Artist - "Song" or "Song" - Artist

[Agent Proto]

I've noticed that some of you type the songs you're listening to as Artist - "Song" which I use myself, and while the rest of you do the opposite with "Song" - Artist.

Which is correct, or which way do you prefer?

Artist - "Song"
or
"Song" - Artist

Edit: Anyway, I find it kind of annoying when I see others list the songs they listen to as "Song title" - Artist name.

I don't know, but I always find it easier to read as Artist - "Song"

But if anyone is going to name the song title first, might as well go "Song" by Artist instead of using the dash "-" to replace "by".

[Dking'squeen]

I do it both ways, but more of the time, I write the artist and then the song

[612904398619]

ive always done it artist - song because whenever i hear a cool song i always wonder who the artist is before the song name.

[Sepho]

I go "Artist - <i>song</i>" for organizational reasons - it's easier to sort in my Winamp playlists (all of the songs by the same group/artist get grouped together), and I've gotten into the habit of writing that way under all circumstances.

I don't remember ever writing the song first, and I only really noticed this method when I came here.

[jrgen]

I use "Artist - Song" since that's how it shows up in Winamp.

[Chris]

I always state the singer's name first and then the song title.

[krissy]

Artist Song because that's the international norm. At least it should be

[rubah]

Artist - Song.

Tell who did it, then tell what they did.

There's more artists that do more than one song than songs that are done by more than one person.

(plus song - artist makes it friggin' hard to find other stuff by one person you enjoy listening to)

and you have to have the space hyphen space. for cleanliness

[Dr.K]

Gotta be Artist - Song really :) It's easier to browse through playlists and the like

[Casey]

Song first, because not every song is good by one artist. And so the artist goes second. yeah...