List of songs written by Paul Overstreet

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American singer-songwriter Paul Overstreet has written a large number of songs for other artists. He had his first songwriting success in 1982 with "Same Ole Me" by George Jones featuring the Oak Ridge Boys. Other artists who have recorded his material include Randy Travis, Keith Whitley, Blake Shelton, Kenny Chesney, and the Judds.

Songs

YearArtistAlbumSongCo-written withUS Country
1981 George Jones Still the Same Ole Me "Same Ole Me" (with The Oak Ridge Boys)5
1984 Tammy Wynette "Lonely Heart"40
1985 The Forester Sisters The Forester Sisters "I Fell in Love Again Last Night" Thom Schuyler 1
"The Missing Part" Don Schlitz
1986 Marie Osmond I Only Wanted You "You're Still New to Me" (with Paul Davis) Paul Davis 1
Randy Travis Storms of Life "On the Other Hand" Don Schlitz 1
"Diggin' Up Bones"Al Gore, Nat Stuckey 1
"No Place Like Home"2
S-K-O S-K-O"You Can't Stop Love" Thom Schuyler 9
"Trains Make Me Lonesome" Thom Schuyler
"Somebody's Doin' Me Right" Dan Tyler, J. Fred Knobloch
"Love Is the Hero" J. Fred Knobloch, Thom Schuyler
Tanya Tucker Girls Like Me "One Love at a Time" Paul Davis 3
1987 The Forester Sisters You Again "You Again" Don Schlitz 1
Kathy Mattea Untasted Honey "The Battle Hymn of Love" (with Tim O'Brien) Don Schlitz 9
Michael Martin Murphey Americana "A Long Line of Love" Thom Schuyler 1
Randy Travis Always & Forever "My House"Al Gore
"Forever and Ever, Amen" Don Schlitz 1
Tanya Tucker Love Me Like You Used To "I Won't Take Less Than Your Love" (with Paul Davis and Paul Overstreet) Don Schlitz 1
"I'll Tennessee You in My Dreams" Don Schlitz
1988 Keith Whitley Don't Close Your Eyes "When You Say Nothing at All" Don Schlitz 1
Lee Greenwood This Is My Country "I'll Be Lovin' You" Don Schlitz 16
Randy Travis Old 8×10 "Deeper Than the Holler" Don Schlitz 1
1989 Lionel Cartwright Lionel Cartwright "Like Father Like Son" Don Schlitz 14
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two "And So It Goes" (with John Denver) Don Schlitz 14
Paul Overstreet Sowin' Love "Love Helps Those"3
"All the Fun"Taylor Dunn5
"Call the Preacher"
"Richest Man on Earth" Don Schlitz 3
"Sowin' Love" Don Schlitz 9
"Love Never Sleeps"
"Dig Another Well" Don Schlitz
"Seein' My Father in Me"Taylor Dunn2
"What God Has Joined Together" Paul Davis
"Homemaker"Eugene D. Tyler
"Neath the Light of Your Love" Don Schlitz
Randy Travis An Old Time Christmas "How Do I Wrap My Heart Up for Christmas" Randy Travis
Ronnie Milsap Stranger Things Have Happened "Houston Solution" Don Schlitz 4
Tanya Tucker Greatest Hits "My Arms Stay Open All Night" Don Schlitz 2
1990 The Judds Love Can Build a Bridge "Love Can Build a Bridge" John Barlow Jarvis, Naomi Judd 5
1991 George Jones Friends in High Places "If I Could Bottle This Up" (with Shelby Lynne) Dean Dillon 43
Keith Whitley Kentucky Bluebird "Somebody's Doin' Me Right" Dan Tyler, J. Fred Knobloch 15
Pam Tillis Put Yourself in My Place "One of Those Things" Pam Tillis 6
Paul Overstreet Heroes "Ball and Chain" Don Schlitz 5
"If I Could Bottle This Up" Dean Dillon 30
"Daddy's Come Around" Don Schlitz 1
"Love Lives On"Taylor Dunn
"Heroes"Claire Cloninger4
"I'm So Glad I was Dreaming" Don Schlitz
"Straight and Narrow" Don Schlitz
"Billy Can't Read"Jerry Michael57
"She Supports Her Man"
"Til the Mountains Disappear" Don Schlitz
"The Calm at the Center of My Storm" Don Schlitz
1992Paul Overstreet Love Is Strong "Take Another Run" Don Schlitz 60
"Still Out There Swinging"57
"Me and My Baby" Paul Davis 22
"There But for the Grace of God Go I"Taylor Dunn
"Love Is Strong"Archie Jordan
"Head Over Heels" Paul Davis
"What's Going Without Saying"Jeff Borders
"Take Some Action"Tom Campbell
"Lord She Sure Is Good at Loving Me" Randy Travis
"Till the Answer Comes (Gotta Keep Praying)"Fred Carpenter, Billy Prince
1994 Alison Krauss & Union Station Keith Whitley: A Tribute Album "When You Say Nothing at All" Don Schlitz 3
1999 Kenny Chesney Everywhere We Go "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy" Jim Collins 11
2003 Tracy Byrd The Truth About Men "The Truth About Men" Rory Feek, Tim Johnson 13
2004 Blake Shelton Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill "Some Beach" Rory Feek 1
2012 Kristen Kelly Kristen Kelly"Ex-Old Man" Kristen Kelly 30

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