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Test your knowledge of some of our songwriters’ biggest hits.

By Renan Borelli

April 27, 2026

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Many of the artists on our 30 Greatest Living American Songwriters list have excelled at writing hits for other people. Some do this by trade, like Brian and Eddie Holland, Babyface and Valerie Simpson. Others, like Bob Dylan and Stevie Wonder, have also written songs so indelible that renditions by other artists top the charts decades later.

In the quiz below, test your knowledge of some of our 30 songwriters’ biggest hits — as popularized by other performers.

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What Rihanna collaboration was originally written by Taylor Swift and a well-known Scottish D.J.?

"We Found Love"