Audio recording – song or track
(Artist or composer, year of release)
Example 1: (BB Band, 2004)
Example 2: (Eillish, 2019)
Example 3: (Bach, 1848/2019).
Note: If the date of recording and release is different, please include both in the text reference.
Modern works:
Artist. (Year of release). Song title [Song]. On Title of album. Publisher.
Eksempel 1:
BB Band. (2004). Smoke on the water. On Fuhgeddaboudit! Music you heard on the Sopranos. Golden Stars.
Eksempel 2:
Eilish, B. (2019). Bad guy [Song]. On When we all fall asleep, where do we go? Darkroom; Interscope.
Classical works:
Composer. (Year of release). Song title [Song recorded by … artist if other than songwriter]. On Title of album. Publisher. (Original year of release if other than release date)
Example 3:
Bach, J. S. (2019). Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659 [Song recorded by P. Osetinskaya]. On Bach and Scarlatti. Melodiya. (Original work published 1748)
Note: For covers of modern works, it’s not necessary to investigate a song’s history in order to create a correct reference. Cite the artist of the version you listened to. You don’t need to include the date or the artist of the original recording.
Add as Music
Fill in the fields: Composer, Year, Title (enter [Song] or [Song recorded by …] in addition to the title), Album Title, Publisher, Original Publication
Add as Audio recording
Fill in the fields: Title, Composer, Format, Label, Date. Add title of album in Extra field like this: Container title: Title of album
Checklist:
If the individual track or song is modern work, provide the composer for a vlassical word and for modern works, provide the artist.
Are you referring to a classical work that has been recorded by an artist other than the songwriter/composer? If so, this information should be included in square brackets.
For a classical work, have you included the original year of publication/recording if it differs from the copyright year?
Test yourself!
