Template:Infobox song/doc
An infobox for songs
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Name | name | The name or title of the song.
| String | required |
Version | version | no description | Line | optional |
Cover | cover image | An appropriate image, such as a sheet music or single picture sleeve cover.
| File | optional |
Cover_size | cover_size | no description | Number | deprecated |
Cover_upright | cover_upright | no description | Number | optional |
Alt | alt | Alternative text for the cover image, to describe it to visually impaired readers. | Line | optional |
Border | border | Set to yes to put a 1 pixel border around the image.
| Line | optional |
Caption | caption | Caption for the image; this will overwrite automatically generated <"Song" cover> when a file is added to the "caption" field
| String | optional |
Type | type | Specify "song", "single", "Instrumental", "Composition", etc. This generates the header and color.
| Line | suggested |
Artist | artist | The name of the artist. | String | suggested |
Album | album | The name of the album on which the song originally appeared. | String | optional |
EP | EP | The name of the EP on which the song originally appeared. Only use album or EP; both will not be displayed. | String | optional |
Language | language | Only if the song is not in English, indicate the language. | String | optional |
English title | English_title | The English translation of the name of the song, if it is in another language. | Line | optional |
A-side | A-side | For singles: the name of A-side of the current or title single. | String | optional |
B-side | B-side | For singles: the name of the B-side of the current or title single. Only one of the fields 'A-side' or 'B-side' should be used. | String | optional |
Written (date) | written | The date the song was written; this is usually used for songs created before music publishing or recording | Date | optional |
Published (date) | published | The date the song was published; this is usually used for songs created before the rise of music recording | Date | optional |
Released (date) | released | For recorded music: The earliest known date of commercial release, using a single occurrence, using {{Start date}}. For April 1, 2015, enter {{Start date|2015|04|01}}. | Date | optional |
Recorded (date) | recorded | The date(s) the song was recorded. | Date | optional |
Studio | studio | If the song was recorded in a recording studio, enter the name and location. | String | optional |
Venue | venue | For live recordings, include the name of the venue (concert hall, stadium, etc.) and location. | String | optional |
Genre | genre | The genre(s) that best describes the song. This must not be original research, and should be stated and referenced in the article. | String | suggested |
Length | length | The length of the song, using {{Duration}}. To display 3 minutes 45 seconds as 3:45, enter {{Duration|m=3|s=45}}. | Number | optional |
Label | label | The record company label which originally released the recording. Releases in other territories, different formats, reissues, etc., should be included in the body of the article, not in this field. | String | optional |
Songwriter/Writer | writer | The name of the person(s) credited with writing both the music and lyrics for the song. Where a separate lyricist and composer have been clearly identified by a reliable source, use the "composer" and "lyricist" fields instead. | String | optional |
Composer | composer | The name of the person(s) who composed the song's music, if different than the lyricist. If not differentiated in the article, use the "songwriter/writer" field instead. | String | optional |
Lyricist | lyricist | The person(s) who wrote the lyrics, if different than the song's composer. If not differentiated in the article, use the "songwriter/writer" field instead. | String | optional |
Producer | producer | The person(s) who is credited with the record production. | String | optional |
Chronology (artist) | chronology | For singles: Replacement of artist's name for the chronology section. | String | optional |
Prev_title | prev_title | The name of the previous single in the artist's chronolgy. | String | optional |
Previous concurrent | prev_concurrent | The name of the previous single in the artist's chronology, if it was released as a dual single. | String | optional |
Prev_version | prev_version | no description | Line | optional |
Prev_title2 | prev_title2 | The name of the previous single in the artist's chronolgy. | String | optional |
Prev_year | prev_year | The year of the previous single in the artist's chronology. | Number | optional |
Title | title | The name of the current or subject single. | String | optional |
Title2 | title2 | For a double A-side single: the name of the second or flip-side of the current single in the artist's chronology. | String | optional |
Concurrent title | concurrent_title | The name of the other single in the artist's chronology, if this was released as a dual single. | String | optional |
Year | year | To change the automatically generated year: the year of the single in the artist's chronology. | Number | optional |
Next_title | next_title | The name of the next single in the artist's chronology. | String | optional |
Next concurrent | next_concurrent | The name of the next single in the artist's chronology, if it was released as a dual single. | String | optional |
Next_version | next_version | no description | Line | optional |
Next_title2 | next_title2 | For a double A-side single: the name of the second- or flip-side of the next single. | String | optional |
Next_year | next_year | The year of the next single in the artist's chronology. | Number | optional |
Tracks | tracks | To add a full-album track listing. | String | optional |
Misc | misc | To add extra subtemplates, such as {{Extra chronology}}, {{Extra track listing}}, {{Extra album cover}}, {{Audio sample}}, etc. | String | optional |