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 Jessica Andrews; " Blessed", 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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- "Anywhere With You" *

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– " Backseat of a Greyhound Bus" *

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– " Beer Money" *

– "Bittersweet Company" *

– " Blessed" * 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" * 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" *

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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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– "

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– "Don't Give Up on Me" *

– "Drink Up" *

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

– "Fast Women" *

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-"Fighter" *

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– "Flashlight" * Carolyn Dawn Johnson – "

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" * Drake White – "Girl in Pieces" * Maggie Rose – "Girl in Your Truck Song" *

– "Girl of the Summer" * Craig Morgan – " God Must Really Love Me" *

– "Good at Tonight" *

– "Good Thing" *

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– "Good to Be Alive" * Gordie Sampson – "Hanging by a Wire" * Emerson Hart – "Hallway" * Jessica Andrews – " Helplessly, Hopelessly" *

– "Happy" *

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– " Helpless When She Smiles" *

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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" *

– " I Want Crazy" *

– " I Would've Loved You Anyway" *

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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" * Dia Frampton – "Isabella" *

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– "I've Forgotten You" *

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– "Just Married" * Caylee Hammack – "King Size Bed" * Caitlyn Smith - "Lately" *

– "Leave Love Alone" *

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– "Let's Get Drunk and Fight" * Emerson Drive – "Lemonade" *

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– "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" *

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– "Otis Redding" *

– "Paris" *

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- "Pawn Shop" *

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– "Raincoat" *

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- "Reason To Drink" *Josh Dorr – "Rocket" *

– " Running for You" *

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– "Say Goodbye" *

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- "See Me" *

– " Shotgun Rider" * Carolyn Dawn Johnson – "

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

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– "Somebody New" *

– "Someday Girl" * Easton Corbin – "Someday When I'm Old" * Jamey Johnson - "Someday When I'm Old" *

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– "Still" *

– "Storyline" *

– "Stronger" * Gordie Sampson – "

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, Josh Gracin – " Telluride" *

– "Tell Me Something I Don't Know" *

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– "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" *

– "There I Said It" * Maura O'Connell – "There's No Good Day for Dying" * Jon McLaughlin – "Things That You Say" * Tara Oram – "Things I Should've Said" * Steve Moakler – "Thirty" * Annelise Cepero - "This Is Christmas" (from the "Holiday Harmony" soundtrack) *

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– "Three Mississippi" *

– "Timing Is Everything" * Andy Griggs – " Tonight I Wanna Be Your Man" * Edens Edge – " Too Good to Be True" *

– "Undefeated" *

– "You're Not Leaving Me" *

– " Wanted" *

– " Wasted" *

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

– "What Gave Me Away" * Montgomery Gentry – "What It Takes" *

– "What Ya Got On Tonight" *

– "What You're Looking For" * Jessica Andrews – " 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" * High Valley – "Your Mama" *

- "Your Mama"

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Career

Awards

List of songs co-written by Verges

See also

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