Songs written by SEVERAL authors

[mezzoforte]

Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

I was responding to the "change a word, take a third" comment about Beyonce. Supposedly "Seven Wonders" was written entirely by Sandy Stewart, but Stevie got part of the publishing for adding a few words. So in her case it was more like "write a line, take forty-nine."

And she didn't even change it intentionally! She got took credit because she did a bad transcription and sang it wrong.

[David]

Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

Seven (cough) Wonders (cough)

Yeah, I was just gonna say!!

And remember when she told Jim Ladd why she is listed as a co-writer on If I Were You?

According to her, she wrote:

I believe that love is a living thing
Born into our destinies
From a single moment of inspiration
As it xxxxx, it changes our lives forever

[Villavic]

Originally Posted by chiliD

ONLY four? Hmmmm...I seem to recall when The Long Run came out, there were at least 6. Maybe Henley & Frey had them knocked off.

4 according to Wikipedia, not 100% reliable I know

[Villavic]

Originally Posted by mezzoforte

And she didn't even change it intentionally! She got took credit because she did a bad transcription and sang it wrong.

Interesting. Where did you read that? Or did Stevie admitted so in an interview?

[Travisevian]

Originally Posted by olive

all i wanna do. David Baerwald, Bill Bottrell, Wyn Cooper, Sheryl Crow, and Kevin Gilbert.

Sheryl, I think, was aspiring to create a Rickie Lee Jones "Chuck E's In Love" kind of song.

[Johnny Stew]

It's interesting that Stevie's credited with additional lyrics on "Seven Wonders" for something so minor, while Brett Michaels has stated that she re-wrote (with his blessing) several parts of "Love's A Hard Game To Play," but declined a songwriting credit. Go figure.

(For the record, I've always felt the co-credit on "If I Were You" was deserved, since she wrote the entire bridge. It may only be four lines, but -- in my opinion -- those lines are crucial to the song's effectiveness.)