I'm writing a book about songwriting

[Paul8447]

Hi everyone I'm in the middle of writing a book about songwriting however I'm now at a chapter where I need to give a few examples on how certain songs work
And the best way to explain this is to use famous songs that everyone knows.
What I need to know is, am I allowed to mention famous songs as examples in a book or do i need permission from the copyright owner.

Thanks in advance

[Cyoon]

you just want to write down the names of the songs? that would be no problem.

[htohgrom]

There are youtube channels with known song dissected, for example: You could ask them how they approach that.

[Paul8447]

Thanks for the info

[el-bo (formerly ebow)]

I'm writing a book about songwriting

Just in case you need ideas for the formatting:

Prologue
Intro
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 2 x 4 (to fade)

[experimental.crow]

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