Which 10 songs do you wish you'd written? Not for reasons of financial gain or fame, or even because they are great, but rather because they strike some emotional chord. You must have had that 'I wish I'd written that' feeling - I'll start with 10 off the top of my head (in no particular order)

Ruby's Arms - Tom Waits
God only Knows - Beach Boys
She Doesn't Exist Any More - Robyn Hitchcock
How Soon Is Now? - Morrissey/Smiths
Ship Song - Nick Cave
Sparky's Dream - Teenage Fanclub
Shipbuilding - Elvis Costello
Back In Black - AC/DC (The perfect rock song)
Hurt - 9 inch Nails
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye

I could keep going for ages but that's the first 10 that came to mind.

off the top of my head and like you i could go on all night, guess theyre just favourite songs

night and day  cole porter
i cant make you love me   bonnie raitt
walking on sunshine  belinda carlisle
handle with care  trav wilburys
for all we know  donny hathaway
i get a kick out of you    gary shearston version (cole porter) 
may it always be too late   del amitri
books are burning  xtc
penny lane  beatles
secret heart  ron sexsmith
picture in a frame  tom waits

Cool question. This really has me thinking in all directions 

1 Wah Wah - George Harrison.
2 Wish you were here - Pink Floyd
3 Something ( In the way she looks ) - George Harrison
4 Another Satelite - XTC
5 You and the clouds will still be beautiful - XTC
6 He said She said - The Beatles
7 She came in through the bathroom window - The Beatles
8 Waterfall - The stone Roses
9 Running With The Mothmen - Lighterthief
10 Where it's at - Beck

In no particular order:

1: River People - Madina Lake
2: Constellations - Enter Shikari
3: Monsoons - Puscifer
4: The Rumour - You Me At Six
5: Shadowplay - Joy Division
6: Restless Heart Syndrome - Green Day
7: Pumped Up Kicks - Foster The People
8: Where Do The Children Play? - Cat Stevens
9: Overburdened - Disturbed
10: Sunshine - Kids In Glass Houses

Ok, here goes, no particular order:

Goodbye yellow brick road - Elton John
Wrong side of the road - Tom Waits
What he wrote - Laura Marling
Fire & Rain - James Taylor
Into temptation - Crowded House
Still crazy after all these years - Paul Simon
Dinner at eight - Rufus Wainwright
I don't know what it is - Rufus Wainwright
Alabama - Neil Young
The same situation - Joni Mitchell

1/. A Day In A Life
2/. Notebook For Anna Magdalena
3/. Jack Of hearts
4/. Kathleen (I've always been crazy 'bout irish girls)
5/. New World Symphony
6/. Lazy Bones
7/. Feels Like Home
8/. Something
9/. Saturday Night Special
10/. Baltimore

It'd be totally different tomorrow night of course, lol

"It'd be totally different tomorrow night of course, lol"

For sure - it's that kind of question.

Buddy holly - everyday
Gerry Rafferty - Night owl
Crowded house - 4 seasons in one day
Beatles - something
Elvis - always on my mind
The verve - drugs don't work
Yazoo - only you
Depeche mode - personal Jesus
The small faces - autumn stone
Ocean colour scene - the circle

Empty Chairs at Empty Tables-Michael Ball
Candy-Paolo Nutini
Farewell-J-Cole
Over-Drake
Feeling Good-Anthony Newley
Summertime-George Gershwin
I cant make you love me- Mike Reid and Allen Shamblin
The Wait-L Marshall
Hope and Pray-Mavado
Popstar-Angel


in no order at all

1. Who You Are - Jessie J
2. Make You Feel My Love - Adele
3. The Greatest Love - Whitney Houston
4. Nobody's Perfect - also by Jessie J

i cant think of ten coz these are my fav 4 songs xx

My 10 ended up being songs that I don't listen to much these days, but when I do, I get moved just like I did when I first heard them. I think the newer stuff I'm currently listening to will need some time to make a list like this.

In no particular order...

Shelter From The Storm - Dylan
Which Will - Nick Drake
American Tune - Paul Simon
Talkin’ Bout A Revolution - Tracy Chapman
Minutes To Memories - John Mellencamp
Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters - John/Taupin
Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen
Old Man - Neil Young
Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell
Into The Mystic - Van Morrison