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 " Wanted", 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; "

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", 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 Nashville Songwriters Association International. 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

''(alphabetical by song title)'' *

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– "A Perfectly Good Heart" *

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– " Backseat of a Greyhound Bus" *

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– " Beer Money" *

– "Bittersweet Company" *

– "

" * Kolby Cooper - "Breaking News" *

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– "Breathing Underwater" * Matt Nathanson – "Bulletproof Weeks" *

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– "Can't Take Back Goodbye" *

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(from ''The Music Of Nashville'' soundtrack) – "Carry You Home" * Pia Toscano, Alexandra Kay, Taz Zavala (from the ''Westside'' soundtrack) – "Champagne High" *

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- "Christmas All Over The World" * Carly Pearce – "Closer to You" *

– "Come Find Me" *

– "Come Home with You" * Gwyneth Paltrow – "Coming Home" *

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– "Crazy Dreams" *

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– "Dance" *

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– "

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" * Kellie Pickler – "

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 secon ...

" *

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– "Don't Give Up on Me" *

– "Drink Up" *

– "

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" * Cassadee Pope – "Everybody Sings" * Caylee Hammack – "Family Tree" * Kelleigh Bannen – "Famous" *

– "Fast Women" * David Nail -"Fighter" * Hunter Hayes – "Flashlight" * Carolyn Dawn Johnson – "

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– "Girl in Pieces" *

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– "Girl in Your Truck Song" *

– "Girl of the Summer" * Craig Morgan – "

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" * David Nail – "Good at Tonight" *

– "Good Thing" *

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– "Hanging by a Wire" * Emerson Hart – "Hallway" *

– "

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" * Kellie Pickler – "Happy" *

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– " Helpless When She Smiles" * Laura Bell Bundy – "I Am What I Am" * Caitlyn Smith - "I Don't Like The World Without You" * Caitlyn Smith – "I Don't Wanna Love You Anymore" * Hunter Hayes – " I Want Crazy" *

– " I Would've Loved You Anyway" *

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– "I Wish I Was Wrong" *

– "I'll Carry You Home" * Kellie Pickler – "I'm Your Woman" * Brantley Gilbert – "If You Want a Bad Boy" * Dia Frampton – "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" *

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- "Love Me When I'm Leavin" * Darius Rucker – "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" * Hunter Hayes – "Nothing Like Starting Over" * BoA – "Obsessed" * Cassadee Pope – "One Song Away" *

– "Otis Redding" *

– "Paris" * Kelly Sweet – "Raincoat" *Josh Dorr – "Rocket" *

– "

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" * Katharine McPhee – "Say Goodbye" *

– "

" * Carolyn Dawn Johnson – " Simple Life" *

— "Sleep Tonight" * Brothers Osborne – "Slow Your Roll" *

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– "Somebody New" * Hunter Hayes – "Someday Girl" * Easton Corbin – "Someday When I'm Old" * Matraca Berg – "South of Heaven" * Maura O'Connell – "Spinning Wheel" * Caitlyn Smith – "St. Paul" *Backbone (

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, John Rich,

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, Mark McGrath) – "Stand in the Storm" * Hunter Hayes – "Still" * Hunter Hayes – "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)" * Lindsay Lohan – "The Very Last Moment in Time" * Trace Adkins - "The Way I Wanna Go" * Steven Lee Olsen – "There I Said It" * Maura O'Connell – "There's No Good Day for Dying" *

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– "Things That You Say" *

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– "Things I Should've Said" * Steve Moakler – "Thirty" * Annelise Cepero - "This Is Christmas" (from the "Holiday Harmony" soundtrack) *

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– "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" * Hunter Hayes – " Wanted" *

– " Wasted" *

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

– "What Gave Me Away" *

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– "What It Takes" *

– "What Ya Got On Tonight" *

– "What You're Looking For" *

– " Who I Am" * Hunter Hayes – "Wild Blue" * Danielle Bradbery – "Wild Boy" * Lonestar – " With Me" *

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—"You or Somebody Like You" *

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– "

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" * High Valley – "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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