Question: Who wrote the song footprints in the sand?

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context: "Footprints in the Sand" was written by Simon Cowell, David Kreuger, Per Magnusson and Richard Page, whilst the production was helmed by Steve Mac. It was recorded in 2007 at Rokstone Studios in London, England. Cowell originally came up with the idea to base a song around the Christian poem "Footprints", and suggested it to Kreuger and Magnusson. They had a scheduled session in Page's home in Malibu, California and finished the song the next day. Cowell secured a songwriting credit for coming up with the idea. In an interview with HitQuarters, Magnusson said they had thought the song would be a good idea for Irish boy band Westlife, but it was offered to British singer Leona Lewis instead. When Cowell mentioned the song concept to Lewis, she agreed that it could be "really quite interesting". Regarding the song, Lewis commented: "Originally it was a poem; it's very inspirational so we put it into a song. I think it is very moving, with a very emotional lyric and I really love to sing this song"; and added that the poem "[is] about standing by someone and being there for people who need your help."
question: Who wrote the song footprints in the sand, released in 2008?
short_answers: Simon Cowell

Richard Page

Per Magnusson

David Kreuger

Simon Cowell, David Kreuger, Per Magnusson, and Richard Page
wikipage: Footprints in the Sand (Leona Lewis song)

context: "Footprints in the Sand" is a 1980 song by Edgel Groves based on the anonymous poem "Footprints in the Sand". The song, which became a one hit wonder for Groves, was written by Jerry Buckner and Gary Garcia of Buckner & Garcia. The song begins with female chorus "Footprints in the sand, he held me in his hand, and gave me strength to face the coming day...", then enters into Groves' reading of the poem "Last night I had a dream..." The B-side is an instrumental version of the song with narration of the poem by disc jockey Johnny Dark.
question: Who wrote the song footprints in the sand, released in 1980?
short_answers: Gary Garcia

Jerry Buckner and Gary Garcia

Jerry Buckner
wikipage: Footprints in the Sand (Edgel Groves song)

context: The song has no relation to a 1961 song "Footprints In The Sand" written by Gwynn Elias & Irving Reid which was recorded by Garry Mills, which begins "I was to meet my baby", and then by The Marcels with the refrain "I saw those footprints in the sand, of a woman and a man.".
question: Who wrote the song footprints in the sand, released in 1961?
short_answers: Gwynn Elias

Irving Reid

Gwynn Elias & Irving Reid
wikipage: Footprints in the Sand (Edgel Groves song)

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knowledge: content: On 29 January 2008, Lewis announced on her website that "Footprints in the Sand", along with "Better in Time", would be released as a double A-side.[13
wikipage: Footprints in the Sand (Leona Lewis song)
long_answer: There are several songs titled Footprints in the Sand. The most recent "Footprints in the Sand" was written by Simon Cowell, David Kreuger, Per Magnusson and Richard Page. Simon Cowell originally came up with the idea to base a song around the Christian poem "Footprints", and suggested it to David Kreuger and Per Magnusson. They had a scheduled session in Richard Page's home in Malibu, California and finished the song the next day. It was recorded in 2007 and released on January 29, 2008. There is also a 1980 song titled “Footprints in the Sand” by Edgel Groves based on the same poem. The song became a one hit wonder for Groves. It was written by Jerry Buckner and Gary Garcia. There is another song titled "Footprints in the sand" which was released in 1961 and written by Gwynn Elias & Irving Reid and was recorded by Garry Mills.