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Gregg Wattenberg is an American Grammy Award nominated songwriter, [1] music producer, and musician residing in New York City, New York. [2] [3]
Gregg Wattenberg has co-written and/or co-produced eight No. 1 hit songs that reached the top of Billboard Hot AC, Adult Contemporary, Alternative Radio, and/or Rock charts.
Wattenberg co-wrote and co-produced John Legend's " Conversations in the Dark" which was RIAA certified Gold [4] and the 1st lead single from the Bigger Love album, which won the Grammy Award for Best R&B album in 2021. [5]
Wattenberg co-wrote and produced The Unlikely Candidates' No. 1 hit single " Novocaine" which reached the top spot on the Billboard Alternative Radio chart in 2020. [6]
Wattenberg co-wrote and produced Phillip Phillips' No. 1 hit and RIAA Certified Platinum single " Gone, Gone, Gone" on the Platinum album The World from the Side of the Moon. [7] [8]
Wattenberg co-produced Train's No. 1 hit [9] and RIAA Multi-Platinum single " Hey, Soul Sister" which was certified with a RIAA Diamond Award (10× Platinum) in 2021. [10] Only 57 songs have been awarded RIAA Diamond certification in music history as of July 15, 2021. [11]
Wattenberg also co-wrote and co-produced Train's No. 1 hit and RIAA Certified Platinum single " If It's Love". [12]
Wattenberg co-wrote the Daughtry No. 1 hit [13] and RIAA 2× Multi-Platinum single " It's Not Over" which was the lead single for the 6× Multi-Platinum album Daughtry. [14]
Gregg Wattenberg co-wrote O.A.R.'s No. 1 song [15] and RIAA Certified Platinum hit " Shattered (Turn the Car Around).” [16]
Wattenberg also co-wrote Goo Goo Dolls Top 10 Adult Contemporary Single " Let Love In" from the RIAA Certified Gold album Let Love In. [17]
Wattenberg produced Five for Fighting's No. 1 hit singles " Superman (It's Not Easy)" and " 100 Years" and co-wrote and produced Top 5 AC single " Slice".
Discography | ||||
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Year | Artist | Album | Song | Co-written with |
2002 | Chantal Kreviazuk | What If It All Means Something | "Time" | Chantal Kreviazuk, Raine Maida |
2006 | Daughtry | Daughtry | " It's Not Over" | Chris Daughtry, Ace Young, Mark Wilkerson |
2008 | David Cook | David Cook | "Declaration" | David Cook, Johnny Rzeznik |
O.A.R. | All Sides | " Shattered (Turn the Car Around)" | Marc Roberge | |
2009 | Five for Fighting | Slice | " Slice" | John Ondrasik |
" Chances" | John Ondrasik | |||
"Story of Your Life" | John Ondrasik | |||
Train | Save Me, San Francisco | "Parachute" | Pat Monahan | |
" If It's Love" | Pat Monahan | |||
"You Already Know" | Pat Monahan, Jimmy Stafford, Scott Underwood | |||
2010 | Jason Castro | Jason Castro | "This Heart of Mine" | Jason Castro, Jason Rene, Marc Roberge, Shawn Maningly |
Finger Eleven | Life Turns Electric | " Living in a Dream" | Scott Anderson, Shawn Anderson, Rich Beddoe, James Black, Rick Jackett | |
Hawthorne Heights | Skeletons | "Bring You Back" | Hawthorne Heights, James Thomas Woodruff | |
"Nervous Breakdown" | Hawthorne Heights, James Thomas Woodruff | |||
"Here I Am" | Hawthorne Heights, James Thomas Woodruff | |||
Ed Kowalczyk | Alive | "Grace" | Ed Kowalczyk | |
"Stand" | Ed Kowalczyk | |||
The Maine | Black & White | "Give It to Me" | The Maine | |
Thriving Ivory | Through Yourself & Back Again | "Love Alone" | Scott Jason, Clayton Stroope | |
2011 | David Cook | This Loud Morning | "Right Here, with You" | David Cook, Johnny Rzeznik, Ryan Star |
James Durbin | Memories of a Beautiful Disaster | "Screaming" | James Durbin, David Cook, Ryan Star, Bobby Alt | |
O.A.R. | King | "Heaven" | Marc Roberge, Ryan Baharloo, Derek Fuhrmann | |
"Gotta Be Wrong Sometimes" | Marc Roberge, Derek Fuhrmann | |||
"Back to One" | Marc Roberge, Derek Fuhrmann, Matt Wallace | |||
"World Like That" | Marc Roberge, Derek Fuhrmann, Richard On, Mikel Paris | |||
2012 | Phillip Phillips | The World from the Side of the Moon | " Gone, Gone, Gone" | Derek Fuhrmann, Todd Clark |
"Get Up Get Down" | Phillip Phillips, Derek Fuhrmann | |||
Train | California 37 | "California 37" | Pat Monahan, Diji Parq | |
"When the Fog Rolls In" | Pat Monahan | |||
2013 | Five for Fighting | Bookmarks | "What If" | John Ondrasik, Derek Fuhrmann, Jamie Kenney, |
"Heaven Knows" | John Ondrasik, Derek Fuhrmann, Jamie Kenney, | |||
Goo Goo Dolls | Magnetic | " Rebel Beat" | Johnny Rzeznik | |
"When the World Breaks Your Heart" | Johnny Rzeznik, J. T. Harding | |||
"Slow It Down" | Johnny Rzeznik | |||
" Come to Me" | Johnny Rzeznik | |||
2014 | Phillip Phillips | Behind the Light | " Raging Fire" | Phillip Phillips, Derek Fuhrmann, Todd Clark |
"Fool for You" | Phillip Phillips, Derek Fuhrmann | |||
"Unpack Your Heart" | Phillip Phillips, Derek Fuhrmann, Todd Clark | |||
"Midnight Sun" | Phillip Phillips, Derek Fuhrmann | |||
Rascal Flatts | Rewind | "Powerful Stuff" | Derek Fuhrmann, Brett James | |
2015 | A Great Big World | When the Morning Comes | "Kaleidoscope" | Antonina Armato, Derek Fuhrmann, Chad Vaccarino, Ian Axel, Tim James |
"Come On" | Derek Fuhrmann, Chad Vaccarino, Ian Axel | |||
2016 | Gavin DeGraw | Something Worth Saving | "She Sets the City on Fire" | Gavin DeGraw, Todd Clark, Jason Saenz |
Goo Goo Dolls | Boxes | "Flood" (feat. Sydney Sierota | Johnny Rzeznik, Derek Fuhrmann | |
"Lucky One" | Johnny Rzeznik, Derek Fuhrmann | |||
"So Alive" | Johnny Rzeznik, Derek Fuhrmann | |||
"Long Way Home" | Johnny Rzeznik, Jordan Miller | |||
2017 | Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness | Zombies on Broadway | "Fire Escape" | Andrew McMahon, Daniel Omelio |
"Shot Out of a Cannon" | Andrew McMahon, Derek Fuhrmann | |||
Grace VanderWaal | Just the Beginning | "So Much More Than This" | Grace VanderWaal, Derek Fuhrmann | |
"Escape My Mind" | Grace VanderWaal, Audubato | |||
"City Song" | Grace VanderWaal, Audubato | |||
The Score [18] | ATLAS | "Unstoppable" | Eddie Anthony, Edan Dover, Steve Miller | |
2020 | John Legend | Bigger Love | " Conversations in the Dark" | John Stephens, Jesse Fink, Kellen Pomeranz, Chance Peña |
2021 | Noah Kahan | I Was/I Am | "Bad Luck" | Noah Kahan, Kellen Pomeranz |
Rob Thomas | Something About Christmas Time | "Doesn't Feel Like Christmas (Samy's Song)" | Rob Thomas | |
2022 | Goo Goo Dolls | Chaos in Bloom | "Yeah, I Like You" | Johnny Rzeznik |
"War" | Johnny Rzeznik, Alex Aldi | |||
"Going Crazy" | Johnny Rzeznik | |||
2023 | Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness | Tilt at the Wind No More | "Submarine" | Andrew McMahon, Derek Fuhrmann |
Matchbox Twenty | Where the Light Goes | " Wild Dogs (Running in a Slow Dream)" | Rob Thomas, Paul Doucette | |
"One Hit Love" | Rob Thomas, Paul Doucette | |||
The Revivalists | Pour It Out Into the Night | "How We Move" | Zack Feinberg, Sam Hollander, David Shaw |
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Gregg Wattenberg is an American Grammy Award nominated songwriter, [1] music producer, and musician residing in New York City, New York. [2] [3]
Gregg Wattenberg has co-written and/or co-produced eight No. 1 hit songs that reached the top of Billboard Hot AC, Adult Contemporary, Alternative Radio, and/or Rock charts.
Wattenberg co-wrote and co-produced John Legend's " Conversations in the Dark" which was RIAA certified Gold [4] and the 1st lead single from the Bigger Love album, which won the Grammy Award for Best R&B album in 2021. [5]
Wattenberg co-wrote and produced The Unlikely Candidates' No. 1 hit single " Novocaine" which reached the top spot on the Billboard Alternative Radio chart in 2020. [6]
Wattenberg co-wrote and produced Phillip Phillips' No. 1 hit and RIAA Certified Platinum single " Gone, Gone, Gone" on the Platinum album The World from the Side of the Moon. [7] [8]
Wattenberg co-produced Train's No. 1 hit [9] and RIAA Multi-Platinum single " Hey, Soul Sister" which was certified with a RIAA Diamond Award (10× Platinum) in 2021. [10] Only 57 songs have been awarded RIAA Diamond certification in music history as of July 15, 2021. [11]
Wattenberg also co-wrote and co-produced Train's No. 1 hit and RIAA Certified Platinum single " If It's Love". [12]
Wattenberg co-wrote the Daughtry No. 1 hit [13] and RIAA 2× Multi-Platinum single " It's Not Over" which was the lead single for the 6× Multi-Platinum album Daughtry. [14]
Gregg Wattenberg co-wrote O.A.R.'s No. 1 song [15] and RIAA Certified Platinum hit " Shattered (Turn the Car Around).” [16]
Wattenberg also co-wrote Goo Goo Dolls Top 10 Adult Contemporary Single " Let Love In" from the RIAA Certified Gold album Let Love In. [17]
Wattenberg produced Five for Fighting's No. 1 hit singles " Superman (It's Not Easy)" and " 100 Years" and co-wrote and produced Top 5 AC single " Slice".
Discography | ||||
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Year | Artist | Album | Song | Co-written with |
2002 | Chantal Kreviazuk | What If It All Means Something | "Time" | Chantal Kreviazuk, Raine Maida |
2006 | Daughtry | Daughtry | " It's Not Over" | Chris Daughtry, Ace Young, Mark Wilkerson |
2008 | David Cook | David Cook | "Declaration" | David Cook, Johnny Rzeznik |
O.A.R. | All Sides | " Shattered (Turn the Car Around)" | Marc Roberge | |
2009 | Five for Fighting | Slice | " Slice" | John Ondrasik |
" Chances" | John Ondrasik | |||
"Story of Your Life" | John Ondrasik | |||
Train | Save Me, San Francisco | "Parachute" | Pat Monahan | |
" If It's Love" | Pat Monahan | |||
"You Already Know" | Pat Monahan, Jimmy Stafford, Scott Underwood | |||
2010 | Jason Castro | Jason Castro | "This Heart of Mine" | Jason Castro, Jason Rene, Marc Roberge, Shawn Maningly |
Finger Eleven | Life Turns Electric | " Living in a Dream" | Scott Anderson, Shawn Anderson, Rich Beddoe, James Black, Rick Jackett | |
Hawthorne Heights | Skeletons | "Bring You Back" | Hawthorne Heights, James Thomas Woodruff | |
"Nervous Breakdown" | Hawthorne Heights, James Thomas Woodruff | |||
"Here I Am" | Hawthorne Heights, James Thomas Woodruff | |||
Ed Kowalczyk | Alive | "Grace" | Ed Kowalczyk | |
"Stand" | Ed Kowalczyk | |||
The Maine | Black & White | "Give It to Me" | The Maine | |
Thriving Ivory | Through Yourself & Back Again | "Love Alone" | Scott Jason, Clayton Stroope | |
2011 | David Cook | This Loud Morning | "Right Here, with You" | David Cook, Johnny Rzeznik, Ryan Star |
James Durbin | Memories of a Beautiful Disaster | "Screaming" | James Durbin, David Cook, Ryan Star, Bobby Alt | |
O.A.R. | King | "Heaven" | Marc Roberge, Ryan Baharloo, Derek Fuhrmann | |
"Gotta Be Wrong Sometimes" | Marc Roberge, Derek Fuhrmann | |||
"Back to One" | Marc Roberge, Derek Fuhrmann, Matt Wallace | |||
"World Like That" | Marc Roberge, Derek Fuhrmann, Richard On, Mikel Paris | |||
2012 | Phillip Phillips | The World from the Side of the Moon | " Gone, Gone, Gone" | Derek Fuhrmann, Todd Clark |
"Get Up Get Down" | Phillip Phillips, Derek Fuhrmann | |||
Train | California 37 | "California 37" | Pat Monahan, Diji Parq | |
"When the Fog Rolls In" | Pat Monahan | |||
2013 | Five for Fighting | Bookmarks | "What If" | John Ondrasik, Derek Fuhrmann, Jamie Kenney, |
"Heaven Knows" | John Ondrasik, Derek Fuhrmann, Jamie Kenney, | |||
Goo Goo Dolls | Magnetic | " Rebel Beat" | Johnny Rzeznik | |
"When the World Breaks Your Heart" | Johnny Rzeznik, J. T. Harding | |||
"Slow It Down" | Johnny Rzeznik | |||
" Come to Me" | Johnny Rzeznik | |||
2014 | Phillip Phillips | Behind the Light | " Raging Fire" | Phillip Phillips, Derek Fuhrmann, Todd Clark |
"Fool for You" | Phillip Phillips, Derek Fuhrmann | |||
"Unpack Your Heart" | Phillip Phillips, Derek Fuhrmann, Todd Clark | |||
"Midnight Sun" | Phillip Phillips, Derek Fuhrmann | |||
Rascal Flatts | Rewind | "Powerful Stuff" | Derek Fuhrmann, Brett James | |
2015 | A Great Big World | When the Morning Comes | "Kaleidoscope" | Antonina Armato, Derek Fuhrmann, Chad Vaccarino, Ian Axel, Tim James |
"Come On" | Derek Fuhrmann, Chad Vaccarino, Ian Axel | |||
2016 | Gavin DeGraw | Something Worth Saving | "She Sets the City on Fire" | Gavin DeGraw, Todd Clark, Jason Saenz |
Goo Goo Dolls | Boxes | "Flood" (feat. Sydney Sierota | Johnny Rzeznik, Derek Fuhrmann | |
"Lucky One" | Johnny Rzeznik, Derek Fuhrmann | |||
"So Alive" | Johnny Rzeznik, Derek Fuhrmann | |||
"Long Way Home" | Johnny Rzeznik, Jordan Miller | |||
2017 | Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness | Zombies on Broadway | "Fire Escape" | Andrew McMahon, Daniel Omelio |
"Shot Out of a Cannon" | Andrew McMahon, Derek Fuhrmann | |||
Grace VanderWaal | Just the Beginning | "So Much More Than This" | Grace VanderWaal, Derek Fuhrmann | |
"Escape My Mind" | Grace VanderWaal, Audubato | |||
"City Song" | Grace VanderWaal, Audubato | |||
The Score [18] | ATLAS | "Unstoppable" | Eddie Anthony, Edan Dover, Steve Miller | |
2020 | John Legend | Bigger Love | " Conversations in the Dark" | John Stephens, Jesse Fink, Kellen Pomeranz, Chance Peña |
2021 | Noah Kahan | I Was/I Am | "Bad Luck" | Noah Kahan, Kellen Pomeranz |
Rob Thomas | Something About Christmas Time | "Doesn't Feel Like Christmas (Samy's Song)" | Rob Thomas | |
2022 | Goo Goo Dolls | Chaos in Bloom | "Yeah, I Like You" | Johnny Rzeznik |
"War" | Johnny Rzeznik, Alex Aldi | |||
"Going Crazy" | Johnny Rzeznik | |||
2023 | Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness | Tilt at the Wind No More | "Submarine" | Andrew McMahon, Derek Fuhrmann |
Matchbox Twenty | Where the Light Goes | " Wild Dogs (Running in a Slow Dream)" | Rob Thomas, Paul Doucette | |
"One Hit Love" | Rob Thomas, Paul Doucette | |||
The Revivalists | Pour It Out Into the Night | "How We Move" | Zack Feinberg, Sam Hollander, David Shaw |