List of songwriter collaborations

This is a list of notable songwriter teams.

Rock, soul and pop

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Collaborators Period Songs
Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus[1] of ABBA and post-ABBA 1966[2]–present
For a more complete listing, see Category:Songs written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus.
"Waterloo"
"SOS"
"Mamma Mia"
"Fernando"
"Dancing Queen"
Ashford & Simpson[3] 1964–2011
For a more complete listing, see List of songs written by Ashford & Simpson.
"Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
"You're All I Need to Get By"
"Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing"
"Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)"
Burt Bacharach (music) and Hal David (lyrics)[3] 1957–1973
See also: List of songs written by Burt Bacharach
"Alfie"
"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"
"This Guy's in Love with You"
"(They Long to Be) Close to You"
"Walk On By"
"The Look of Love"
"One Less Bell to Answer"
"Do You Know the Way to San Jose"
Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings[4][5] of The Guess Who "These Eyes"
"No Time"
"American Woman" (with Garry Peterson and Jim Kale)
"No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature"
Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich[6] 1962–late 1960s
For a more complete listing, see List of songs written by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich.
"Da Doo Ron Ron" (with Phil Spector)
"Be My Baby" (with Spector)
"Leader of the Pack" (with Shadow Morton)
"Do Wah Diddy Diddy"
"Chapel of Love" (with Spector)
"River Deep, Mountain High" (with Spector)
Walter Becker and Donald Fagen[7] of Steely Dan 1971–2017 "Do It Again"
"Rikki Don't Lose That Number"
"Reelin' In the Years"
"Peg"
"Hey Nineteen"
Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb, the Bee Gees (and also for other artists)[8] "Massachusetts"
"I've Gotta Get a Message to You"
"How Can You Mend a Broken Heart"
"Jive Talkin'"
"How Deep Is Your Love"
"Night Fever"
"Stayin' Alive"
"Too Much Heaven"
"Tragedy"
"Islands in the Stream"
Alan and Marilyn Bergman[9][10] 1956–2022 "The Windmills of Your Mind" (with Michel Legrand)
"The Way We Were" (with Marvin Hamlisch)
"It Might Be You" (with Dave Grusin)
"In the Heat of the Night" (with Quincy Jones)
"All His Children" (with Henry Mancini)
Boyce and Hart[11] "Come a Little Bit Closer" (with Wes Farrell)
"(Theme From) The Monkees"
"Last Train to Clarksville"
"I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight"
Andrew Farriss and Michael Hutchence of INXS 1977–1997 "Original Sin"
"What You Need"
"Need You Tonight"
"New Sensation"
"Never Tear Us Apart"
Felice and Boudleaux Bryant[12] "Bye Bye Love"
"Wake Up, Little Susie"
"Rocky Top"
Gamble and Huff[13] early 1960s–?
For a more complete listing, see List of songs written by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff.
"If You Don't Know Me by Now"
"Love Train"
"Me and Mrs. Jones" (with Cary Gilbert)
"TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)"
David Gilmour and Roger Waters of Pink Floyd[14] 1968–1979 "Comfortably Numb"
"Wish You Were Here"
"Run Like Hell"
"Dogs"
Gerry Goffin and Carole King[3]
See also: List of songs with lyrics by Gerry Goffin
"Will You Love Me Tomorrow"
"The Loco-Motion"
"One Fine Day"
"Up on the Roof"
"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman"
Isaac Hayes and David Porter[15][16]
For a more complete listing, see List of songs written by Isaac Hayes and David Porter.
"Hold On, I'm Comin'"
"When Something Is Wrong with My Baby"
"Soul Man"
"I Thank You"
James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich of Metallica 1981–present "Seek & Destroy"
"For Whom the Bell Tolls" (with Cliff Burton)
"Master of Puppets" (with Cliff Burton and Kirk Hammett)
"One"
"Enter Sandman" (with Kirk Hammett)
"Sad but True"
"Nothing Else Matters"
"Until It Sleeps"
"Hero of the Day"
"The Memory Remains"
"Some Kind of Monster" (with Kirk Hammett and Bob Rock)
"The Day That Never Comes" (with Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo)
Holland–Dozier–Holland[17]
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (music)
Eddie Holland (lyrics)
 1960s–1970s
For a more complete listing, see List of songs written by Holland, Dozier and Holland.
"(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave"
"Can I Get a Witness"
"Where Did Our Love Go"
"Baby Love"
"How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)"
"Stop! In the Name of Love"
"I Hear a Symphony"
"You Can't Hurry Love"
James Horner (music) and Will Jennings (lyrics) 1988–2001 "If We Hold on Together"
"Dreams to Dream"
"My Heart Will Go On"
"Where Are You, Christmas?" (with Mariah Carey)
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards[3][18] of The Rolling Stones
Mick Jagger
Keith Richards
 "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
"Paint It, Black"
"Honky Tonk Women"
Elton John (music) and Bernie Taupin (lyrics)[3] "Crocodile Rock"
"Daniel"
"Bennie and the Jets"
"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart"
"Something About the Way You Look Tonight"/"Candle in the Wind 1997"
Kalmar and Ruby[19]
Bert Kalmar (lyrics)
Harry Ruby (music)
 1920–1947 "Who's Sorry Now?"
"I Wanna Be Loved by You"
"Three Little Words"
Lennon–McCartney[3][20] of The Beatles
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
 1957–1969
For a listing, see Category:Songs written by Lennon–McCartney.
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller[3][21]
Jerry Leiber (lyrics)
Mike Stoller (music)
 1950–?
For a more complete listing, see List of songs written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.
"Hound Dog"
"Jailhouse Rock"
"Kansas City"
"Stand By Me" (with Ben E. King)
"On Broadway" (with Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil)
Livingston & Evans[22][23]
Jay Livingston (music)
Ray Evans (lyrics)
 "Silver Bells"
"Buttons and Bows"
"Mona Lisa"
"Que Sera, Sera"
"Tammy"
Barry Mann (music) and Cynthia Weil (lyrics)[24][25] 1960–?
For a more complete listing, see List of songs written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil.
"On Broadway" (with Leiber and Stoller)
"We Gotta Get Out of This Place"
"(You're My) Soul and Inspiration"
"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"
"Somewhere Out There" (with James Horner)
Morrissey (lyrics) and Johnny Marr (music)[26] of The Smiths 1983–1987 "How Soon Is Now?"
"This Charming Man"
"Bigmouth Strikes Again"
"There Is a Light That Never Goes Out"
Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman[27]
For a more complete listing, see List of songs written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman.
"Save the Last Dance for Me"
"This Magic Moment"
"A Teenager in Love"
"Suspicion"
"Viva Las Vegas"
Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards[28] of Chic early 1970s–1983 "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" (with Kenny Lehman)
"Le Freak"
"Good Times"
"We Are Family"
Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson of Supertramp[29] 1970–1983 "Babaji"
"Bloody Well Right"
"Breakfast in America"
"Dreamer"
"Give a Little Bit"
"Goodbye Stranger"
"It's Raining Again"
"My Kind of Lady"
"Take the Long Way Home"
"The Logical Song"
Sherman Brothers[30][31]
Robert B. Sherman
Richard M. Sherman
 "It's a Small World (After All)"
"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"
"Chim Chim Cher-ee"
"A Spoonful of Sugar"
"Feed the Birds"
"Let's Go Fly a Kite"
"Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"
"I Wanna Be Like You" (from The Jungle Book)
"The Aristocats"
"You're Sixteen"
Stock Aitken Waterman[32]
Mike Stock
Matt Aitken
Pete Waterman
 1984–1991
See also: List of songs produced by Stock Aitken Waterman
"Respectable" (Mel and Kim)
"Never Gonna Give You Up"
"I Should Be So Lucky"
"Together Forever"
"Especially for You"
"This Time I Know It's for Real" (with Donna Summer)
"Too Many Broken Hearts"
"Hand on Your Heart"
"You'll Never Stop Me Loving You"
Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield[33][34]
See also: List of songs written by Norman Whitfield
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine"
"War"
"Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)"
"Smiling Faces Sometimes"
"Papa Was a Rollin' Stone"
Barry Hay and George Kooymans of Golden Earring 1967–2021 "Radar Love"
"When the Lady Smiles"
Joe Strummer and Mick Jones[35][36] of The Clash "London Calling"
"Rock the Casbah"
Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe[37][38][39] of Pet Shop Boys 1981–present "West End Girls"
"It's a Sin"
"What Have I Done to Deserve This?" (with Allee Willis)
Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett 1948–1970 "Red Roses for a Blue Lady"
"Suzy Snowflake"
"The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane"
"Twenty Tiny Fingers"
"Nuttin' for Christmas"
"Kewpie Doll"
"Travellin' Light"
"G.I. Blues"
"The Young Ones"
"Puppet on a String"
John Wetton and Geoff Downes of Asia 1981–2017 "Heat of the Moment"
"Only Time Will Tell"
"Don't Cry"
"Go"
Martin Gore (lyrics) and Alan Wilder (music) of Depeche Mode 1982–1995 "Enjoy the Silence"
"Shake the Disease"
"Personal Jesus"
"People Are People"
Beyoncé and Jay-Z of The Carters 2003-present
For a more complete listing, see The Carters.
"Crazy in Love"
"Lose My Breath"
"Déjà Vu"
"Drunk in Love"
"Shining"
"Apeshit"
"Black Parade"
"Alien Superstar"

Jazz

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Collaborators Period Songs
Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn[40][41][42]
George (music) and Ira Gershwin (lyrics)[43][44] "The Man I Love"
"I Got Rhythm"
"'S Wonderful"
Rodgers and Hart[42]
Richard Rodgers (music)
Lorenz Hart (lyrics)
 1919–1943

Musicals

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Collaborators Period Musicals
Rodgers and Hart
Richard Rodgers (music)
Lorenz Hart (lyrics)
 1919–1943 Jumbo
Babes in Arms
Pal Joey
The Boys from Syracuse
Lerner and Loewe
Alan Jay Lerner (lyrics)
Frederick Loewe (music)
 1942–1960;

1970–1972

My Fair Lady
Camelot
Brigadoon
Rodgers and Hammerstein
Richard Rodgers (music)
Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics)
 1943–1960 Oklahoma!
Carousel
The King and I
South Pacific
The Sound of Music
Betty Comden and Adolph Green[45][46] 1944–2002 On the Town (with Leonard Bernstein)
Wonderful Town (with Leonard Bernstein)
Bells Are Ringing (with Jule Styne)
Kander and Ebb[47][48]
John Kander (music)
Fred Ebb (lyrics)
 1965–2010 Cabaret
Chicago
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) and Tim Rice (lyrics)[49][50] 1965–1976 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Jesus Christ Superstar
Evita
Alan Menken (music) and Howard Ashman (lyrics) 1979–1991 Little Shop of Horrors
The Little Mermaid
Beauty and the Beast
Aladdin (with Tim Rice)
Stephen Flaherty (music) and Lynn Ahrens (lyrics) 1988–present Once on This Island
Ragtime
Seussical
Anastasia
Pasek and Paul
Benj Pasek
Justin Paul
 2005–present A Christmas Story: The Musical
Dear Evan Hansen
Barlow and Bear
Abigail Barlow (lyrics)
Emily Bear (music)
 2021-present The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical

Opera

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Collaborators Period Operas
Gilbert and Sullivan
W. S. Gilbert (lyrics)
Arthur Sullivan (music)
 1871–1896 Thespis
Trial by Jury
H.M.S. Pinafore
The Sorcerer
The Pirates of Penzance
Iolanthe
Patience
Princess Ida
The Mikado
Ruddigore
The Yeomen of the Guard
The Gondoliers
Utopia, Limited
The Grand Duke

Duos

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Trios

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Quartets

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References

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