Top Ten Best Songwriting Partnerships In Rock and Metal

The Top Ten
1 Rod Stewart/Ron Wood

Stay With Me, Shake Shudder And Shiver, Cindy Incedently, Borstal Boys, Poolhall Richard, some of the best rock songs ever written.

2 John Lennon/Paul McCartney

The awesome partnership of everyone's favourite 60's rock band. I feel sorry for George Harrison though.

How are they not number 1!?

Put John Lennon and Paul McCartney in the #1 spot
They're the most iconic duo on this list

3 Mick Jagger/Keith Richards

A slightly underrated partnership compared to Lennon and McCartney in my opinion. I just wish that they had given Mick Taylor credit on certain songs (Sway, Moonlight Mile, Winter, Time Waits for No One, etc.)

Both Still going strong today.

4 Morrissey/Johnny Marr

From The Smiths. I'm surprised that they weren't already added to the list.

5 Dio/Ritchie Blackmore
6 Elton John/Bernie Taupin
7 Jimmy Page/Robert Plant

Wrote a lot of Zeppelin's songs together.

8 Hansi KÜRSCH / André Olbrich

They've been writing together for 30 years and they wrote great songs. They are perfectionists.
Blind Guardian rules.
André focuses on music and Hansi on lyrics.
André comes up with some general idea (melody, riff), other members contribute and then Hansi arranges everything.
Hansi wrote both music and lyrics only for their first 2-3 albums.

9 Angus Young/Malcolm Young

I fear it might only be Angus now...

10 Jeff Hanneman/Kerry King

Although they occasionally wrote separately, they both wrote the awesome Raining Blood!

The Contenders
11 Chester Bennington/Mike Shinoda
12 James Hatfield/Lars Ulrich
13 Don Henley/Glenn Frey
14 Adrian Smith/Bruce Dickinson
15 Jim Morrison/Robbie Kreiger

Because Jim was such a charismatic, flamboyant, person, the other members of The Doors tend to get ignored. Such a shame.

Writing credits usually just listed as "The Doors".

16 Holland/Dozier/Holland
17 Carole King/Gerry Goffin
18 Amy Lee/Ben Moody
19 Freddie Mercury / Brian May

They only wrote three songs together as a duo (Is This the World We Created, Bijou, Mother Love). Most of their songs were written by the individual members (even in later years when they agreed to split the credits equally).

20 Michael Hutchence/Andrew Farriss
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