List of songs written by David Foster

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This is an alphabetical list of the songs known to have been written or co-written by David Foster.

Key
Indicates single release
Songs written by Foster, with original artists, co-writers and originating album, showing year released.
TitleArtist(s)Co-writer(s)Originating albumYearRef.
"After the Love Has Gone" Earth, Wind & Fire I Am 1979
"After Tonight" Mariah Carey Rainbow 1999 [1]
"All I Do" Yuna Chapters 2016
"All I Know of Love" Barbra Streisand and Josh Groban Duets 2002
"All That My Heart Can Hold" Wendy Moten
Time for Change 1995
"All'improvviso Amore" Josh Groban
  • Paul Schwartz
  • Frank Musker
  • Kaballa
Closer 2003
"America's Song" will.i.am (featuring David Foster, Bono, Mary J. Blige, Faith Hill and Seal
Change Is Now: Renewing America's Promise 2009
"And Love Goes On" Earth, Wind & Fire Faces 1980
"And When She Danced"Stealing Home OST1988
"Aren't They All Our Children"Various ArtistsNon-album release2002
"At Last" Kenny Loggins Vox Humana 1985
"Ayer" Luis Miguel
Aries 1993
"Bad Advice" Chicago Chicago 16 1982
"Be the Man" Celine Dion
  • Junior Miles
Let's Talk About Love 1997
"Be the Man (Japanese version)" Celine Dion
  • Junior Miles
Be the Man 1997
"Because We Believe (Ama Credi E Vai)" Andrea Bocelli Amore 2006
"The Best of Me" David Foster & Olivia Newton-John
David Foster 1986
"Blue" Seiko Matsuda
Citron1988
"The Colour of My Love" Celine Dion The Colour of My Love 1993
"Could It Be Right" Earth, Wind & Fire Electric Universe 1983
"Don't Let Me Walk This Road Alone" BeBe & CeCe Winans Relationships1994
"Dream With Me" Jackie Evancho Dream With Me 2011
"Every-Day Cider (林檎酒の日々)" Seiko Matsuda
  • Matsumoto Takashi
  • Jeremy Lubbock
Citron1988
"Every Little Hurt" Seiko Matsuda and David Foster Citron1988
"Everything You Are" Tevin Campbell and Cheryl "Coko" Gamble
  • Warren Wiebe
  • Joey Diggs
  • Nita Whitaker
  • Suzette Charles
  • Will Wheaton, Jr.
Tevin Campbell 1999
"Evolution Orange" Earth, Wind & Fire
Raise! 1981
"Finding Each Other" Naoko Kawai and Steve Lukather 9 1/2 Nine Half1985
"Follow Me" Chicago Chicago 16 1982
"Forever" Kenny Loggins
Vox Humana 1985
"Freedom" David Foster River of Love1990
"From the Inside" Alice Cooper From The Inside 1978
"Georgetown" David Foster St. Elmo's Fire OST1985
"Girls Know How" Al Jarreau Night Shift OST1982
"Glory of Love" Peter Cetera
Solitude/Solitaire 1986
"Goodbye" Air Supply The Vanishing Race 1993
"Got to Be Real" Cheryl Lynn Cheryl Lynn1978
"Grown-Up Christmas List" Natalie Cole River of Love1990
"Hard to Say I'm Sorry" Chicago Chicago 16 1982
"Heart Strings (Love Will Show Us How)" David Foster / Glenn Jones
The Best of Me / Take It from Me1983 / 1986
"Hold Me... (抱いて…)" Seiko Matsuda / Kim Carnes
  • Matsumoto Takashi
Citron / Seiko Ballads - Sweet Memories1988 / 1991
"Hold Me 'Til The Mornin' Comes" Paul Anka and Peter Cetera Walk a Fine Line / A Body of Work1983 / 1998
"How Many Times" Jordan Hill
  • Greg Charley
  • John Winston
Jordan Hill1995
"I Believe in Love" Sally Yeh and James Ingram Classic Duets (合唱金曲经典)1994
"I Burn for You"Danny Peck and Nancy Shanks
The Secret of My Success OST1987
"I Can Wait Forever" Air Supply Ghostbusters OST1984
"I Have Nothing" Whitney Houston The Bodyguard OST1992
"I Hear Your Voice" Lionel Richie Time 1998
"I'll Be There" Kenny Loggins Vox Humana 1985
"If I Turn You Away" Vikki Moss St. Elmo's Fire OST1985
"In the Stone" Earth, Wind & Fire I Am 1979
"In This Song" Charice Charice 2010
"Inside You" David Foster (featuring Hamish Stuart)River of Love1990
"Is There A Chance" David Foster (featuring Warren Wiebe)River of Love1990
"It's Alright" Chicago Chicago 18 1986
"It's the Falling in Love" Michael Jackson Off the Wall 1979
"Lady of My Heart" Jack Wagner All I Need 1984
"Listen to Me" Warren Wiebe and Celine Dion Unreleased song from Listen to Me 1989
"Learn to Love Again" Lou Rawls Love All Your Blues Away1986
"Let Your Feelings Show" Earth, Wind & Fire I Am 1979
"Living for the Moment" David Foster (featuring Warren Wiebe)River of Love1990
"Lonely Won't Leave Me Alone" Jermaine Jackson Precious Moments 1986
"Loraine" Kenny Loggins Vox Humana 1985
"Love at Second Sight" David Foster and Vikki Moss / Dionne Warwick The Best of Me / Friends 1983 / 1985
"Love by Another Name" Celine Dion Unison 1990
"Love Lights the World" David Foster (featuring Peabo Bryson, Celine Dion and Color Me Badd)Love Lights the World1994
"Love Me Tomorrow" Chicago Chicago 16 1982
"Love Theme from St. Elmo's Fire (For Just A Moment)" David Foster (featuring Amy Holland and Donny Gerrard) St. Elmo's Fire OST1985
"Love Theme from St. Elmo's Fire (Instrumental)" David Foster St. Elmo's Fire OST1985
"Marrakech" Seiko Matsuda
Citron1988
"Miss Independent" Ne-Yo Year of Gentlemen2008
"The Minute I Saw You" John Parr Unreleased song from Three Men and a Baby 1987
"Mornin'" Al Jarreau Jarreau 1983
"My One True Friend" Bette Midler Bathhouse Betty 1998
"My Sweet Delight" Jennifer Holliday Feel My Soul 1983
"Never Should Have Let You Go" Jordan Hill
  • Greg Charley
  • John Winston
Jordan Hill1995
"No. 1" Seiko Matsuda (featuring The Nylons)
  • Matsumoto Takashi
  • Paul Cooper
Citron1988
"Oh Yeah" Bill Withers Watching You, Watching Me1985
"One More Chance" Madonna Something to Remember 1995
"Only You" Chicago Chicago 17 1984
"Please Hold On" Chicago Chicago 17 1984
"The Power of the Dream" Celine Dion It's All Coming Back To Me Now 1996
"The Prayer" Celine Dion Quest for Camelot OST1998
"The Prayer" Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli Quest for Camelot OST1998
"Promise Me" Eden's Crush Popstars 2001
"Red Sweet Peas, Pt. 2 (続・赤いスイートピー)" Seiko Matsuda
Citron1988
"Remember Me This Way" Jordan Hill Jordan Hill1995
"Rescue You" Chicago Chicago 16 1982
"River of Love" David Foster (featuring Bryan Adams, Hamish Stuart and Warren Wiebe)
  • George B. Thatcher
  • Rick G. Hahn
River of Love1990
"Rock That!" Earth, Wind & Fire I Am 1979
"Save Me" Peter Cetera One More Story 1988
"Saved My Life" Fee Waybill St. Elmo's Fire OST1985
"The Secret of My Success" Night Ranger The Secret of My Success OST1987
"She's a Beauty" The Tubes Outside Inside 1983
"Shining Through" Miki Howard Femme Fatale 1992
"Slip Away" Jordan Hill
  • Greg Charley
  • John Winston
Jordan Hill1995
"So In Love With You" U.N.V. Universal Nubian Voices1995
"Spirit of a New World" Earth, Wind & Fire
Electric Universe 1983
"St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)" John Parr St. Elmo's Fire OST1985
"Stand Up for Love" Destiny's Child #1's 2005
"Stay the Night" Chicago Chicago 17 1984
"Stop Me from Starting This Feeling" Lou Rawls Love All Your Blues Away1986
"Stressed Out (Close To The Edge)" Airplay
St. Elmo's Fire OST1985
"Tears Are Not Enough" Northern Lights We Are The World 1985
"Tell Him" Celine Dion Let's Talk About Love 1997
"There for Me" Mariah Carey B-side to "Never Too Far/Hero Medley" single2001 [1]
"This Must Be Love" David Foster (featuring Jeff Pescetto and Warren Wiebe)River of Love1990
"This Time It Was Really Right" Jon Anderson St. Elmo's Fire OST1985
"Through the Fire" Chaka Khan I Feel for You 1985
"To Love You More" Celine Dion
  • Junior Miles
The Colour of My Love 1993
"Too Young" Jack Wagner Lighting Up the Night1985
"Until the End of Time" Jordan Hill and Delious Kennedy Jordan Hill1995
"Voices That Care" Various ArtistsNon-album single1991
"Wait" Earth, Wind & Fire I Am 1979
"Waiting for You to Decide" Chicago Chicago 16 1982
"We Never Called It Love" Karyn White and Pauli Carman
It's Time1987
"We Never Get to It" Seiko Matsuda Citron1988
"What Can I Say" Chicago Chicago 16 1982
"Whatever We Imagine" James Ingram
  • Paul Gordon
  • Jeremy Lubbock
It's Your Night 1983
"When Love Comes Calling" Deniece Williams
When Love Comes Calling 1979
"Where Do We Go from Here?" Vanessa Williams
Greatest Hits: The First Ten Years 1998
"Who's Gonna Love You Tonight" David Foster David Foster 1986
"Why Can't We Fall In Love?" Deniece Williams When Love Comes Calling 1979
"Wind Traveler in April (四月は風の旅人)" Seiko Matsuda
  • Matsumoto Takashi
  • John W. Dexter
Citron1988
"Without You" Samantha Cole Samantha Cole1997
"Will You Still Love Me?" Chicago Chicago 18 1986
"You" Earth, Wind & Fire Faces 1980
"You and I" Earth, Wind & Fire I Am 1979
"You Can Never Ask Too Much (of Love)" Take 6 Join the Band 1994
"You Can't Find Me" Seiko Matsuda
Citron1988
"You'll See" Madonna Something to Remember 1995
"You're the Inspiration" Chicago Chicago 17 1984

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