10 Famous Musicians Who Were Freakishly Young When They Wrote Their Biggest Hit
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1.The Hanson brothers — Isaac, Taylor, and Zac — came up with the infectious chorus to their worldwide number one hit "MMMBop" when they were just 13, 11, and 9 years old, respectively.
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2.Taylor Swift was just 14 and in her first year of high school when she cowrote the song "Tim McGraw," which appeared on her self-titled debut album, reaching No. 6 on the country charts and becoming her first-ever Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 (she's, uh, had a few more since then).
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3.Paul McCartney wrote the music for "When I'm Sixty-Four" — off the Beatles' landmark album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band — when he was just 16 years old.
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4.Fiona Apple was 15 when she wrote "Never Is a Promise," an emotional, standout track on her debut album, Tidal.
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5.Daniel Johns and Ben Gillies of Silverchair were just 14 years old in 1994 when they wrote "Tomorrow," which they then entered into a nationwide band competition in their native Australia — and beat out over 800 other acts to win!
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6.Lorde was only 15 when she wrote the lyrics to her number one hit "Royals" in just half an hour. She then co-composed the music with musician Joel Little shortly after that.
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7.In 1953, a 15-year-old Maurice Williams tried unsuccessfully to get his date to stay out with him past her parents' 10 p.m. curfew. The next day, he was inspired to write the timeless number one hit "Stay."
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8.Adele wrote her very first song when she was 16 years old after her mother wanted her to leave London to attend university in Liverpool. The song — her future debut single, "Hometown Glory" — was a protest song of sorts explaining why she wanted to stay in London, her hometown.
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9.Eddie Vedder was in his mid-20s when he joined Pearl Jam, but long before that, a teenage Vedder wrote one of their most famous songs, "Better Man," while sitting on his bed after a day in high school.
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10.Olivia Rodrigo was just 16 and starring on Disney+'s High School Musical: The Musical: The Series when she wrote "All I Want" from her character Nini's point of view for the show.