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15th October 2025

In Dreams is a 1963 Roy Orbison song written by Orbison. and released released by Monument Records in 1963.  It would appear on Orbison’s album of the same name.

Check it out on the Roy Orbison page:

https://gartfrets.net/Songwriters_N-O/Roy_Orbison/roy_orbison.html

9th October 2025

Running Scared and Crying are both  Roy Orbison songs, that were written by Orbison and Joe Melson. and released released by Monument Records in 1961. Running Scared went to #1 on the Billboard Hot100. Crying was a #2 hit  for Orbison on its 1961 release in the U.S. Both songs would appear on Orbison’s 1962 album Crying.

Check them out on the new Roy Orbison page:

https://gartfrets.net/Songwriters_N-O/Roy_Orbison/roy_orbison.html

1st October 2025

She’s a Mystery to Me is a 1989 song that was performed by Roy Orbison , and written by Bono and The Edge of U2.

You Got It is a song by Roy Orbison that would appear on his studio album Mystery Girl. It was co-written with his Traveling Wilburys bandmates Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne. Check them out on the new Roy Orbison page.

https://gartfrets.net/Songwriters_N-O/Roy_Orbison/roy_orbison.html

16th September 2025

Boys Don't Cry is a song by Robert Smith and performed by English rock band The Cure. It was released in the UK as a stand-alone single on 12 June 1979, and was included as the title track on Boys Don't Cry, the American equivalent to Three Imaginary Boys. Check it on The new page for The Cure: www.gartfrets.net/Partnerships_A-D/The_Cure/the_cure.html

15th September 2025

Lullaby is a song by English band, The Cure written by Robert Smith from their 1989 album Disintegration.You can find it on the brand new The Cure page, here: www.gartfrets.net/Partnerships_A-D/The_Cure/the_cure.html

11th September 2025

I Drove All Night is a song written and composed by American songwriters Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly. Roy Orbison recorded the song in 1987, a year before his death. You can find it on the brand new Roy Orbison page, here: www.gartfrets,net/Songwriters_N-O/Roy_Orbison/roy_orbison.html 

8th September 2025

California Blue is a song written by Roy Orbison, Jrff Lynne and Tom Petty. It was released as a single from Orbison’s 22nd studio album Mystery Girl in July 1989. You can find it on the brand new Roy Orbison page, here: www.gartfrets,net/Songwriters_N-O/Roy_Orbison/roy_orbison.html 

1st September 2025

I’ve posted a brand new page for Roy Orbison that you can find here: www.gartfrets,net/Songwriters_N-O/Roy_Orbison/roy_orbison.html

 

21st August 2025

To check out any of the previously posted songs by The Cure, a couple of which used to be in Odd Ditties,  please check out the brand new page for The Cure: www.gartfrets.net/Partnerships_A-D/The_Cure/the_cure.html

 

10th August 2025

Pictures of You is a 1989 song, with lyrics written by Robert Smith, and music written  The Cure (Robert Smith, Lol Tolhurst,, Simon Gallup, Boris Williams,  Roger O'Donnell  Paul S Thompson  Check them out on the new The Cure page.

www.gartfrets.net/Partnerships_A-D/The_Cure/the_cure.html

1st August 2025

Boys Don’t Cry is a 1979 song, written by Robert Smith, Lol Tolhurst and Michael Dempsey, that was released in the UK as a stand-alone single. In the U.S., it was included as the title track of the album Boys Don’t Cry. Check them out on the new The Cure page.

www.gartfrets.net/Partnerships_A-D/The_Cure/the_cure.html

25th July 2025

Lovesong and Lullaby are both 1989 songs, primarily written by Robert Smith, and performed by The Cure. They would both appear on the band’s 1990 album Disintegration. Check them out on the new The Cure page.

www.gartfrets.net/Partnerships_A-D/The_Cure/the_cure.html

23rd July 2025

Friday I’m in Love is a song by English band The Cure that appeared on their 1992 album Wish. It was a worldwide hit reaching #6 in the UK and #18 in the U.S. Check it out on the new The Cure page.

www.gartfrets.net/Partnerships_A-D/The_Cure/the_cure.html

1st July 2025

Turning Japanese, written by David Fenton, was a major hit for English band The Vapors in 1980. Check it out in Odd_Ditties/Odd_Ditties_Q-T.html

9th June 2025

Bring on the Night is a song by is a song by Sting, from The Police’s 1979 album Regatta de Blanc (1983). Check them both out on The Police’s page:

www.gartfrets.net/Partnerships_J-M/The_Police/the_police.html

1st June 2025

Pink Pony Club is a song by Chappell Roan, that was written by Chappell Roan and Daniel Nigro.

Check it out in Odd Ditties:

https://gartfrets.net/Odd_Ditties/Odd_Ditties_M-P/odd_ditties_m-p.html

23rd May 2025

Second Nature, written by Neil Finn, was released on his 2017 solo album Out of Silence.

Check it out on the Neil Finn page:

https://gartfrets.net/Songwriters_F/Neil_Finn/neil_finn.html

17th May 2025

In Between Days is a 1985 song by The Cure, written by Robin Smith, that was released from the band’s sixth album The Head on the Door.

Check it out in Odd Ditties:

www.gartfrets.net/Odd_Ditties/Odd_Ditties_I-L.html

8th May 2025

Can’t Stand Losing You, written by Sting, was released on The Police’s 1978 debut album Outlandos D’Amour.

Check them out on The Police’s page:

https://www.gartfrets.net/Partnerships_P/The_Police/the_police.html

1st May 2025

The World We Live In was released on The Killers’ 2008 album Day & Age. It was written by Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoerma, and Ronnie Vannucci Jr.

Check it out on The Killers’ page:

https://gartfrets.net/Partnerships_J-M/The_Killers/the_killers.html

24th April 2025

She’s Leaving Home, written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney, was released on the Beatles 1967 album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club band.

Check it out on the John Lennon & Paul McCartney page:

https://gartfrets.net/Partnerships_J-M/John_Lennon_-_Paul_McCartney/john_lennon_-_paul_mccartney.html

17th April 2025

In Between Days is a 1985 song by The Cure, written by Robert Smith, that was released from the band’s sixth album The Head on the Door.

Check it out in Odd Ditties:

www.gartfrets.net/Odd_Ditties/Odd_Ditties_I-L/odd_ditties_i-l.html

11th April 2025

December 1963 (Oh What a Night) was written by Bob Gaudio and Judy Parker. It would top the UK Singles Chart on its release in February 1973, and also the Billboard Top100 a month later, where it would remain for 3 weeks.

Check it out in Odd Ditties:

www.gartfrets.net/Odd_Ditties/Odd_Ditties_A-D/odd_ditties_a-d.html

5th April 2025

I’ll Be Back is a John Lennon song that was originally written in the sessions for the soundtrack of The Beatles film A Hard Day’s Night (1964). Although released on the soundtrack album, it never featured in the film.

Check it out on the John Lennon & Paul McCartney page:

www.gartfrets.net/Partnerships_J-M/John_Lennon_-_Paul_McCartney/john_lennon_-_paul_mccartney.html

30th March 2025

Every Breath You Take is a song by The Police from their album Synchronicity (1983). Written by Sting, the single was the biggest US and Canadian hit of 1983, topping the BillboardHot 100 singles chart for eight weeks (the band's only #1 hit on that chart). Their fifth UK #1, it topped the UK singles chart for four weeks.

Check them out on The Police’s page:

https://gartfrets.net/Partnerships_P/The_Police/the_police.html

23rd March 2025

All These Things That I’ve Done was released on The Killers’ 2004 debut album HotFuss. It was written by Brandon Flowers.

Check it out on The Killers’ page:

www.gartfrets.net/Partnerships_J-M/The_Killers.html

18th March 2025

Elevator Up is heavy-ish rock, so I would play fifths where possible. It was originally released as a B-side to Stacy’s Mom. Check it out here:

www.gartfrets.net/Partnerships_A-D/Chris_Collingwood_-_Adam_Schlesinger.html.

Leave the Biker was written by Adam Schlesinger & Chris Collingwood. It was released on Fountains of Wayne’s self-titled 1997 debut album. Check them both here:

9th March 2025

Smile Like You Mean It was the third track on The Killers’ 2004 debut album, HotFuss, It was written by Brandon Flowers, and bassist Mark Stoerma, and was originally released as the B-side to Mr. Brightside”. Check it out on The Killers’ page.

www.gartfrets.net/Partnerships_J-M/The_Killers.html

2nd March 2025

All These Things That I’ve Done was the third single released from The Killers’ 2004 debut album, HotFuss, It was written by Brandon Flowers, and features gospel choir The Sweet Inspirations.

The song is about T.V. host Matt Pinfield and his work with the U.S. Army as part of a program that mentored woulded / PTSD.-stricken soldiers returning from Iraq,

 Check it out on The Killers’ page:

www.gartfrets.net/Partnerships_J-M/The_Killers.html

28th February 2025

Human is a song by The Killers that was the first single released from the band’s 2008 album,  Day and Age, Songwriting was credited to all band members.

Have All The Songs Been Written was Track 10, Side 1 of The Killers’ 2017 album Wonderful Wonderful. It was written by Brandon Flowers.

Check them out on The Killers’ page:

www.gartfrets.net/Partnerships_J-M/The_Killers.html

21st February 2025

Every Breath You Take is a song by the English rock band The Police from their album Synchronicity (1983). Written by Sting, the single was the biggest US and Canadian hit of 1983, topping the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for eight weeks (the band's only #1 hit on that chart). Their fifth UK #1, it topped the UK singles chart for four weeks.

www.gartfrets.net/Partnerships_P/The_Police.html

13th February 2025

Can’t Stand Losing You, written by Sting, was released on The Police’s 1978 debut album Outlandos D’Amour. Check them out on The Police’s page: www.gartfrets.net/Partnerships_P/The_Police.html

6th February 2025

Walking on the Moon, and Message in a Bottle were both  written by Sting, and released on The Police’s 1979 album Regatta de Blanc 1979. Check them out on The Police page.

30th January 2025

When You Were Young is a song by The Killers that was released on 18th September, 2006, as the lead single from their second studio album, Sam's Town. Check it out on the Partnerships_J-M/The_Killers page.

24th January 2025

So Lonely, and Roxanne, were both written by Sting for The Police’s debut album Outlandos D’Amour 1978. Check it out on the Partnerships_P/The_Police page.

18th January 2025

When You Were Young is a song from The Killers’ 2006 album Sam’s Town. It was written by Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoerma and Ronnie Vanucci Jr. Check it out on The Police page at Partnerships_P/The_Police.

12th January 2025

Where you lead was written by Carole King with lyrics by Toni Stern, this would feature on King’s 1971 album Tapestry.

Check it out on the Carole King page.

7th January 2025

Have All The Songs Been Written, was the title of an email that Flowers sent to Bono when he had writer’s block. Bono replied to say that that would actually make a good title for a song. Flowers credited Mark Stoerma and Ronnie Vannuci Jr as co-writers, and they released the song on The Killers’ 2017 album Wonderful Wonderful’

Check it out on www.gartfrets.net/Partnerships_J-M/The_Killers.html l  page.

2nd January 2025

All Right Now was written by Andy Fraser and Paul Rodgers, for their band Free, and became a #1 hit in 20 countries.

Check it out in www.gartfrets.net/Odd_Ditties/Odd_Ditties_A-D.html

 

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