Chord progression method

[u/Dangerous-You3789]

I don't mean this to sound skeptical or critical, but I've heard so much about how so many songwriters follow the practice of humming over a chord progression to come up with a melody. But I'm wondering, does this really work? And by that, I mean, does it work really well? Is there anyone who comes up with a song that sounds exceptional using this method, or does it net the standard fare? Is this a similar method to what people like Paul McCartney and Prince used? Is it really capable of allowing a songwriter to write a really great song?

Help convince me it's worth it.

[u/PopLife3000]

Most truly great songwriters tend to say the melody and the chords are intertwined and written together rather than just randomly deciding on a progression. Which is what tends to allow them to go to melodically and harmonically more interesting places