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When it comes to our favorite tracks<\/a>, it\u2019s hard to picture them sung by anyone other than who we\u2019ve heard bring them to life. However, more often than you\u2019d think, a song gets floated by several musicians that might fit the bill before it ultimately gets recorded by another. Here, take a look at some of the most popular songs of the last few decades that were almost recorded by someone other than the person who made them famous. Can you imagine what they might sound like sung by another artist?<\/span><\/p>\n Meghan Trainor\u2019s \u201cAll About That Bass\u201d dominated the airwaves after its 2014 release, and it\u2019s one of those songs that\u2019s pretty tough not to sing along to. However, before Trainor stepped into the studio, the song passed by a few major artists, including Beyonc\u00e9 and Adele.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201c<\/span>Some artists get thousands of songs pitched<\/span><\/a> and they never know, so Beyonc\u00e9 herself probably never heard it,\u201d she shared with <\/span>The Guardian.<\/span><\/i> \u201cMost of these other artists\u2019 A&R teams said they couldn\u2019t do anything with the song because they didn\u2019t have [the right] artist. That was the problem\u2013there weren\u2019t any singers at the time [who fit the song]. Adele was the only one, but she wasn\u2019t rapping and singing sassy songs with swears in them. But I\u2019m down\u2013I get all the performing royalties!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n It\u2019s hard to imagine anyone other than pop princess Britney Spears bringing the iconic \u201cToxic\u201d to life, but for a fleeting moment, the song could have been recorded by none other than Kylie Minogue.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201c<\/span>Yeah, there\u2019s a little song called \u2018Toxic\u2019<\/span><\/a> that was headed my way, and I was like, \u2018Toxic? I don\u2019t know if I want a song called Toxic\u2019\u2026,\u201d she recalled on the <\/span>Audacy Check In<\/span><\/i> podcast. \u201cAs it\u2019s turned out, it was meant to be a Britney Spears song, I can\u2019t imagine it being anything else.\u201d Fair enough, Kylie!<\/span><\/p>\n Springsteen\u2019s \u201cHungry Heart\u201d sung by a rock band? We don\u2019t think so! As The Boss recalled during an appearance on <\/span>The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon<\/span><\/i>, he had seen The Ramones perform and felt inclined to write a song for them. When he presented them with \u201cHungry Heart,\u201d Johnny Ramone told him to hold onto it.<\/span><\/p>\n We loved this song off the<\/span> Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement<\/span><\/i> soundtrack, but it was actually written by none other than Avril Lavigne. <\/span>\u201c<\/span>So I wrote this song<\/span><\/a> and it didn\u2019t end up on the album. It was an outtake,\u201d Lavigne shared in a behind-the-scenes video shared to her YouTube when she recorded it herself for the 20th anniversary of her album <\/span>Let Go.<\/span><\/i> \u201cIt took on a life of its own when it went to Kelly and Kelly Clarkson\u2019s had this huge career\u2026It was one of her earlier singles.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Who knew? Miley Cyrus\u2019 iconic \u201cWe Can\u2019t Stop\u201d was <\/span>actually written with Rihanna in mind<\/span><\/a>, as explained by the producer of the song, Mike WiLL Made-It to <\/span>MTV News<\/span><\/i> per <\/span>Billboard<\/span><\/i>. However, the singer was more taken by another one of his songs, \u201cPour It Up,\u201d and instead went in that direction.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Looking for more entertainment stories? Click through below!<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2018The Wizard of Oz\u2019: Rare Stories, Iconic Dorothy Actresses and the Timeless Magic We Still Love<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\nMeghan Trainor’s\u00a0‘All About That Bass’<\/h2>\n
Britney Spears’ ‘Toxic’<\/h2>\n
Bruce Springsteen’s\u00a0‘Hungry Heart’<\/h2>\n
Kelly Clarkson’s ‘Breakaway’<\/h2>\n
Miley Cyrus’ ‘We Can\u2019t Stop’<\/h2>\n