List who you’d like to be a backup singer or co-songwriter for
courtesy of Music Listography : Your Life In (Play)Lists
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Editor’s Note: The question originally was Back-Up Singer or Dancer, but I am not much of a dancer, and I would much rather write songs with a favorite artist/band anyways.

1. Ryan Adams

Oh My Sweet Carolina (live) :: Ryan Adams and Jenny Lewis

2. Pete Yorn

I Don’t Know What to Do (live) :: Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson

3. Carl Barât

Beginning to See (live) :: Carl Barât and the Jackals

4. Jack White

Love Interruption (live) :: Jack White & Alison Mosshart

5. Adam Duritz/Counting Crows

Round Here (live) :: Counting Crows

6. Jenny Lewis

Acid Tongue (live) :: Jenny Lewis

7. Conor Oberst

Cape Canaveral (live) :: Conor Oberst

8. Johnette Napolitano/Concrete Blonde

Everybody Knows (live) :: Concrete Blonde

9. Taylor Goldsmith/Dawes

A Little Bit of Everything (live) :: Dawes

9. Laura Jane Grace/Against Me!

Black Me Out :: Against Me!

10. Joan Jett

I Hate Myself for Loving You :: Joan Jett

11. Paul Westerberg

Dyslexic Heart :: Paul Westerberg

12. Courtney Love/Hole

Pacific Coast Highway (live) :: Courtney Love

13. Ryan Bingham

Never Far Behind (live) :: Ryan Bingham

14. Elliott Smith 
(yes, would require he was still with us, which would be lovely)

Angeles (live) :: Elliott Smith

15. Ben Gibbard/Death Cab For Cutie

Bigger Than Love :: Ben Gibbard and Aimee Mann

16. Butch Walker

Chrissie Hynde (live) :: Butch Walker and The Dove and The Wolf

17. Michael Stipe

Hands Down (live) :: Michael Stipe and Dashboard Confessional

18. Eddie Vedder

Tonight You Belong to Me :: Eddie Vedder and Cat Power

19. Brandon Flowers/The Killers

Sam’s Town (live) :: The Killers

20. Chrissie Hynde/The Pretenders

Back on the Chain Gang (live) :: The Pretenders

21. The Kills

Black Balloon (live) :: The Kills

22. Joseph Arthur

Gypsy Faded (live) :: Joseph Arthur

23. Stevie Nicks/Fleetwood Mac

Gypsy (live) :: Stevie Nicks

24. Richard Butler/Psychedelic Furs

Love My Way :: The Psychedelic Furs

25. Mick Jagger, The Rolling Stones

Wild Horses :: The Rolling Stones

26. The Civil Wars

Poison and Wine :: The Civil Wars

27. M. Ward

Chinese Translation (live)

28. Grant Lee Phillips/Grant Lee Buffalo

Honey Don’t Think :: Grant Lee Buffalo

29. Tony Lucca

Pretty Things (live) :: Tony Lucca and Keaton Simons

30. Peter Dreimanis/July Talk

I’ve Rationed Well/Paper Girl (live) :: July Talk