Troy Verges is an American

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Career

His first cut as a songwriter was a track on

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's '' Breathe''. His credits include the singles "

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", recorded by Hunter Hayes; "Beer Money", recorded by Kip Moore; " Who I Am", recorded by

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; " Wasted", recorded by Carrie Underwood; "Day Drinking", recorded by Little Big Town; " Shotgun Rider", recorded by Tim McGraw; and "I Want Crazy", recorded by Hunter Hayes all of which went to number one on the country music charts. "Wanted" was ACM nominated in 2013 for Song of the Year, while "I Want Crazy" received a 2014 Grammy nomination and "Day Drinking" received a 2015 Grammy nomination. "Wanted", composed by Hunter Hayes and Troy Verges, took home Song Of The Year honors at the 2013 BMI Country Awards. and was also named one of Billboard's top ten songs of the decade He produced and mixed the Anders Osborne album ''Coming Down''.

Awards

Verges was named "Songwriter of the Year" in 2002 by

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and "Songwriter of the Year" by the

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. In 2011, Verges garnered both and Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe nomination in the Best Original Song category for his composition "Coming Home" from the film ''Country Strong''.

List of songs co-written by Verges

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– "A Perfectly Good Heart" *

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– " Backseat of a Greyhound Bus" * Kip Moore – " Beer Money" * Kip Moore – "Bittersweet Company" *

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" * Kolby Cooper - "Breaking News" *

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– "Breathing Underwater" *

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– "Bulletproof Weeks" *

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– "Can't Take Back Goodbye" * Chaley Rose (from ''The Music Of Nashville'' soundtrack) – "Carry You Home" *

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, Alexandra Kay, Taz Zavala (from the ''Westside'' soundtrack) – "Champagne High" *

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- "Christmas All Over The World" *

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– "Closer to You" *

– "Come Find Me" * Kip Moore – "Come Home with You" *

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– "Coming Home" *

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– "Crazy Dreams" *

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– "Dance" *

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– " Day Drinking" *

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– "

Didn't You Know How Much I Loved You "Didn't You Know How Much I Loved You" is a song written by Chris Lindsey, Aimee Mayo and Troy Verges, and recorded by American country music artist Kellie Pickler. It was released in August 2009 as the third single from her self-titled second a ...

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– "Don't Give Up on Me" *

– "Drink Up" *

– " Drugs or Jesus" *

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– "Everybody Sings" * Caylee Hammack – "Family Tree" * Kelleigh Bannen – "Famous" * Kip Moore – "Fast Women" * David Nail -"Fighter" *

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– "Flashlight" *

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– "

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– "Girl in Pieces" *

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– "Girl in Your Truck Song" * Kip Moore – "Girl of the Summer" *

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– " God Must Really Love Me" * David Nail – "Good at Tonight" * Kip Moore – "Good Thing" *

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– "Hanging by a Wire" *

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– "Hallway" *

– " Helplessly, Hopelessly" *

– "Happy" *

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– "I Am What I Am" * Caitlyn Smith - "I Don't Like The World Without You" * Caitlyn Smith – "I Don't Wanna Love You Anymore" *

– "

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– "

I Would've Loved You Anyway "I Would've Loved You Anyway" is a song written by Mary Danna and Troy Verges, and recorded by American country music singer Trisha Yearwood. It was released in April 2001 as the lead single from her album '' Inside Out''. The song became a Top 5 ...

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– "I Wish I Was Wrong" *

– "I'll Carry You Home" *

– "I'm Your Woman" *

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– "If You Want a Bad Boy" *

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– "Isabella" *

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– "It's Good to Be Alive" *

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– "I've Forgotten You" * Steven Lee Olsen – "Just Married" * Caylee Hammack – "King Size Bed" *

– "Leave Love Alone" *

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– "Let's Get Drunk and Fight" * Emerson Drive – "Lemonade" * Brie Larson – "Life After You" *

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– "Like Nothing Else" * Danielle Bradbery - "Look At The Mess I'm In" *

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& Sita – "Lopen Op Het Water" *

– "Love Is a Sweet Thing" * Shelby Darrall - "Love Me When I'm Leavin" *

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– "Low Country" *

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– "Man Enough" * Caitlyn Smith – "Midnight In New York City" *

– "Might as Well Be Making Love" *

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– "Naked" *

– "Niagra" *

– "No Place" *

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- "North Star" *

– "Nothing Like Starting Over" * BoA – "Obsessed" *

– "One Song Away" *

– "Otis Redding" *

– "Paris" * Kelly Sweet – "Raincoat" *Josh Dorr – "Rocket" * Kip Moore – " Running for You" * Katharine McPhee – "Say Goodbye" *

– " Shotgun Rider" *

– " Simple Life" *

— "Sleep Tonight" *

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– "Slow Your Roll" *

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– "Somebody New" *

– "Someday Girl" * Easton Corbin – "Someday When I'm Old" * Matraca Berg – "South of Heaven" *

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– "Spinning Wheel" * Caitlyn Smith – "St. Paul" *Backbone ( Meat Loaf,

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) – "Stand in the Storm" *

– "Still" *

– "Storyline" *

– "Stronger" *

– "

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– " Telluride" *

– "Tell Me Something I Don't Know" * Lori McKenna – "The Bird & The Rifle" – * Danielle Bradbery – " The Heart of Dixie" *

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– "The Man You Love" *

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– " The One You Love (Todo Mi Amor)" *

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– "The Very Last Moment in Time" *

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- "The Way I Wanna Go" * Steven Lee Olsen – "There I Said It" *

– "There's No Good Day for Dying" *

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– "Things That You Say" *

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– "Things I Should've Said" *

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– "Thirty" * Annelise Cepero - "This Is Christmas" (from the "Holiday Harmony" soundtrack) * Terri Clark – "Three Mississippi" * Steven Lee Olsen – "Timing Is Everything" *

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– " Tonight I Wanna Be Your Man" * Edens Edge – " Too Good to Be True" * Steven Lee Olsen – "Undefeated" *

– "You're Not Leaving Me" *

– "

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– " Wasted" *

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– "We Can Dance" * Kat Higgins – "We Go Driving" *

– "What Gave Me Away" * Montgomery Gentry – "What It Takes" * Kip Moore – "What Ya Got On Tonight" *

– "What You're Looking For" *

– " Who I Am" *

– "Wild Blue" * Danielle Bradbery – "Wild Boy" *

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– " With Me" *

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—"You or Somebody Like You" *

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– " You Save Me" *

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– "Your Mama" *

- "Your Mama"

References

External links

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Troy Verges discography
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Career

Awards

List of songs co-written by Verges

See also

References

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