List of songs written by Shane McAnally
American country music singer-songwriter Shane McAnally has written songs both for himself, on his self-titled debut album, and for others.
In 2008, McAnally co-wrote Lee Ann Womack's single "Last Call".[1] He went on to write a string of American Country Music hits including Kenny Chesney's singles "Somewhere with You" "Come Over" and "American Kids", Jake Owen's "Alone with You", Luke Bryan's "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye", The Band Perry's "Better Dig Two" and Chainsaw, Lady Antebellum's "Downtown", Miranda Lambert's "Mama's Broken Heart" and Sam Hunt’s "Leave the Night On”. He won the 2014 Grammy Award for Country Song of the Year with Kacey Musgraves' "Merry Go 'Round" and the 2014 Country Music Association's Song of the Year for "Follow Your Arrow"
Songs written by McAnally
| Year | Artist | Album | Song | Co-writer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Lee Ann Womack | Call Me Crazy | "Last Call" | Erin Enderlin |
| 2009 | Luke Bryan | Doin' My Thing | "What Country Is" | Jamie Teachenor |
| 2010 | Kenny Chesney | Hemingway's Whiskey | "Somewhere with You" | J.T. Harding |
| LeAnn Rimes | Lady & Gentlemen | "Crazy Women" | Brandy Clark, Jessi Jo Dillion | |
| Reba McEntire | All The Women I Am | "All the Women I Am" | Kent Blazy, Marv Green | |
| "Cry" | Brandy Clark | |||
| "The Day She Got Divorced" | Brandy Clark, Mark D. Sanders | |||
| 2011 | Luke Bryan | Tailgates & Tanlines | "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye" | Luke Bryan, Jeff Stevens |
| "You Don’t Know Jack" | Erin Enderlin | |||
| Kristin Chenoweth | Some Lessons Learned | "What Would Dolly Do?" | Kristen Chenoweth, Desmond Child, Bob Ezrin | |
| Sarah Darling feat Vince Gill | Angels & Devils | "Bad Habit" | Sarah Darling, Josh Osborne | |
| The Dirt Drifters | This is My Blood | "Hurt Somebody" | ||
| Miranda Lambert | Four the Record | "Mama's Broken Heart" | Brandy Clark, Kacey Musgraves | |
| David Nail | The Sound of a Million Dreams | "That’s How I’ll Remember You" | Brandy Clark, Madeleine Slate | |
| Jake Owen | Barefoot Blue Jean Night | "Alone with You" | Catt Gravitt, J.T. Harding | |
| Ashton Shepherd | Where Country Grows | "Tryin' to Go to Church" | Ashton Shepherd, Brandy Clark | |
| Uncle Kracker | My Hometown | "My Hometown" | ||
| Chris Young | Neon | "Neon" | Josh Osborne, Trevor Rosen | |
| 2012 | Greg Bates | Greg Bates | "Fill In the Blank" | |
| "Go Time” | ||||
| Kenny Chesney | Welcome to the Fishbowl | "Come Over" | Josh Osborne, Sam Hunt | |
| Easton Corbin | All Over the Road | "Are You with Me" | Tommy Lee James, Terry McBride | |
| Florida Georgia Line | Here's to the Good Times | "Party People" | Luke Laird, J.T. Harding | |
| Love and Theft | Love and Theft | "Runnin' Out of Air" | Josh Osborne, Matt Jenkins | |
| Sam Palladio & Clare Bowen | The Music of Nashville: Season 1 Volume 2 | "Fade Into You" | Matt Jenkins, Trevor Rosen | |
| Randy Rogers Band | Trouble | "Fuzzy” | Josh Osborne, Trevor Rosen | |
| Joanna Smith | Be What It Wants to Be | "We Can't Be Friends" | ||
| 2013 | Ashley Monroe | Like a Rose | “Two Weeks Late” | Ashley Monroe |
| The Band Perry | Pioneer | "Better Dig Two" | Brandy Clark, Trevor Rosen | |
| "Chainsaw" | Josh Osborne, Matthew Ramsey | |||
| Wade Bowen | Songs About Trucks | "Songs About Trucks" | ||
| Luke Bryan | Crash My Party | "Goodbye Girl" | Josh Osborne, Matthew Ramsey | |
| Brandy Clark | 12 Stories | "Stripes" | Brandy Clark, Matt Jenkins | |
| "Pray to Jesus" | Brandy Clark, Jessi Jo Dillion | |||
| "Crazy Women" | Brandy Clark | |||
| "Take A Little Pill" | Brandy Clark, Mark D. Sanders | |||
| "The Day She Got Divorced" | ||||
| "Hungover" | Brandy Clark, Jessie Jo Dillion | |||
| "Just Like Him" | ||||
| Kelly Clarkson | — | "Tie It Up" | Ashley Arrison, Josh Osborne | |
| Wrapped in Red | "Wrapped in Red" | Kelly Clarkson, Ashley Arrison, Aben Eubanks | ||
| Sheryl Crow | Feels Like Home | "Homecoming Queen" | Brandy Clark, Luke Laird | |
| Billy Currington | We Are Tonight | "Closer Tonight" | J.T. Harding, Marv Green | |
| "Another Day Without You" | Barry Dean, Andrew Dorff | |||
| Brett Eldredge | Bring You Back | “On & On” | Brett Eldredge, Luke Laird, Barry Dean | |
| Florida Georgia Line | Here's to the Good Times | “Take It Out On Me" | Chris DeStefano, Ashley Gorley | |
| Hunter Hayes | Hunter Hayes (Encore) | “Light Me Up” | Hunter Hayes, busbee | |
| Lady Antebellum | Golden | "Downtown" | Natalie Hemby, Luke Laird | |
| Scotty McCreery | See You Tonight’’ | “Feel Good Summer Song” | J.T. Harding, Josh Osborne | |
| Tim McGraw | Two Lanes of Freedom | “It’s Your World” | Josh Osborne, Scott Stepakoff | |
| Lorrie Morgan & Pam Tillis | Dos Divas | “Last Night’s Makeup” | Jessi Jo Dillion, Brandy Clark | |
| Kacey Musgraves | Same Trailer Different Park | “Merry Go Round” | Kacey Musgraves, Josh Osborne | |
| "Blowin' Smoke" | Kacey Musgraves, Luke Laird | |||
| "Follow Your Arrow" | Kacey Musgraves, Brandy Clark | |||
| "Silver Lining | Kacey Musgraves, Josh Osborne | |||
| "My House" | ||||
| "Dandelion" | Kacey Musgraves, Brandy Clark | |||
| "Keep It to Yourself" | Kacey Musgraves, Luke Laird | |||
| "Stupid" | Kacey Musgraves, Josh Osborne | |||
| "Step Off | Kacey Musgraves, Luke Laird | |||
| Matt Nathanson | Last of the Great Pretenders | “Farewell December" | ||
| Jake Owen | Days of Gold | "Ghost Town" | Chris DeStefano, Ashley Gorley | |
| "One Little Kiss (Never Killed Nobody)" | Ashley Gorley, Jimmy Robbins | |||
| "Tipsy" | Matt Jenkins, Trevor Rosen | |||
| Hayden Panettiere | Nashville Season 2 | "Boys & Buses" | Brandy Clark, Josh Osborne | |
| Thomas Rhett | It Goes Like This | "Call Me Up" | Luke Laird, Rhett Akins | |
| Darius Rucker (feat. Sheryl Crow) | True Believers | "Love Without You" | Brandy Clark | |
| Thompson Square | Just Feels Good | "Testing The Water" | Luke Laird, Hillary Lindsey | |
| Keith Urban | Fuse | “Come Back To Me” | Brandy Clark, Trevor Rosen | |
| Gretchen Wilson | Right on Time | “Get Outta My Yard” | Brandy Clark, Kacey Musgraves | |
| Charlie Worsham | Rubberband | “Someone Like Me” | Charlie Worsham, Ryan Tyndell | |
| “Break What’s Broken” | Charlie Worsham, Josh Osborne | |||
| Chris Young | A.M. | “Hold You To It” | Chris Young, Josh Osborne | |
| “Text Me Texas” | Rhett Atkins | |||
| 2014 | Frankie Ballard | Sunshine & Whiskey | "Young & Crazy" | Rhett Akins, Ashley Gorley |
| Dierks Bentley | Riser | "Say You Do" | Matthew Ramsey, Trevor Rosen | |
| "Hurt Somebody" | Mark Nesler, Matt Fleeney | |||
| Lee Brice | I Don't Dance | "Somebody's Been Drinkin'" | Hillary Lindsey, Ashley Gorley | |
| Connie Britton | The Music of Nashville: Season 3, Volume 1 | "Lies of the Lonely" | Natalie Hemby, Josh Osborne | |
| Brothers Osborne | Pawn Shop | "Stay a Little Longer" | John Osborne, TJ Osborne | |
| Kenny Chesney | The Big Revival | "American Kids" | Rodney Clawson, Luke Laird | |
| "Wild Child" | Kenny Chesney, Josh Osborne | |||
| Sara Evans | Slow Me Down | "You Never Know" | Sara Evans, Josh Osborne | |
| Pat Green feat. Lyle Lovett | — | "Girls from Texas" | Jon Randall | |
| Sam Hunt | Montevallo | "Break Up in a Small Town" | Sam Hunt, Zach Crowell | |
| "Leave the Night On" | Sam Hunt, Josh Osborne | |||
| "Take Your Time" | ||||
| "Single for the Summer" | Sam Hunt, Josh Osborne, Zach Crowell | |||
| Josh Abbott Band | — | "Hangin' Around" | Josh Abbott, Josh Osborne | |
| Lady Antebellum | 747 | "Freestyle" | Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley, Dave Haywood | |
| "Just a Girl | ||||
| "Damn You Seventeen" | Luke Laird, Rodney Clawsom | |||
| Miranda Lambert feat. Little Big Town | Platinum | "Smokin' and Drinkin'" | Natalie Hemby, Luke Laird | |
| Little Big Town | Pain Killer | "Quit Breaking Up with Me" | Natalie Hemby, busbee | |
| "Things You Don't Think About" | Natalie Hemby, Ross Copperman | |||
| Lost Frequencies | — | "AreYou With Me" (Remix) | Tommy Lee James, Terry McBride | |
| Tim McGraw | Sundown Heaven Town | "Overrated" | Josh Osborne, Rivers Rutherford | |
| Kacey Musgraves | — | "The Trailer Song" | Kacey Musgraves, Brandy Clark | |
| The Best of Me (Soundtrack) | "Love Is a Liar" | Kacey Musgraves, Josh Osborne | ||
| David Nail | I'm a Fire | "Burnin' Bed" | [randy Clark, Bob DiPiero | |
| "Brand New Day" | Scooter Carusoe | |||
| Chase Rice | Ignite the Night | "Gonna Wanna Tonight" | Jon Nite, Jimmy Robbins | |
| Eric Paslay | Eric Paslay | "Country Side of Heaven" | Eric Paslay, Dylan Altman | |
| Blake Shelton | Bringing Back the Sunshine | "I Really Shouldn't Drink Around You" | Josh Osborne, Trevor Rosen | |
| "Messed Up" | Thomas Harding, Luke Laird | |||
| Carrie Underwood | — | "Keep Us Safe" | Carrie Underwood, Luke Laird, Hillary Lindsey | |
| 2015 | Josh Abbott | Amnesia | "Amnesia" | Josh Abbott, Josh Osborne |
| Lucy Angel | Lucy Angel | "Crazy Too" | Brandy Clark, Karen Rochelle | |
| "Stripes" | Brandy Clark, Matt Jenkins | |||
| Luke Bryan | Kill The Lights | "Scarecrows" | Trevor Rosen, Ashley Gorley | |
| Laura Bell Bundy | Another Piece of Me | "Let's Pretend We're Married" | Laura Bell Bundy, Josh Osborne | |
| Kelly Clarkson | Piece by Piece | "Good Goes the Bye" | Natalie Hemby, Jimmy Robbins | |
| "Second Wind" | Chris DeStefano, Maren Morris | |||
| Easton Corbin | About to Get Real | "Are You with Me" | Tommy Lee James, Terry McBride | |
| Pat Green | Home | "Day One" | Josh Osborne, Matthew Ramsey | |
| Lucas Hoge | Halabamalujah | "Halabamalujah" | Josh Osborne, Sam Hunt | |
| Sam Hunt | Between the Pines | "Break Up in a Small Town" | Sam Hunt, Zach Crowell | |
| "Leave the Night On" | Sam Hunt, Josh Osborne | |||
| "Take Your Time" | ||||
| "Single for the Summer" | Sam Hunt, Josh Osborne, Zach Crowell | |||
| "Come Over" | Sam Hunt, Josh Osborne | |||
| "I Met a Girl" | Sam Hunt, Trevor Rosen | |||
| Robby Johnson | Don't Look Back | "She Moves" | Josh Osborne, Trevor Rosen | |
| "Shady" | Luke Laird, Sam Hunt | |||
| Toby Keith | 35 MPH Town | "Drunk Americans" | Brandy Clark, Bob DiPiero | |
| Reba McEntire | Love Somebody | "She Got Drunk Last Night" | Brandy Clark | |
| "Until They Don't Love You" | Lori McKenna, Josh Osborne | |||
| "Love Somebody" | Josh Osborne, Sam Hunt | |||
| "More Than Just Her Last Name" | Brandy Clark, Josh Osborne | |||
| William Michael Morgan | Single | "I Met a Girl" | Trevor Rosen, Sam Hunt | |
| Maren Morris | Maren Morris | "Company You Keep" | Luke Laird, Maren Morris | |
| Kacey Musgraves | Pageant Material | "High Time" | Kacey Musgraves]], Luke Laird | |
| "Dime Store Cowgirl" | ||||
| "Pageant Material" | ||||
| "Biscuits" | Kacey Musgraves, Brandy Clark | |||
| "Somebody to Love" | Kacey Musgraves, Josh Osborne | |||
| "Die Fun" | Kacey Musgraves, Luke Laird | |||
| "Family Is Family" | Kacey Musgraves, Josh Osborne | |||
| "Cup of Tea" | ||||
| "Fine" | Kacey Musgraves, Ashley Arrison | |||
| Old Dominion | Meat and Candy | "'Til It's Over" | Matthew Ramsey, Jimmy Robbins | |
| "We Got It Right" | Matthew Ramsey, Ross Copperman | |||
| Jake Owen | Single | "Real Life" | Josh Osborne, Ashley Gorley, Ross Copperman | |
| Thomas Rhett | Tangled Up | "Anthem" | Nicolle Galyon, Jimmy Robbins | |
| "T-Shirt" | Luke Laird, Ashley Gorley | |||
| George Strait | Texas Rising (Soundtrack) | "Take Me to Texas" | Brandy Clark | |
| 2016 | Dierks Bentley feat. Elle King | Black | "Different for Girls" | J. T. Harding |
| Brothers Osborne | Pawn Shop | "Stay a Little Longer" | John Osborne, TJ Osborne | |
| Kenny Chesney | Cosmic Hallelujah | "Noise" | Ross Copperman, Jon Nite | |
| "Rich and Miserable" | Josh Osborne, Jesse Frasure | |||
| Brandy Clark | Big Day in a Small Town | "Girl Next Door" | Brandy Clark, Jessie Jo Dillon | |
| "Homecoming Queen" | Brandy Clark, Luke Laird | |||
| "Broke" | Brandy Clark, Josh Osborne | |||
| "Big Day in a Small Town" | Brandy Clark, Mark D. Sanders | |||
| "Since You've Gone to Heaven" | Brandy Clark | |||
| Dan + Shay | Obsessed | "Already Ready" | Jimmy Robbins, Dan Smyers, Shay Mooney | |
| Walker Hayes | 8Tracks Vol. 1: Good Shit | "Beer In the Fridge" | Walker Hayes, Scot Sherrod, Matt Jenkins | |
| 8Tracks Vol. 2: Break The Internet | "Beckett" | Walker Hayes | ||
| "Break the Internet" | Walker Hayes, Josh Osborne | |||
| Miranda Lambert | The Weight of These Wings | "Highway Vagabond" | Natalie Hemby, Luke Dick | |
| "Vice" | Miranda Lambert, Josh Osborne | |||
| Mark Leach | Homemade | "After Party" | Matt Jenkins, Ashley Gorley | |
| Craig Morgan | A Whole Lot More to Me | "Country Side of Heaven" | Eric Paslay, Dylan Altman | |
| Maren Morris | Hero | "Second Wind" | Maren Morris, Chris Destefano | |
| "Just Another Thing" | Maren Morris, Matt Dragstrem | |||
| Kacey Musgraves | A Very Kacey Christmas | "Willie Nice Christmas" | Kacey Musgraves, Josh Osborne | |
| "Christmas Makes Me Cry" | Kacey Musgraves, Brandy Clark | |||
| Jennifer Nettles | Playing with Fire | "Hey Heartbreak" | Sarah Haze, Jimmy Robbins | |
| "Chaser" | Jennifer Nettles, Brandy Clark | |||
| "Starting Over" | Jennifer Nettles, Brandy Clark | |||
| "My House" (feat. Jennifer Lopez) | Jennifer Nettles, Jennifer Lopez, Julio Reyes Copello, Josh Osborne | |||
| Jake Owen | American Love | "After Midnight" | Rodney Clawson, Matt Dragstrem | |
| "Where I Am" | Ross Copperman, Hillary Lindsey | |||
| "Everybody Dies Young" | Ross Copperman, Josh Osborne, Scott Stepakoff | |||
| "If He Ain't Gonna Love You" | Luke Laird, Chris Stapleton | |||
| Dallas Smith | Side Effects | "One Little Kiss" | Ashley Gorley, Jimmy Robbins | |
| Jo Smith | Introducing Jo Smith | "Dance Dirty" | Joanna Smith, Josh Osborne, Jesse Frasure | |
| "Queen of Fools" | Joanna Smith, Josh Osborne, Jesse Frasure | |||
| Keith Urban | Ripcord | "John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16" | Josh Osborne, Ross Copperman | |
| Midland | Midland - EP | "Electric Rodeo" | Josh Osborne, Cameron Duddy, Mark Wystrach, Jess Carson | |
| "Drinkin' Problem" | Josh Osborne, Cameron Duddy, Mark Wystrach, Jess Carson | |||
| "Burn Out" | Josh Osborne, Cameron Duddy, Mark Wystrach, Jess Carson | |||
| Darius Rucker | Single | "If I Told You" | Ross Copperman, Jon Nite | |
| 2017 | Sam Hunt | Single | "Drinkin' Too Much" | Sam Hunt, Zach Crowell, Stuart Hines |
| "Body Like a Back Road" | Josh Osborne, Sam Hunt, Zach Crowell | |||
| Trace Adkins | Single | "Watered Down" | Trevor Rosen, Matt Jenkins | |
| Lady Antebellum | Heart Break | "Somebody Else's Heart" | Busbee, Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley, Dave Haywood | |
| Eli Young Band | Fingerprints | "Like A Heart Needs A Break" | Josh Osborne, Ross Copperman |
References
- ^ Vercher, Brady (2008-06-18). "Lee Ann Womack - "Last Call"". Engine 145. Archived from the original on 2014-12-18. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
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