What Comes First, Melody or Harmony?

So... when you write, is writing melody first or harmony first better? Or is there any difference?

I know that sometimes when you have a great melody the harmony can get tricky and vice-versa, or sometimes you just jam out a nice progression and you just hear that there is a great melody within it, I am however, interested in how the rest of you do your stuff, so please share some insight.

I've thought about asking this same question for some time now.

For the most part, I write the melody first and then find a harmony to go with it. I usually start writing intending to write in a certain key and then the melody eventually comes to me.

I've tried writing the harmony first, but the melody I created from it was simply... bad.

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http://www.youngcomposers.com/forum/melody-harmony-first-15810.html?highlight=melody

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http://www.youngcomposers.com/forum/best-way-compose-melody-over-chords-13074.html?highlight=melody