16. Huron noted that just because many modern American pop songs share the same verse-chorus structure does not mean that this is the biologically ideal structure for a song. It’s just the most familiar way to balance repetition and variety for modern Western audiences. There are many iconic songs that don’t have choruses, like Bruce Springsteen’s “Thunder Road” and Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody.” These songs still have several melodies that repeat with variations.