Hit songs you didn’t know were written by other famous artists
You won't believe the names listed in the fine print of the credits!
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MUSIC Songwriting
When a song is "by" an artist, the singer typically gets all the credit, though oftentimes they didn’t write it themselves. Pop songs these days tend to be massive collaborations, sometimes with dozens of people involved for just three minutes of music. But beautiful things can happen in such a collaborative environment, like getting major stars to write songs for other major stars, sometimes in completely different genres than their own, and glimpsing how genius can thrive in more than one outlet without the shackles of a so-called brand or image.
Several surprising artists are behind some of pop's biggest tracks, revealing hidden collaborations we would never think to combine. Click through to discover them.
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