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]

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Songs

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

TitleCo-writer(s)YearArtistAlbum [4]
"Catfish John"1972Bob McDill Short Stories
"Come Early Morning"1972Bob McDillShort Stories
"God Love Her"1972Bob McDillShort Stories
"Goodbye Jim Crow"Allen Reynolds1972Bob McDillShort Stories
"Help Yourselves to Each Other"Allen Reynolds1972Bob McDillShort Stories
"Song for Nan (What a Feeling)"1972Bob McDillShort Stories
"Stainless Steel"1972Bob McDillShort Stories
"Sugar Kane"Allen Reynolds, Susan Taylor 1972Bob McDillShort 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 Lee1973Tennessee Pullybone
"Too Late to Turn Back Now"Don Williams1973Don Williams Don Williams Volume One
"I Recall a Gypsy Woman"Allen Reynolds1973Don WilliamsDon Williams Volume One
"Amanda"1973Don WilliamsDon Williams Volume One
"I Wish I Was in Nashville"1974Don WilliamsDon Williams Volume Two
"She's in Love with a Rodeo Man"1974Don WilliamsDon Williams Volume Two
"Overnight Sensation"1975Mickey GilleyOvernight Sensation
"I've Been Around Enough To Know"Dickey Lee1975 Jo-El Sonnier
"Sweet Fever"Dickey Lee1975Don WilliamsYou're My Best Friend
"Someone Like You"Dickey Lee1975Don WilliamsYou're My Best Friend
"(Turn Out the Light and) Love Me Tonight"1975Don WilliamsYou're My Best Friend
"The Closest Thing To You"1975 Jerry Lee Lewis Country Class
"Say It Again"1976Don WilliamsHarmony
"She Never Knew Me"Wayland Holyfield1976Don WilliamsHarmony
“I’ll Do It All Over Again”Wayland Holyfield1976 Crystal Gayle Crystal
“You Never Miss a Real Good Thing (‘Til He Says Goodbye)”1976Crystal GayleCrystal
"Right In the Palm of Your Hand"1976Crystal GayleCrystal
"Closest Thing to You"1976Jerry Lee Lewis Country Class
"I'll Need Someone to Hold Me (When I Cry)"Wayland Holyfield1977Don WilliamsVisions
“If You Think I’m Crazy Now (You Should Have Seen Me When I Was a Kid)”1977Bobby BareMe and McDill
“Hillbilly Hell”1977Bobby BareMe and McDill
“Don’t Think You’re Too Good for Country Music (Just Because You Can Rock)”Wayland Holyfield1977Bobby BareMe and McDill
“‘Til I Get on My Feet”1977Bobby BareMe and McDill
“Don’t Turn Out the Light”1977Bobby BareMe and McDill
“Wilma Lou”1977Bobby BareMe and McDill
“Look Who I’m Cheating on Tonight”1977Bobby BareMe and McDill
“You Made a Believer Out of Me”1977Bobby BareMe and McDill
“The Woman in Every Man’s Life”1977Bobby BareMe and McDill
“Can’t Seem to Get Nowhere”1977Bobby BareMe and McDill
“Tired of the Road Joe”1977Bobby BareMe and McDill
"Louisiana Saturday Night"1977Don WilliamsCountry Boy
"Sneakin' Around"1977Don WilliamsCountry Boy
"Rake and Ramblin' Man"1977Don WilliamsCountry Boy
"Falling In Love"Wayland Holyfield1977Don WilliamsCountry Boy
"As Long as We Live"1977Jerry Lee Lewis Country Memories
"What's So Good About Goodbye"1977Jerry Lee LewisCountry Memories
"We Must Believe In Magic"Allen Reynolds1977Crystal Gayle We Must Believe In Magic [5]
"Give It To Me"Wayland Holyfield1978Don WilliamsExpressions
"It Must Be Love"1978Don WilliamsExpressions
"We Believe In Happy Endings"1978 Johnny Rodriguez Just For You
"Too Good To Throw Away"1978Crystal Gayle When I Dream
"Nobody Likes Sad Songs"Wayland Holyfield1979Ronnie Milsap Images
"It Only Rains On Me"1979Don WilliamsPortrait
"We've Never Tried It With Each Other"1979Don WilliamsPortrait
"Good Ole' Boys Like Me"1979Don WilliamsPortrait
"Song of the South"1980Bobby BareDrunk and Crazy
"Louisiana Saturday Night"1980Mel McDaniel I'm Countryfied
"Why Don't You Spend the Night"1980Ronnie Milsap Milsap Magic
"Catch Me If You Can" [6] [7] [8] 1980Brendan 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"1981Don WilliamsI Believe In You
"If Hollywood Don't Need You (Honey I Still Do)"1982Don WilliamsListen to the Radio
"I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can"1982Juice Newton Quiet Lies
"Falling in Love"Wayland Holyfield1982Juice NewtonQuiet Lies
"Runaway Hearts"Hunter Moore1983Juice Newton Dirty Looks
"I Call It Love"1983Mel McDanielMel McDaniel with Oklahoma Wind
"You Turn Me On (Like a Radio)" Jim Weatherly 1984 Ed Bruce Homecoming
"Too Good to Stop Now" Rory Bourke 1984Mickey Gilley Too Good to Stop Now
"All Tangled Up In Love"Jim Weatherly1984 Gus Hardin and Earl Thomas Conely Wall of Tears [9]
"I May Be Used (But Baby I Ain't Used Up)"1984Waylon Jennings Waylon and Company
"Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On"1984Mel McDanielLet It Roll
"Everything That Glitters (Is Not Gold)"Dan Seals1984Dan Seals Won't Be Blue Anymore
"My Baby's Got Good Timing"Dan Seals1984Dan Seals San Antone
"I Never Made Love (Till I Made It With You)"1985Mac DavisTill I Made It with You
"It's Time For Love"1985Don Williams Cafe Carolina
Don't Close Your Eyes 1988Keith Whitley Don't Close Your Eyes
"Another Place, Another Time"Paul Harrison1988Don WilliamsTraces
"Big Wheels In the Moonlight"Dan Seals1988Dan Seals Rage On
"They Rage On"Dan Seals1988Dan SealsRage On
"What She Is (is a Woman in Love)"Paul Harrison1988Earl Thomas ConleyThe Heart of It All
"Gone Country"1988 Alan Jackson Who I Am
"I've Been Loved By the Best"Paul Harrison1989Don WilliamsOne Good Well
"In a Different Light"Dickey Lee, Buckey Jones1991Doug Stone Doug Stone
"Lord Have Mercy On a Country Boy"1991Don WilliamsTrue Love
"Coyotes"1993 Don Edwards Goin' Back to Texas
"She Don't Know She's Beautiful"Paul Harrison1993Sammy Kershaw Haunted Heart
"Standing Knee Deep in a River (Dying of Thirst)"Dickey Lee, Buckey Jones1993 Kathy Mattea Lonesome Standard Time
"On the Road"1993 Lee Roy Parnell On the Road
"Why Didn't I Think of That"Paul Harrison1993 Doug Stone From the Heart
"Paradise"Roger Murrah1995 John Anderson Paradise
"I'm Living Up to Her Low Expectations"Tommy Rocco1995 Daryle Singletary Daryle Singletary
"Somebody Slap Me"Roger Murrah1997John 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

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References

  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
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