Meaning & use
song track
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Meanings
nouncountable
A single recorded song, especially one item on an album, playlist, or release.
Grammar: Countable: use a/an or a plural — a song track, three song tracks.
Patterns
- a song track on an album
- the first song track
- download a song track
The album has twelve song tracks, and the last one is my favorite.
She skipped to the third song track on the playlist.
Each song track was remastered for the anniversary edition.
nouncountabletechnical
A separate audio channel or file that holds one song within a larger recording or show.
Grammar: Countable and often used with numbers or file words: a separate song track, the vocal song track.
Patterns
- a separate song track
- mix a song track
- the vocal song track
The engineer kept the vocals on a separate song track.
You can mute one song track without affecting the others.
Word forms
| plural | song tracks |
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Common combinations
- title song track
- The title song track plays over the closing credits.
- bonus song track
- The deluxe edition adds two bonus song tracks.
- download a song track
- You can download a single song track instead of the whole album.
- song track listing
- Check the song track listing before you buy the CD.
- featured song track
- Her featured song track reached number one.
Synonyms and how they differ
- track
- Shorter and more common in music apps; it can also mean other kinds of recording, so it is less specific than song track.
- number
- Informal and slightly old-fashioned for a song in a show or album; it suggests a performance rather than a recording.
- cut
- Informal music-industry word for one song on a release; it sounds casual and is rare outside professional talk.
Word family
- soundtrack noun
- The complete music of a film or show, not just one song.
- tracklist noun
- The ordered list of songs on an album.
- track noun
- One song or piece of recorded audio.
Commonly confused: song track or soundtrack? song track or songwriting?
song track vs soundtrack
A soundtrack is all the music for a film or game, while a song track is one single song.
song track vs songwriting
Songwriting is the activity of composing songs, not a recorded item.
Practice
Which sentence uses "song track" correctly?
Choose one answer.
"Song track" is a countable noun for one recorded song, so "a new song track" fits. Option An and D describe a whole film score, which is a "soundtrack"; option C wrongly uses it as a verb.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “song track”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.