title: Sri Lanka Matha
paragraph_text: There are differing accounts as to the origin of the Sri Lanka Matha. The most widely held view is that Sri Lankan composer Ananda Samarakoon wrote the music and lyrics to the song inspired / influenced by Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore. A minority suggest that Tagore wrote the anthem in full. Some have suggested that Tagore wrote the music whilst Samarakoon wrote the lyrics. Samarakoon had been a pupil of Tagore at Visva - Bharati University, Santiniketan. After returning to Ceylon Samarakoon taught music at Mahinda College, Galle. The song, which was then known as Namo Namo Mata, was first sung by students at Mahinda College. After it was sung by the choir from Musaeus College, Colombo at a public event it became hugely popular in Ceylon and was widely played on radio.
title: Godsmack
paragraph_text: In 2002, Erna was asked to write and perform a song for the soundtrack to The Scorpion King. The motion picture was the third in the Mummy saga, and was a spin-off prequel of the Mummy series. The song Godsmack wrote and performed was titled "I Stand Alone" and the song became the number 1 single at Rock Radio and the most played Active Rock song in 2002 for 14 weeks straight. It was also used in the game Prince of Persia: Warrior Within.
title: Colder Weather
paragraph_text: "Colder Weather" is a song performed by American country music group the Zac Brown Band. Lead singer Zac Brown co-wrote the song with Coy Bowles (the band's keyboardist and guitarist), Wyatt Durrette and Levi Lowrey. It is the band's seventh single release overall, and the second single from their 2010 album "You Get What You Give".
title: Je veux donner ma voix
paragraph_text: "Je veux donner ma voix" ("I Want to Give My Voice") was the French entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, performed in French by Nayah.
title: The Devil Went Down to Georgia
paragraph_text: The song is written in the key of D minor. Vassar Clements originally wrote the basic melody an octave lower, in a tune called ``Lonesome Fiddle Blues ''released on Clements' self - titled 1975 album on which Charlie Daniels played guitar. The Charlie Daniels Band moved it up an octave and put words to it. The song's verses are closer to being spoken rather than sung (i.e., recitation), and tell the story of a boy named Johnny, in a variant on the classic deal with the Devil. The performances of Satan and Johnny are played as instrumental bridges. The song was the band's biggest hit, reaching number three on the Billboard Hot 100. It is featured in the 1980 film Urban Cowboy, whose choreographer, Patsy Swayze, claims that she set the song's tempo.`` How fast can you dance it?'' Daniels asked. ``How fast can you play it? ''Swayze replied, but considering that the song was recorded in December 1978 and Urban Cowboy was filmed in 1979, it would have been impossible for Swayze to set the recorded song's tempo.
title: Love Is a Drug (Eskimo Joe song)
paragraph_text: "Love is a Drug" is a song performed by Australian rock band Eskimo Joe which was released as the second and lead single from their fifth studio album titled "Ghosts of the Past".
title: The Story (song)
paragraph_text: ``The Story ''is a song released as a single by American folk rock singer Brandi Carlile, written by Phil Hanseroth, from her 2007 album The Story. It was featured in Grey's Anatomy in 2007 and is on Grey's Anatomy Soundtrack album 3 (released September 11).
title: The Littlest Hobo
paragraph_text: Plots ranged from the simple ``dog - helps - person ''stories to secret agent - type adventures. The series theme song,`` Maybe Tomorrow'', was sung by Terry Bush. In 2005, Bush commercially released the song on his debut album, entitled Maybe Tomorrow. The song was later used in a 2011 Dulux paint advertisement. Additionally, in 2017, the song was in a Canada 150 Co-Op stores advertisement.
title: Go Tell It on the Mountain (song)
paragraph_text: ``Go Tell It on the Mountain ''is an African - American spiritual song, compiled by John Wesley Work, Jr., dating back to at least 1865, that has been sung and recorded by many gospel and secular performers. It is considered a Christmas carol because its original lyrics celebrate the Nativity of Jesus:
title: Same Old Lang Syne
paragraph_text: ``Same Old Lang Syne ''is a song written and sung by Dan Fogelberg released as a single in 1980. It was also included on his 1981 album The Innocent Age. The song is an autobiographical narrative ballad told in the first person and tells the story of two long - ago romantic interests meeting by chance in a grocery store on Christmas Eve. The song peaked at # 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart and is now frequently played during the holiday season and alongside traditional Christmas songs.
title: Puttin' On the Ritz
paragraph_text: ``Puttin 'On the Ritz ''is a song written by Irving Berlin. He wrote it in May 1927 and first published it in December 2, 1929. It was registered as an unpublished song August 24, 1927 and again on July 27, 1928. It was introduced by Harry Richman and chorus in the musical film Puttin' On the Ritz (1930). According to The Complete Lyrics of Irving Berlin, this was the first song in film to be sung by an interracial ensemble. The title derives from the slang expression`` to put on the Ritz'', meaning to dress very fashionably. The expression was inspired by the opulent Ritz Hotel.
title: I'll Be Over You
paragraph_text: ``I'll Be Over You ''is a hit single by the American rock band Toto. Released as the lead single from their 1986 album, Fahrenheit, the song reached number eleven on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1986. Lead vocals were sung by guitarist Steve Lukather, who co-wrote the song with hit songwriter Randy Goodrum (one of several collaborations between the two). Guest musician Michael McDonald provided the vocal counterpoint on the recording.
title: Give Up the Ghost (album)
paragraph_text: Give Up the Ghost is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile, released on October 6, 2009, through Columbia Records. The album was produced by Grammy Award winner Rick Rubin and contains a collaboration with Elton John titled "Caroline". Recorded at Sunset Sound in Los Angeles, the album also features Chad Smith, Amy Ray and Benmont Tench.
title: Glad to Be Unhappy
paragraph_text: "Glad to Be Unhappy" is a popular song composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Lorenz Hart. It was introduced in their 1936 musical "On Your Toes" by Doris Carson and David Morris, although it was not popular at the time, as there was only one 1936 recording of the tune. In the 1937 London production, it was sung by Gina Malo and Eddie Pola. The song was performed in the 1954 Broadway revival by Kay Coulter and Joshua Shelley.
title: We Got Hood Love
paragraph_text: "We Got Hood Love" (or simply "Hood Love") is a song performed by American R&B recording artist Mary J. Blige and features American singer Trey Songz. It was released as the third American (fourth overall) and last single from her ninth studio album, "Stronger with Each Tear". The song was originally sung with Blige & Johnta Austin.
title: Sri Lanka Matha
paragraph_text: There are differing accounts as to the origin of the Sri Lanka Matha. The most widely held view is that Sri Lankan composer Ananda Samarakoon wrote the music and lyrics to the song inspired / influenced by Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore. A minority suggest that Tagore wrote the anthem in full. Some have suggested that Tagore wrote the music whilst Samarakoon wrote the lyrics. Tagore being directly involved in the creation of the song has been denied by some historians like Indian Lipi Ghosh and Sri Lankan Sandagomi Coperahewa. Samarakoon had been a pupil of Tagore at Visva - Bharati University, Santiniketan. After returning to Ceylon Samarakoon taught music at Mahinda College, Galle. The song, which was then known as Namo Namo Mata, was first sung by students at Mahinda College. After it was sung by the choir from Musaeus College, Colombo at a public event it became hugely popular in Ceylon and was widely played on radio.
title: Geef het op
paragraph_text: "Geef het op" ("Give it up") was the Belgian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991, performed in Dutch by the band Clouseau.
title: By the Light of the Silvery Moon (song)
paragraph_text: ``By The Light of the Silvery Moon ''or`` By the Light of the Silv'ry Moon'' is a popular song. The music was written by Gus Edwards, and the lyrics by Edward Madden. The song was published in 1909 and first performed on stage by Lillian Lorraine in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1909. It was one of a series of moon - related Tin Pan Alley songs of the era. The song was also used in the short - lived Broadway show Miss Innocence (September 27 - October 9, 1909) when it was sung by Frances Farr.
title: Red Red Wine
paragraph_text: ``Red Red Wine ''is a song originally written, performed, and recorded by American singer Neil Diamond in 1967. It is included on Neil's second studio album, Just for You. The lyrics are sung from the perspective of a person who finds that drinking red wine is the only way to forget his woes.
title: You'll Never Walk Alone
paragraph_text: The song is also sung at association football clubs around the world, where it is performed by a massed chorus of supporters on matchday; this tradition began at Liverpool F.C. after the chart success of the 1963 single of the song by the local Liverpool group Gerry and the Pacemakers.

Question: Who wrote the song The Story sung by the performer of Give Up the Ghost?

Question decomposition:
question: Give Up the Ghost >> performer
answer: Brandi Carlile
question: who wrote the song the story sung by #1
answer: Phil Hanseroth

Answer: Phil Hanseroth