It was about a specific person, who was he.
2006-12-08 03:47:18 · 12 answers · asked by Robert B 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
"I Write the Songs" is a song written by Bruce Johnston in 1975, and David Cassidy, Captain & Tennille and Barry Manilow recorded that year. But Manilow released as single EP in 1975, and it reached Billboard number-one in 1976. This hit song became one of Manilow's signature tunes.
The title has been misunderstood to mean that the singer (or songwriter) "writes the songs," but the actual songwriter, The Beach Boys' Bruce Johnston, has stated that the "I" in the song is "music." He went on to say that songs come from the spirit of music in all of us. "I am music, and I write the songs." He also stated in several interviews that this song had been written as an homage to Brian Wilson, the "genius" who has written the best music of The Beach Boys.
The single was the first to be taken from the album "Tryin' to Get the Feelin'" and was released on November 15, 1975. It reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 nine weeks later, on January 17, 1976.
This song was recorded also Johnny Mathis, Tom Jones, Dinah Shore, David Osborne, Don Estelle, etc...
2006-12-08 03:50:39 · answer #1 · answered by Mash 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Barry Manilow
I Write The Songs
by Bruce Johnston
I've been alive forever, and i wrote the very first song
I put the words and the melodies together
I am music and i write the songs
Chorus
I write the songs that make the whole world sing
I write the songs of love and special things
I write the songs that make the young girls cry
I write the songs, i write the songs
My home lies deep within you
And i've got my own place in your soul
Now, when i look out through your eyes
I'm young again, even though i'm very old
Chorus
Oh my music makes you dance
And gives you spirit to take a chance
And i wrote some rock 'n' roll so you can move
Music fills your heart
Well, that's a real fine place to start
It's from me it's for you
It's from you, it's for me
It's a worldwide symphony
Chorus
2006-12-08 03:51:17 · answer #2 · answered by TorresJ 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Barry Manilow
2006-12-08 03:54:13 · answer #3 · answered by truly_insightful 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Barry Manilow
2006-12-08 03:50:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Bruce Johnston of the Beach Boys, wrote it, but Barry Manilow made it a super hit in 1976.
2006-12-08 07:15:40 · answer #5 · answered by BoosGrammy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I Write The Songs
2016-09-30 23:35:32 · answer #6 · answered by heusel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Barry Manilow wrote the lyrics.
2006-12-08 03:54:16 · answer #7 · answered by Kristen H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Barry Manilow?
2006-12-08 03:49:06 · answer #8 · answered by AMBER D 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, in that song (which unfortunately I've heard more than once), he sings "I am Music and I write the songs", so he's not saying HE wrote the songs, but he's singing as if he was the persona "Music" (like if you said you were the wind, see?).. Yes, it's a gay song.
2016-03-19 13:45:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-07-17 22:21:17 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋