List Of Songs Written By Brett James

This is a list of songs written or co-written by Brett James, an American songwriter. His credits include the Number One country hits " Who I Am" by Jessica Andrews, "Blessed" by Martina McBride, " When the Sun Goes Down" and "Out Last Night" by Kenny Chesney, " Jesus, Take the Wheel" by Carrie Underwood, "It's America" for Rodney Atkins and " The Truth" for Jason Aldean.

"Song" – Artist (Co-writers)

0-9

*"90 Degrees and Freezing" – Chicago ( Jay DeMarcus, Robert Lamm, Jason Scheff)

A

*"After All" – Brett James (Chris Davis)
*"All the Crap I Do" – Mark Wills ( John Bettis)
*"Always Be This Way" - Martina McBride (Martina McBride, Hillary Lindsey)
*"Always Sixteen" – Billy Ray Cyrus (Marty Dodson)
*"American Radio" – Carolina Rain (Dennis Matkosky)
*" At the End of the Day" – Kellie Coffey (Kellie Coffey)

B

*"Baby, You're Right" – Phil Vassar (Phil Vassar)
*"The Bad in Me" – Jake Owen (Jake Owen, Jimmy Ritchey)
*"Big Cry" – Sara Evans ( Angelo Petraglia, Hillary Lindsey)
*"Blessed" – Martina McBride (Hillary Lindsey, Troy Verges)
*" Bottoms Up" - Brantley Gilbert (Harris, Weaver, Gilbert)
*"Bucket" — Kenny Chesney ( Craig Wiseman)

C

*"Chasin' Amy" – Brett James ( Troy Verges)
*" Cheatin'" – Sara Evans (Don Schlitz)
*"Country Star" – Pat Green (Pat Green)
*"Cowboy Casanova" – Carrie Underwood (Carrie Underwood, Mike Elizondo)
*"Cowboy Girl" – Lonestar (Bill Luther)
*"Crazy White Boy" – Mark Wills (Blair Daly)

D

*"Dancin' for the Groceries" – Kenny Chesney (Don Schlitz)
*"Dark Side of the Moon" – Brett James
*"Days of Thunder" – Mark Wills ( Aimee Mayo)
*"Don't Give Up on Me" – Jason Aldean ( Troy Verges)
*"Drugs or Jesus" – Tim McGraw ( Chris Lindsey, Aimee Mayo, Troy Verges)

E

*"Enjoy the Ride" – Brett James

F

*"Falling" - Trent Harmon (Dallas Davidson, Keith Urban)
*" Feels Just Like It Should" – Pat Green (Pat Green, Justin Pollard)
*"Female Bonding" – Brett James
*"Fingerprints" – Kellie Coffey ( John Bettis)
*"Flat on the Floor" – Katrina Elam, Carrie Underwood ( Ashley Monroe)
*"Flip Flop Summer" – Kenny Chesney
*"Follow Me Home" – Jamie O'Neal (Jamie O'Neal, Shaye Smith)
*"Footsteps of Our Fathers" – Pat Green (Pat Green)
*"From This Dream" – Little Big Town (Kevin Fisher)
*"Funny Thing About Love" - Lauren Alaina (Lauren Alaina, Luke Laird)

G

*"Get Off on the Pain" — Gary Allan (Bill Luther, Justin Weaver)
*"Grown Woman" – Jason Aldean ( Hillary Lindsey)
*"Game On" – Carrie Underwood (Carrie Underwood, Chris DeStefano)

H

*"Hank" – Mark Wills (Bill Luther)
*"Heartache That Don't Stop Hurting" - Jason Aldean ( Leslie Satcher)
*" The Heart of Dixie" - Danielle Bradbery ( Troy Verges, Caitlyn Smith)
*"Helpless When She Smiles" – Backstreet Boys ( Aimee Mayo, Chris Lindsey, Troy Verges)
*"Helplessly, Hopelessly" – Jessica Andrews (Troy Verges)
*"Here I Am" – Leona Lewis (Walter Afanasieff, Leona Lewis)
*"Hollywood, California" – Blue County ( Tommy Lee James)

I

*"I Don't Want To" – Ashley Monroe with Ronnie Dunn (Ashley Monroe)
*"I Don't Want to Live" – Josh Gracin, Chris Cagle (Blair Daly)
*"I Hold On" - Dierks Bentley (Dierks Bentley)
*"I Just Want to Love You" – Lonestar (Dean Sams)
*"I Love My Old Bird Dog (& I Love You Too)" – Crossin Dixon (Bill Luther)
*"I Love You This Big" - Scotty McCreery (Ronnie Jackson, Ester Dean, Jay Smith)
*"I Need a Man" – Crystal Shawanda ( Hillary Lindsey, Aimee Mayo)
*"I Use What I Got" – Jason Aldean ( Jim Collins)
*" I Want to Live" – Josh Gracin ( Rivers Rutherford)
*"I Was Made for You" – Chris Cagle (Hillary Lindsey)
*"I Would" – Jolie & the Wanted ( Troy Verges)
*"I've Forgotten You" – Michelle Wright, Rhonda Vincent (Hillary Lindsey, Angelo Petraglia, Troy Verges)
*"If I Could See Love" – Brett James (Steve Bogard)
*"Invisible" – Josh Gracin (Dillon Dixon)
*" It's a Business Doing Pleasure with You" – Tim McGraw ( Chad Kroeger)
*"It's America" – Rodney Atkins ( Angelo Petraglia)
*"Isabella" -- Dia Frampton

J

*" Jesus, Take The Wheel" – Carrie Underwood ( Hillary Lindsey, Gordie Sampson)
*"Just Like We Never Happened" – Brett James

K

*"Keep on Wanting" - The Fray, (The Fray)
*"Keg in the Closet" – Kenny Chesney (Kenny Chesney)
*"Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me" – Kenny Chesney

L

*" Life After You" – Daughtry (Chris Daughtry, Chad Kroeger, Joey Moi)
*"Little Bit Lonely" – Billy Currington (Blair Daly)
*"Livin' It Up" – Josh Gracin (Jodi Marr, Angelo Petraglia)
*"Long Lost Friend" – Chicago ( Jay DeMarcus, Jason Scheff)
*"Look What I Found" – Chris Cagle (Don Schlitz)
*"Losing at Loving" – Blue County (Don Schlitz)
*"Lost Without You" – Pat Green (Pat Green)
*"Loved" - Lucy Hale (Lucy Hale, Caitlyn Smith)
*"Love Don't Have to Be So Hard" – Trent Willmon ( Doug Johndon)
*"Love Is a Sweet Thing" – Faith Hill ( Troy Verges)
*"The Love We Make" – Rodney Atkins (Troy Verges)
*"Love You Out Loud" – Rascal Flatts ( Lonnie Wilson)
*" Love Wins" – Carrie Underwood (Carrie Underwood, David Garcia)

M

*"Man Enough" – Jessica Simpson (Jessica Simpson, Troy Verges)
*"The Man I Want to Be" – Chris Young (Tim Nichols)
*"Many Tears Ago" – Brett James (Hunter Armistead)
*"Mine Is You" – Neal McCoy ( Frank Rogers)
*"Mr. Know It All" - Kelly Clarkson ( Ester Dean, Brian Kennedy, Dante Jones)
*"My Heart Move On" – Chris Cagle (Blair Daly)

N

*"Never Love You Enough" – Chely Wright ( Angelo Petraglia)
*"(No One's Gonna) Break Me Down" – Wynonna Judd ( Angelo Petraglia, Hillary Lindsey)
* "No Place" – Backstreet Boys (Joshua Miller, Troy Verges)
*"Not Tonight" – Kristy Lee Cook ( Chris Lindsey, Carrie Underwood)
*"November" – Emerson Drive ( Angelo Petraglia)

O

*"On My Highway" – Jason Aldean (Kelly Archer, Justin Weaver)
*"Once Upon a Broken Heart" – The Beu Sisters (Dean Grakal, Steven Greenberg)
*"One Trip" – Montgomery Gentry ( Angelo Petraglia)
*"The One You Love"/"Todo Mi Amor" – Paulina Rubio ( Troy Verges)
*"Out Last Night" – Kenny Chesney (Kenny Chesney)
*"Out Of My Head" - Theory of a Deadman (Brett James, Theory of a Deadman)

P

*"Peace of Mind" – Josh Gracin ( Troy Verges)
*"A Perfectly Good Heart" – Taylor Swift (Taylor Swift, Troy Verges)
*"Pray Out Loud" – Jessica Simpson (Jessica Simpson, John Shanks)

Q

R

*"Raincoat" – Kelly Sweet ( Hillary Lindsey, Troy Verges, Angelo Petraglia)
*"Reality" - Kenny Chesney (Kenny Chesney)
*"Red Camaro" - Keith Urban (Keith Urban, Mike Elizondo)
*"Right Now" – Chad Brock (Joe Don Rooney, Sam Mullins)

S

*"Save Us" – Keith Bryant (Dillon Dixon)
*"Say Yes" – Dusty Drake (Don Schlitz, Josh Turner)
*"Scars on This Guitar" – Bon Jovi (Jon Bon Jovi, Billy Falcon)
*"She's Killin' Me" – Brett James ( Jennifer Kimball)
*"Sing" – Neal McCoy ( Angelo Petraglia)
*" Somethin' Bad" – Miranda Lambert w/Carrie Underwood ( Chris DeStefano, Priscilla Renea)
**Later reworked as "Oh, Sunday Night," the opening theme for ''NBC Sunday Night Football''
*" Something in the Water" – Carrie Underwood (Carrie Underwood, Chris DeStefano)
*"So Magical" – Martina McBride ( Angelo Petraglia, Hillary Lindsey)
*"Spirit of a Storm" – Kenny Chesney (Kenny Chesney)
*" Start of Something Good" - Daughtry (Chris Daughtry)
*"Stay with Me (Brass Bed)" – Josh Gracin ( Terry McBride, Jedd Hughes)
*"Still Beautiful" – Jessica Simpson (Jessica Simpson, John Shanks)
*"Still Don't Stop Me" – Jessica Simpson (Jessica Simpson, Hillary Lindsey)
*"Strange" – The Warren Brothers (Troy Verges)
*"Stubborn (Psalm 151)" – Lee Ann Womack (Don Schlitz)
*"Sugar and Daisies" – 3 of Hearts ( Holly Lamar)
*"A Summer Day" – Shane Yellowbird ( Chris Farren)
*" Summer Nights" – Rascal Flatts (busbee, Gary LeVox)
*"Summer of Love" - Martina McBride (Hillary Lindsey)
*"Swingin' Door" – Catherine Britt (Terry Clayton, Ashley Monroe)

T

*"Tears and Time" – Andy Griggs (Terry Clayton, Kevin Mason)
*" Telluride" – Tim McGraw, Josh Gracin ( Troy Verges)
*"Texas Plates" – Kellie Coffey (Kellie Coffey)
*"Things That You Say" – Jon McLaughlin (Jon McLaughlin, Troy Verges)
* This Time - Pia Toscano (B. Seals, Ester Dean, D. Jones)
*" The One You Love" – Paulina Rubio (Troy Verges)
*"A Thousand Years" – Little Big Town (Brad Crisler)
*"Thrill of the Chase" – Brett James
*" Till We Ain't Strangers Anymore" – Bon Jovi with LeAnn Rimes (Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora)
*"To Get to You" – Lorrie Morgan ( Holly Lamar)
*"Touch of Grey" – Bon Jovi (Jon Bon Jovi, Billy Falcon)
*"Tremble" – Mindy McCready (Holly Lamar)
*" The Truth" – Trent Willmon, Jason Aldean ( Ashley Monroe)
*"Tryin'" – Little Big Town, Pam Tillis (Troy Verges)
*"Turn It Up" – Josh Gracin (Thom McHugh)
*"Twisted" – Carrie Underwood ( Luke Laird, Hillary Lindsey)

U

*"Up All Night" — Kip Moore (Kip Moore)

V

W

*"Wake Up and Smell the Whiskey" – Brett James, Dean Miller (Dean Miller)
*"Wal-Mart Parking Lot" – Chris Cagle
*"The Way That You Love" – Brett James
*"We Can't Do It Alone" – Van Zant (Donnie Van Zant, Johnny Van Zant)
*"What Do You Got" - Bon Jovi (Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora)
*" What the World Needs" – Wynonna Judd ( Holly Lamar)
*"Wheels" – Josh Gracin (Fred Wilhelm)
*" When the Sun Goes Down" – Kenny Chesney and Uncle Kracker
*"When You Dance with Me" – Rushlow (Brad Crisler)
*"When You Love Me" – Jessica Andrews ( Hillary Lindsey, Angelo Petraglia)
*"When You Think of Me" – Mark Wills ( Troy Verges)
*" Who I Am" – Jessica Andrews (Troy Verges)
*"Wife and Kids" – Kenny Chesney ( Jim Collins)
*" With Me" – Lonestar (Troy Verges)
*"Women Rule the World" – Lonestar (Dean Sams)
*"Worth the Fall" – Brett James

Y

*"You Break Me" – 3 of Hearts ( Troy Verges)
*"You Get to Me" – Mindy McCready (Troy Verges)
*"You Might Want to Think About It" – Chris Cagle (Troy Verges, Tom Shapiro)
*"You Save Me" – Kenny Chesney (Troy Verges)
*"You Still Take Me There" – Collin Raye (Thom McHugh, Del Gray)
*"You Were Just Here" – Jo Dee Messina ( Hillary Lindsey, Troy Verges)
*"You Won't Be Lonely Now" – Billy Ray Cyrus ( John Bettis)
*"Your Blues" – Little Texas ( Angelo Petraglia)
*"You" – Meredith Edwards (Troy Verges)

References

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