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How I Wrote
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The Australian rock band’s songwriter and keyboardist discusses his intimately personal song which their iconic frontman Michael Hutchence did justice...
We learn how the singer-songwriter’s Ivor Award-winning hit single was inspired by Patti Smith and written in just 30 minutes...
Shelly Peiken on writing What A Girl Wants: “One day I wrote something down about it on a receipt. Songwriters...
One half of the much-loved Cockney duo, Chas Hodges reveals how their song was inspired by a US R&B hit...
The Northern Irish band’s chief songwriter and guitarist talks us through one of the most iconic songs of its era...
The Doors’ guitarist explains how the classic song emerged because he felt sorry for the obscure chords that rock’n’roll forgot...
The sophisti-pop group’s slap bass-toting frontman on the creation of their 80s classic that topped singles charts in five countries...
The bassist and vocalist from Birmingham’s legendary progressive rock band reveals how his modestly titled hit single came to be...
Eight local songwriters, including Roger Cook and Beki Bondage, tell the stories behind some of our home city’s classic songs...
The punk-folk-rock band’s lead singer, Mark Chadwick, tells us how the rousing, mid-90s anthem took just three minutes to write...
The English rock band’s founder, vocalist, bassist and songwriter Jeff Christie explains the creation of their 1970 chart-topping hit single...