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middle eight

British  

noun

  1. the third contrasting eight-bar section of a 32-bar pop song

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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A masterclass in pop storytelling, Good Luck Babe has a proper three-act structure, with a killer pay-off in the middle eight and a chorus you just can't shake.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2025

You don’t want to be the one who keeps messing up the middle eight.

From Washington Post • Oct. 25, 2020

The middle eight of its 10 episodes are meant to be watched in any order.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2020

What did you make of the standard and concept of the middle eight Qualifiers?

From The Guardian • Oct. 17, 2017

Though the pool in Rio is 10 lanes wide, only the middle eight lanes are being used for competition, with a buffer on each side.

From Time • Aug. 10, 2016

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