Troy Verges
Troy Verges | |
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Born | 20th-century |
Origin | Louisiana, United States |
Genres | Country, pop |
Occupation | Songwriter |
Years active | 2000s–present |
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
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]
- Zayn Malik & Simone Ashley - "See Me" [54]
- Tim McGraw – "Shotgun Rider"[55]
- Carolyn Dawn Johnson – "Simple Life"
- Tim McGraw — "Sleep Tonight"
- Brothers Osborne – "Slow Your Roll" [56]
- Steven Tyler – "Somebody New" [57]
- Hunter Hayes – "Someday Girl" [58]
- Easton Corbin – "Someday When I'm Old"[25]
- Jamey Johnson - "Someday When I'm Old" [59]
- Matraca Berg – "South of Heaven"
- Maura O'Connell – "Spinning Wheel"
- Caitlyn Smith – "St. Paul" [60]
- Backbone (Meat Loaf, John Rich, Lil Jon, Mark McGrath) – "Stand in the Storm"[13]
- Hunter Hayes – "Still"[61]
- Hunter Hayes – "Storyline"[32]
- Faith Hill – "Stronger"[13]
- Gordie Sampson – "Sunburn"
- Hunter Hayes – "Tattoo"[32]
- Tim McGraw, Josh Gracin – "Telluride"[62]
- Trisha Yearwood – "Tell Me Something I Don't Know" [19]
- Lori McKenna – "The Bird & The Rifle" – [63]
- Danielle Bradbery – "The Heart of Dixie"[64]
- Il Divo – "The Man You Love"[13]
- The One You Love (Todo Mi Amor)"[13]
- Lindsay Lohan – "The Very Last Moment in Time"[13]
- Trace Adkins - "The Way I Wanna Go" [65]
- 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" [66]
- Annelise Cepero - "This Is Christmas" (from the "Holiday Harmony" soundtrack)[67]
- 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"[68]
- Steven Lee Olsen – "Undefeated" [43]
- Martina McBride – "You're Not Leaving Me"[13]
- Hunter Hayes – "Wanted"[69]
- Carrie Underwood – "Wasted"[13]
- Bon Jovi – "We Can Dance"[13]
- Kat Higgins – "We Go Driving" [70]
- Trisha Yearwood – "What Gave Me Away" [19]
- Montgomery Gentry – "What It Takes" [71]
- Kip Moore – "What Ya Got On Tonight"[35]
- Tim McGraw – "What You're Looking For" [72]
- Jessica Andrews – "Who I Am"[73]
- Hunter Hayes – "Wild Blue"[61]
- Danielle Bradbery – "Wild Boy"[74]
- Lonestar – "With Me"
- Keith Urban —"You or Somebody Like You"
- Kenny Chesney – "You Save Me"
- High Valley – "Your Mama" [75]
- Jason Aldean - "Your Mama" [76]
See also
- List of people from Louisiana
- List of songwriters
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External links
- Troy Verges at BMI
- Troy Verges at Universal Music Publishing Group
- Troy Verges discography at Discogs.com
- Troy Verges at IMDb