To cite a song accessed through an online streaming service, list the performer (or band) as author, the song title in quotation marks, the name of the site in italics, and the URL where the song can be found. If relevant, use a timestamp to indicate a specific part of the song in the in-text citation.

CD / Sound recording

1. Title of publication (in italics).
2. Year of publication (in round brackets).
3. [CD-ROM].
4. Producer (where identifiable).
5. Available: publisher/distributor.

General Format

1. Artist. “Song Title.” Album Title, Record Label, Year of Release.
2. Artist. Album Title, Record Label, Year of Release.
3. Imagine Dragons. “Thunder.” Evolve, Interscope Records, 2017.
4. Imagine Dragons. Evolve, Interscope Records, 2017.

Typically, album titles are italicized, just like book titles, journal titles, or movie titles. Song titles are enclosed in quotation marks, as is often the case with poem titles, book chapter titles, or article titles.

Use the following structure to cite an audio recording found online in MLA 8: Singer’s Last Name, Singer’s First Name. “Title of the Song.” Title of the Album, album’s ed., Publisher, Year of publication, track number.

If the copyright holder is not the author, you have the option of giving the author credit.

1. Look up all author and copyright information.
2. Write the title of the song.
3. Type the word “Copyright” or place a copyright symbol (the letter “c” with a circle around it) after the title.
4. Write the year the song was copyrighted.

The rules for quotation marks around titles vary depending on which style guide you follow. In general, you should italicize the titles of long works, like books, movies, or record albums. Use quotation marks for the titles of shorter pieces of work: poems, articles, book chapters, songs, T.V. episodes, etc.

Last name, First name of performer/band name. Album Title. Record label Number of recording, Year of recording, format. Note: “Number of recording” refers to the catalog number for the recording.

1 : a descriptive list of recordings by category, composer, performer, or date of release an Elvis Presley discography. 2 : the history of recorded music.

The in-text citation must always correspond with the first word of the Works Cited entry. For movie citations, this is usually the title in italics. If the title is longer than a few words, shorten it to the first word or phrase. Instead of a page number, add the time range of the part you are quoting or referring to.

Structure: Movie Title. Directed by First name Last name. City of publication: Studio, Year of release.

Movies, Television, and Radio 1. Titles of movies, television, and radio shows are italicized. A single episode is enclosed in quotation marks.

The title is written in sentence case and italicized, followed by the label “Film” in square brackets. The in-text citation includes the last name of the director, and the year. If you are referring to a specific quote or scene from the movie, add a timestamp to direct the reader to the relevant part.

Titles of shorter works (e.g., articles, song, poems, short stories) are placed in quotation marks: “Title.” Titles of longer works (e.g., books, journals, albums, movies) are italicized: Title.

Capitalize the first and the last word. Capitalize nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, and subordinate conjunctions. Lowercase articles (a, an, the), coordinating conjunctions, and prepositions. Capitalize words with four or more letters (including conjunctions and prepositions).

Major style guides like the Modern Language Association (MLA), Chicago/Turabian Manual of Style, and American Psychological Association (APA) suggest italicizing movie titles. The Associated Press (AP) recommends capitalizing movie titles and putting them in quotation marks.