I don't know if any song posted on the net ever became a hit or not.
But a few years ago I read a lyric on another forum that I really liked. The line that stuck in my head was. "He put a bottle to his head and pulled the trigger". About a year later I heard a song on the radio with that line. I recognized it immediately.
I later went in search of the lyric but could not find it.

So I don't know if it was Whiskey Lullaby or not.

As far as the co-write question goes I don't think I would worry about it because it is highly unlikely any of us will ever write a song is posted here that becomes a hit .

But at a workshop in Nashville a few years ago an Entertainment attorney was speaking. He was asked the question.
His answer.
ANYONE who contributes a line to a song is a co-writer on a lyric. If that line is in writing and posted on a forum for other people to see it is a legal co-write. If it is written on a napkin in a bar it is a legal co-write. Of course the writer would have to prove it.
The only exception would be if a written statement releasing the author from a co-write accompanies it or you have a work for hire agreement that specifically states the line is given without a co-write.

Of course he might have been wrong.



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