DISCOGRAPHY
2024
Angels Smoke Cigarettes (Dean/McKenna/Laird/Ashton) – Kassi Ashton – Made From The Dirt
What A Woman Can Do (Dean/Laird/Tae/Dye) – Maddie & Tae – What A Woman Can Do - EP
2023
Steal A Man (Dean/James/Shellhart) – Jordyn Shellhart – Primrose
Days Are Honey (Laird/McKenna/Dean) – Lori McKenna – 1988
Running Away With You (Dean/Kerr/Taylor) – MaRynn Taylor – Get To Know Me - EP
2022
As You Are (Dean/Rhett/Robbins) – Clayton Anderson – Made In The USA
Halfway Home (Dean/McKenna) – Iron & Wine – LORI
Weakness (Dean/Lindsey/Sampson) – Jason Aldean – GEORGIA
Days Are Honey (Laird/McKenna/Dean) – Lori McKenna – 1988
Don’t Make Her Look Dumb (Dean/Laird/Marlow/Dye) – Maddie & Tae – Through The Madness, Vol. 1
Let’s Go To The Lake (Dean/Laird/Moakler) – Steve Moakler – Make A Little Room
2021
Key To Life (Dean/Laird/Ryan) – BEXAR – Pronounced BEAR - EP
Through My Ray-Bans (Dean/Laird/Church) – Eric Church – &
Hail Mary (Dean/Laird/McKenna) Co-Produced by Barry Dean – Lori McKenna – Christmas Is Right Here
Christmas Without Crying (Dean/McKenna/Laird) Co-Produced by Barry Dean – Lori McKenna – Christmas Is Right Here
Honeysuckle (Dean/Lindsey/busbee) – Mountain Daisies – Honeysuckle - Single
Pinwheel (Dean/Hemby/Kozak) – Natalie Hemby – Pins And Needles
Down The Middle (Dean/Brown/Wayne/Mulholland/Cook) – Runaway June – Down The Middle - Single
Waiting To Be Moved (Dean/Hemby/McConnell) – Sean McConnell – A Horrible Beautiful Dream
The Way I Wanna Go (Dean/Verges/Osborne/Osborne) – Trace Adkins – The Way I Wanna Go
Heartbreaker (Dean/Lindsey/Dorff) – Whitney Duncan – Heartbreaker – EP
2020
The Past Is The Past (Dean/Laird/Clark) – Brandy Clark – Your Life Is A Record
Sunday Drive (Dean/Mescall/Robson) – Brett Eldredge – Sunday Drive
Together (Dean/Verges/Lawson) – Jamie Lawson – Talking Pictures - EP
You Don’t Get To (Dean/Kerr/Christiansen) – Kenny Chesney – Here And Now
Branch On The Tree (Dean/Laird/McKenna) – Luke Laird – Music Row
Tourist In This Town (Dean/Robbins/Marlowe/Dye) – Maddie & Tae – The Way It Feels
2019
* Heartache Medication (Dean/Hemby/Pardi) – Jon Pardi – Heartache Medication
#1 Billboard Country Airplay Single
God And Country Music (Dean/McKenna/Laird) – George Strait – Honky Tonk Time Machine
Picture Of The Way You Are (Dean/Rinehart/Robbins) – King Calaway – Rivers
What You See Is What You Get (Dean/Singleton/Combs) – Luke Combs – What You See Is What You Get
What Lonely Looks Like (Dean/Laird) – Rodney Atkins – Caught Up In The Country
Good Years (Dean/Laird/Moakler) – Steve Moakler – Blue Jeans
Till The Blue Returns (Dean/McKenna/Chapman) – Steven Curtis Chapman – Deeper Roots: Where The Bluegrass Grows
2018
* Somebody’s Daughter (Dean/Laird/Townes) – Tenille Townes – Living Room Worktapes – EP
We Don’t Care (Dean/Borns/Petraglia/English) – Borns – Blue Madonna
Slow Your Roll (Dean/Verges/Osborne/Osborne) – Brothers Osborne – Port Saint Joe
Dip (Dean/Laird/Dawson) – Devin Dawson – Dark Horse
Long Year (Dean/McConnell/Lee ) – Jackie Lee – Long Year - Single
Prayer And A Six Pack (Dean/Lindsey/Dorff) – Kimberly Kelly – Don’t Blame It On Me – EP
People Can Change (Dean/Silvas/Robson) – Lucie Silvas – E.G.O.
Making Out In Cars (Dean/Hemby/Verges) – Natalie Stovall – Making Out In Cars - Single
Better Do It (Dean/Laird/RaeLynn) – RaeLynn – Origins
Born Ready (Dean/Laird/Moakler) – Steve Moakler – Born Ready
Hard Not To Love It (Dean/Laird/Moakler) – Steve Moakler – Born Ready
2017
* Suitcase (Dean/Laird/Rhett) – Steve Moakler – Steel Town
Honeysuckle (Dean/Lindsey/busbee) – Carly Pearce – Every Little Thing
Celebrate (Dean/Laird/Michaelson) – Ingrid Michaelson – Alter Egos - EP
Free (Dean/McKenna/Laird/Hemby) – Little Big Town – The Breaker
Just Long Enough (Dean/Laird/Moakler) – Steve Moakler – Steel Town
Siddle’s Saloon (Dean/Moakler) – Steve Moakler – Steel Town
Hearts Don’t Break That Way (Dean/Altman/Moakler) – Steve Moakler – Steel Town
Damn Good At Holding On (Dean/McKenna) – Tim McGraw & Faith Hill – The Rest Of Our Life
2016
* Think A Little Less (Dean/Robbins/Rhett/Nite) – Michael Ray – Michael Ray
#1 Mediabase Single
#2 Billboard Country Airplay Single
* Hell No (Dean/Laird/Michaelson) – Ingrid Michaelson – Hell No - Single
* Southern Boy (Dean/Laird/Stover) – Jordan Rager feat. Jason Aldean – Southern Boy - EP
* Yesterday’s Song (Dean/Hayes/Johnson) – Hunter Hayes – Yesterday’s Song - Single
* Good At Tonight (Dean/Verges/Osborne/Osborne) – David Nail – Fighter
Her Own Kind Of Beautiful (Dean/Clawson/Dragstrem) – Chris Lane – Girl Problems
Indiana (Dean/McKenna/Hodges) – David Hodges – The December Sessions, Vol. 4
Home (Dean/McKenna/Nail) – David Nail – Fighter
Faithful Love (Dean/Poythress/Rochelle) – Hillary Scott & The Scott Family – Love Remains
Celebrate (Dean/Laird/Michaelson) – Ingrid Michaelson – It Doesn’t Have To Make Sense
Old Days (Dean/Dabbs/Michaelson) – Ingrid Michaelson – It Doesn’t Have To Make Sense
Paycheck (Dean/Laird/Pardi) – Jon Pardi – California Sunrise
Drunk Girls Don’t Cry (Dean/Laird/Morris) – Maren Morris – Hero
Soul Survivor (Dean/Laird/Hemby) – Nashville Cast – The Music Of Nashville, Season 4, Volume 2
BIC Lighter (Dean/Laird/McKenna) – Native Run – When I’m Taken EP
Karaoke Song (Dean/Rucker/Copeland) – Sister Hazel feat. Darius Rucker – Lighter In The Dark
2016 | AWARDS
2016 Grammy Nominee for Best Country Song for Tim McGraw’s “Diamond Rings And Old Barstools”
2015
* Diamond Rings And Old Barstools (Dean/Laird/Singleton) – Tim McGraw – Sundown Heaven Town Deluxe Edition
#3 Billboard Country Airplay Single
* On To Something Good (Laird/Dean/Monroe) – Ashley Monroe – The Blade
* By The Way (Dean/Laird/Ell) – Lindsay Ell – By The Way - Single
Saint Or Sinner (Dean/McKenna/Hayes) – Hunter Hayes – The 21 Project
Kentucky Dirty (Dean/Bundy/busbee) – Laura Bell Bundy – Another Piece Of Me
2015 | AWARDS
2015 BMI Pop Award Winner for Ingrid Michaelson’s “Girls Chase Boys”
NSAI Songs I Wish I’d Written Award Winner for Tim McGraw’s “Diamond Rings And Old Barstools”
2014
* Day Drinking (Dean/Verges/Westbrook/Fairchild/Sweet) – Little Big Town – Pain Killer
#1 Mediabase Single
* Girls Chase Boys Chase Girls (Dean/Michaelson/Dabbs) – Ingrid Michaelson – Lights Out
#6 Billboard Hot AC (Adult Pop) Single
* Rum (Dean/Osborne/Osborne) – Brothers Osborne – Pawn Shop
* Tattoo (Dean/Verges/Hayes) – Hunter Hayes – Storyline
Surrender (Dean/Laird/Presley) – Angaleena Presley – American Middle Class
Anyone Else (Dean/Laird/Hemby) – Blake Shelton – Bringing Back The Sunshine
Flashlight (Dean/Verges/Hayes) – Hunter Hayes – Storyline
Wild Card (Dean/Laird/Hayes) – Hunter Hayes – Storyline
Sleep With A Stranger (Dean/Laird/Lane) – Nikki Lane – All Or Nothin’
Crooked Heart (Dean/Moakler) – Steve Moakler – Wide Open
2013
* 1994 (Dean/Laird/Akins) – Jason Aldean – Night Train
#14 Billboard Country Airplay Single
* Drinks After Work (Dean/Laird/Hemby) – Toby Keith – Drinks After Work
* I Wish I Still Smoked Cigarettes (Dean/Laird/McKenna) – Ronnie Dunn – I Wish I Still Smoked Cigarettes – Single
Another Day Without You (Dean/Dorff/McAnally) – Billy Currington – We Are Tonight
Gotta Get There (Dean/Laird/Eldredge) – Brett Eldredge – Bring You Back
Tall Glass Of Something (Dean/Laird/Johnston) – Jake Owen – Days Of Gold
Sorry For Partyin’ (Dean/Robbins/Akins) – Thomas Rhett – It Goes Like This
2013 | AWARDS
2013 Music Row Magazine Nominee for Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year
2013 CMA Nominee for Song of the Year for Little Big Town’s “Pontoon”
2013 ACA Nominee for Song of the Year for Little Big Town’s “Pontoon”
NSAI Songs I Wish I’d Written Award Winner for Little Big Town’s “Pontoon”
2012
* Pontoon (Laird/Dean/Hemby) – Little Big Town – Tornado
2-Week #1 Billboard Country Airplay Single
Blue Mountain (Dean/Laird/Heath) – Brandon Heath – Blue Mountain
Where We Left Off (Dean/Hayes) – Hunter Hayes – Act of Valor Soundtrack
Here’s Hope (Dean/Laird/Hayes) – Jay Sean, Jewel & Owl City – ConAgra Child Hunger campaign
Rockaway (Dean/Pickler/Cobb) – Kellie Pickler – 100 Proof
Rhinestone in the Rough (Dean/Roy/Child) – Marlee Scott – Beautiful Maybe
What It Takes (Dean/Verges/Dorff) – Montgomery Gentry – Act of Valor Soundtrack
Judge A Man (Dean/Poythress) – Neil McCoy – XII
Better Off Now (Dean/Dabbs) – Trent Dabbs – Future Like Snow placed on Pretty Little Liars
Hoping For Home (Dean/Dabbs/Laird/Steenburgen) – Trent Dabbs – Future Like Snow
Future Like Snow (Dean/Dabbs/McKenna) – Trent Dabbs – Future Like Snow
2011
* A-Ok (Dean/Laird/Eldredge) – Neil McCoy produced by Blake Shelton/Miranda Lambert – XII
* My Love Follows You Where You Go (Dean/Mckenna/Rose) – Alison Krauss – Paper Airplane
The Story of Us (Dean/Laird/Church) – Charlotte Church – Back to Scratch
Suitcase (Dean/Laird/Church) – Charlotte Church – Back to Scratch
Unraveling (Dean/Laird/Church) – Charlotte Church – Back to Scratch
Cry With You (Dean/Hayes) – Hunter Hayes – Storm Warning
Faith To Fall Back On (Dean/Hayes) – Hunter Hayes – Storm Warning
Can’t Say Love (Dean/Hayes) – Hunter Hayes – Storm Warning (Bonus Track)
American Revolver (Dean/Mckenna) – Produced by Barry Dean – Lori Mckenna – Lorraine
Still Down Here (Dean/Mckenna) – Produced by Barry Dean – Lori Mckenna – Lorraine
The Most (Dean/Mckenna) – Produced by Barry Dean – Lori Mckenna – Lorraine
Rocket Science (Dean/Mckenna) – Produced by Barry Dean – Lori Mckenna – Lorraine
Ask The Boy (Dean/Verges) – Martina McBride – Eleven, Target Bonus Track
Stand In The Storm (Dean/Verges) – Meatloaf, John Rich, Lil John, Mark McGrath – Celebrity Apprentice
Life Without Losing (Dean/Laird/Evans/Dorff) – Sara Evans – Stronger
2010
Kiss You Back (Dean/Brand/Meadows) – Adam Brand – It’s Gonna Be Ok
One Bad Memory (Dean/Anderson/Nichols) – Bill Anderson – Songwriter
People In Planes (Dean/Laird) – Clay Walker – She Won’t Be Lonely Long
Faithful Love Of Jesus (Dean/Poythress/Rochelle) – Don Poythress ft. Ricky Scaggs – Wash Away
Breathe Deep (Dean/Poythress/Wood) – Guy Penrod – Breathe Deep
Last Letter (Dean/Laird/McPhee) – Katharine McPhee – Unbroken
Anybody’s Heart (Dean/Laird/McPhee) – Katharine McPhee – Unbroken
Boyfriend (Dean/Laird/Bundy) – Laura Bell Bundy – Achin’ & Shakin’
Wishlist (Dean/Steenburgen/Verges/Mckenna) – Lori Mckenna – Christmas Release
Getting Off Now (Dean/Laird/Duncan) – Whitney Duncan – iTunes EP
2009
The Hour I First Believed (Dean/Wood/Poythress) – Karen Peck and New River – No Worries
2008
Alright (Dean/Eaton/Poythress) – Chris Eaton – Dare To Dream
Hush (Dean/Gerlach/Hartmann) – Hush – Backroads
No Way Around A River (Dean/Harrington) – Phil Stacey – Phil Stacey
2007
Crazy Dreams (Dean/Verges) – Carrie Underwood – Carnival Ride
James White (Dean/Poythress/White) – Lewis, Scruggs & Long – Lifetimes
2006
Judge A Man (Dean/Poythress) – Heartland – I Loved Her First
Judge A Man (Dean/Poythress) – John Corbett – John Corbett
2003
* God’s Will (Dean/Douglas) – Martina McBride – Martina
Moving Oleta (Dean) – Reba McEntire – Room To Breathe
2002
The Seduction of Mrs. Neilson (Dean/Lawrence) – Rhymes With Orange – Dawson’s Creek Episode