I Write the Songs
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"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...
Manilow once did a shortened performence of this with Stephen Colbert when he was a guest on The Colbert Report.
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| Preceded by: "Convoy" by C.W. McCall |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single January 17, 1976 |
Succeeded by: "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" by Diana Ross |
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