Kelly Clarkson Chooses Track Written With Ben Moody As Next Single

Way back when Kelly Clarkson was best known as the "American Idol," she sang a few tunes she had written into a tape recorder and stashed it away. Fortunately, she remembered the tape when it came time to start her second album, as one of the tunes, "Because of You," will now be her next single.

They were just unbelievable, how structured [the songs] were and her understanding of music, which is not something you would expect from a pop artist," said former Evanescence guitarist Ben Moody, who co-wrote and produced the songs after Clarkson sent him the tape. "She had these ideas already in place for songs; all I really had to do was build music around them and develop them. It was quite easy."

Clarkson chose Moody, as well as his songwriting partner David Hodges, because of the sound of the band they once worked with (see "Ben Moody: No Regrets").


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