Songs written by famous artists that were bigger hits

[Don Quixote]

Twist and shout

 

[Manx Shearwater]

Shout by Lulu, was an Isley Bros song.

 

[fork me]

David Bowie had a bigger hit with China Girl than Iggy did.

Which reminds me of All The Young Dudes by Mott the Hoople, written by Bowie.

 

[Theatre of Trees]

Heartbeats was a hit by Jose Gonzalez a few years ago, the acoustic version of an electro song by Swedish duo, The Knife.

 

[Simster]

Sorry, but RIN TIN TIN or whoever they are, can DO ONE. If its not Harriet Wheeler, I'm not having it.

Oh I agree. The Sundays version was fantastic.

I've got a limited edition vinyl version of Reading Writing & Arithmetic somewhere.

 

[TheBlueAndWhiteStrips]

The tide is high written and performed by John Holt of the Paragons. Which was only a b-side. Massive hit for Blondie. Later destroyed by talentless media whore Kerry Katona and her Atomic Strumpets.

 

[Spider]

"What's So Funny 'Bout Peace, Love and Understanding?" is probably more famously by Elvis Costello than Nick Lowe, though maybe by not much? Whatever, it's one of the best songs ever so it deserves to be put up on this thread!

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[fire&skill]

Tainted love written in the 60s by ed cobb never a hit for Gloria jones

Unlike the tree that she drove her Mini into with the unfortunate Marc Bolan in the passenger seat

 

[Lord Bamber]

"Because The Night" Patti Smith Group. Written by B. Springsteen, there is a live version of it by him and the E-Street Band on "Live 1975-1985". It is awesome.

Very much this.

 

[e77]

"Because The Night" Patti Smith Group. Written by B. Springsteen, there is a live version of it by him and the E-Street Band on "Live 1975-1985". It is awesome.

His studio version eventually got released in The Promise last year, with other unreleased tracks from the Darkness On The Edge Of Town sessions.

 

[Marxo]

Re: Madonna's Ray of Light, it came from a duo called Curtiss Maldoon, the track was called Sepheryn, I bought the cd out of curiosity but couldn't recognize
Ray of Light in it. Another songwriter that doesn't actually fit the criteria but is quite interesting is Trevor Peacock who plays the old bloke Jim Trott, in the Vicar
of Dibley. He wrote Mrs. Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter (Herman's Hermits) as well as songs for Adam Faith, Bernard Cribbins and Joe Brown.

 

[Robdinho]

It was indeed written by the little purple genius. The clue was in the way he used text speak before it's time. "Nothing Compares 2 U"

He also wrote Manic Monday for The Bangles

 

[cheeseroll]

Without You - Written by ham and Evans of Badfinger, bigger hit by Nilsson

And he never paid them a penny for it..