Firsts In Music: First Song Ever Written? Recorded? First #1 Hit?

It debuted some 3,400 years ago…And other music trivia

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1. Who wrote the first song?

It’s impossible to name who composed the first song. But what was the first song “written?” The first song ever notated (to our limited knowledge of history) was the “Hurrian Hymn.” Discovered in 1950, 3,400 years after its debut on the ancient clay charts from the 13th Century BC.