Editing Kevin Griffin

{{Short description|American musician (born 1968)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| background        = person
| name              = Kevin Griffin
| image             = Kevin Griffin, Better Than Ezra.jpg
| image_size        = 250
| alt               = Kevin Griffin onstage with a guitar, singing into a microphone
| caption           = Griffin performing with Better Than Ezra in 2010
| birth_name        = Kevin Michael Griffin<ref name="allmusic.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/kevin-griffin-mn0000082796|title=Kevin Griffin - Biography, Albums, Streaming Links - AllMusic|work=allmusic.com|access-date=October 1, 2016}}</ref>
| alias             =
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|1968|10|1}}
| birth_place       = [[Atlanta]], Georgia, U.S.<ref name="franklinhomepage.com">{{cite web|url=https://franklinhomepage.com/pilgrimage-co-founder-kevin-griffin-talks-solo-album-act-at-this-years-festival/|title=Pilgrimage co-founder Kevin Griffin talks solo album, act, at this year's festival|access-date=June 20, 2019|archive-date=June 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620155228/https://franklinhomepage.com/pilgrimage-co-founder-kevin-griffin-talks-solo-album-act-at-this-years-festival/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| genre             = {{flatlist|
* [[Rock music|Rock]]
* [[alternative rock]]
* [[country music|country]]
}}
| occupation        = {{flatlist|
* Singer
* songwriter
* record producer
}}
| instrument        = {{flatlist|
* Vocals
* guitar
* piano
}}
| years_active      = 1988–present
| label             =
| current_member_of = [[Better Than Ezra]]
| past_member_of    =
}}

''' Kevin Michael Griffin<ref name="allmusic.com"/> '''(born October 1, 1968) <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2004-10-01-0410020008-story.html | title=1. In a debating moodJessica Simpson's dad | website=[[Chicago Tribune]] | date=October 2004 }}</ref> is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band [[Better Than Ezra]].<ref name=aq>{{cite news | first = Andrea | last = Seastrand | title = Interview with Better Than Ezra: Better Than Solo | url = http://www.theaquarian.com/2009/06/19/interview-with-better-than-ezra-better-than-solo/ | work = [[The Aquarian Weekly]] | date = June 19, 2009 | access-date = August 19, 2009}}</ref>

His songs have been performed and recorded by artists such as [[Taylor Swift]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Better Than Ezra: Taylor Swift Sure Thinks They're 'Good'|url=http://yahoo.com/entertainment/blogs/live-nation/better-than-erza--taylor-swift-sure-thinks-they-re--good--015956940.html|access-date=January 27, 2022|website=yahoo.com|date=September 18, 2014 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=May 19, 2016|title=617: Better Than Ezra's Kevin Griffin on songwriting, ripping off Buffalo Tom and living in Boston|url=https://vanyaland.com/2016/05/19/617-better-ezras-kevin-griffin/|access-date=January 27, 2022|website=Vanyaland|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Better Than Ezra's Kevin Griffin Says Songwriting for Others Led to Solo LP {{!}} Q104.3|url=https://q1043.iheart.com/featured/out-of-the-box/content/2019-10-10-better-than-ezras-kevin-griffin-says-songwriting-for-others-led-to-solo-lp/|access-date=January 27, 2022|website=Out Of The Box|language=en}}</ref> [[Train (band)|Train]],<ref name=":1" /> [[Sugarland]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Anderson|first=Sara D.|title=Better Than Ezra's Kevin Griffin Is Thankful Sugarland's 'Stuck Like Glue' Went No. 1|url=https://tasteofcountry.com/stuck-like-glue-sugarland-kevin-griffin/|access-date=January 27, 2022|website=Taste of Country|date=December 29, 2010}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|date=July 22, 2021|title=Sugarland's "Stuck Like Glue:" A Sassy Song To Make You Feel Good|url=https://www.countrythangdaily.com/sugarland-stuck-like-glue/|access-date=January 27, 2022|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Duvall|first=Erin|title=Better Than Ezra's Kevin Griffin Goes Country|url=https://theboot.com/kevin-griffin-better-than-ezra-country-songs/|access-date=January 27, 2022|website=The Boot|date=December 29, 2010 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|last=Paulson|first=Dave|title=Kevin Griffin of Better Than Ezra plays solo in Nashville|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2015/01/22/kevin-griffin-better-ezra-plays-solo-nashville/22181871/|access-date=January 27, 2022|website=The Tennessean|language=en-US}}</ref> [[James Blunt]],<ref name=":1" /> [[Dierks Bentley]], [[The Record Company]], [[Wilder Woods]], [[Moon Taxi]],<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|date=August 7, 2019|title=Kevin Griffin Releases Solo Album|url=https://rutherfordsource.com/kevin-griffin-releases-solo-album/|access-date=January 27, 2022|website=Rutherford Source|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Saint Motel]], [[Andy Grammer]], [[Christina Perri]],<ref name=":4" /> [[Trombone Shorty]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fox-Smith|first=James|date=July 2, 2013|title=Favorite Up-and-Coming Louisiana Musician: Trombone Shorty|url=https://countryroadsmagazine.com/culture/visual-performing-arts/favorite-up-and-coming-louisiana-musician-trombone-shorty/|access-date=January 27, 2022|website=Country Roads Magazine|language=en-us}}</ref> [[Howie Day]],<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":6">{{Cite web|last=Ward|first=Steven|title=Better Than Ezra frontman plans 'fun, rocking, silly good time' in Jackson|url=https://www.clarionledger.com/story/magnolia/entertainment/2018/01/16/concerts-live-music-better-than-ezra-frontman-plays-hal-and-mals-wrote-sugarland-howie-day/1012996001/|access-date=January 27, 2022|website=The Clarion-Ledger|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":5" /> [[Barenaked Ladies]],<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4" /> [[Tom Morello]], [[Boys Like Girls]], [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]],<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":5" /> [[Chase Rice]],<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Freeman|first=Jon|date=January 24, 2020|title=Chase Rice Surprise Releases New Project 'The Album Part I'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/chase-rice-surprise-new-album-942393/|access-date=January 27, 2022|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite web|date=May 28, 2021|title=5 Things You Didn't Know About Chase Rice|url=https://americansongwriter.com/5-things-you-didnt-know-about-chase-rice/|access-date=January 27, 2022|website=American Songwriter}}</ref> [[The Struts]],<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":2" /> [[Andrew McMahon]], [[Matt Nathanson]], [[Meat Loaf]], [[Missy Higgins]], and many others.

He is a co-founder and partner of the [[Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival]] in Franklin, Tennessee.<ref name=":8">{{Cite magazine|last1=Hudak|first1=Joseph|last2=Moss|first2=Marissa R.|date=September 28, 2015|title=10 Best Things We Saw at Pilgrimage Music Festival|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country-lists/10-best-things-we-saw-at-pilgrimage-music-festival-165230/|access-date=January 27, 2022|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival 2017|url=https://consequence.net/festival/pilgrimage-music-cultural-festival-2017/|access-date=January 27, 2022|website=Consequence|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Paulson|first=Dave|title=To create Pilgrimage Festival, rocker Kevin Griffin had to set his ego aside|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2018/09/17/pilgrimage-festival-2018-kevin-griffin-better-than-ezra/986346002/|access-date=January 27, 2022|website=The Tennessean|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{Cite web|last=Pereira|first=Cindy C. A.|title=Better than Ezra frontman won't divulge secret behind band's name|url=https://www.northjersey.com/story/entertainment/theater/2017/06/16/better-than-ezra-frontman-wont-divulge-secret-behind-bands-name/390634001/|access-date=January 27, 2022|website=North Jersey Media Group|language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[Rolling Stone]]''{{'}}s review of the festival's inaugural year was positive, saying it had "an A-list lineup (arguably the best curated of the year)" <ref name=":8" /> and "established itself as a festival to watch."<ref name=":8" /> Performers at the festival have included [[Justin Timberlake]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=West|first=Emily R.|title=Justin Timberlake's hometown inspires new stage area at Pilgrimage Festival|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/williamson/2018/09/22/justin-timberlake-pilgrimage-festival-millville/1394748002/|access-date=January 27, 2022|website=The Tennessean|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":9"/> [[Foo Fighters]],<ref>{{Cite magazine|last1=Moss|first1=Marissa R.|last2=Crawford|first2=Robert|date=September 23, 2019|title=Pilgrimage Festival 2019: 5 Best Things We Saw|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/pilgrimage-festival-2019-best-things-we-saw-foo-fighters-jenny-lewis-889220/|access-date=January 27, 2022|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Willie Nelson]],<ref name=":11" /> [[Chris Stapleton]],<ref>{{Cite magazine|author=Billboard Staff|date=March 27, 2018|title=Jack White, Chris Stapleton & Lionel Richie to Headline 2018 Pilgrimage Festival|url=https://www.billboard.com/culture/events/pilgrimage-2018-lineup-jack-white-chris-stapleton-lionel-richie-8262794/|access-date=January 27, 2022|magazine=Billboard|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Willie Nelson|The Killers]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Leimkuehler|first=Matthew|title=Pilgrimage 2019: The Killers pay tribute to late Cars frontman Ric Ocasek in Tennessee|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2019/09/21/the-killers-pilgrimage-review-set-list-2019/2386872001/|access-date=January 27, 2022|website=The Tennessean|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Dave Matthews Band]],<ref name=":10">{{Cite web|last=Wanser|first=Brooke|title=Pilgrimage Festival lineup announced|url=http://www.williamsonherald.com/features/pilgrimage-festival-lineup-announced/article_30dbb562-a832-11eb-b8f0-8334e62c09bc.html|access-date=January 27, 2022|website=Williamson Herald|date=April 28, 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11">{{Cite web|last=Leimkuehler|first=Matthew|title=Pilgrimage Festival lineup: Dave Matthews Band, Black Keys, Maren Morris top 2021 bill|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/2021/04/28/pilgrimage-music-festival-2021-lineup-tickets-dave-matthews-maren-morris-black-keys-maren-morris/7382147002/|access-date=January 27, 2022|website=The Tennessean}}</ref> [[Maren Morris]],<ref name=":10" /><ref name=":11" /> [[The Black Keys]],<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":7" /> [[Cage the Elephant]],<ref name=":10" /> and [[Black Pumas]].<ref name=":10" />

Griffin formed the [[alternative rock]] band [[Better Than Ezra]] in 1988.<ref name=":9" /> They had platinum success in the 1990s with hits such as "[[Good (Better Than Ezra song)|Good]]", "[[In the Blood (Better Than Ezra song)|In the Blood]]", and "[[Desperately Wanting]]", and have continued in the 2000s with hits such as "[[Extra Ordinary]]", "[[A Lifetime]]", and "[[Juicy (Better Than Ezra song)|Juicy]]". The band continues to tour and produce new recordings, the most recent of which is ''[[All Together Now (Better Than Ezra album)|All Together Now]]'', released in September 2014. As a performer, Griffin is known for singing in [[falsetto]], inviting audience members onstage to play guitar, and interrupting his own songs with verses of well-known rock songs. He is also a mimic, imitating singers such as [[Aaron Neville]], [[Bruce Springsteen]], and [[Dave Matthews]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Andy Argyrakis|date=January 9, 2016|title=The songwriter (and comedic) side of Better Than Ezra's Kevin Griffin|url=https://chicagoconcertreviews.com/2016/01/08/2015-01-08-kevin-griffin/|access-date=January 27, 2022|website=Chicago Concert Reviews}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=Dustin|last=Schoof|date=January 18, 2015|title=Kevin Griffin again proves formidable as singer, entertainer in Bethlehem – REVIEW|url=https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/music/2015/01/kevin_griffin_again_proves_for.html|access-date=January 27, 2022|website=lehighvalleylive}}</ref>

His first solo album, ''Anywhere You Go'',<ref>{{Cite web|last=Milano|first=Brett|title=Kevin Griffin, Anywhere You Go (BMG)|url=https://www.offbeat.com/music/kevin-griffin-anywhere-you-go-bmg/|access-date=January 27, 2022|website=OffBeat Magazine|date=September 26, 2019 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Ryan|first=Jim|title=Kevin Griffin of Better Than Ezra on Debut Solo Album Anywhere You Go|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jimryan1/2019/10/04/kevin-griffin-of-better-than-ezra-on-debut-solo-album-anywhere-you-go/|access-date=January 27, 2022|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref> was released on October 4, 2019.<ref name=":5" /> Griffin also performs as part of the [[Supergroup (music)|supergroup]] Ezra Ray Hart with [[Mark McGrath]] of [[Sugar Ray]] and [[Emerson Hart]] of [[Tonic (band)|Tonic]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mosolgo|first=Bob|title=Decade of Difference: Tonic|url=https://www.wnrn.org/decade-of-difference-tonic/|access-date=January 27, 2022|website=WNRN|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=August 30, 2021|title=What to do Monday at the Minnesota State Fair|url=https://www.twincities.com/2021/08/30/what-to-do-monday-at-the-minnesota-state-fair/|access-date=January 27, 2022|website=Twin Cities}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Griffin was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and grew up in [[Monroe, Louisiana]]. He attended [[River Oaks School]], where he met his bandmate Jim Payne.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://bayoulifemag.com/better-than-ezra/ | title=Better Than Ezra | date=July 24, 2014 }}</ref><ref name=":6"/> He received a [[bachelor's degree]] in [[English studies|English]] and a minor in [[political science]]<ref name=":9" /> from [[Louisiana State University]] in 1990.<ref name="aq" /> He was a member of the [[Kappa Sigma]] fraternity. He took the [[Law School Admission Test|LSAT]] with the intention of attending law school and working in [[entertainment law]].<ref name="aq" /> He then took a job with [[Creative Artists Agency]] in Los Angeles during the early 1990s,<ref name="aq" /> before Better Than Ezra achieved commercial success.

Griffin and his family largely resided in the [[Uptown New Orleans|Uptown]] neighborhood of [[New Orleans]] until [[Hurricane Katrina]] devastated the city in 2005.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web|date=January 10, 2012|title=Better Than Ezra frontman Kevin Griffin's move colors new 'Paper Empire' {{!}} NOLA.com|url=http://blog.nola.com/keithspera/2009/05/better_than_ezra_on_their_new.html|access-date=January 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110063258/http://blog.nola.com/keithspera/2009/05/better_than_ezra_on_their_new.html |archive-date=January 10, 2012 }}</ref> He purchased a home in the [[Silver Lake, Los Angeles|Silver Lake]] neighborhood of Los Angeles in July 2006<ref name=":12" /> and in 2011, he sold his house and moved to [[Franklin, Tennessee]], with his family.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Better Than Ezra's Kevin Griffin anticipates busy year in Nashville and beyond|date=December 22, 2010 |url=https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/music/article_07c588fe-b341-5915-9c68-d0ab0745848a.html}}</ref>

==Career==
Griffin has produced, written, and co-written platinum albums and songs that have sold more than thirty million copies.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":5" />

Griffin's first number-one with Better Than Ezra was the 1995 song "[[Good (Better Than Ezra song)|Good]]",<ref name=":13">{{Cite web|title=Artist Search for "better than ezra"|url=https://www.allmusic.com/search/artists/better+than+ezra|access-date=January 27, 2022|website=AllMusic|language=en}}</ref> and it stayed on top of the Alternative Chart for seven weeks. It reached No. 1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, No. 3 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and No. 30 on the Billboard Hot 100.<ref name=":13" />

His other number-one songs are Howie Day's "Collide"<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":6" /> and Sugarland's "Stuck Like Glue" in 2011,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":6" /> which became the eleventh most-downloaded song in country music history.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}

In 2010, his song "Breathless" was covered by Taylor Swift at the Hope for Haiti telethon,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> the most widely distributed telethon in history.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|title='Hope for Haiti Now' Draws 83 Million Viewers in U.S.|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/1630468/hope-for-haiti-now-draws-83-million-viewers-in-us/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150116083726/http://www.mtv.com/news/1630468/hope-for-haiti-now-draws-83-million-viewers-in-us/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 16, 2015|access-date=January 27, 2022|website=MTV News|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Harris|first=Compiled by Rachel Lee|date=January 24, 2010|title='Hope for Haiti' Takes in $57 Million|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/25/arts/television/25arts-HOPEFORHAITI_BRF.html|access-date=January 27, 2022|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Airdate: Hope for Haiti Now {{!}} TV Tonight|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2010/01/airdate-hope-for-haiti-now.html/|access-date=January 27, 2022|website=tvtonight.com.au/|date=January 22, 2010 |language=en-AU}}</ref>

Griffin has won numerous BMI pop and country awards,<ref name=":5" /> and his song "[[Scar (song)|Scar]]", with [[Missy Higgins]], won Song of the Year at the Australian ARIA Awards.<ref name=":5" />

In 2018, he was an adjunct professor at NYU's Clive Davis School of Recorded Music.<ref name=":9"/>

He is active with Better Than Ezra's foundation, MusiCares, and St. Jude.<ref name=":14">{{Cite web|last=Ryan|first=Jim|title=Better Than Ezra's Kevin Griffin Raises $130K Amidst COVID-19 Via 'Alone Together' Living Room Concerts|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jimryan1/2020/05/24/better-than-ezras-kevin-griffin-raises-130k-amidst-covid-19-via-alone-together-living-room-concerts/|access-date=January 27, 2022|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web|title=MusiCares|url=https://musicares.org/|access-date=January 27, 2022|website=MusiCares.org}}</ref> In 2020, through a series of livestream acoustic performances, he was able to raise more than $220K for various charities helping those adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref name=":14" /><ref name=":15" />

==Songwriting credits==
{{BLP unreferenced section|date=May 2019}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Artist !! Song !! Album !! Credit
|-
| rowspan="13" |2021
| rowspan="4" |[[Barenaked Ladies]]
|"Flip"
| rowspan="4" |''[[Detour de Force]]''
|Co-writer
|-
|"Good Life"
|Co-writer
|-
|"New Disaster"
|Co-writer
|-
|"Roll Out"
|Co-writer
|-
|[[Tom Morello]]
|"Raising Hell"
|''[[The Atlas Underground Flood]]''
|Co-writer
|-
|[[The Record Company]]
|"How High"
|''Play Loud''
|Co-writer
|-
|[[Moon Taxi]]
|"The Beginning"
|''Silver Dream''
|Co-writer
|-
|[[King Calaway]]
|"Homegrown"
|''Midnight''
|Co-writer
|-
|[[Chase Rice]]
|"American Nights"
|''[[The Album (Chase Rice album)|The Album]]''
|Co-writer
|-
|[[Saint Motel]]
|"Bullet"
|''The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack''
|Co-writer
|-
|Hurricane Fall
|"Another One More Time"
|''Another One More Time''
|Co-writer
|-
|Wax Owls
|"Carry Me"
|''Carry Me''
|Co-writer
|-
|[[Daniel Powter]]
|"Fall in Love"
|''Essential Daniel Powter''
|Co-writer
|-
| rowspan="3" |2020
|Kyd the Band
|"Corridors"
|''Season 3: The Realization''
|Co-writer
|-
|[[Chaz Cardigan]]
|"Live a Little"
|''Live a Little''
|Co-writer
|-
|[[Dierks Bentley]] & [[Shenandoah (band)|Sheanandoah]]
|"Every Road"
|''Every Road''
|Co-writer
|-
| rowspan="2" |2019
|Patrick Droney
|"Stand and Deliver"
|''Patrick Droney'' EP
|Co-writer
|-
|[[Bear Rinehart|Wilder Woods]]
|"Feel"
|''Wilder Woods''
|Co-writer
|-
| rowspan="8" |2018
|[[The Struts]]
|"Freak Like You"
|''[[Young & Dangerous (album)|Young & Dangerous]]''
|Co-writer
|-
|[[Mike Love]]
|"Must Be Christmas"
|''[[Reason for the Season]]''
|Co-writer
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Phillip Phillips]]
|"Miles"
| rowspan="2" |''Collateral''
|Co-writer
|-
|"Don't Tell Me"
|Co-writer
|-
|Moon Taxi
|"Good As Gold"
|''[[Let the Record Play (album)|Let the Record Play]]''
|Co-writer
|-
|[[Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear]]
|"Hell and Back"
|''The Radio Winners''
|Co-writer
|-
|[[The Night Game]]
|"American Nights"
|''The Night Game''
|Co-writer
|-
|[[Lennon Stella]]
|"Without Warning"
|''Nashville Soundtrack vol. 6''
|Co-writer
|-
| rowspan="5" |2017
| rowspan="4" |Barenaked Ladies
|"Canada Dry"
| rowspan="4" |''[[Fake Nudes]]''
|Co-writer
|-
|"Bringing It Home"
|Co-writer
|-
|"Lookin' Up"
|Co-writer
|-
|"You + Me vs. the World"
|Co-writer
|-
|[[Trombone Shorty]]
|"Where It At?"
|''[[Parking Lot Symphony]]''
|Co-writer
|-
|2016
|[[Violent Femmes]]
|"Issues"
|''[[We Can Do Anything]]''
|Co-writer
|-
| rowspan="4" |2015
| rowspan="2" |Barenaked Ladies
|"Get Back Up"
| rowspan="2" |''[[Silverball (album)|Silverball]]''
|Co-writer
|-
|"Duct Tape Heart"
|Co-writer
|-
|[[David Cook (singer)|David Cook]]
|"Home Movies (Over Your Shoulder)"
|''[[Digital Vein]]''
|Co-writer
|-
|[[Andrew McMahon]]
|"Canyon Moon"
|''[[Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness (album)|Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness]]''
|Co-writer
|-
| rowspan="4" |2014
| rowspan="2" |[[Christina Perri]]
|"Lonely Child"
| rowspan="2" |''[[Head or Heart]]''
|Co-writer
|-
|"One Night"
|Co-writer
|-
|[[JT Hodges]]
|"Already High"
|Non-album single
|Co-writer
|-
|[[Megan and Liz]]
|"Night of Our Lives"
|''[[Simple Life (Megan and Liz EP)|Simple Life]]''
|Co-writer
|-
| rowspan="7" |2013
| rowspan="2" |[[A Rocket to the Moon]]
|"Whole Lotta You"
| rowspan="2" |''[[Wild & Free (album)|Wild & Free]]''
|Co-writer
|-
|"You're My Song"
|Co-writer
|-
| rowspan="3" |Barenaked Ladies
|"Did I Say That Out Loud?"
| rowspan="3" |''[[Grinning Streak]]''
|Co-writer
|-
|"Gonna Walk"
|Co-writer
|-
|"[[Odds Are]]"
|Co-writer
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[James Blunt]]
|"Kiss This Love Goodbye"
| rowspan="2" |''[[Moon Landing (album)|Moon Landing]]'' <small>(deluxe edition)</small>
|Co-writer
|-
|"Telephone"
|Co-writer
|-
| rowspan="5" |2012
|[[Boys Like Girls]]
|"Crazy World"
|''[[Crazy World (Boys Like Girls album)|Crazy World]]''
|Co-writer
|-
| rowspan="2" |Daniel Powter
|"[[Cupid (Daniel Powter song)|Cupid]]"
| rowspan="2" |''[[Turn On the Lights (album)|Turn On the Lights]]''
|Co-writer
|-
|"The Day We Never Met"
|Co-writer
|-
|[[Missy Higgins]]
|"Hello Hello"
|''[[The Ol' Razzle Dazzle]]''
|Co-writer
|-
|[[Tristan Prettyman]]
|"My Oh My"
|''[[Cedar + Gold]]''
|Co-writer
|-
| rowspan="6" |2011
|[[Augustana (band)|Augustana]]
|"Counting Stars"
|''[[Augustana (album)|Augustana]]''
|Co-writer
|-
|David Cook
|"[[Fade into Me]]"
|''[[This Loud Morning]]''
|Co-writer
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Howie Day]]
|"Ceasefire"
| rowspan="3" |''Ceasefire'' EP
|Co-writer
|-
|"Isn't It Obvious"
|Co-writer
|-
|"Oxygen"
|Co-writer
|-
|[[Il Volo]]
|"[[Super Magick|This Time]]"
|''[[Il Volo (album)|Il Volo]]'' <small>(international version)</small>
|Co-writer
|-
| rowspan="4" |2010
|[[Taylor Swift]]
|"Breathless"
|[[Hope for Haiti Now (album)|''Hope for Haiti Now'']]
|Writer
|-
|James Blunt
|"[[I'll Be Your Man]]"
|''[[Some Kind of Trouble]]''
|Co-writer
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Sugarland]]
|"[[Stuck Like Glue]]"
| rowspan="2" |''[[The Incredible Machine (album)|The Incredible Machine]]''
|Co-writer
|-
|"[[Tonight (Sugarland song)|Tonight]]"
|Co-writer
|-
| rowspan="5" |2009
| rowspan="4" |Howie Day
|"[[Be There (Howie Day song)|Be There]]"
| rowspan="4" |''[[Sound the Alarm (Howie Day album)|Sound the Alarm]]''
|Co-writer
|-
|"Longest Night"
|Co-writer
|-
|"Sound the Alarm"
|Co-writer
|-
|"Undressed"
|Co-writer
|-
|[[Train (band)|Train]]
|"I Got You"
|''[[Save Me, San Francisco]]''
|Co-writer
|-
| rowspan="5" |2008
|David Cook
|"Avalanche"
|''[[David Cook (album)|David Cook]]''
|Co-writer
|-
|[[I Nine]]
|"Don't Wanna"
|''Heavy Weighs the King''
|Co-writer
|-
|[[Joshua Radin]]
|"Free of Me"
|''[[Simple Times]]''
|Co-writer
|-
|[[Lenka]]
|"Knock Knock"
|''[[Lenka (album)|Lenka]]''
|Co-writer
|-
|Tristan Prettyman
|"Madly"
|''[[Hello...x]]''
|Co-writer
|-
| rowspan="6" |2007
|[[Graham Colton]]
|"New Year's Resolution"
|''Here Right Now''
|Co-writer
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Ingram Hill]]
|"Four Letter Word"
| rowspan="2" |''[[Cold in California]]''
|Co-writer
|-
|"Impossible"
|Co-writer
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Jeremy Lister]]
|"Fit"
| rowspan="2" |''Just One Day'' EP
|Co-writer
|-
|"Just One Day"
|Co-writer
|-
|[[Jon McLaughlin (musician)|Jon McLaughlin]]
|"Human"
|''[[Indiana (Jon McLaughlin album)|Indiana]]''
|Co-writer
|-
| rowspan="1" |2006
|[[Val Emmich]]
|"Absolutely Still"
|''Sunlight Searchparty''
|Co-writer
|-
| rowspan="1" |2005
|[[Josh Kelley]]
|"Lover Come Up"
|''[[Almost Honest]]''
|Co-writer
|-
| rowspan="8" |2004
| rowspan="5" |[[Graham Colton|Graham Colton Band]]
|"Cigarette"
| rowspan="5" |''Drive''
|Co-writer
|-
|"Cut"
|Co-writer
|-
|"First Week"
|Co-writer
|-
|"How Low (Breakdown)"
|Co-writer
|-
|"Morning Light"
|Co-writer
|-
| rowspan="3" |Missy Higgins
|"Don't Ever"
| rowspan="3" |''[[The Sound of White]]''
|Co-writer
|-
|"[[Scar (song)|Scar]]"
|Co-writer
|-
|"Unbroken"
|Co-writer
|-
|rowspan="5"| 2003 || [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]] || "[[Good Boys (song)|Good Boys]]" || ''[[The Curse of Blondie]]'' || Co-writer
|-
| rowspan="3"| Howie Day || "[[Collide (Howie Day song)|Collide]]" ||rowspan="3"| ''[[Stop All the World Now]]'' || Co-writer
|-
| "Perfect Time of Day" || Co-writer
|-
| "Sunday Morning Song" || Co-writer
|-
| [[Meat Loaf]] || "Testify" || ''[[Couldn't Have Said It Better]]'' || Writer
|}

==References==
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