By including a middle eight section in your songs, you’ll be shaking up the typical structure in a few significant ways. Most prominently, you’ll be breaking up the conventional structure of verse-chorus or verse/bridge/chorus by shifting the narrative and progression.
If you’d like to see a few shining examples of this song structure in action, check out this 8 Magnificent Middle Eights post. It includes songs by Cee-Lo, Springsteen, the Pet Shop Boys, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, David Bowie, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Michael Jackson.
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