Why do songs generally follow the same flow? Verse, chorus, verse, chorus, the “solo” type thing I don’t know the name of, then chorus again to end it

Question

Are there even any songs out there besides opera and story type songs that don’t follow this theme?

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Answer 1

[Yes](https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/10-amazing-songs-without-choruses-762322), there are quite popular songs that don’t follow this structure.

However it is true that many songs do follow this structure. This is just the way art works. A particular artistic culture will develop conventions, and people work within those conventions to create art. A lot of popular music also uses the 12-note scale and 4/4 time signatures, but these are not inherent properties of music. Many other musical cultures differ from these quite a bit, and even in USA pop music there are plenty of exceptions.