is a draft.
It is not part of any official guidelines yet. You can discuss it and suggest improvements on Discord or Matrix.

This is under active discussion, please direct all feedback at the discord thread: https://discord.com/channels/603643120093233162/1422821819362316329

Version 0.1.2. The current focus is on Non-Classical works.

The current v0 is loosely based on https://wiki.sponsor.ajay.app/w/User:Hmmm#WIP,_please_ignore, https://musicbrainz.org/doc/Style/Titles and https://help.apple.com/itc/musicstyleguide/en.lproj/static.html

The following issues are undecided and have yet to reach consensus, so are used interchangeably

  • "Music Video" vs "MV"
  • (Karaoke ver.) vs (Karaoke)
  • "feat." vs "ft."
  • Inclusion of "Official" prefix for Music/ Lyric Video
  • Format of truly untitled songs
    • ISO8601 date (YYYY-MM-DD)
    • Official metadata, big newspapers
    • Community-dictated title (community database, fangroups, etc.) (TODO: searchable term, clear source priority)
  • Extra song information
    • Unlimited vs Limited parenthesis
    • Square brackets for subsequent metadata (similar to TuneCore, iTunes)
    • Priority/ Order of parenthesis
      • Artists > Song > Video
  • Cross-Language covers/ songs and naming
    • (VOTE) Temporarily using the format [Original Artist] - [Original name] ([Lang.] cover by, [Extra metadata]) | [Cover name]
    • Which language do we follow for translated covers
    • Do we mix metadata
    • e.g. Japanese or English title (or both?) if the song is in Japanese? Do we accept alternative title for unsearchable names?
    • Should we add language identifier for covers in another song? Ex: (VI cover) for Vietnamese cover of a song
    • If there are more than 2 covers in a language, consider including the translator name? [Language] cover by [T. Artist], ft. [Singer]
    • In some quite rare cases, if most listeners of that covers may not care the original artist, then you can drop original artist field. For instance, if you retitle Katyusha covers in another language, you don't have to include it's original artists are Matvei Isaakovich Blante & Mikhail Vasilyevich
  • Medley
    • Format: [Artist / Various Artists] - [Medley name] (ft. [Name of the singers, if mentioned])
    • If there is no name can be given, or the medley is basically a dump of unrelated songs, should we mark that medley as untitled song?

Titles for songs should follow the following format: Artist - Song Title (Extra title information)

Qualification

Qualification for "Songs" follows  Non-music, for videos showcasing music as their primary contents.

Artist(s)

Artist(s)/ Performer(s) should have case and styling preserved to a reasonable degree if possible. Multiple artists should be separated with commas , and if there are too many artists and/or the length goes beyond 81 characters, it should be replaced in it's entirety with "Various Artists" [1] TODO: change 81 character limit to something that better fits DeArrow

Featured artists should be appended in extra metadata.

  • Subtitles should not be included. This includes the following:
    • Instrument
    • Band
    • Birth/ Death Date(s)
  • If full name is used, follow their preferred localization
  • If name in another language is given, prefer it over translation/romanization? (VOTE)
  • If the name is too long, consider shorten it by abbreviation (VOTE?)

Groups (TOVOTE, seeking feedback)

Groups should be cited as such unless they are known specifically for their solo performances, in which case it should be replaced with only their solo names, never both.

Conflicting Examples

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1T0qdCfgeHwyeut6brW14dTZQYXhADKV4mPa1-38jfiM/edit?usp=sharing Also debated if CV would be applicable

Titles

Based on previous precedence https://discord.com/channels/603643120093233162/897699762738966558/1167120988819968091, titles should be formatted in Sentence case, even if it is stylized differently. Additional metadata should be moved to Extra Metadata

Extra Metadata

Extra metadata should be enclosed in parenthesis (...), one per extra metadata and modifiers formatted in lowercase This includes the following, in the specified format

  • Featured artist(s)
    • (feat. Artist Name[, Artist Name])
    • VOTE: (feat. vs ft.)
    • Should always be separated with commas and follow Artist(s) formatting
  • Cover, (re)mix
    • (Covering Artist cover)
      • Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah (Pentatonix cover) YouTube
    • (Artist Name remix)
      • Astrid S - Breathe (Lauv remix) YouTube
    • (style mix)
      • Mike Postner - Be as you are (acoustic mix) YouTube
      • The Cab - Angel with a shotgun (nightcore mix) Youtube

Live Performances

Live performance formatting largely follows MusicBrainz with a few adjustments

  • For yearly events (ie. Lollapalooza, EDC, Osheaga), the verbose data, location can be replaced with the event
    • bbno$ - Lalala (live, 2025: Osheaga) YouTube
  • Venue names should reflect the venue name at the time of recording
  • Locations such as County, State, Region can be truncated/ removed as long as it is still uniquely identifiable

Version Markers

Unofficial and/or official markers to distinguish different versions of songs This can include

  • (Taylor's version) "All Too Well" YouTube
  • (TV size)
    • This includes songs cut down for any TV show (Anime or Western)
  • (sped up ver.) / (nightcore mix)
  • (extended edit) / (radio edit)

Video Metadata

Video metadata specific to the video should also be appended

  • bbno$ - imma (prod. lentra) (starring JIMBO) YouTube

Soundtrack / Score

Music/ Videos taken from the soundtrack of TV shows, movies, etc. should indicate the soundtrack name it was from. The title of the work should be double quoted ("Demolition derby the movie") and formatted in sentence case.

  • "OST" should always be excluded
  • OP1 / Season 1 intro can be prepended if applicable

Examples

  • ROSÉ - Messy (from "F1 the movie") (official music video) YouTube
  • Billie Eilish - What was I made for (from "Barbie") (official music video) YouTube
  • Creepy Nuts - Otonoke (OP from "Dandadan") YouTube
  • FZMZ - Danger danger (OP2 from "Shangri-la frontier") | YouTube
  • Various Artists - Alexander Hamilton (from "Hamilton") | YouTube

Mashups

Follows https://wiki.sponsor.ajay.app/w/User:Hmmm#WIP,_please_ignore

If the song is a mashup between multiple clearly identifiable songs and doesn't already have an original title, they should be separated with a slash (i.e. Artist - Song one / Artist - Song two). If the title becomes too long, use a descriptive title instead.

Megamashup

(TODO)

Medley

(TODO, DISCUSSION: temporarily use the format [Artist / Various Artists] - [Medley name] (ft. [Name of the singers, if mentioned]). This requires a deeper discussion with the blab and felistachio because it is a slightly complex issue)

Special Characters

If a song title or artist name includes emojis or other special characters, use an alternate official name if it exists. Otherwise, follow the formatting conventions of the "remove emojis" option: convert emojis between letters to spaces, and remove other emojis.

DRAFT: unicode normalization?

Vocaloid

Vocaloid songs should be formatted as Producer - Song (ft. Voicebank).

(TODO, VOTE, DISCUSSION: untitled songs. Check above)

Untitled Songs

Untitled songs should use the title from any other official source of metadata, (VOTE) or a ISO8601 timestamp (YYYY-MM-DD) if no suitable title can be found.

Language

Largely undecided, current thinking is that it should follow the primary language of the original song if it is a cover, etc

  1. ↑ https://osu.ppy.sh/wiki/en/Ranking_criteria/Metadata
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