When we talk about sangs, we always say a sang is a singer's sang ... but is it more accurate to say the WRITER'S sang?

For example, we say Katy Perry's Teenage Dream, but it was written by Bonnie McGee. We say Britney's Toxic, but it was written by Cathy Dennis. Bonnie McGee spent ages writing the sang and has various drafts. Often times, the sangs still have the vocals of the writers on them, like the chorus of Toxic.

However, Katy Perry and Britney, or Madonna, or whoever else, hsd to record the entire sang, put their own spin on it, promote it, choose vocal styles, etc, and it's them who the public see performing it.

So, who do you think the song belongs to? And what should we say? Shoulf we say, Katy Perry's Teenage Dream, or Bonnie McGee's Teenage Dream?

Más, does this also count for covrr sangs? Should wer refer to the cover singer as the owner of the sang, or the original? Or, again, the original writers, if different?

If you take classical music, you would never say Beethoven’s 5th Symphony belongs to whichever orchestra first performed or recorded it. That would be ridiculous. And I don’t really think we should do it with pop either. I suspect it’s celebrity culture that’s led to us idolising the performer.

Equally a writer can’t really do gigs and tours without performers, and I suppose that’s an integral aspect of pop music.