24th December 2024

Beggin’, was written by Bob Gaudio and Peggy Farina for the Four Seasons, and was released as a single in 1967. The Italian band Maneskin covered the song in 2017 and originally released a rocky version of this classic soul song on their 2017 EP Chose.

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

16th December 2024

Small Favors was written by Chris Collingwood and appeared on the 2005 compilation album Out-of-State Plates by Fountains of Wayne.

Check it out on the new Chris Collingwood & Adam Schlesinger page.

11th December 2024

Immigrant Song is a song by Led Zeppelin that is built upon a repeating riff and features lyrical references to Norse mythology. The song was the lead track (Side 1) on their 1970 album, Led Zeppelin III. It would later be released as a single. Check it out on the Jimmy Page & Robert Plant page.

3rd December 2024

She Has A Problem was the B-side to the single Barbara H. Elevator Up was the B-side to Stacy’s Mom. Check them both out on the Chris Collingwood & Adam Schlesinger page.

27th November 2024

Hand in Glove was the debut single recorded and released by the Smiths in 1983. It written by Morrissey and Johnny Marr.

A remixed version of the song was featured on the band’s eponymous debut album.

Check it out on the Johnny Marr page!

17th November 2024

Read My Mind was released as the third single from The Killers’ second studio album Sam’s Town.

Somebody Told Me was released as the second single from The Killers’ 2004 debut album Hot Fuss. Writing was credited to all band members. Check them both out on The Killers page:

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

Comedienne was the B-side to Fountains of Wayne’s 1997 single Survival Car. Writing was credited to Collingwood & Schlesinger. It would later appear on FoW’s 2005 compilation album Out-of-State-Plates. Check it out on the Chris Collingwood & Adam Schlesinger page!

11th November 2024

This iconic song, written by Brandon Flowers and Dave Keuning, and credited to all band members, was the debut single of The Killers, taken from their debut studio album Hot Fuss (2004). Check it out the brand new Killers page! www.gartfrets.net/Partnerships_J-M/Killers/killers.html

I Know You Well, written by Chris Collingwood & Adam Schlesinger, was originally released as the B-side to Fountains of Wayne’s 1999 single Denise.

Check it out on the Chris Collingwood & Adam Schlesinger page!

4th November 2024

Everything’s Ruined, credited to Chris Collingwood & Adam Schlesinger, first appeared on FoW’s eponymous 1996 debut album. The acoustic version of the song first appeared on the festival compilation album Future Soundtrack for America, and in 2005, would appear on FoW’s 2005 compilation Out of State Plates.

Check them both out on the Chris Collingwood & Adam Schlesinger page.

29th October 2024

Hold On Tight, was a single released from ELO’s 1981 album Time. Check it out on the Jeff Lynne page.

Prom Theme is an Adam Schlesinger song that featured on Fountains of Wayne’s 1999 album Utopia Parkway. A gentle piano song about a significant event in U.S. high school life.

23rd October 2024

Kid was written by Chrissie Hynde. It was released as a single and reached #33 in the UK. It would also appear on The Pretenders’ eponymous debut album. It has been covered by several other artists. Check it out on the Chrissie Hynde page!

Don't Bring Me Down was featured , written by Jeff Lynne, featured on ELO’s 1979 album, Discovery. Check it out on the Jeff Lynne page.

17th October 2024

Dashboard is a song by American indie rock band Modest Mouse. Lyrics were by Isaac Brock; music was based on a riff by Johnny Marr. It was the first single released from their 2007 album, We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank. Check it out on the Johnny Marr page!

Leave the Biker and Please Don’t Rock Me Tonight, written by Ad & Chris, were both songs from FoW’s self-titled 1997 debut album.

Check them out on the new Chris Collingwood & Adam Schlesinger page.

12th October 2024

Spellbound was a 1981 single by English band Siouxsie and the Banshees. It was the first single released from their fourth studio album Juju. Songwriting credits went to the whole band, but the song was principally written by John McGeoch and Susan Ballion (Siouxsie).

Check it out in Odd Ditties Q-T!

Today’s Teardrops, written by Gene Pitney and Aaron Schroeder. for Roy Orbison. It was covered by FoW on their 2005 compilation album, Out-of-State Plates. Check it out on the new Chris Collingwood & Adam Schlesinger page.

Blackberry Way was a 1968 single by Brum band The Move, that was written by Roy Wood. Check it out in Odd Ditties A-D.

30th September 2024

Trains and Boats and Planes was written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, and became a huge hit for Dionne Warwick. Fountains of Wayne covered this song to use as a B-side to their 2003 single Stacy’s Mom.

Check it out on the new Chris Collingwood & Adam Schlesinger page.

24th September 2024

’92 Subaru, written by Adam Schlesinger; and Fire in the Canyon, written by Chris Collingwood. were released on the 2007 album Traffic and Weather. Check them out on the Chris Collingwood & Adam Schlesinger page.

Elastic Heart, was written by Sia Furler, Thomas Pentz, Abel Tesfaye and Andrew Swanson. Check it out on the Sia Furler page!

18th September 2024

The Girl I Can’t Forget was written by Adam Schlesinger. It was previously unreleased but is now available on the 2005 Fountains of Wayne compilation album Out-of-State Plates.

Check it out on the Chris Collingwood & Adam Schlesinger page.

These Days, written by Jackson Browne was first recorded by Nico in 1967 for her debut solo album Chelsea Girl.

Check them both out in Odd Ditties Q-T.

11th September 2024

“…Baby One More Time”, written by Max Martin, was a massive hit for Britney Spears in 1998. At the time, Fountains of Wayne’s record label wanted the band to release their own version of the song. They recorded a version but it remained unreleased until 2005 and the band’s compilation album Out-of-State Plates.

Check it out on the new Chris Collingwood & Adam Schlesinger page.

5th September 2024

Telephone Line and Livin' Thing were both singles from ELO’s  1977 album A New World Record.

Evil Woman was a single released from ELO’s 1975 album Face the Music. All three were all written by Jeff Lynne. Check them out on the Jeff Lynne page.

1st September 2024

Sunday Never Comes was written by English singer-songwriter and guitarist Robyn Hitchcock, used on the soundtrack for the 2018 film Juliet Naked. Check it out in Odd Ditties Q-T

Maureen, written by Adam Schlesinger and Chris Collingwood, was an unreleased track that eventually saw the light of day on FoW’s 2005 compilation album Out-of-State Plates.

Check it out on the new Chris Collingwood & Adam Schlesinger page.

29th August 2024

Teach Your Children, written by Graham Nash and released by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young on their album 1967 album Deja vu. Check it out in Odd Ditties Q-T.

25th August 2024

Can’t Get It Out Of My Head, a major hit for ELO, was written by Jeff Lynne and was released on ELO’s fourth album Eldorado. Check it out on the Jeff Lynne page.

Survival Car, written by Chris Collingwood and Adam Schlesinger, from Fountains of Wayne’s 1997 eponymous debut album. Check it out on the Chris Collingwood & Adam Schlesinger page.

20th August 2024

California Sex Lawyer was written by Chris Collingwood & Adam Schlesinger and was featured on FoW’s 2005 compilation album Out of State Plates, and also the U.S. music festival compilation album International Pop Overthrow Vol.3.

Check it out on the Chris Collingwood & Adam Schlesinger page.

15th August 2024

You’ve Got A Friend was written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King, and featured on Carole’s 1971 album Tapestry. Check it out on the Carole King page!

9th August 2024

All Day and All of the Night was a 1964 single performed by the Kinks and written by Ray Davies.

A Well Respected Man was a 1965 single performed by the Kinks and written by Ray Davies. Check them out on the Ray Davies page!

3rd August 2024

Hotel Majestic and This Better Be Good, were both written by Adam Schlesinger and Chris Collingwood, and released on Fountains of Wayne’s 2007 album Traffic & Weather.

Check it out on the new Chris Collingwood & Adam Schlesinger page.

30th July 2024

I Want a Alien for Christmas was a non-album single that would appear on FoW’s 2005 compilation album Out of State Plates. Check it out on the new Chris Collingwood & Adam Schlesinger page.

25th July 2024

One Love, and Waiting in Vain were both written by Bob Marley and appear on his 1977 album Exodus. Both are also to be found on the 1984 Island/Tuff Gong release Legend Check them out on the Bob Marley page.

18th July 2024

Polk Salad Annie is a 1969 song written and performed by Tony Joe White and released on his album Black and White. Check it out in Odd Ditties M-P.

12th July 2024

Rainy Night in Georgia was written by Tony Joe White in 1967 and popularised by R&B vocalist Brook Benton in 1970. It was originally released by White on his 1969 album, Continued. Check it out in Odd Ditties Q-T.

5th July 2024

Where You Lead was written by Carole King and Toni Stern, and featured on her 1971 album Tapestry. Check it out on the Carole King page!

23rd  May 2024

She Loves The Jerk was written by John Hiatt and released on his 1983 album, Riding With The King. Check it out on the John Hiatt page.13th May 2024

See My Friends and Tired of Waiting for You were both 1965 singles performed by The Kinks and written by Ray Davies. Check them out on Ray Davies page!

7th  May 2024

You’ve Got A Friend, written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King. It was covered by James Taylor and was released by his record company as a single. Check it out in Odd Ditties U-0.

30th  April 2024

Cheap Thrills and Snowman were both written by Sia Furler and Greg Kurstin. Check them both out on the Sia Furler page!

24th  April 2024

Riding With The King was covered by B. B. King and Eric Clapton for a 2000 collaborative album of the same name. Check it out on the Eric Clapton page.

17th April 2024

Where You Lead and Tapestry were written by Carole King, and featured on her 1971 album Tapestry. Check them out on the Carole King page!

5th  April 2024

Flying Start was written by Mike Oldfield and released on his 1987 album, Islands. Kevin Ayers sang lead vocals on the recording. Check it out on the Kevin Ayers page.

28th  March 2024

Never Going Back Again, is a Fleetwood Mac song that was written by Lindsey Buckingham. It featured on the band’s 1977 album, Rumours

Check it out on the Fleetwood Mac page

23rd  March 2024

What Was I Made For, written by Billie O’Connell and Finneas O’Connell for the 2024 film Barbie, it took home the Oscar for Best Original Song. Released on the Official Movie Soundtrack.

Check it out on the Billie Eilish page!

16th  March 2024

Selfless, Cold and Composed and Steven’s Last Night in Town were both written by Ben Folds for his group The Ben Folds Five. They were released on the group’s 2001 album, Whatever and Ever Amen. Check them out on the Ben Folds page.

9th  March 2024

Chandelier was written by Sia Furler and Jesse Shatkin. Breathe Me was written by Sia Furler and Daniel Carey. Check them both out on the Sia Furler page!

2nd  March 2024

One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces written by Ben Folds for his group The Ben Folds Five. It was released on their 1997 album, Whatever and Ever Amen. Check it out on the Ben Folds page.

26th  February 2024

Unstoppable and Big Girls Cry, were both written by Sia Furler and Christopher Kenneth Braide.

Check them out on the Sia Furler page!

21st  February 2024

Lovers Will and Riding With The King were both written by John Hiatt and were released on his 1983 album, Riding With The King.

Check them out on the John Hiatt page.

17th February 2024

Tell Me Straight and Dreamy Skies were written by Jagger/Richards, and were released on The Stones’ 2023 album, Hackney Diamonds. Check them both out on the Jagger/Richards page.

11th February 2024

Another Girl, Another Planet, performed by The Only Ones, was written by Peter Perrett. AllMusic described the song as “Arguably, the greatest rock single ever recorded.”

Check it out in Odd Ditties A-D!

3rd February 2024

Oh, Pretty Woman, written by Roy Orbison and Bill Dees, was released as a single in 1964. It spent three weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Check it out in Odd Ditties M-P!

27th January 2024

Titanium was written by Sia Furler, David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort,and Nick van der Wall, and was a big hit single for Guetta in 2011. It would be released on his album, Nothing but the Beat. Check it out on the Sia Furler page!

21st January 2024

Tell Me Straight and Dreamy Skies were both written by Jagger/Richards, and was released on The Stones’ 2023 album, Hackney Diamonds. Check it out on the Jagger/Richards page.

15th January 2024

Driving Me Too Hard and Mess It Up were written by Jagger/Richards, and were released on The Stones’ 2023 album, Hackney Diamonds. Check them out on the Jagger/Richards page

6th January 2024

Rolling Stone Blues, and Depending on You were written by Jagger/Richards, and were released on The Stones’ 2023 album, Hackney Diamonds. Check them both out on the Jagger/Richards page

1st January 2024

Wake Me Up is a Folktronica / Country / House song performed by Avicii. It was written by Avicii (Tim Bergling), Aloe Blacc and Mike Einziger. Check it out in Odd Ditties U-0!