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Adam was pretty adamant (lol, that word has Adam in it) that the lyrics
'I tried to believe in God and James Dean, but Hollywood sold out',
were his idea and that he was proud of these lyrics. I doubt he would say that, if he had just inherited the lyrics somewhere. Also, in the brilliant dialog with JJ, JJ suggests, that Adam may or may not have written the lyrics, and Adam jumps in and immediately says, yes, I have co-written them. He would not say that, he was not forced to jump in like that, had he not done so.

Without obviously having any knowledge how it went down, my guess, is,

Fox had that chorus, but it was 'my world is a ghost town', not heart, in his version. He sings it occasionally as 'world', in his cover. He probably also had that downward pointing whistle tune, which he may have been humming or whistling originally.

He had some of the verses, but Adam started adamizing them. He made the song more personal, put in the 'God and James Dean' part, making it about the dreams in your heart. The disillusion with Hollywood, and disillusion with religion, leaves him empty-heart-ed. He then also went searching for the medicine to cure this heart, and given that the lyrics were not giving him that positive vibe, he felt a need for a counter-balance and looked for that beat to give it to him. He saw the potential, and made the song his own. He said in multiple interviews, that he reworked the production arrangement with MM, asked for a more house leaning sound, and he got it.

So, Adam was instrumental to making this song what it is now, but Sterling Fox probably had that original Ghost Town idea and that chorus. It's a classic co-write.

There are many song-writers in this world, who write songs up to the demo stage and then they have to give their babies away. They realize that they will never be the star, and some are just fine with that, but others resent the fact that somebody else gets to stand in the spot light and call it 'my song'. It's not about the money, song-writers get well rewarded, if they have written hits, but it is about the recognition. That tends to go to the performing artist, usually.

I could further imagine, that at times, a song really changes course during production. If SF wanted to keep that song dark, and now Adam turned it around and created this contrast between the empty heart and the antidote of this dance beat, then he may feel that this was not his original intention.

But, the reality is, if the song were dark only, it would not be a noteworthy song. In its present form it is. And Adam has millions of people giving him attention, and SF has not. Whether SF likes it or not, he is no star, but Adam is.

I also agree with Q3, it does not matter for Adam, only deeply interested people will ever hear the SF demo recording, and if they do, it is pleasant to listen to, for a typical songwriter song, but unexciting. He may be trying to throw shade or may be trying to have his own moment in the spotlight, but in the end, he is walking in the shadow of Adam. I am taking away from this, that SF is a good songwriter, but struggling with his role as a songwriter. I am not though, worried about him or getting worked up about his attempts at fame.

Thanks for the info!  I make sure i will tune in at my radio. And what an amazing news, after being de alarmschijf at 538 now also de supercrazyturbotophit at Coen en Sander (love that show!). 

I agree, probably best to ignore sterling..we may inadvertently get him hits by talking about the article...I mean I read about this here and immediately wanted to read article and hear the video.. so I gave Sterling a hit.MY BAD.Happy that Q3 printed on Adamtopia..so others don't go to BB to read or hear.