** Each week I measure the #1 song of the week in “Measuring a Hit” for you to readily see common threads in today's biggest hits. A post titled “A Closer Look” follows in a few days that brings a few craft issues of the song to your attention.
Time to lay my measuring stick, which we talked about last time, by this past weeks #1 song.
The goal is, over time, to find common threads in #1 songs (hint: we’ll find many!). Here’s this week’s ‘measurement’.
Good Directions
Rachel Thibodeau and Luke Bryan
time signature: 4/4
intro length: :15
time to chorus: :47
time to title: 3:10
# title appearances: 1
general subject: love found
viewpoint: 1st
form: V C V C B (inst) C
style written: story
rhyme (predominant): near / single perfect
length: 3:35
tempo: mid
* Note that only 1 title appearance and the time to title (not until last line of song) are VERY unusual.
Til next time… keep writing!
