How to Write a Bibliography for a Song

MLA Style

• 1

  Write the song artist's last name and first name separated by a comma.

• 2

  If you have the song artist's middle name, write that after the first name. End the entry with a period.

• 3

  Follow the artist's name with the song title. End that entry with a period.

• 4

  Review your finished MLA bibliography song entry and make sure it looks similar to this:
  Schmidt, Joe Ian. The Endless Fall of Water.

Chicago Style

• 5

  Write down the song artist's first and last name on a piece of paper. Follow it with a comma.

• 6

  Write the title of the song in italics after the song artist's name. Follow it with a comma.

• 7

  Add the title of the compilation the song appears on. End with a comma.

• 8

  Write down the editor and producer, and follow each with a comma.

• 9

  End the Chicago Style entry with the zip code where the compilation was published and a period. Your finished bibliography for a song should look like this:
  Joe Schmidt, The Endless Fall of Water (in italics), Water Music, Leon Geoffs, Music Productions Corporation, 80133.