Capitalization Rules for Song Titles
From Christoph's Personal Wiki
Note: Adapted from Standard MIDI Files on the Net.
The first and last words are always capitalized, and all except the words listed below are capitalized.
Lowercase
These are lower-case, unless they are the first word or last word.
- articles
- a, an, the
- conjunctions
- and, but, or, nor
- prepositions that are less than five letters long
- at, by for, from, in, into, of, off, on, onto, out, over, to, up, with
- as
- (only if it is followed by a noun)
Prepositions are sometimes capitalized
- Prepositions are capitalized when they are the first or last word.
- Prepositions that are part of two-word "phrasal verbs" (Come On, Hold On, etc....) are capitalized.
- Prepositions that are over four letters long. (across, after, among, beyond, ...)
These short words are capitalized
- also, be, if, than, that, thus, when
- as (if it is followed by a verb)
List of some "Phrasal Verbs"
These are some phrases in which the preposition needs to be capitalized:
- Beat Up
- Blow Out
- Break Down
- Break Into
- Break Up
- Bring Up
- Call Off
- Call On
- Call Up
- Carry On
- Come Back
- Come Down
- Come On
- Come Out
- Come Over
- Do Over
- Fill In
- Fill Out
- Find Out
- Get Along
- Get Around
- Get By
- Get Over
- Get Through
- Get Up
- Give Back
- Give Up
- Go Along
- Go Away
- Go On
- Go Over
- Hand In
- Hang Up
- Hold On
- Keep On
- Keep Up
- Leave Out
- Let Down
- Look For
- Look Into
- Look Like
- Look Out
- Look Over
- Look Up
- Make Out
- Make Up
- Pack Up
- Pass Out
- Pick Out
- Pick Up
- Put Away
- Put Off
- Put On
- Put Out
- Put Up
- Roll Over
- Run Into
- Run Out
- Run Over
- Show Up
- Take After
- Take Back
- Take Off
- Take On
- Take Up
- Talk Back
- Talk Over
- Throw Away
- Try On
- Turn Down
- Turn In
- Turn Off
- Turn On
- Use Up
- Wait On
