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Sheryl, Gordon and Bonnie

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Marc Myers
Aug 17, 2019
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Last week in
The Wall Street Journal, my "Anatomy of a Song" column was on Sheryl Crow's If It Makes You Happy (go here). Sheryl co-wrote the song in 1996 with Jeff Trott when she was working on her second album. Jeff started the song in 1994 after breaking up with his girlfriend. Interestingly, the song has different personal meanings for Sheryl and Je…

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