10 Songs That Were Originally Written for Other Singers

Some songs are so iconic that it’s hard to imagine them sung by different artists. But some of the biggest hits in the music industry could have different interpreters from those who enshrined them. Whether by fate, chance or luck, certain artists had the chance to have “stayed” with these songs, which ended up becoming great hits.

We, from awesome.club, we discovered that some of our favorite songs were actually meant for different artists, and now we’ve broken it all down for you. Will he be as surprised as we are?

With over 5 billion views on YouTube, Ed Sheeran’s song Shape of You it was the most played song on Spotify in 2019. However, in an interview with BBC Radio 1, the singer-songwriter revealed that this hit was originally intended for Rihanna. But, due to some phrases in the lyrics, they decided that, instead of her, he should sing the song.

rock your body is the song that helped launch Justin Timberlake as a solo artist in the R&B/pop genre. The song was written by Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams, known in the 90s as The Neptunes. The duo had originally written the song for the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, who did not use the song. So, they decided to pass it on to Justin Timberlake.

This hit single, sung by the group Aerosmith, was first released on the original soundtrack to the movie Armageddon. The song is written by hit ballad songwriter Dianne Warren, who revealed that she initially envisioned it in the voice of Celine Dion.

Stefani Germanotta, better known as…Lady Gaga, initially wrote telephone for Britney Spears. But when her song was rejected by the pop artist, Gaga passed it on to Beyoncé, who turned it into a hit that reached nearly 400 million views on YouTube.

When Sia stopped singing and performing, she turned her work to songwriting, creating songs for big names like Madonna, Rihanna and Beyonce. sia originally wrote Cheap Thrills to Rihanna, who rejected the song. He then handed it to Sean Paul, resulting in three nominations at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards.

Before becoming a Grammy-winning pop singer, Meghan Trainer was a songwriter, writing songs for many famous artists such as Rascall Flatts, Fifth Harmony and Jennifer Lopez (J-Lo). She initially introduced All About That Bass for big names like Beyoncé and Adele, but decided to release it alone, since nobody was interested in the song. It ended up being her first hit single, leading her to win a Grammy.

Let’s Get Loud is one of Jennifer Lopez’s most acclaimed songs and musical performances. Despite its popularity, the hit song was initially intended for her co-writer, Gloria Estefan. However, Estefan felt that the song was too similar to her other tracks and decided to pass it on to J-Lo, in hopes that the diva would “make the song more fun” by adding her own style to the song.

The composers of Miss Independent initially presented the song to the group Destiny’s Child, who turned it down. The song was passed on to Christina Aguilera, who worked on it for her Stripped album, rewriting the lyrics. The song never made the album and was given to American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson, who released it on her debut solo album, reaching the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in 2003.

The music Halo won several Grammy Awards and nominations for Beyoncé in 2009 and 2010. Ryan Tedder, the lead singer of OneRepublic and one of the lyricists, revealed that this song was actually intended to be used by X Factor winner Leona Lewis, but ended up with Queen B.

Another song that Britney Spears did not accept was the one that led Rihanna to win a Grammy in 2008. umbrella it was initially pitched to Spears, who turned it down. The song became a huge hit single for the artist in the R&B genre.

Do you think these songs fell into the hands of the right artists?