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“In my head, I always wanted to write hits. There used to be massive conversation on what was art and what was commercial. I grew up listening to Top 40, and to me, the greatest songs meshed those two together.\u201d I said that in June on\u00a0Questlove<\/a>\u2019s podcast,\u00a0QuestloveSupreme<\/a>, and nowhere was it better proven this last week than writing with\u00a0Sam Hollander<\/a>, whose thinking and songs share that sentiment, including the #1 song on the charts this week, “High Hopes\u201d by\u00a0Panic! At The\u00a0Disco<\/span><\/a>. Sam\u2019s other gems include\u00a0Fitz & The Tantrums<\/a>\u00a0(\u201cHandClap\u201d), and a gaggle of songs for artists like\u00a0Train<\/a>,\u00a0Weezer<\/a>,\u00a0One Direction<\/a>,\u00a0Gym & Class,\u00a0Good Charlotte<\/a>,\u00a0Carole King<\/a>,\u00a0Pentatonix<\/a>, and way more. We kicked out a hooky, melodic little sucker in 3 hours. Excited to continue working on it and especially to continue with Sam!\u00a0#<\/span>hitsongs<\/span><\/span><\/a>#<\/span>songwriter<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0#<\/span>samhollander<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0#<\/span>alleewillis<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0#<\/span>questlove<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0#<\/span>number1<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“In my head, I always wanted to write hits. There used to be massive conversation on what was art and what was commercial. I grew up listening to Top 40, and to me, the greatest songs meshed those two together.\u201d I said that in June on\u00a0Questlove\u2019s podcast,\u00a0QuestloveSupreme, and nowhere was it better proven this last week than writing with\u00a0Sam Hollander, whose thinking and songs share that sentiment, including the #1 song on the charts this week, “High Hopes\u201d by\u00a0Panic! At The\u00a0Disco. Sam\u2019s other gems include\u00a0Fitz & The Tantrums\u00a0(\u201cHandClap\u201d), and a gaggle of songs for artists like\u00a0Train,\u00a0Weezer,\u00a0One Direction,\u00a0Gym & Class,\u00a0Good Charlotte,\u00a0Carole King,\u00a0Pentatonix, and way more. We kicked out a hooky, melodic little sucker in 3 hours. Excited to continue working on it and especially to continue with Sam!\u00a0#hitsongs#songwriter\u00a0#samhollander\u00a0#alleewillis\u00a0#questlove\u00a0#number1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-an-almost-daily-diary","category-in-music"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWriting a Hit Song with Sam Hollander - What's Happening Now<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/whats-happening-now\/writing-a-hit-song-with-sam-hollander\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Writing a Hit Song with Sam Hollander - What's Happening Now\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"“In my head, I always wanted to write hits. 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