In writing a song for the film ‘City Of Angels’, the frontman created one of the 90s’ biggest crossover...
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The pop-rock duo’s principal songwriter tells the backstory of a song that became a hit in the 80s and 00s...
The mid-80s synth-pop master reflects on his typically upbeat transatlantic hit, written in the locker room of a basketball stadium...
Under constant scrutiny from her label, Victoria Hesketh and her co-writing producer RedOne came up with this classic pop banger...
We learn all about a wallpaper inspector’s daydream that became one of the finest singles of the new wave era...
Written in algebra class, the Mississippi band’s frontman found the perfect equation to create one of the 00s biggest songs...
The NYC band’s Brian ‘Fast’ Leiser explains how the Quentin Tarantino movie-sampling hit was inspired by a valium-popping security guard...
A romantic trip to Memphis, Tennessee led to a special friendship being formed and a classic hit single being born
The group’s frontman takes us inside the creation of a track that has nothing to do with Bavaria’s capital city...
We speak with double Ivor Novello Award-winning lyricist and founding member of Squeeze about one of their most famous songs...
The story behind this much-loved new wave hit from 1980 – it’s not actually what popular legend supposes it’s about...
The Lumineers' Wesley Schultz on sharing ideas
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Interview: Seafret
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How I wrote 'Iris' by Goo Goo Dolls' John Rzeznik
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16 song starters
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How I wrote 'Enola Gay' by OMD's Andy McCluskey
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How I wrote ‘Beds Are Burning’ by Midnight Oil’s Rob Hirst
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How I wrote 'Turning Japanese' by The Vapors' David Fenton
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How I wrote 'Mad World' by Tears For Fears' Roland Orzabal
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How I wrote 'Luka' by Suzanne Vega
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How I wrote Art Garfunkel's 'Bright Eyes' by Mike Batt
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How I wrote ‘Big In Japan’ by Alphaville
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How I wrote 'Light My Fire' by The Doors' Robby Krieger
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Four strategies for improving your lyrics
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How I wrote 'Echo Beach' by Martha And The Muffins’ Mark Gane
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5 ways to get a song going and keep it fresh
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How I wrote 'I Alone' by Live's Ed Kowalczyk
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How I wrote 'Munich' by Editors' Tom Smith
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How I wrote 'Teenage Kicks' by The Undertones' John O'Neill
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How I wrote 'The Life Of Riley' by The Lightning Seeds' Ian Broudie
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How I wrote ‘Living In The Past’ by Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson
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