Great Song Genres

    Superb video songs have a beginning, a middle and an end; the songs listed below are superb in terms of musical presentation – a great edit in terms of visual appeal.  It’s not necessarily that these songs are great, but songs with similar beats and vocals and crescendos make for great videography.

So Contagious (Acceptance)
Great beat and lyrics

Deora Ar Mo Chroi (Enya)

For a slower and passionate edit

We just Don’t Care (John Legend)

Search YouTube for the music video and you’ll see

Far Away (Nickleback) 

Great vocal variety throughout the song.

I Do (John Schmidt)

One of the greatest wedding songs ever written

She’s my kinda Rain (Tim McGraw) 

Listen to the crescendo and beat

You and Me (Lifehouse)

Great crescendo.

We Belong to the Night (Pat Benatar) 

It’s an oldie, but listen to the tempo and variety in sounds.

Every Moment (Joy Williams)

Fun tempo and great lyrics.

Chocolate (Snow Patrol) 

Superb variety in beat and tempo throughout.

Here in your Arms or Baby, It’s a Fact (Hellogoodbye) 

Superb variety in beat, vocals and tempo throughout.

The Sun and the Stars (May)

Hands down the best song in terms of vocal and instrumental variety

Why do songs like these work so well in video?

    Most of the songs listed above have common qualities - great variety within the song (slower start building to a crescendo), each has an up-beat rhythm (some with a key change) and each shows major key tonality and mixed acoustics. 

    When any good videography team edits videos, syncing shots with the beat and lyrics will be done throughout the presentation; that’s what separates great companies from the rest.