I see so many songs with 3-5 or more listed in the credits. I always thought sometimes one person wrote music, and another wrote lyrics. Why can it take around 5 people to write a song?
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If you borrow part of another song, whether using the beat or just repeating lyrics, the writer(s) of that song receive credit too. For example, the members of the band Right Said Fred are listed as songwriters for the song “Way 2 Sexy” by Drake, Future, and Young Thug because it references their song “I’m Too Sexy.”
Songwriters can also work in larger groups, but credits going to artists who are sampled or interpolated (especially when you can form a chain where the song being used samples from a still older song) is a common way for a bunch of names to end up on one song.
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