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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It’s also to do with artist royalty payments. Artists get paid little bits of money each time their song is played. Often in a band (everyone in the practice room) or other types of collaboration (original songwriter passing on song, improved or changed by artist and producer) many people have different amounts of input, with the melody and vocal line carrying the most weight. So, there’s usually negotiations around how much is allocated amongst main and supplementary songwriters and all of them will be listed.
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