What is the difference between a song and a track?

Answer 1

In recording, the term "track" has multiple meanings, including:

a. a band of recorded sound laid along the length of amagnetic tape.

b. (on a longplaying phonograph record) one of a set of groovesin which sound has been recorded, separated from an adjacentset or sets by grooves without recorded sound.

c. an individual song or segment of a recording: a title track.

d. a discrete, separate recording that is combined with otherparts of a musical recording to produce the final auralversion: a special rhythm track added to the basic track.

However, in common speech it usually refers to the third definition. While every track is a song, not all songs may be referred to as tracks. The term track refers to a type of recorded song, particularly its place in an album.