Eight local songwriters, including Roger Cook and Beki Bondage, tell the stories behind some of our home city’s classic songs...
How I Wrote
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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...
We learn how the upbeat hit single was written under the stress of constant touring and the War on Terror...
One-half of the band’s songwriting partnership, Olly Knights talks about the song that provided their first taste of chart success...
The Killers, Arcade Fire and the Get Carter soundtrack are just some of the influences behind this late 00s classic...
The biggest-selling Italian artist of all time explains how his global smash hit was inspired by heartbreak and cooking spaghetti...
The Florida country band’s frontman tells us about the “happy accident” that led to the creation of their biggest hit...
What inspired the British singer-songwriter’s biggest hit to date? Bob Dylan, Red Hot Chili Peppers and bumping into a friend...
The Liverpudlian producer/songwriter explains how his buoyant pop song went from cassette to 24-track to soundtracking ‘Match Of The Day’...
How the electro-pop classic, with one of the catchiest synth melodies, was inspired by the dropping of the atomic bomb...
20 years since its release, Southport indie band’s singer-songwriter Ben Ottewell reflects on the genesis of their highest charting single...



























