APA Style (7th ed.)
If you retrieved the lyrics directly from listening to the song, reference the song using the following general example:
Lastname, A. (year). Title of song [Song]. On Title of album. Record Label.
- In-text citation: (Lastname, year, timestamp)
Lastname, A. (year). Title of song [Song]. On Title of album. Record Label. URL
- In-text citation: (Lastname, year, timestamp)
- Provide the name of the recording artist for modern music and the name of the composer for classical music (APA, 2020, p. 341).
- "Include a URL in the reference if that location is the only means of retrieval (e.g., for artists who provide music in only one locations, such as SoundCloud or on their website)" (APA, 2020, p. 345)
If you retrieved the lyrics from a YouTube video, sheet music, or a web page, please use the formatting shown in those linked resources to reference the lyrics.
Reference
American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.). https://doi.org/10.1037/0000165-000
