Hit Songs

The List

03.17.26

3 Hit Songs That Were Originally Written for Other Artists (But Became Career-Defining Anyway)

By Kat Caudill
The List

03.12.25

4 Hit Songs I Listened to as a Kid That I Definitely Shouldn’t Have

By Lauren Boisvert
The List

03.06.25

3 Hit Songs That Threw the Songwriting Rule Book Out the Window

By Alex Hopper
The List

02.21.25

3 Hit Songs That Were Initially Written for Other Artists

By Alex Hopper
Features

02.06.25

4 Classic Songs That Broke Every Rule of a Generic Top 40 Hit (and Still Topped the Charts)

By Lauren Boisvert
The List

12.11.24

3 Ultra-Catchy Hit Songs That People (Wrongfully) Grew To Hate

By Peter Burditt
The List

11.29.24

4 Flash in the Pan Hit Songs That You Forgot Ever Existed

By Em Casalena
The List

05.28.24

4 Bands That Got Famous for Hit Songs They Didn’t Write

By Em Casalena
Behind The Song

11.25.19

The Story Behind the Song: Victoria Shaw & Garth Brooks, “The River”

By Doug Waterman
The List

09.25.19

What are the Top 15 Most Played Classic Rock Songs?

By Will Minter
Articles

03.04.16

Arranging The Hit: What it takes to have a #1 song on the Country charts

By American Songwriter
Getting Paid

03.24.14

Can You Predict A Hit Song Based On Lyrics Alone?

By Andrew Leahey