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# How To Write A Song If You’re Aiming For The Charts
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/how-to-write-a-song-if-youre-aiming-for-the-charts/
- Published: 2013-12-11T09:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2013-12-11T09:30:00.000Z
- Description: Have you ever walked into the studio with no inspiration and bashed out a song just because you know you're supposed to? Let's be real – so has everyone else.. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2013/12/how-to-write-a-song-if-youre-aiming-for-the-charts.html]
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Have you ever walked into the studio with no inspiration and bashed out a song just because you know you're supposed to? Let's be real – so has everyone else. You probably didn't like if very much and bet your fans wouldn't either… but before you went into the studio, did you think through your desired end result?

Join author **Shaun Letang** on [MusicThinkTank.com](http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/how-to-write-a-song-if-youre-aiming-for-the-charts.html?SSScrollPosition=135&ref=hypebot.com) and take note of how to write hit songs – whatever your goal! Join the conversation and share your favorite methods!

"*Do the kind of songs you’ve been writing match the aims you have for your music career? Depending on what you hope to achieve, the way you write and structure your songs should take a certain path."*

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