List of songs written by Bob McDill
This is a list of songs known to have been written by the award-winning[1][2] American country songwriter Bob McDill.[3]
Songs[edit]
List of songs written by McDill with co-writers, original year released, and original artist with album (if relevant):
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| Title | Co-writer(s) | Year | Artist | Album[4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Catfish John" | 1972 | Bob McDill | Short Stories | |
| "Come Early Morning" | 1972 | Bob McDill | Short Stories | |
| "God Love Her" | 1972 | Bob McDill | Short Stories | |
| "Goodbye Jim Crow" | Allen Reynolds | 1972 | Bob McDill | Short Stories |
| "Help Yourselves to Each Other" | Allen Reynolds | 1972 | Bob McDill | Short Stories |
| "Song for Nan (What a Feeling)" | 1972 | Bob McDill | Short Stories | |
| "Stainless Steel" | 1972 | Bob McDill | Short Stories | |
| "Sugar Kane" | Allen Reynolds, Susan Taylor | 1972 | Bob McDill | Short Stories |
| "Rednecks, White Socks and Blue Ribbon Beer" | Wayland Holyfield | 1973 | Johnny Russell | Rednecks, White Socks and Blue Ribbon Beer |
| "The Door Is Always Open" | Dickey Lee | 1973 | Tennessee Pullybone | |
| "Too Late to Turn Back Now" | Don Williams | 1973 | Don Williams | Don Williams Volume One |
| "I Recall a Gypsy Woman" | Allen Reynolds | 1973 | Don Williams | Don Williams Volume One |
| "Amanda" | 1973 | Don Williams | Don Williams Volume One | |
| "I Wish I Was in Nashville" | 1974 | Don Williams | Don Williams Volume Two | |
| "She's in Love with a Rodeo Man" | 1974 | Don Williams | Don Williams Volume Two | |
| "Overnight Sensation" | 1975 | Mickey Gilley | Overnight Sensation | |
| "I've Been Around Enough To Know" | Dickey Lee | 1975 | Jo-El Sonnier | |
| "Sweet Fever" | Dickey Lee | 1975 | Don Williams | You're My Best Friend |
| "Someone Like You" | Dickey Lee | 1975 | Don Williams | You're My Best Friend |
| "(Turn Out the Light and) Love Me Tonight" | 1975 | Don Williams | You're My Best Friend | |
| "The Closest Thing To You" | 1975 | Jerry Lee Lewis | Country Class | |
| "Say It Again" | 1976 | Don Williams | Harmony | |
| "She Never Knew Me" | Wayland Holyfield | 1976 | Don Williams | Harmony |
| “I’ll Do It All Over Again” | Wayland Holyfield | 1976 | Crystal Gayle | Crystal |
| “You Never Miss a Real Good Thing (‘Til He Says Goodbye)” | 1976 | Crystal Gayle | Crystal | |
| "Right In the Palm of Your Hand" | 1976 | Crystal Gayle | Crystal | |
| "Closest Thing to You" | 1976 | Jerry Lee Lewis | Country Class | |
| "I'll Need Someone to Hold Me (When I Cry)" | Wayland Holyfield | 1977 | Don Williams | Visions |
| “If You Think I’m Crazy Now (You Should Have Seen Me When I Was a Kid)” | 1977 | Bobby Bare | Me and McDill | |
| “Hillbilly Hell” | 1977 | Bobby Bare | Me and McDill | |
| “Don’t Think You’re Too Good for Country Music (Just Because You Can Rock)” | Wayland Holyfield | 1977 | Bobby Bare | Me and McDill |
| “‘Til I Get on My Feet” | 1977 | Bobby Bare | Me and McDill | |
| “Don’t Turn Out the Light” | 1977 | Bobby Bare | Me and McDill | |
| “Wilma Lou” | 1977 | Bobby Bare | Me and McDill | |
| “Look Who I’m Cheating on Tonight” | 1977 | Bobby Bare | Me and McDill | |
| “You Made a Believer Out of Me” | 1977 | Bobby Bare | Me and McDill | |
| “The Woman in Every Man’s Life” | 1977 | Bobby Bare | Me and McDill | |
| “Can’t Seem to Get Nowhere” | 1977 | Bobby Bare | Me and McDill | |
| “Tired of the Road Joe” | 1977 | Bobby Bare | Me and McDill | |
| "Louisiana Saturday Night" | 1977 | Don Williams | Country Boy | |
| "Sneakin' Around" | 1977 | Don Williams | Country Boy | |
| "Rake and Ramblin' Man" | 1977 | Don Williams | Country Boy | |
| "Falling In Love" | Wayland Holyfield | 1977 | Don Williams | Country Boy |
| "As Long as We Live" | 1977 | Jerry Lee Lewis | Country Memories | |
| "What's So Good About Goodbye" | 1977 | Jerry Lee Lewis | Country Memories | |
| "We Must Believe In Magic" | Allen Reynolds | 1977 | Crystal Gayle | We Must Believe In Magic[5] |
| "Give It To Me" | Wayland Holyfield | 1978 | Don Williams | Expressions |
| "It Must Be Love" | 1978 | Don Williams | Expressions | |
| "We Believe In Happy Endings" | 1978 | Johnny Rodriguez | Just For You | |
| "Too Good To Throw Away" | 1978 | Crystal Gayle | When I Dream | |
| "Nobody Likes Sad Songs" | Wayland Holyfield | 1979 | Ronnie Milsap | Images |
| "It Only Rains On Me" | 1979 | Don Williams | Portrait | |
| "We've Never Tried It With Each Other" | 1979 | Don Williams | Portrait | |
| "Good Ole' Boys Like Me" | 1979 | Don Williams | Portrait | |
| "Song of the South" | 1980 | Bobby Bare | Drunk and Crazy | |
| "Louisiana Saturday Night" | 1980 | Mel McDaniel | I'm Countryfied | |
| "Why Don't You Spend the Night" | 1980 | Ronnie Milsap | Milsap Magic | |
| "Catch Me If You Can"[6][7][8] | 1980 | Brendan Shine | ||
| "Shot Full of Love" | 1981 | Juice Newton | Juice | |
| "Somebody's Always Sayin' Goodbye" | 1981 | Anne Murray | The Hottest Night of the Year | |
| "Falling Again" | 1981 | Don Williams | I Believe In You | |
| "If Hollywood Don't Need You (Honey I Still Do)" | 1982 | Don Williams | Listen to the Radio | |
| "I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can" | 1982 | Juice Newton | Quiet Lies | |
| "Falling in Love" | Wayland Holyfield | 1982 | Juice Newton | Quiet Lies |
| "Runaway Hearts" | Hunter Moore | 1983 | Juice Newton | Dirty Looks |
| "I Call It Love" | 1983 | Mel McDaniel | Mel McDaniel with Oklahoma Wind | |
| "You Turn Me On (Like a Radio)" | Jim Weatherly | 1984 | Ed Bruce | Homecoming |
| "Too Good to Stop Now" | Rory Bourke | 1984 | Mickey Gilley | Too Good to Stop Now |
| "All Tangled Up In Love" | Jim Weatherly | 1984 | Gus Hardin and Earl Thomas Conely | Wall of Tears[9] |
| "I May Be Used (But Baby I Ain't Used Up)" | 1984 | Waylon Jennings | Waylon and Company | |
| "Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On" | 1984 | Mel McDaniel | Let It Roll | |
| "Everything That Glitters (Is Not Gold)" | Dan Seals | 1984 | Dan Seals | Won't Be Blue Anymore |
| "My Baby's Got Good Timing" | Dan Seals | 1984 | Dan Seals | San Antone |
| "I Never Made Love (Till I Made It With You)" | 1985 | Mac Davis | Till I Made It with You | |
| "It's Time For Love" | 1985 | Don Williams | Cafe Carolina | |
| Don't Close Your Eyes | 1988 | Keith Whitley | Don't Close Your Eyes | |
| "Another Place, Another Time" | Paul Harrison | 1988 | Don Williams | Traces |
| "Big Wheels In the Moonlight" | Dan Seals | 1988 | Dan Seals | Rage On |
| "They Rage On" | Dan Seals | 1988 | Dan Seals | Rage On |
| "What She Is (is a Woman in Love)" | Paul Harrison | 1988 | Earl Thomas Conley | The Heart of It All |
| "Gone Country" | 1988 | Alan Jackson | Who I Am | |
| "I've Been Loved By the Best" | Paul Harrison | 1989 | Don Williams | One Good Well |
| "In a Different Light" | Dickey Lee, Buckey Jones | 1991 | Doug Stone | Doug Stone |
| "Lord Have Mercy On a Country Boy" | 1991 | Don Williams | True Love | |
| "Coyotes" | 1993 | Don Edwards | Goin' Back to Texas | |
| "She Don't Know She's Beautiful" | Paul Harrison | 1993 | Sammy Kershaw | Haunted Heart |
| "Standing Knee Deep in a River (Dying of Thirst)" | Dickey Lee, Buckey Jones | 1993 | Kathy Mattea | Lonesome Standard Time |
| "On the Road" | 1993 | Lee Roy Parnell | On the Road | |
| "Why Didn't I Think of That" | Paul Harrison | 1993 | Doug Stone | From the Heart |
| "Paradise" | Roger Murrah | 1995 | John Anderson | Paradise |
| "I'm Living Up to Her Low Expectations" | Tommy Rocco | 1995 | Daryle Singletary | Daryle Singletary |
| "Somebody Slap Me" | Roger Murrah | 1997 | John Anderson | Takin' the Country Back |
| "All the Good Ones Are Gone" | Dean Dillon | 1997 | Pam Tillis | Pam Tillis Greatest Hits |
| "Honky Tonk America" | 1998 | Sammy Kershaw | Labor of Love |
References[edit]
- ^ "Bob McDill to be Honored with ASCAP Golden Note Award at 50th Annual Country Music Awards". ASCAP. August 2, 2012.
- ^ "The ASCAP Golden Note Award 2012". ASCAP.
- ^ Hogan, Ed. "Bob McDill biography". Allmusic. Retrieved April 12, 2008.
- ^ "Bob McDill". AllMusic. November 23, 2019. Retrieved November 23, 2019.
- ^ "We Must Believe In Magic". AllMusic. November 30, 2019. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
- ^ The Soundtrack to My Life by Dermot O'Leary
- ^ "Catch Me If You Can" performed by Brendan Shine
- ^ "Catch Me If You Can" performed by Hugo Duncan
- ^ "Gus Hardin singles". Allmusic. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
External links[edit]
- List of songs written by Bob McDill discography at Discogs