| Collaborators | Period | Songs |
|---|
| Benny Andersson andBjörn Ulvaeus[1] ofABBA and post-ABBA (sometimes written withStig Anderson) | 1966[2]–present | "Waterloo"
"SOS"
"Mamma Mia"
"Fernando"
"Dancing Queen" |
| Adam Ant &Marco Pirroni[3] | 1980–present | "Kings of the Wild Frontier"
"Dog Eat Dog"
"Antmusic"
"Stand and Deliver"
"Prince Charming"
"Ant Rap"
"Goody Two Shoes"
"Friend or Foe"
"Desperate But Not Serious" |
| Bryan Adams &Jim Vallance[4] | 1978–1989 | "Cuts Like a Knife"
"This Time"
"Run to You"
"Somebody"
"Heaven"
"Summer of '69"
"One Night Love Affair"
"It's Only Love"
"Heat of the Night"
"Hearts on Fire" |
| Ashford & Simpson[5] | 1964–2011 | "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) andHal David (lyrics)[5] | 1957–1973 | "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 andBurton Cummings[6][7] ofThe Guess Who | | "These Eyes"
"No Time"
"American Woman" (withGarry Peterson andJim Kale)
"No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature" |
| Jeff Barry andEllie Greenwich[8] | 1962–late 1960s | "Da Doo Ron Ron" (withPhil Spector)
"Be My Baby" (with Spector)
"Leader of the Pack" (withShadow Morton)
"Do Wah Diddy Diddy"
"Chapel of Love" (with Spector)
"River Deep, Mountain High" (with Spector) |
| Walter Becker andDonald Fagen[9] ofSteely Dan | 1971–2017 | "Do It Again"
"Rikki Don't Lose That Number"
"Reelin' In the Years"
"Peg"
"Hey Nineteen" |
| Barry,Robin andMaurice Gibb, theBee Gees (and also for other artists)[10] | | "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[11][12] | 1956–2022 | "The Windmills of Your Mind" (withMichel Legrand)
"The Way We Were" (withMarvin Hamlisch)
"It Might Be You" (withDave Grusin)
"In the Heat of the Night" (withQuincy Jones)
"All His Children" (withHenry Mancini) |
| Boyce and Hart[13] | | "Come a Little Bit Closer" (withWes Farrell)
"(Theme From) The Monkees"
"Last Train to Clarksville"
"I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight" |
| Dwiki Dharmawan andAgs. Arya Dipayana[14] | 1992-2002 | "Dengan Menyebut Nama Allah" |
| Andrew Farriss andMichael Hutchence ofINXS | 1977–1997 | "Original Sin"
"What You Need"
"Need You Tonight"
"New Sensation"
"Never Tear Us Apart" |
| Felice and Boudleaux Bryant[15] | | "Bye Bye Love"
"Wake Up, Little Susie"
"Rocky Top" |
| Gamble and Huff[16] | early 1960s–? | "If You Don't Know Me by Now"
"Love Train"
"Me and Mrs. Jones" (withCary Gilbert)
"TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" |
| David Gilmour andRoger Waters ofPink Floyd[17] | 1968–1979 | "Comfortably Numb"
"Wish You Were Here"
"Run Like Hell"
"Dogs" |
| Gerry Goffin andCarole King[5] | | "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 andDavid Porter[18][19] | | "Hold On, I'm Comin'"
"When Something Is Wrong with My Baby"
"Soul Man"
"I Thank You" |
| James Hetfield andLars Ulrich ofMetallica | 1981–present | "Seek & Destroy"
"For Whom the Bell Tolls" (withCliff Burton)
"Master of Puppets" (withCliff Burton andKirk Hammett)
"One"
"Enter Sandman" (withKirk Hammett)
"Sad but True"
"Nothing Else Matters"
"Until It Sleeps"
"Hero of the Day"
"The Memory Remains"
"Some Kind of Monster" (withKirk Hammett andBob Rock)
"The Day That Never Comes" (withKirk Hammett andRobert Trujillo) |
Holland–Dozier–Holland[20]- Lamont Dozier andBrian Holland (music)
- Eddie Holland (lyrics)
| 1960s–1970s | "(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) andWill Jennings (lyrics) | 1988–2001 | "If We Hold on Together"
"Dreams to Dream"
"My Heart Will Go On"
"Where Are You, Christmas?" (withMariah Carey) |
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards[5][21] ofThe Rolling Stones- Mick Jagger
- Keith Richards
| | "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
"Paint It, Black"
"Honky Tonk Women" |
| Elton John (music) andBernie Taupin (lyrics)[5] | | "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[22]- Bert Kalmar (lyrics)
- Harry Ruby (music)
| 1920–1947 | "Who's Sorry Now?"
"I Wanna Be Loved by You"
"Three Little Words" |
Lennon–McCartney[5][23] ofThe Beatles- John Lennon
- Paul McCartney
| 1957–1969 | |
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller[5][24]- Jerry Leiber (lyrics)
- Mike Stoller (music)
| 1950–? | "Hound Dog"
"Jailhouse Rock"
"Kansas City"
"Stand By Me" (withBen E. King)
"On Broadway" (with Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil) |
Livingston & Evans[25][26]- Jay Livingston (music)
- Ray Evans (lyrics)
| | "Silver Bells"
"Buttons and Bows"
"Mona Lisa"
"Que Sera, Sera"
"Tammy" |
| Barry Mann (music) andCynthia Weil (lyrics)[27][28] | 1960–? | "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" (withJames Horner) |
| Morrissey (lyrics) andJohnny Marr (music)[29] ofThe Smiths | 1983–1987 | "How Soon Is Now?"
"This Charming Man"
"Bigmouth Strikes Again"
"There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" |
| Doc Pomus andMort Shuman[30] | | "Save the Last Dance for Me"
"This Magic Moment"
"A Teenager in Love"
"Suspicion"
"Viva Las Vegas" |
| Nile Rodgers andBernard Edwards[31] ofChic | early 1970s–1983 | "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" (with Kenny Lehman)
"Le Freak"
"Good Times"
"We Are Family" |
| Rick Davies andRoger Hodgson ofSupertramp[32] | 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[33][34]- 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" (fromThe Jungle Book)
"The Aristocats"
"You're Sixteen" |
Stock Aitken Waterman[35]- Mike Stock
- Matt Aitken
- Pete Waterman
| 1984–1991 | "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" (withDonna Summer)
"Too Many Broken Hearts"
"Hand on Your Heart"
"You'll Never Stop Me Loving You" |
| Barrett Strong andNorman Whitfield[36][37] | | "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"
"War"
"Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)"
"Smiling Faces Sometimes"
"Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" |
| Barry Hay andGeorge Kooymans ofGolden Earring | 1967–2021 | "Radar Love"
"When the Lady Smiles"
|
| Joe Strummer andMick Jones[38][39] ofThe Clash | | "London Calling"
"Rock the Casbah" |
| Neil Tennant andChris Lowe[40][41][42] ofPet Shop Boys | 1981–present | "West End Girls"
"It's a Sin"
"What Have I Done to Deserve This?" (withAllee Willis) |
| Sid Tepper andRoy 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 andGeoff Downes ofAsia | 1981–2017 | "Heat of the Moment"
"Only Time Will Tell"
"Don't Cry"
"Go" |
| Martin Gore (lyrics) andAlan Wilder (music) ofDepeche Mode | 1982–1995 | "Enjoy the Silence"
"Shake the Disease"
"Personal Jesus"
"People Are People" |
| Beyoncé andJay-Z ofThe Carters | 2003–present | "Crazy in Love"
"Lose My Breath"
"Déjà Vu"
"Drunk in Love"
"Shining"
"Apeshit"
"Black Parade"
"Alien Superstar" |
