The singer-songwriter-producer explains how insomnia, a new synth and Blink-182 inspired a multi-platinum single that topped charts across the globe...
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The lead guitarist, songwriter and singer of the influential English 60s rock band tells of his classic track’s haunting origins...
25 years after ‘Throwing Copper’ went global, we learn the story of the song that helped it on its way...
From a Latin disco drumbeat to a politically charged lyric, here’s the story behind the 80s pop duo’s biggest hit...
Robbie’s writing partner talks us through the pair’s creative process and how it spawned their first No 1 single together...
The frontman explains how their breakthrough hit single was inspired by a decidedly uninspiring period spent living in New York...
When this pop-rock classic landed on both sides of the Atlantic it became a self-fulfilling prophecy for its creator (more…)
Detailing the plight of Australia’s First Nations people, this rock anthem found an international audience upon its release in 1987...
The guitarist recalls creating a song that helped his Newcastle-based band reboot the UK indie-rock scene in the post-Britpop years...
The songwriter and guitarist behind the 80s pop-folk band’s chart-topping debut single tells the compelling tale of its imperfect inspiration...
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I woke up this morning planning to write a song. I was inspired by this a few years ago after I heard Glenn Frye of […]
SONG WRITTEN BY LINDSEY ARLENE BROWN AKA LINSABELLA ARIELLA Don't you hear that sound it echoes like a drum, Can't you feel that joy rising from deep […]
I fell in love with Ms. Ian after I heard Socities Child, the song touched me because I was kind of living it. Fast […]
I really like to learn more inputs from Dear songwriters, I try my one of positive passions to keep writing and try my best to
I have all Chip’s “Friday” disks and love his music. His Mama told my wife that when he was about to start “Nashville”, the studio […]