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List of songs written by Bob McDill

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This is a list of songs known to have been written by the award-winning[1][2] American country songwriter Bob McDill.[3]

Songs

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List of songs written by McDill with co-writers, original year released, and original artist with album (if relevant):

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

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  1. ^ "Bob McDill to be Honored with ASCAP Golden Note Award at 50th Annual Country Music Awards". ASCAP. August 2, 2012.
  2. ^ "The ASCAP Golden Note Award 2012". ASCAP.
  3. ^ Hogan, Ed. "Bob McDill biography". Allmusic. Retrieved April 12, 2008.
  4. ^ "Bob McDill". AllMusic. November 23, 2019. Retrieved November 23, 2019.
  5. ^ "We Must Believe In Magic". AllMusic. November 30, 2019. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
  6. ^ The Soundtrack to My Life by Dermot O'Leary
  7. ^ "Catch Me If You Can" performed by Brendan Shine
  8. ^ "Catch Me If You Can" performed by Hugo Duncan
  9. ^ "Gus Hardin singles". Allmusic. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
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