patience and genius don’t always go
hand-in-hand
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our list for the top 10
quickly written songs for this list
we’re looking at songs that were written
in a relatively short amount of time by
their composer when the whole song
doesn’t need to be laid out perfectly in
that time but the artist needs to have
at least a good chunk of it done
number 10 Royals Lord I’ve never seen a
diamond in food this hard-hitting pop
number blasted on to our radio waves and
owned the summer of 2013 allowing the
young New Zealand artist Lorde to take
the music industry by storm we crave a
different kind of buzz the lyrics were
written by the young Kiwi and only half
an hour and offer a criticism of the
lifestyles of the rich and famous
this chart-topper later went on to
receive widespread acclaim as well as
Grammy Awards for Best Pop solo
performance and song of the year
we are caught up in your love affair
number nine paranoid Black Sabbath
being the title track on one of Black
Sabbath’s most popular albums might make
you think it was written by the devil
himself and sent to the band via a bolt
of lightning
although it may have been back easy to
write this influential metal classic
this legendary single was actually an
afterthought to the rest of the album
and was rushed together in order to be a
filler song for the album
call it fate or sheer dumb luck but this
song rocks
number eight all the young dudes Mott
the Hoople hot kicking in the head when
he was 25 in the early 70s
Mott the Hoople was ready to split due
to the lack of success this 1972 hit
came from none other than David Bowie
who penned the track on the spot for the
band after hearing of the group’s
potential disbanding
considered by the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame as one of the songs that shaped
rock and roll David Bowie would later
record a cover of the song only months
later
a glam rock classic mott the hoople
would go on to have a successful career
all thanks to the penmanship of David
Bowie
number seven
sweets child of mine Guns and Roses
slash may have called it practicing but
the rest of the band called it a hit in
the making the opening riff of this 1988
classic started as slashes string
skipping exercise which the rest of the
group saw as an opportunity to write a
killer hardrock tune
within an hour of the band hearing
Slash’s signature riff the band had the
rest of the instrumentation down and by
the next afternoon the song had lyrics
the track was obviously refined in
studio however the song was initially
ready to go in only an hour which is
extremely impressive by our standards
you
number six I can’t get no satisfaction
the Rolling Stones
who says divine inspiration is a myth
Keith Richards states the kick-ass rift
to this 1965 rock song came to him in a
dream
waking in the middle of the night he
grabbed his bedside guitar and a tape
recorder and played what he heard
followed by what he described as 40
minutes of snoring
after showing the ref to Mick Jagger he
laid down the lyrics in only ten minutes
and the rest was rock n roll history
number five loser back from the jangly
guitar to the addictive chorus and the
laid-back attitude this song gets stuck
in our heads from the first notes Beck a
rising artist was self-conscious about
the song
hence the melancholy chorus and monotone
vocals
baby
although Beck had the idea for the song
for years it wasn’t until he sat down in
record producer Carl Stevenson’s kitchen
that the song came to life in just over
six hours and with the song hitting
number 1 on the modern Rock Tracks chart
who’s the loser now
to kill
number four you gotta fight for your
right to party the Beastie Boys a parody
of the party lifestyle fight for your
right is often misinterpreted and taken
too seriously by most listeners
we could care less though seeing as it’s
one hell of a two
according to the band they penned the
lyrics on napkins in just 5 minutes
along with the help of producer Rick
Rubin and friend Tom Cushman you gotta
fight oh you’re right
the end product would create a music
video so good
it needed a star-studded sequel 15 years
later Lucho
could use a few Browns Todd pan number
three
Night Moves Bob Seger she was a black
beauty with big reliving youth and the
joys of young love can be as tragic as
it is exhilarating and seekers majestic
look back at his first romance is one
hell of a trip down memory lane
while at a recording session in Toronto
on the last day before he had to leave
Seger composed and recorded Night Moves
Seger sax player had already headed home
so to finish the song
he quickly brought in some local
musicians to enhance the track
number two under pressure Queen and
David Bowie
how many stories do you know that start
with the words while Queen and David
Bowie were jamming in Switzerland
funnily enough that’s just how under
pressure came to be
while the song is credited equally
between the four band members and Bowie
Freddie Mercury is known to have
composed most of the music with Bowie
taking most of the lyrical credit
mercury scat-singing is actually a
leftover result of the musicians
improvising in the songs early
imaginings
before we unveil our top pick
here are a few honorable mentions
and when it all falls down I promise and
when they pause man who you gonna call
you
in the spa life
number one what did I say
Ray Charles mama don’t you treat me
wrong not only does this two-part song
mark Ray Charles’s break into mainstream
pop but it’s also just about as groovy
as groovy can be
and it was written in just one evening
after racking hits after hits of rhythm
and blues tracks
Charles composed this one accidentally
while improvising to fill the time
before a live audience
not only did the song make it onto
Rolling Stones 500 greatest songs of all
time list but it is also credited as
being one of the first soul songs ever
recorded do you agree with our list what
songs were written in a flash that we
missed
for more top tens about your favorite
music be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
hand-in-hand
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our list for the top 10
quickly written songs for this list
we’re looking at songs that were written
in a relatively short amount of time by
their composer when the whole song
doesn’t need to be laid out perfectly in
that time but the artist needs to have
at least a good chunk of it done
number 10 Royals Lord I’ve never seen a
diamond in food this hard-hitting pop
number blasted on to our radio waves and
owned the summer of 2013 allowing the
young New Zealand artist Lorde to take
the music industry by storm we crave a
different kind of buzz the lyrics were
written by the young Kiwi and only half
an hour and offer a criticism of the
lifestyles of the rich and famous
this chart-topper later went on to
receive widespread acclaim as well as
Grammy Awards for Best Pop solo
performance and song of the year
we are caught up in your love affair
number nine paranoid Black Sabbath
being the title track on one of Black
Sabbath’s most popular albums might make
you think it was written by the devil
himself and sent to the band via a bolt
of lightning
although it may have been back easy to
write this influential metal classic
this legendary single was actually an
afterthought to the rest of the album
and was rushed together in order to be a
filler song for the album
call it fate or sheer dumb luck but this
song rocks
number eight all the young dudes Mott
the Hoople hot kicking in the head when
he was 25 in the early 70s
Mott the Hoople was ready to split due
to the lack of success this 1972 hit
came from none other than David Bowie
who penned the track on the spot for the
band after hearing of the group’s
potential disbanding
considered by the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame as one of the songs that shaped
rock and roll David Bowie would later
record a cover of the song only months
later
a glam rock classic mott the hoople
would go on to have a successful career
all thanks to the penmanship of David
Bowie
number seven
sweets child of mine Guns and Roses
slash may have called it practicing but
the rest of the band called it a hit in
the making the opening riff of this 1988
classic started as slashes string
skipping exercise which the rest of the
group saw as an opportunity to write a
killer hardrock tune
within an hour of the band hearing
Slash’s signature riff the band had the
rest of the instrumentation down and by
the next afternoon the song had lyrics
the track was obviously refined in
studio however the song was initially
ready to go in only an hour which is
extremely impressive by our standards
you
number six I can’t get no satisfaction
the Rolling Stones
who says divine inspiration is a myth
Keith Richards states the kick-ass rift
to this 1965 rock song came to him in a
dream
waking in the middle of the night he
grabbed his bedside guitar and a tape
recorder and played what he heard
followed by what he described as 40
minutes of snoring
after showing the ref to Mick Jagger he
laid down the lyrics in only ten minutes
and the rest was rock n roll history
number five loser back from the jangly
guitar to the addictive chorus and the
laid-back attitude this song gets stuck
in our heads from the first notes Beck a
rising artist was self-conscious about
the song
hence the melancholy chorus and monotone
vocals
baby
although Beck had the idea for the song
for years it wasn’t until he sat down in
record producer Carl Stevenson’s kitchen
that the song came to life in just over
six hours and with the song hitting
number 1 on the modern Rock Tracks chart
who’s the loser now
to kill
number four you gotta fight for your
right to party the Beastie Boys a parody
of the party lifestyle fight for your
right is often misinterpreted and taken
too seriously by most listeners
we could care less though seeing as it’s
one hell of a two
according to the band they penned the
lyrics on napkins in just 5 minutes
along with the help of producer Rick
Rubin and friend Tom Cushman you gotta
fight oh you’re right
the end product would create a music
video so good
it needed a star-studded sequel 15 years
later Lucho
could use a few Browns Todd pan number
three
Night Moves Bob Seger she was a black
beauty with big reliving youth and the
joys of young love can be as tragic as
it is exhilarating and seekers majestic
look back at his first romance is one
hell of a trip down memory lane
while at a recording session in Toronto
on the last day before he had to leave
Seger composed and recorded Night Moves
Seger sax player had already headed home
so to finish the song
he quickly brought in some local
musicians to enhance the track
number two under pressure Queen and
David Bowie
how many stories do you know that start
with the words while Queen and David
Bowie were jamming in Switzerland
funnily enough that’s just how under
pressure came to be
while the song is credited equally
between the four band members and Bowie
Freddie Mercury is known to have
composed most of the music with Bowie
taking most of the lyrical credit
mercury scat-singing is actually a
leftover result of the musicians
improvising in the songs early
imaginings
before we unveil our top pick
here are a few honorable mentions
and when it all falls down I promise and
when they pause man who you gonna call
you
in the spa life
number one what did I say
Ray Charles mama don’t you treat me
wrong not only does this two-part song
mark Ray Charles’s break into mainstream
pop but it’s also just about as groovy
as groovy can be
and it was written in just one evening
after racking hits after hits of rhythm
and blues tracks
Charles composed this one accidentally
while improvising to fill the time
before a live audience
not only did the song make it onto
Rolling Stones 500 greatest songs of all
time list but it is also credited as
being one of the first soul songs ever
recorded do you agree with our list what
songs were written in a flash that we
missed
for more top tens about your favorite
music be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
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