Gordon Sumner creció en Tyneside, enseñó en una escuela primaria y frecuentó los clubes de jazz de Newcastle antes de que su bajo y su voz le abrieran la puerta. Con The Police escribió singles de reggae-rock tenso; solo construyó una segunda carrera sobre la
Who Knew is the second single from P!nk’s 2006 album I’m Not Dead: written with Max Martin and Dr. Luke at Conway in Hollywood, released 8 May 2006 on LaFace, and later a US Hot 100 Top 10 after LaFace promoted it again in 2007.
In 1981 at the Record Plant in Los Angeles, Rod Stewart cut Young Turks with Jim Cregan for the album Tonight I'm Yours, built on synths and a drum machine.
On 27 August 1996 Sheryl Crow issued If It Makes You Happy as the lead single from her self-titled second album: co-written with Jeff Trott, produced by Crow, cut between Kingsway in New Orleans and Sunset Sound Factory in Los Angeles, and a Billboard Hot