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American songwriter
Musical artist
Troy Verges is an American
songwriter of
country and
pop music from
Louisiana .
Career
His first cut as a songwriter was a track on
Faith Hill 's
Breathe .
[1]
His credits include the singles "
Wanted ", recorded by Hunter Hayes; "Beer Money", recorded by Kip Moore; "
Who I Am ", recorded by
Jessica Andrews ; "
Blessed ", recorded by
Martina McBride ; "
Wasted ", recorded by Carrie Underwood; "Day Drinking", recorded by Little Big Town;
[2] "
Shotgun Rider ", recorded by Tim McGraw;
[3] and "I Want Crazy",
[4] recorded by Hunter Hayes – all of which went to number one on the country music charts.
"Wanted" was ACM nominated in 2013 for Song of the Year,
[5] while "I Want Crazy" received a 2014 Grammy nomination
[6] and "Day Drinking" received a 2015 Grammy nomination.
[7] "Wanted", composed by Hunter Hayes and Troy Verges, took home Song Of The Year honors at the 2013 BMI Country Awards.
[8] and was also named one of Billboard's top ten songs of the decade
[9]
He produced and mixed the Anders Osborne album Coming Down .
[10]
Awards
Verges was named "Songwriter of the Year" in 2002 by
Broadcast Music Incorporated and "Songwriter of the Year" by the
Nashville Songwriters Association International .
In 2011, Verges garnered both and Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe nomination in the Best Original Song category for his composition "Coming Home" from the film Country Strong .
List of songs co-written by Verges
(alphabetical by song title)
Taylor Swift – "A Perfectly Good Heart"
[11]
Jane Fonda ,
Diane Keaton ,
Mary Steenburgen ,
Candice Bergen - "Anywhere With You"
[12]
Sara Evans – "
Backseat of a Greyhound Bus "
[13]
Kip Moore – "
Beer Money "
[14]
Kip Moore – "Bittersweet Company"
[15]
Martina McBride – "
Blessed "
[16]
Kolby Cooper - "Breaking News"
[17]
Marié Digby – "Breathing Underwater"
Matt Nathanson – "Bulletproof Weeks"
[18]
Trisha Yearwood – "Can't Take Back Goodbye"
[19]
Chaley Rose (from The Music Of Nashville soundtrack) – "Carry You Home"
[20]
Pia Toscano , Alexandra Kay, Taz Zavala (from the Westside soundtrack) – "Champagne High"
[21]
Tim McGraw - "Christmas All Over The World"
[22]
Carly Pearce – "Closer to You"
[23]
Marié Digby – "Come Find Me"
Kip Moore – "Come Home with You"
[24]
Gwyneth Paltrow – "Coming Home"
Carrie Underwood – "Crazy Dreams"
[25]
Rascal Flatts – "Dance"
[26]
Little Big Town – "
Day Drinking "
[27]
Kellie Pickler – "
Didn't You Know How Much I Loved You "
Jason Aldean – "Don't Give Up on Me"
[13]
Trisha Yearwood – "Drink Up"
[19]
Tim McGraw – "
Drugs or Jesus "
[25]
Cassadee Pope – "Everybody Sings"
[28]
Caylee Hammack – "Family Tree"
[29]
Kelleigh Bannen – "Famous"
[30]
Kip Moore – "Fast Women"
[15]
David Nail -"Fighter"
[31]
Hunter Hayes – "Flashlight"
[32]
Carolyn Dawn Johnson – "
Georgia "
Drake White – "Girl in Pieces"
[33]
Maggie Rose – "Girl in Your Truck Song"
[34]
Kip Moore – "Girl of the Summer"
[35]
Craig Morgan – "
God Must Really Love Me "
David Nail – "Good at Tonight"
[36]
Kip Moore – "Good Thing"
[15]
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – "Good to Be Alive"
Gordie Sampson – "Hanging by a Wire"
Emerson Hart – "Hallway"
[37]
Jessica Andrews – "
Helplessly, Hopelessly "
Kellie Pickler – "Happy"
Backstreet Boys – "
Helpless When She Smiles "
[13]
Laura Bell Bundy – "I Am What I Am"
[38]
Caitlyn Smith - "I Don't Like The World Without You"
[39]
Caitlyn Smith – "I Don't Wanna Love You Anymore"
[40]
Hunter Hayes – "
I Want Crazy "
[41]
Trisha Yearwood – "
I Would've Loved You Anyway "
LeAnn Rimes – "I Wish I Was Wrong"
Trisha Yearwood – "I'll Carry You Home"
[19]
Kellie Pickler – "I'm Your Woman"
Brantley Gilbert – "If You Want a Bad Boy"
[42]
Dia Frampton – "Isabella"
[13]
Rhonda Vincent – "I've Forgotten You"
Steven Lee Olsen – "Just Married"
[43]
Caylee Hammack – "King Size Bed"
[44]
Caitlyn Smith - "Lately"
[45]
Carrie Underwood – "Leave Love Alone"
[13]
Joe Nichols – "Let's Get Drunk and Fight"
Emerson Drive – "Lemonade"
Brie Larson – "Life After You"
Billy Ray Cyrus – "Like Nothing Else"
[46]
Danielle Bradbery - "Look At The Mess I'm In"
[47]
Marco Borsato & Sita – "Lopen Op Het Water"
Faith Hill – "Love Is a Sweet Thing"
Shelby Darrall - "Love Me When I'm Leavin"
[48]
Darius Rucker – "Low Country"
[49]
Jessica Simpson – "Man Enough"
[13]
Caitlyn Smith – "Midnight In New York City"
[40]
Jessica Simpson – "Might as Well Be Making Love"
[13]
Celine Dion – "Naked"
Sara Evans – "Niagra"
[13]
Backstreet Boys – "No Place"
Tori Kelly - "North Star"
[50]
Hunter Hayes – "Nothing Like Starting Over"
[32]
BoA – "Obsessed"
[13]
Cassadee Pope – "One Song Away"
[28]
Sara Evans – "Otis Redding"
Faith Hill – "Paris"
[13]
Brandy Clark - "Pawn Shop"
[51]
Kelly Sweet – "Raincoat"
[13]
Uncle Kracker - "Reason To Drink"
[52]
Josh Dorr – "Rocket"
[53]
Kip Moore – "
Running for You "
[35]
Katharine McPhee – "Say Goodbye"
[13]
Tim McGraw – "
Shotgun Rider "
[54]
Carolyn Dawn Johnson – "
Simple Life "
Tim McGraw — "Sleep Tonight"
Brothers Osborne – "Slow Your Roll"
[55]
Steven Tyler – "Somebody New"
[56]
Hunter Hayes – "Someday Girl"
[57]
Easton Corbin – "Someday When I'm Old"
[25]
Matraca Berg – "South of Heaven"
Maura O'Connell – "Spinning Wheel"
Caitlyn Smith – "St. Paul"
[58]
Backbone (
Meat Loaf ,
John Rich ,
Lil Jon ,
Mark McGrath ) – "Stand in the Storm"
[13]
Hunter Hayes – "Still"
[59]
Hunter Hayes – "Storyline"
[32]
Faith Hill – "Stronger"
[13]
Gordie Sampson – "
Sunburn "
Hunter Hayes – "
Tattoo "
[32]
Tim McGraw ,
Josh Gracin – "
Telluride "
[60]
Trisha Yearwood – "Tell Me Something I Don't Know"
[19]
Lori McKenna – "The Bird & The Rifle" –
[61]
Danielle Bradbery – "
The Heart of Dixie "
[62]
Il Divo – "The Man You Love"
[13]
Paulina Rubio – "
The One You Love (Todo Mi Amor) "
[13]
Lindsay Lohan – "The Very Last Moment in Time"
[13]
Trace Adkins - "The Way I Wanna Go"
[63]
Steven Lee Olsen – "There I Said It"
[43]
Maura O'Connell – "There's No Good Day for Dying"
Jon McLaughlin – "Things That You Say"
Tara Oram – "Things I Should've Said"
Steve Moakler – "Thirty"
[64]
Annelise Cepero - "This Is Christmas" (from the "Holiday Harmony" soundtrack)
[65]
Terri Clark – "Three Mississippi"
Steven Lee Olsen – "Timing Is Everything"
[43]
Andy Griggs – "
Tonight I Wanna Be Your Man "
Edens Edge – "
Too Good to Be True "
[66]
Steven Lee Olsen – "Undefeated"
[43]
Martina McBride – "You're Not Leaving Me"
[13]
Hunter Hayes – "
Wanted "
[67]
Carrie Underwood – "
Wasted "
[13]
Bon Jovi – "We Can Dance"
[13]
Kat Higgins – "We Go Driving"
[68]
Trisha Yearwood – "What Gave Me Away"
[19]
Montgomery Gentry – "What It Takes"
[69]
Kip Moore – "What Ya Got On Tonight"
[35]
Tim McGraw – "What You're Looking For"
[70]
Jessica Andrews – "
Who I Am "
[71]
Hunter Hayes – "Wild Blue"
[59]
Danielle Bradbery – "Wild Boy"
[72]
Lonestar – "
With Me "
Keith Urban —"You or Somebody Like You"
Kenny Chesney – "
You Save Me "
High Valley – "Your Mama"
[73]
Jason Aldean - "Your Mama"
[74]
See also
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