Turns Out These 10 Famous Musicians Wrote Hit Songs for Other Stars and Everything Makes Sense Now

I hate to break it to you, but every single music artist doesn’t actually write their own music (they can’t all be Taylor Swift!!!). Thing is, some music artists don't end up singing or performing the songs they themselves wrote. *pauses for mind to be blown*

Okay, maybe it's not mind-blowing, but still. It's cool. Sometimes artists write songs specifically with other acts in mind, or the song just didn’t fit in on their own album so they pass it off. Whatever the case may be, some artists’ biggest hits (Beyoncé’s “Halo”), were written by other big names in the music biz. The best collaborations are the unexpected ones, where the two artists don't even create in the same genre space. But sometimes there’s characteristics heard throughout the songs.

Here are some of your faves who've written hit songs for other artists. (PSA: expect to fall down a rabbit hole from here on out and stay looking at the song credits on Spotify.)