At this point in my IDS I am almost done dissecting songs and I am now starting a series of blog posts that will show my findings. For this post, I will list the layouts/structures of 10 songs I have dissected. I chose these songs randomly, some are well known hits and other are much lesser known.  I also made sure they varied in length and in order to provide a variety of music. I dissected these songs myself so its possible they may not all be 100% correct and please note that I have excluded short instrumental parts that often occur between song parts that feature vocals in order to avoid over complicating my analysis. So here are the songs:

1. Under The Bridge by the Red Hot Chili Peppers:

Intro (guitar only) – verse-verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge*-outro

Length: 4:24

Genre: Alternative Rock

*Hard to say if one would call the conclusion of this song a “bridge” considering it is not followed by a final chorus. It does differ musically and lyrically from the rest of the song.

2. 21^st Century (Digital Boy) by Bed Religion:

Verse-verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge-solo-chorus-outro

Length: 2:49

Genre: Punk Rock

3. As I Am by Dream Theater:

Intro-verse-pre chorus*-chorus-verse-pre chorus*-chorus-solo-chorus-outro

Length: 7:48

Genre: Progressive Hard Rock

*both pre choruses have two different parts

4. Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix:

Intro-verse-verse-solo-verse-solo

Length: 2:53

Genre: Rock

5. Stan by Eminem:

Chorus-verse-chorus-verse-chorus-verse-chorus*-verse

Length: 6:44

Genre: Hip Hop

*variation in bass line

6. A Line In The Sand by Linkin Park:

Intro-Verse-instrumental break-verse-chorus-bridge-chorus-instrument break-chorus-solo-verse

Length: 6:35

Genre: Hard Rock

7. Scentless Apprentice by Nirvana:

Intro-verse-chorus-verse-chorus-solo-verse-chorus

Length: 3:48

Genre: Grunge Rock

8. Hammerhead by The Offspring:

Intro-verse-pre chorus-chorus-verse-pre chorus-chorus-instrumental break-bridge*-outro

Length: 4:38

Genre: Rock

*Same as Under The Bridge, its hard to say if this part is a bridge or not because it is followed by the ending of the song.

9. Know Your Enemy by Rage Against The Machine:

Intro-verse-instrumental break-verse-bridge-solo-outro*

Length: 4:56

Genre: Rap Metal

*Outro features vocals

10. Heart Of Gold by Neil Young:

Intro-solo-verse-solo-verse-solo-outro*

Length: 3:07

Genre: Folk Rock

*Outro features vocals