Collaborators Period Songs Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus [ 1] of ABBA and post-ABBA (sometimes written with Stig Anderson ) 1966 [ 2] –present "Waterloo " "SOS " "Mamma Mia " "Fernando " "Dancing Queen " Adam Ant & Marco Pirroni [ 3] 1980–present "Kings of the Wild Frontier " "Dog Eat Dog " "Antmusic " "Stand and Deliver " "Prince Charming " "Ant Rap " "Goody Two Shoes " "Friend or Foe " "Desperate But Not Serious " Ashford & Simpson [ 4] 1964–2011 "Ain't No Mountain High Enough " "You're All I Need to Get By " "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing " "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand) " Burt Bacharach (music) and Hal David (lyrics) [ 4] 1957–1973 "Alfie " "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head " "This Guy's in Love with You " "(They Long to Be) Close to You " "Walk On By " "The Look of Love " "One Less Bell to Answer " "Do You Know the Way to San Jose " Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings [ 5] [ 6] of The Guess Who "These Eyes " "No Time " "American Woman " (with Garry Peterson and Jim Kale ) "No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature " Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich [ 7] 1962–late 1960s "Da Doo Ron Ron " (with Phil Spector ) "Be My Baby " (with Spector) "Leader of the Pack " (with Shadow Morton ) "Do Wah Diddy Diddy " "Chapel of Love " (with Spector) "River Deep, Mountain High " (with Spector) Walter Becker and Donald Fagen [ 8] of Steely Dan 1971–2017 "Do It Again " "Rikki Don't Lose That Number " "Reelin' In the Years " "Peg " "Hey Nineteen " Barry , Robin and Maurice Gibb , the Bee Gees (and also for other artists) [ 9] "Massachusetts " "I've Gotta Get a Message to You " "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart " "Jive Talkin' " "How Deep Is Your Love " "Night Fever " "Stayin' Alive " "Too Much Heaven " "Tragedy " "Islands in the Stream " Alan and Marilyn Bergman [ 10] [ 11] 1956–2022 "The Windmills of Your Mind " (with Michel Legrand ) "The Way We Were " (with Marvin Hamlisch ) "It Might Be You " (with Dave Grusin ) "In the Heat of the Night " (with Quincy Jones ) "All His Children " (with Henry Mancini ) Boyce and Hart [ 12] "Come a Little Bit Closer " (with Wes Farrell ) "(Theme From) The Monkees " "Last Train to Clarksville " "I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight " Dwiki Dharmawan and Ags. Arya Dipayana [ 13] 1992-2002 "Dengan Menyebut Nama Allah " Andrew Farriss and Michael Hutchence of INXS 1977–1997 "Original Sin " "What You Need " "Need You Tonight " "New Sensation " "Never Tear Us Apart " Felice and Boudleaux Bryant [ 14] "Bye Bye Love " "Wake Up, Little Susie " "Rocky Top " Gamble and Huff [ 15] early 1960s–? "If You Don't Know Me by Now " "Love Train " "Me and Mrs. Jones " (with Cary Gilbert ) "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia) " David Gilmour and Roger Waters of Pink Floyd [ 16] 1968–1979 "Comfortably Numb " "Wish You Were Here " "Run Like Hell " "Dogs " Gerry Goffin and Carole King [ 4] "Will You Love Me Tomorrow " "The Loco-Motion " "One Fine Day " "Up on the Roof " "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman " Isaac Hayes and David Porter [ 17] [ 18] "Hold On, I'm Comin' " "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby " "Soul Man " "I Thank You " James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich of Metallica 1981–present "Seek & Destroy " "For Whom the Bell Tolls " (with Cliff Burton ) "Master of Puppets " (with Cliff Burton and Kirk Hammett ) "One " "Enter Sandman " (with Kirk Hammett ) "Sad but True " "Nothing Else Matters " "Until It Sleeps " "Hero of the Day " "The Memory Remains " "Some Kind of Monster " (with Kirk Hammett and Bob Rock ) "The Day That Never Comes " (with Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo ) Holland–Dozier–Holland [ 19] Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (music) Eddie Holland (lyrics) 1960s–1970s "(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave " "Can I Get a Witness " "Where Did Our Love Go " "Baby Love " "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) " "Stop! In the Name of Love " "I Hear a Symphony " "You Can't Hurry Love " James Horner (music) and Will Jennings (lyrics) 1988–2001 "If We Hold on Together " "Dreams to Dream " "My Heart Will Go On " "Where Are You, Christmas? " (with Mariah Carey ) Mick Jagger and Keith Richards [ 4] [ 20] of The Rolling Stones Mick Jagger Keith Richards "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction " "Paint It, Black " "Honky Tonk Women " Elton John (music) and Bernie Taupin (lyrics) [ 4] "Crocodile Rock " "Daniel " "Bennie and the Jets " "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me " "Don't Go Breaking My Heart " "Something About the Way You Look Tonight "/"Candle in the Wind 1997 " Kalmar and Ruby [ 21] Bert Kalmar (lyrics) Harry Ruby (music) 1920–1947 "Who's Sorry Now? " "I Wanna Be Loved by You " "Three Little Words " Lennon–McCartney [ 4] [ 22] of The Beatles John Lennon Paul McCartney 1957–1969 Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller [ 4] [ 23] Jerry Leiber (lyrics) Mike Stoller (music) 1950–? "Hound Dog " "Jailhouse Rock " "Kansas City " "Stand By Me " (with Ben E. King ) "On Broadway " (with Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil) Livingston & Evans [ 24] [ 25] Jay Livingston (music) Ray Evans (lyrics) "Silver Bells " "Buttons and Bows " "Mona Lisa " "Que Sera, Sera " "Tammy " Barry Mann (music) and Cynthia Weil (lyrics) [ 26] [ 27] 1960–? "On Broadway " (with Leiber and Stoller) "We Gotta Get Out of This Place " "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration " "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' " "Somewhere Out There " (with James Horner ) Morrissey (lyrics) and Johnny Marr (music) [ 28] of The Smiths 1983–1987 "How Soon Is Now? " "This Charming Man " "Bigmouth Strikes Again " "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out " Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman [ 29] "Save the Last Dance for Me " "This Magic Moment " "A Teenager in Love " "Suspicion " "Viva Las Vegas " Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards [ 30] of Chic early 1970s–1983 "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah) " (with Kenny Lehman) "Le Freak " "Good Times " "We Are Family " Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson of Supertramp [ 31] 1970–1983 "Babaji " "Bloody Well Right " "Breakfast in America " "Dreamer " "Give a Little Bit " "Goodbye Stranger " "It's Raining Again " "My Kind of Lady " "Take the Long Way Home " "The Logical Song " Sherman Brothers [ 32] [ 33] Robert B. Sherman Richard M. Sherman "It's a Small World (After All) " "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious " "Chim Chim Cher-ee " "A Spoonful of Sugar " "Feed the Birds " "Let's Go Fly a Kite " "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang " "I Wanna Be Like You " (from The Jungle Book ) "The Aristocats " "You're Sixteen " Stock Aitken Waterman [ 34] Mike Stock Matt Aitken Pete Waterman 1984–1991 "Respectable " (Mel and Kim) "Never Gonna Give You Up " "I Should Be So Lucky " "Together Forever " "Especially for You " "This Time I Know It's for Real " (with Donna Summer ) "Too Many Broken Hearts " "Hand on Your Heart " "You'll Never Stop Me Loving You " Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield [ 35] [ 36] "I Heard It Through the Grapevine " "War " "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) " "Smiling Faces Sometimes " "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone " Barry Hay and George Kooymans of Golden Earring 1967–2021 "Radar Love " "When the Lady Smiles " Joe Strummer and Mick Jones [ 37] [ 38] of The Clash "London Calling " "Rock the Casbah " Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe [ 39] [ 40] [ 41] of Pet Shop Boys 1981–present "West End Girls " "It's a Sin " "What Have I Done to Deserve This? " (with Allee Willis ) Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett 1948–1970 "Red Roses for a Blue Lady " "Suzy Snowflake " "The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane " "Twenty Tiny Fingers " "Nuttin' for Christmas " "Kewpie Doll " "Travellin' Light " "G.I. Blues " "The Young Ones " "Puppet on a String " John Wetton and Geoff Downes of Asia 1981–2017 "Heat of the Moment " "Only Time Will Tell " "Don't Cry " "Go " Martin Gore (lyrics) and Alan Wilder (music) of Depeche Mode 1982–1995 "Enjoy the Silence " "Shake the Disease " "Personal Jesus " "People Are People " Beyoncé and Jay-Z of The Carters 2003-present "Crazy in Love " "Lose My Breath " "Déjà Vu " "Drunk in Love " "Shining " "Apeshit " "Black Parade " "Alien Superstar "