Behind the music: How to write a hit song

You can try any number of tricks but even the best songwriters don't know how they do it, as a new BBC2 show provesHow do you write a hit song? Through the decades, many books have been written on the subject – usually by people who aren't songwriters themselves – using analyses of previous hits to come up with solutions. Music industry publication Billboard recently revealed the stats of all the songs that had featured in the magazine's Hot 100 charts.Since the 50s, songs have become longer...

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