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'I Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing' - This song was popularized by the legendary Aerosmith and was included in the soundtrack of the movie 'Armageddon.' The song was originally written by singer Diane Warren, who revealed that Celine Dion was her first choice to perform the song.

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'Tainted Love' - The song was made famous by the band Soft Cell and later by Marilyn Manson. The song was originally written by Gloria Jones in 1964.

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'Girls Just Want To Have Fun' - Who has never danced to this tune? The original version however, is not from Cyndi Lauper but from a singer named Robert Hazard.

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'I Love Rock & Roll' - Do you think Joan Jett wrote this song? Then you're wrong! The song was originally composed by The Arrows.

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'Sweet Child of Mine' - The song's iconic guitar intro was written in five minutes while Slash was practicing some guitar exercises. Axl Rose heard it and thought it could be the band's next hit. It looks like he was right!

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'Summer of 69' - The song really talks about a great summer Bryan Adams had, yet the singer revealed that, despite it being an autobiographical song, it is also a metaphor for sex, which is why it has the number '69'.

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'Zombie' - The Cranberries revealed that their biggest hit is actually about terrorism in Northern Ireland.

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'Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites' - One of Skrillex's most famous songs uses a sample of the video 'Fast Cup Stacking, Oh My God.' The musician used the precise moment when the girl says 'Oh My God.'

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'Gettin' Jiggy Wit It' - Will Smith's famous song was co-written by rapper, Nas, and is the only song that got him a Grammy.

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'Rock Your Body' - The song popularized by Justin Timberlake was written by Pharrell Williams, who revealed that he was meant to give it to Michael Jackson for him to use it in his final album, 'Invincible.'

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'Baby One More Time' -

The famous Britney Spears' song was originally composed for TLC, but the singers thought the lyrics did not fit the style of the band.

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'Umbrella' - Ironically, it was Britney's turn to refuse a single. The song that led Rihanna to stardom was originally written by Terius 'The-Dream' Nash and Christopher 'Tricky' Stewart who originally offered it to Britney, but she declined.

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'Toxic' - This Britney Spears hit was originally composed for Kylie Minogue, but the singer turned it down. She later revealed that she was not upset that it worked out for Britney.

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'Nothing Compares 2 U' - Sinead O'Connor popularized this beautiful song, however it was Prince who first wrote it for his band, The Family.

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'Since U Been Gone' - Before the song became a hit with Kelly Clarkson's voice, it was turned down by Pink and Hilary Duff.

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'Telephone' -

Lady Gaga's famous song was originally written for Britney Spears, and a demo of the song with the singer's voice can even be found on the Internet!

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'Hero' - Mariah Carey actually wrote this song. The singer had intended to pass it on to Gloria Estefan, however Mariah Carey's husband at the time, Tommy Motolla, persuaded her to keep the song. It worked out pretty well!

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'Take a Bow’ - Madonna's song is allegedly about her relationship with her ex-husband, the actor Sean Penn.

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'Hollaback Girl’ -

The song was written by Gwen Stefani in response to Courtney Love bad-mouthing her in an interview to Seventeen magazine.

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'Irreplaceable’ - Both Shania Twain and Faith Hill had the opportunity to record this hit, later popularized by Beyoncé, but declined.

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'Bad’ - Prince has allegedly refused to do a duet with Michael Jackson on this song. Mainly because of the first verse, where it says 'your butt is mine.' Prince did not think it was appropriate to sing the lyrics to Michael and vice versa.

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'Bleeding Love' - This song became popular with the voice of Leona Lewis, however Jesse McCartney co-wrote it.

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'We Found Love' - The song popularized by Rihanna and Calvin Harris was first given to Nicole Scherzinger, who declined it because it was too 'danceable' and the singer wanted to go in another direction musically.

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'Disturbia' - We all know of the troubled relationship between Rihanna and Chris Brown. It was in fact Brown who wrote the song Disturbia. However, he thought it was better suited for a female voice.

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'Don't Cha' -

When Paris Hilton was trying to make it as a singer, she was given the opportunity to sing the song that would later become a hit with the Pussycat Dolls. However, Paris refused at the time, because the version she heard was not similar to the one that was later released.

See also: Hidden messages in popular songs

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