Template:Infobox song

"Infobox song"
Song

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Articles about songs should include an infobox that provides an overview or summary of the song.

Code

The first template code below includes the most commonly used infobox parameters. If there is no information in the article to support the field, leave it blank. Remove the <!-- and --> to use the {{Start date}} and {{Duration}} subtemplates.

The second includes the full set of parameters; most articles will not need many of the fields and they may be left blank or removed. Please note that adding fields other than those listed, such as |arranger= or |recording engineer=, will not be displayed.

Most commonly used parameters

{{subst:Infobox song
| name          = 
| cover         = <!--just the file name-->
| type          = 
| artist        = 
| album         = 
| B-side        = 
| released      = <!--{{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}}-->
| format        = 
| recorded      = 
| studio        = 
| genre         = 
| length        = 
| label         = 
| writer        = <!--for both music and lyrics-->
| producer      = 
| prev_title    = <!--for a singles chronology-->
| prev_year     = 
| next_title    = 
| next_year     = 
}}

TemplateData

An infobox for songs

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Template parameters

This template has custom formatting.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Name	name Name title	The name or title of the song. Default (PAGENAME)	String	required
Cover	cover Cover image	An appropriate image, such as a sheet music or single picture sleeve cover. Example A file name, without the File: <NAME.jpg>	String	suggested
Cover_size	cover_size Cover size cover size	no description	String	optional
Alt	alt Alt	Alternative text for the cover image, to describe it to visually impaired readers.	String	optional
Border	border Border	Set to yes to put a 1 pixel border around the image.	String	optional
Caption	caption Caption	Caption for the image; this will overwrite automatically generated <"Song" cover> when a file is added to the "caption" field Example Sheet music cover, 1920.	String	optional
Type ("song", "single", "promo", "cover", "composition")	type Type	Specify "song", "single", "promo", "Instrumental", "Composition", etc. This generates the header and color.	String	suggested
Artist	artist Artist	The name of the artist.	String	suggested
Album	album Album from_album from Album	The name of the album on which the song originally appeared.	String	suggested
EP	EP	The name of the EP on which the song originally appeared. Only use album or EP; both will not be displayed.	String	optional
A-side	A-side a-side	For singles: the name of A-side of the current or title single.	String	optional
B-side	B-side b-side	For singles: the name of the B-side of the current or title single. Only one of the fields 'A-side' or 'B-side' should be used.	String	optional
Written	written Written	The date the song was written; this is usually used for songs created before music publishing or recording	Date	optional
Published	published Published	The date the song was published; this is usually used for songs created before the rise of music recording	Date	optional
Released	released Released	Date or year of earliest commercial release.	String	suggested
Format	format Format	For recorded music: the way that the song was released, e.g., 7-inch single, LP record, EP, CD, cassette, digital download (note the piped download link), etc.	String	optional
Recorded	recorded Recorded	The date(s) the song was recorded.	String	suggested
Studio	studio Studio	If the song was recorded in a recording studio, enter the name and location.	String	suggested
Venue	venue Venue	For live recordings, include the name of the venue (concert hall, stadium, etc.) and location.	String	optional
Genre	genre Genre	The genre(s) that best describes the song. This must not be original research, and should be stated and referenced in the article.	String	optional
Length	length Length	The length of the song in minutes and seconds, such as 3:45	Number	suggested
Label	label Label	The record company label which originally released the recording. Releases in other territories, different formats, reissues, etc., should be included in the body of the article, not in this field.	String	optional
Songwriter(s)	writer Writer songwriter Songwriter	Comma-separated list of persons credited with writing the song Example Billy Corgan, James Iha	String	required
Composer	composer Composer	The name of the person(s) who composed the song's music, if different than the lyricist. If not differentiated in the article, use the "songwriter/writer" field instead.	String	optional
Lyricist	lyricist Lyricist	The person(s) who wrote the lyrics, if different than the song's composer. If not differentiated in the article, use the "songwiter/writer" field instead.	String	optional
Producer(s)	producer Producer	Comma-separated list of persons credited with the production Example Flood, Billy Corgan, Alan Moulder	String	suggested
Chronology	chronology Chronology	For singles: Header for the chronology section. Default (Artist name) singles chronology	String	optional
Title	title	The name of the current or subject single.	String	optional
Title2	title2	For a double A-side single: the name of the second or flip-side of the current single in the artist's chronology.	String	optional
Year	year	To change the automatically generated year: the year of the single in the artist's chronology.	Number	optional
Tracks	tracks Tracks	To add a full-album track listing.	String	optional
Misc	misc Misc	To add extra subtemplates, such as {{Extra chronology}}, {{Extra track listing}}, {{Extra album cover}}, {{Audio sample}}, etc.	String	optional
ISWC	ISWC	no description	String	deprecated
Comment	comment Comment	no description	String	deprecated
Lyrics	lyrics	Set to "yes" if there are lyrics. There should be a section on the page called "Lyrics" Auto value yes	Boolean	required
notabs	notabs	no description	Unknown	optional
Has video?	video	Enter "yes" if there's an associated video in a section on the page called "Music video". Leave blank or enter "no" if there is no video.	Boolean	suggested
Spotify ID	spotify	Enter the song ID on Spotify, and this will generate a link to it	String	suggested
Discogs master ID	discogs	no description	Number	optional
MusicBrainz release-group ID	musicbrainz	no description	String	optional
Side project of	side_project	The name of the band member, etc. Example Billy Corgan	Page name	optional
Original artist	original_artist	The artist who originally wrote or takes credit for this song	String	optional
Nonstandard artist	nonstandard_artist	Set this for songs we want to document on the wiki, but aren't necessarily in scope. Setting this will not categorize the song by the artist, among other things. Default 0	Boolean	optional
Is EP	is_ep	Set this to 1 if the song release charted on an albums chart, or is otherwise treated as an EP and not just a single.	Boolean	optional

Tracking categories

• Category:Pages using infobox song with deprecated parameters (173)
• Category:Pages using infobox song with unknown parameters (0)
• Category:Infobox song with A-side or B-side quote formatting fix needed (0)
• Category:Songs with unknown writers (59)
• Category:Song articles with both composer and songwriter (0)
• Category:Song articles with both lyricist and songwriter (0)
• Category:Song articles with lyricist but not composer (0)
• Category:Music infoboxes with unknown value for type (0)
• Category:Music infoboxes with malformed table placement (0)
• Category:Music infoboxes with Module:String errors (0)
• Category:Duration without hAudio microformat (1)

See also

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Songs
• {{Infobox album}}