How the Swedish producer-songwriter went from being a chef to founding a tech company with Max Martin and ABBA’s Björn...
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The feelgood anthem that became a hit in two decades for two different bands was inspired by Cliff Richard Since...
The singer-songwriter reflects on the creation of her No 1 single with a lyric that was suggested as a joke...
The man behind the music of The Wombles and Katie Melua shares his tips for digging deeper with your songwriting...
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...
The NYC band’s Brian ‘Fast’ Leiser explains how the Quentin Tarantino movie-sampling hit was inspired by a valium-popping security guard...
The Counting Crows frontman discusses his band’s new album and looks back on their 1993 masterpiece ‘August And Everything After’
The Scottish band’s lead singer and talismanic songwriter, Fran Healy, takes us through the making of their upbeat debut album...
We get to know George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam, the American pop-songwriting duo behind two of Whitney Houston’s biggest hits...
We speak with double Ivor Novello Award-winning lyricist and founding member of Squeeze about one of their most famous songs...
The multi-award-winning songwriter, jazz musician and broadcaster reveals why he was “full of doubts” during the making of his album...
How I wrote ''74-'75' by The Connells
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How I wrote ‘Big In Japan’ by Alphaville
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How I wrote Art Garfunkel's 'Bright Eyes' by Mike Batt
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How we wrote 'Naïve' by The Kooks’ Luke Pritchard
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How I wrote 'Luka' by Suzanne Vega
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Interview: Hue And Cry
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How I wrote 'Zombie' by The Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan
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16 song starters
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How I wrote 'I Alone' by Live's Ed Kowalczyk
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How we wrote: 'Eyes On Fire' by Blue Foundation's Tobias Wilner
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