# List of songwriter collaborations

This is a list of notable songwriter teams.

## Rock, soul and pop

| Collaborators | Period | Songs |
| Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus of ABBA and post-ABBA | 1966–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 | 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) | 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 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 | 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 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) | | "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 | 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 | | "Come a Little Bit Closer" (with Wes Farrell) "(Theme From) The Monkees" "Last Train to Clarksville" "I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight" |
| Dwiki Dharmawan and Ags. Arya Dipayana | 1992-2002 | "Dengan Menyebut Nama Allah" |
| 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 | | "Bye Bye Love" "Wake Up, Little Susie" "Rocky Top" |
| Gamble and Huff | 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 | 1968–1979 | "Comfortably Numb" "Wish You Were Here" "Run Like Hell" "Dogs" |
| Gerry Goffin and Carole King | | 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 | | 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 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 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) | | "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 Bert Kalmar (lyrics) Harry Ruby (music) | 1920–1947 | "Who's Sorry Now?" "I Wanna Be Loved by You" "Three Little Words" |
| Lennon–McCartney of The Beatles John Lennon Paul McCartney | 1957–1969 | For a listing, see Category:Songs written by Lennon–McCartney. |
| Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller 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 Jay Livingston (music) Ray Evans (lyrics) | | "Silver Bells" "Buttons and Bows" "Mona Lisa" "Que Sera, Sera" "Tammy" |
| Barry Mann (music) and Cynthia Weil (lyrics) | 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) 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 | | 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 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 | 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 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 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 | | 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 of The Clash | | "London Calling" "Rock the Casbah" |
| Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe 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

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

## Musicals

| 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 | 1944–2002 | On the Town (with Leonard Bernstein) Wonderful Town (with Leonard Bernstein) Bells Are Ringing (with Jule Styne) |
| Kander and Ebb John Kander (music) Fred Ebb (lyrics) | 1965–2010 | Cabaret Chicago Kiss of the Spider Woman |
| Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) and Tim Rice (lyrics) | 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 Anastasia Seussical |
| Pasek and Paul Benj Pasek Justin Paul | 2005–present | A Christmas Story: The Musical La La Land (with Justin Hurwitz) Dear Evan Hansen The Greatest Showman |
| Barlow and Bear Abigail Barlow Emily Bear | 2021-present | The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical |

## Opera

| 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

* Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus
* Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
* Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer
* Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson
* Howard Ashman and Alan Menken
* Burt Bacharach and Hal David
* Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear
* Alan and Marilyn Bergman
* Bono and The Edge
* Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn
* Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway
* Dwiki Dharmawan and Ags. Arya Dipayana
* Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers
* Donald Fagen and Walter Becker
* Michael Flanders and Donald Swann
* John Flansburgh and John Linnell
* Andrew Farriss and Michael Hutchence
* Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel
* Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown
* Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter
* Ira Gershwin and George Gershwin
* W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan
* Gerry Goffin and Carole King
* Mack Gordon and Harry Revel
* Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry
* Isaac Hayes and David Porter
* Don Henley and Glenn Frey
* Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
* Antônio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes
* Elton John and Bernie Taupin
* John Kander and Fred Ebb
* Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II
* Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
* John Lennon and Paul McCartney
* Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe
* Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
* Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
* Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
* Jimmy McHugh and Harold Adamson
* Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane
* Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields
* Steven Morrissey and Johnny Marr
* Jimmy Page and Robert Plant
* Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
* Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman
* Leo Robin and Ralph Rainger
* Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
* Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
* Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman
* Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman
* Joe Strummer and Mick Jones
* Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe
* Steven Tyler and Joe Perry
* Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn
* Harry Warren and Al Dubin
* Gene Ween and Dean Ween
* Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong
* Brian Wilson and Mike Love
* Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook
* Scott Stapp and Mark Tremonti
* James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich
* Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora
* Brett Gurewitz and Greg Graffin
* Robbie Williams and Guy Chambers
* Harry Vanda and George Young
* Jon Anderson and Chris Squire
* Danny O'Donoghue and Mark Sheehan
* Beyoncé and Jay-Z
* Kip Winger and Reb Beach

## Trios

* Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb
* Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland, Jr.
* Mike Stock, Matt Aitken, Peter Waterman
* James Bourne, Charlie Simpson and Matt Willis

## Quartets

* Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field and Greg Page