You know, I was going along with people agreeing that "given to me" should only be used under specified circumstances. Then I thought about it a different way.

What if you consider that when you perform a song in public, you are offering it to the audience? In a sense, then, you're "giving" it to each person there. And if someone wants to acknowledge that by saying, "Bob gave this song to me"...well, why not? If it seems like it's just gratuitous name dropping, and an attempt to inflate the person's own self-worth...well, maybe you can just be thankful that you don't feel the need to use such devices, and allow him/her that bit of joy.

Just a thought.

Aloha,
Mark