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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2018 19:56:55 GMT -5
Tracy Chapman - "Fast Car", "Give Me One Reason"
James Brown - "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag", "I Got You (I Feel Good)", "I Got the Feelin'"
Carole King - "I Feel The Earth Move"
Madonna - "Lucky Star"
Janet Jackson - "Black Cat"
Joni Mitchell - "Help Me"
George Michael - "A Different Corner", "I Want Your Sex", "Faith", "Father Figure", "One More Try", "Monkey", "Kissing A Fool", "Praying for Time", "Freedom! 90", "Too Funky", "Jesus to a Child". // of Wham! - "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go", "Freedom", "Everything She Wants", "I'm Your Man", "The Edge of Heaven"
Harry Nilsson - "Coconut"
Carly Simon - "You're So Vain"
Sly Stone - "Dance to the Music", "Everyday People", "Hot Fun in the Summertime", "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)", "Family Affair"
Taylor Swift - "Love Story", "Today Was a Fairytale", "Mine", "Back To December", "Change", "Begin Again", "Red", "Speak Now", "If This Was A Movie", "Jump Then Fall"
Bob Dylan - "Like A Rolling Stone", "Positively 4th Street", "Rainy Day Women", and "Lay Lady Lay"
Lady Gaga - "You and I"
Paul McCartney - "Spies Like Us", "No More Lonely Nights", "Take It Away", "Ebony and Ivory", "Coming Up", "Goodnight Tonight", "With a Little Luck", "Maybe I'm Amazed"
Ed Sheeran - "Perfect"
Howard Jones - "Things Can Only Get Better", "No One Is To Blame"
Phil Collins - "Against All Odds", "Sussudio", "One More Night", "Don't Lose My Number", "Take Me Home", "Another Day In Paradise", "I Wish It Would Rain Down", "Do You Remember"
Peter Gabriel - "Sledgehammer", "Big Time"
Amy Winehouse - "Rehab"
Bruce Springsteen - "Hungry Heart", "Dancing in the Dark", "Cover Me", "Born in the USA", "I'm On Fire", "Glory Days", "I'm Goin Down", "My Hometown", "Brilliant Disguise", "Tunnel of Love", "Streets of Philadelphia"
Alicia Keys - "Fallin'", "If I Ain't Got You"
David Bowie - "Golden Years", "Let's Dance", "Modern Love", "Blue Jean"
Debbie Gibson - "Only In My Dreams", "Shake Your Love", "Out of the Blue", "Foolish Beat", "Lost in Your Eyes"
James Taylor - "Fire and Rain"
Soulja Boy Tell 'Em - "Crank That (Soulja Boy)"
Isaac Hayes - "Theme from Shaft"
John Lennon - "Instant Karma", "Imagine", "Whatever Gets You thru the Night", "#9 Dream", "(Just Like) Starting Over", "Woman", "Watching the Wheels", "Nobody Told Me"
George Harrison - "My Sweet Lord", "What Is Life", "Give Me Love", "All Those Years Ago" // of The Beatles: "Something"
Van Morrison - "Brown Eyed Girl", "Domino"
Adam Young of Owl City - "Fireflies"
Paul Simon - "Mother and Child Reunion", "Kodachrome", "Loves Me Like a Rock", "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover", "Slip Slidin' Away", "Late in the Evening"
Neil Young - "Heart of Gold", "Old Man", "Harvest Moon"
Stevie Wonder - "Superstition", "You Are the Sunshine of My Life", "Higher Ground", "Living for the City", "Boogie On Reggae Woman", "You Haven't Done Nothin'", "I Wish", "Sir Duke", "Send One Your Love", "Master Blaster (Jammin')", "That Girl", "I Just Called To Say I Love You", "Part Time Lover", "Go Home"
Michael Jackson - "Don't Stop Til You Get Enough", "The Girl is Mine", "Billie Jean", "Beat It", "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'", "I Just Can't Stop Loving You", "Bad", "The Way You Make Me Feel", "Dirty Diana", "Smooth Criminal", "Will You Be There"
Dolly Parton - "9 to 5"
Gotye - "Somebody That I Used To Know"
Pharrell Williams - "Happy"
Richard Marx - "Should've Known Better", "Endless Summer Nights", "Hold On To The Nights", "Satisfied", "Right Here Waiting", "Angelia", "Hazard", "Now and Forever"
Kenny Loggins - "I'm Alright"
Sarah McLachlan - "Angel"
Paula Cole - "Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?"
Lauryn Hill - "Doo Wop (That Thing)"
Bob Seger - "Night Moves", "Still The Same", "Fire Lake", "Against the Wind"
Prince - "Little Red Corvette", "Delirious", "When Doves Cry", "Let's Go Crazy", "Purple Rain", "I Would Die 4 U", "Raspberry Beret", "Pop Life", "Kiss", "Sign o' the Times", "U Got the Look", "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man", "Alphabet St.", "Batdance", "Thieves in the Temple", "Cream", "Diamonds and Pearls", "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World"
Lionel Richie - "Endless Love", "Truly", "My Love", "All Night Long (All Night)", "Hello", "Stuck On You", "Say You, Say Me", "Ballerina Girl"
Eminem - "Lose Yourself"
Billy Joel - "Just The Way You Are", "My Life", "You May Be Right", "It's Still Rock and Roll To Me", "Tell Her About It", "Uptown Girl", "An Innocent Man", "You're Only Human (Second Wind)", "Modern Woman", "A Matter of Trust", "We Didn't Start the Fire", "I Go To Extremes", "The River of Dreams"
Sting - "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free", "Fortress Around Your Heart", "We'll Be Together", "All This Time". // of The Police: "Don't Stand So Close To Me", "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da", "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic", "Every Breath You Take", "Wrapped Around Your Finger", "King of Pain"
Donna Lewis - "I Love You Always Forever"
Daryl Hall of Hall & Oates - "Rich Girl", "One on One", "Say It Isn't So", "Everything Your Heart Desires"
Jon Bon Jovi - "Blaze of Glory". // of Bon Jovi: "Living In Sin", "Bed of Roses", "Always"
Jim Croce - "You Don't Mess Around With Jim", "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown", "Time in a Bottle", "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song"
Marvin Gaye - "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)", "Trouble Man", "Got To Give It Up"
Shaggy - "It Wasn't Me"
Cat Stevens - "Peace Train", "Oh Very Young"
Don McLean - "American Pie"
Dan Smith of Bastille - "Pompeii"
Roy Orbison - "In Dreams"
Tom Petty - "Don't Do Me Like That"
Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick - "I Want You To Want Me"
Stevie Nicks - "Leather and Lace", "Stand Back" // of Fleetwood Mac: "Dreams", "Sara"
Walter Egan - "Magnet and Steel"
Bruce Hornsby - "The Way It Is"
Babyface - "When Can I See You", "Every Time I Close My Eyes"
Eric Clapton - "I Can't Stand It"
Sam Cooke - "You Send Me", "Twistin' The Night Away", "Another Saturday Night", "Shake"
R. Kelly - "Bump n' Grind", "You Remind Me of Something", "Down Low (Nobody Has To Know)", "I Can't Sleep Baby (If I)", "I Believe I Can Fly", "Gotham City", "I'm Your Angel", "Ignition", "Step in the Name of Love"
Lindsey Buckingham - "Trouble" // of Fleetwood Mac: "Go Your Own Way", "Tusk", "Big Love"
Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac: "Don't Stop", "You Make Loving Fun"
Curtis Mayfield - "Freddie's Dead", "Superfly"
Smokey Robinson - "Being With You" // of The Miracles: "You Really Got A Hold On Me"
Fats Domino - "I Want To Walk You Home"
Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders: "Back on the Chain Gang", "Don't Get Me Wrong"
2Pac - "Dear Mama"
Childish Gambino - "This is America"
Neil Diamond - "Cherry Cherry", "Girl You'll Be A Woman Soon", "Sweet Caroline", "Holly Holy", "Cracklin' Rosie", "I Am... I Said", "Song Sung Blue", "Longfellow Serenade", "America"
John Fogerty - "The Old Man Down the Road"
Al Green - "Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy)"
Jackson Browne - "Doctor, My Eyes"
Dan Hartman - "I Can Dream About You"
Chuck Berry - "School Day", "Rock and Roll Music", "Sweet Little Sixteen", "Johnny B. Goode", "No Particular Place To Go"
Vanessa Carlton - "A Thousand Miles"
Tyler Joseph of Twenty One Pilots - "Stressed Out", "Ride", "Heathens"
Rod Stewart - "Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)", "You're In My Heart (The Final Acclaim)"
Suzanne Vega - "Luka"
Hozier - "Take Me To Church"
Robert Palmer - "Addicted To Love", "Simply Irresistible"
Natalie Merchant - "Carnival"
Mike Posner - "I Took a Pill in Ibiza"
J. Cole - "Deja Vu", "KOD", "ATM", "Kevin's Heart"
Michelle Branch - "All You Wanted"
Rob Thomas - "Lonely No More" // of Matchbox Twenty: "Bent", "If You're Gone", "Unwell"
Chris Daughtry - "Home"
Akon - "Locked Up", "Right Now (Na Na Na)"
Gavin DeGraw - "I Don't Want To Be"
Rivers Cuomo of Weezer - "Beverly Hills"
Calvin Harris - "Summer", (he also wrote "We Found Love" by himself but gave it to Rihanna for her album)
Daniel Powter - "Bad Day"
Juelz Santana - "There It Go (The Whistle Song)"
Daniel Bedingfield - "Gotta Get Thru This"
T-Pain - "I'm Sprung"
Mims - "This is Why I'm Hot"
Sara Bareilles - "Love Song"
Jason Mraz - "I'm Yours"
Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic - "Apologize", "Counting Stars"
Brian McKnight - "Back at One"
Matthew Scannell of Vertical Horizon - "Everything You Want"
Steven Tyler of Aerosmith - "Dream On"
Jason Wade of Lifehouse - "Hanging By a Moment"
Nelly Furtado - "I'm Like a Bird", "Turn Off the Light"
Andre 3000 of Outkast - "Hey Ya!"
Mike Shinoda of Fort Minor - "Where'd You Go"
Tom Cochrane - "Life is a Highway"
Tom Higgenson of Plain White T's - "Hey There Delilah"
Yael Naïm - "New Soul"
Kevin Cronin of REO Speedwagon - "Keep on Loving You", "Keep the Fire Burnin'", "Can't Fight This Feeling"
Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam - "I Got Id"
Terence Trent D'Arby - "Sign Your Name"
Rick Astley - "She Wants to Dance With Me"
Corey Hart - "Sunglasses at Night", "Never Surrender"
Jeff Lynne of ELO - "Can't Get It Out of My Head", "Evil Woman", "Telephone Line", "Shine a Little Love", "Don't Bring Me Down", "Xanadu", "Hold on Tight"
John Mellencamp - "Jack and Diane", "Pink Houses", "Lonely Ol' Night", "Small Town", "R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A.", "Paper in Fire", "Cherry Bomb"
Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits - "Sultans of Swing", "Walk of Life"
Dennis DeYoung - "Desert Moon" // of Styx - "Lady", "Come Sail Away", "Babe", "The Best of Times", "Mr. Roboto", "Don't Let It End", "Show Me the Way"
Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses - "November Rain"
This isn't a complete list but it's a good chunk of it. Self-written top 10 hits without a co-writing credit are not all that common in the grand scheme of things. Some may not agree with including group hits written by one person, but I personally think they should count or at least be mentioned. I've also noticed some discrepancies between the Hot 100 crediting and what it shows on Wikipedia.
Also, there are many well-known, self-written classics that just missed the top 10 or didn't chart well or at all due to chart rules, etc.
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renfield75
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Post by renfield75 on Aug 5, 2018 2:11:02 GMT -5
Usually songwriting (at least for big hits) is a collaborative effort, but given that there have been thousands of top ten hits, this list should still be very long. I was also very surprised to find out recently that Debbie Gibson was the sole writer on all of her top 10 hits (which also all managed to go top 5), especially for a teen pop artist like her. Along with Prince, it must be extremely rare for a major pop artist to be the sole writer on all or almost all of their hits. That might be a more interesting list to see. Debbie Gibson still holds the record for the youngest female artist ever to write, produce, and perform a #1 hit. |
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