We all kind of expect nowadays that the person singing a tune we're into likely didn't write it. What's shocking, though, is that sometimes the song was written by someone who likely could've performed it themselves..or NOT.
Popular Songs That Were Written By The Last Person You'd Expect
By
Editorial Staff in
Entertainment
On 29th September 2015
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#1 Michael Jackson wrote this for the Simpsons
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#2 Dee Snider wrote a Christmas ballad for Celine Dion
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#3 Brian Eno wrote the Windows 95 opening music
#4 Prince wrote Manic Monday
#5 The Boss, Bruce Springsteen wrote Blinded By The Light
#6 Sidekick Paul Shaffer wrote the mega hit "It's Raining Men"
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#7 Barry Manilow wrote tons of advertisement jingles including "Stuck on Band Aids" and "Like a Good Neighbor.."
#8 Comedian Shel Silverstein wrote for Johnny Cash
#9 The Doors recorded a tune that was originally a poem by Marxist Bertolt Brecht
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#10 Game show creator and funny man Chuck Barris wrote the 1960's hit Palisades Park
#11 Nokias original tone was a 75 year old Spanish tune by Francisco Tarrega called "Gran Vals"
#12 Guns N Roses recorded a song by killer Charles Manson
#13 Mystery novelist James Patterson started by writing things like "I Dont Wanna Grow Up, I'm A Toys R Us Kid"
#14 Alan Thicke wrote numerous TV sitcom themes, including those for Facts of Life, Different Strokes, Growing Pains, One Day At A Time, and more.
