How to Cite Titles of a Song in AP Style
The media organization Associated Press is a major provider of news stories to various media outlets. The AP uses a definitive style in punctuation and grammar for these stories, and produces a stylebook that has been adopted by most members of the organization. This stylebook offers guidance on how to refer to various forms of art, including song titles.
Instructions
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Place quotation marks around the title of a song in a normal sentence. For example, the Madonna song "Express Yourself" would be written as listed here.
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Use single quotation marks for a song title inside a spoken quote. For example: Madonna said, "I enjoy performing 'Express Yourself' while on tour."
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List titles of other works of art, such as poems, films and speeches, in quotes as well.