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Is Cher a songwriter?


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Does Cher write her own songs or is she one of those Artists who have their songs written for them? 

I don’t know much about her at all, so that’s why I am asking. I know Madge, Gaga, Katy, Taylor, Miley etc write their own music but I don’t know about Cher! 

So does she? 

 

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geopang

Not really. She’s always seemed to be one of those singers that have everything written for them.

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rumours

She has been involved in co-writing a select few of her songs, but I wouldn't classify her as a "songwriter" per say. For example, she's been releasing commercial material for almost 55 years at this point, and here is an extensive list of the songs she has co-written/written over that entire time period:

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Chastity's Sun

Written by James Seals & Dash Crofts (Cher uncredited)

 

My Song (Too Far Gone)

Written by Cher & Mark Hudson

 

Bad Love

Written by Cher & Giorgio Moroder

 

Don't Trust That Woman

Written by Les Dudek & Cher

 

Still

Lyrics by Cher, music by Cher, Bruce Roberts & Bob Thiele

 

Sisters Of Mercy

Lyrics by Cher, additional lyrics by Pat MacDonald, music by Cher, Pat Macdonald & Bruce Roberts

 

Runnin'

Lyrics by Cher. Additional lyrics by Bruce Roberts, Music by Pat MacDonald & Bruce Roberts

 

The Fall (Kurt's Blues)

Lyrics by Cher. Additional lyrics by Bruce Roberts, Music by Pat MacDonald & Bruce Roberts

 

With Or Without You

Lyrics & music by Cher

 

Fit To Fly

Lyrics by Cher, music by Cher, Kevin Savigar & Doug Millett

 

Believe

Written by Brian Higgins, Paul Barry, Steven Torch, Matthew Gray, Stuart McLennen & Timothy Powell (Cher uncredited)

 

Lovers Forever

Written by Cher & Shirley Eikhard

 

Take It Like A Man

Written by Tim Powell, Tebey Ottoh, Mary Leay & Cher

 

Dressed To Kill

Written by Mark Taylor, Sam Preston & Cher

 

Source: https://chernews.blogspot.com/2017/01/a-look-at-songs-written-by-cher.html

 

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Poissonche

She wrote some songs in her discography, but that's probably 5% or less of her whole discography. She mostly sings what she gets sent. However, in my opinion, her best album is not.com.mercial, on which she wrote all the songs but one. I also read somewhere that she had written some songs for her 1979 album Take Me Home, but that she had gone Gaga and scrapped them, being not confident enough. I feel like she can write songs, but she just doesn't do it.

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Maleficent
27 minutes ago, Smother Em Eh said:

I know Madge, Gaga, Katy, Taylor, Miley etc write their own music

Theres always speculation as to how much these singers really contribute to the song writing process. For example, Madonna's Open Your Heart lists Madonna as the main songwriter--but all she did was change the demo's lyric "Follow your heart" to "Open your heart" (a small, but perhaps crucial, change)...

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37 minutes ago, Smother Em Eh said:

 I know Madge, Gaga, Katy, Taylor, Miley etc write their own music but I don’t know about Cher! 

Madonna writes her own music? :air:

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Don’t come for me! I genuinely didn’t know! 

Also, I don’t think Cher writes her own music....

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River

If you compare her tweets to her lyrics you will see that she's not a songwriter:awesome:

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AlexanderMagno

Not really. And it's not something no one talks about, she has spoken about her songwriters and how much she enjoys (or not) the songs she sings.

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MaryJaneHolland
1 hour ago, GypsyBabe said:

 

Madonna writes her own music? :air:

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Don’t come for me! I genuinely didn’t know! 

Also, I don’t think Cher writes her own music....

Every single song (there are a few she hasn't written, but it's just a handful of songs). 

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LUO YI
1 hour ago, GypsyBabe said:

 

Madonna writes her own music? :air:

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Don’t come for me! I genuinely didn’t know! 

Also, I don’t think Cher writes her own music....

She’s very involved in her work :huntyga: she's like the brain the her team follows her orders. 

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