Songs You Didn't Know Were Written by Other Artists

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When it comes to the artist and their songs, most of the time fans will automatically assume that the artist they listen to always writes their own songs. Of course once in a while, music lovers will be surprised about who also co-wrote the song when they look for the names in the liner notes of the album. The following songs are great examples of music gems within the songwriting aspect of the single. Think you know who else wrote these songs on the list? Then check them out.

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Kelly Clarkson's "Miss Independent"
Back when Kelly Clarkson became American Idol's first winner, the single "Miss Independent" became a hit in the U.S. The track, coming from her first album, Thankful, had a couple of writers including Clarkson, Matt Morris, Rhett Lawrence and pop singer Christina Aguilera. That's right, the woman behind the songs "Ain't No Other Man" and "Dirty" co-wrote Clarkson's hit single. "Miss Independent" was supposed to be on Aguilera's second album, Stripped, but it ended up being recorded for Clarkson. 

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"This Love" by The Veroncias
In the duo's 2007 release of their second album, Hook Me Up, Australian pop group The Veronicas had numerous singles including their third one called "This Love". Written by Toby Gad and Kesha Sebert, the track had a good commercial success in Australia and in New Zealand. To all of the animal fans out there, Kesha Sebert, also known as Ke$ha actually co-wrote the track back when she was an unknown struggling artist. 

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P!nk's "Get the Party Started"
This song was written by P!nk and former 4 Non Blondes front woman, Linda Perry. Perry was responsible for 4 Non Blondes' hit "What's Up" back in 1993. It was Perry's first dance song she had ever written and according to her, she was going through a "weird phase" when she wrote the hit. "I went through this weird phase where I just wanted to learn how to program drums. So that's where 'Get the Party Started' came from," said Perry in an online interview with ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers). 









"Breakaway" by Kelly Clarkson
Written by Bridget Benenate, Matthew Gerrard and Avril Lavigne, Kelly Clarkson's "Breakaway" became another hit single from Clarkson's second album Breakaway. Originally the song was intended to be for Lavigne's first album Let Go but it was scraped since it didn't fit well for the album. 






*following article was published on The Scribe newspaper on March of 2013