Lyricist Relationship Type
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This relationship type belongs to the Composition Relationship Class.
Description
This relates a release or track to the person who wrote its lyrics. "Lyrics" in this case are sequences of words in a particular language, in a form that can be written down. Nonsense vocal sounds and noises are generally not considered to be lyrics, and nor are interjections ("oh yeah!", "c'mon!") which don't form a meaningful component of the lyrics.
Link Phrases
- Artist wrote the lyrics for Release
- Release lyrics were written by Artist
- Artist wrote the lyrics for Work
- Work lyrics were written by Artist
Attributes
“start date”
- This indicates the date the lyricist first worked on the lyrics.
“end date”
- This indicates the date the lyricist last worked on the lyrics.
“additional”
- This should be used to distinguish contributors of lyrics whose contributions form only an "additional", or minor, part of the song.
“translated”
- This attribute indicates that the linked lyricist translated the lyrics of the work into another language (independently of whether (s)he also wrote them).
- For linking the work with translated lyrics to the original work, use the Other Version Relationship Type with the translated attribute.
- If the libretto, rather than the lyrics, has been translated, then Librettist Relationship Type, with the translated attribute, should be used.
- If the lyrics remain the same, but the release title or track title have been translated or transliterated, then Translation Transliteration Relationship Type should be used.
Guidelines
The Garbage song Push It contains some lyrics taken from the song Don't Worry Baby written by Brian Wilson and Roger Christian. In this case, the last two could be credited as "additional" lyricists on the track, since those lyrics form only a minor part of the song.
The lyricist should not be confused with the librettist, which is handled by the librettist relationship type.