The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory

The money in music is even more slippery. The list of highest earning musicians last year is filled with artists who either got rid of their song catalogs—they made the list by  selling out  to corporations and investment funds—or had side deals in other industries. You can be the greatest musician on the planet, but still need to peddle

“As Long as You Love Me,” “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back),” and “I’ll Never Break Your Heart,” all enormous hits.

A second single, “Quit Playing Games (With My Heart),” was selected from the batch that had been recorded back in June 1995 at Cheiron.