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This is a list of songs written or co-written by Brett James, an American songwriter. ^[1] 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) ^[2]
• "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)

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