List of songs written by Desmond Child

This is a list of songs written or co-written by American songwriter Desmond Child.

JoJo Siwa

  • "Karma"

Aerosmith

  • "Heart's Done Time"
  • "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)"
  • "Angel"
  • "What It Takes"
  • "Flesh"
  • "Crazy"
  • "Hole in My Soul"
  • "Ain't That a Bitch"

Csézy

  • "Csak egy nô" (Just a woman)

David Archuleta

  • "Desperate"

Clay Aiken

  • "Run to Me"
  • "These Open Arms"

Animotion

  • "Calling It Love"

Sebastian Bach

  • "Falling Into You"

Jimmy Barnes

Robin Beck

Petra Berger

  • "Requiem"

Bif Naked

  • "I Love Myself Today"

Blackhawk

  • "It Ain't About Love Anymore"
  • "Hole In My Heart"

Michael Bolton

  • "How Can We Be Lovers?"
  • "Love Cuts Deep"
  • "Forever Isn't Long Enough"
  • "New Love"
  • "Save Me"
  • "The One Thing"
  • "In the Arms of Love"

Bon Jovi

Bonfire

  • "The Price of Loving You"
  • "Sword and Stone"

Boyzone

  • "All the Time in the World"

Cher

Chicago

  • "All Roads Lead to You"

Kelly Clarkson

  • "Before Your Love"

Alice Cooper

  • "Poison"
  • "Spark in the Dark"
  • "House of Fire"
  • "Why Trust You"
  • "Bed of Nails"
  • "This Maniac's In Love With You"
  • "Trash"
  • "Hell is Living Without You"
  • "I'm Your Gun"
  • "Dangerous Tonight"
  • "Might As Well Be On Mars"
  • "I Am Made of You"
  • "The Underture"

Miranda Cosgrove

  • "Beautiful Mess"

D-Side

  • "Invisible"
  • "Can We Dance"
  • "I'd Be Lyin'"
  • "My Best Chance"

Hazell Dean

Diana DeGarmo

  • "Dreams"
  • "Emotional"
  • "Reaching For Heaven"

Dream Theater

  • "You Not Me"

Haylie Duff

  • "Whatever Life"

Hilary Duff

  • "Who's That Girl?"
  • "Crash World"

FM

  • "Bad Luck"
  • "Burning My Heart Down"

Ace Frehley

  • "Hide Your Heart"

Selena Gomez

  • "Love Will Remember"

Alejandra Guzmán

Hall & Oates

  • "And That's What Hurts"

Hanson

  • "Weird"

Chesney Hawkes

  • "Waiting for the Night"

Ty Herndon with Stephanie Bentley

  • "Heart Half Empty"

Sarah Hudson

  • "Girl on the Verge"
  • "Fake Rain"

INXS

  • "Afterglow"

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts

  • "I Hate Myself for Loving You"
  • "Little Liar"
  • "You Want In and I Want Out"
  • "Ashes In The Wind"
  • "The Only Good Thing (You Ever Said Was Goodbye)"
  • "Lie to Me"
  • "Don't Surrender"
  • "Goodbye"
  • "As I Am"
  • "You Got A Problem"
  • "Brighter Day"

Jonas Brothers

  • "You Just Don't Know It"

Kiss

  • "I Was Made For Lovin' You"
  • "I've Had Enough (Into the Fire)"
  • "Heaven's on Fire"
  • "Under the Gun"
  • "King of the Mountain"
  • "Who Wants to Be Lonely"
  • "I'm Alive"
  • "Radar for Love"
  • "Uh! All Night"
  • "Bang Bang You"
  • "My Way"
  • "Reason to Live"
  • "You Love Me to Hate You"
  • "Let's Put The X In Sex"
  • "(You Make Me) Rock Hard"
  • "Hide Your Heart"

La Ley

  • "Más Allá"

Lindsay Lohan

  • "I Live For The Day"

Ricky Martin

Jesse McCartney

Stephanie McIntosh

  • "The Night Of My Life"

Cyndi Lauper

  • "Insecurious"

Mitch Malloy

  • "Music Box"
  • "Cowboy and the Ballerina"

Meat Loaf

  • "The Monster Is Loose"
  • "Blind as a Bat"
  • "If God Could Talk"
  • "What About Love?"
  • "Alive"
  • "Monstro"
  • "Elvis in Vegas"
  • "I Wanna Be With You" (unreleased)

Michelle

  • "Emotional"

Mika

  • "Erase"

Billie Myers

Alannah Myles

  • "Bad 4 You"

Vince Neil

  • "Promise Me"

O-Town

  • "Love Should Be A Crime"

Katy Perry

Play

  • "Let's Get to the Love Part"

Marion Raven

  • "Good 4 Sex"
  • "October"

Chynna Phillips

  • "Jewel in my Crown"
  • "This Close"
  • "I Live for You"

Ratt

LeAnn Rimes

  • "Life Goes On"
  • "Suddenly"
  • "The Safest Place"
  • "Sign of Life"
  • "Review My Kisses"
  • "Love Is an Army"
  • "You Made Me Find Myself"
  • "Twisted Angel"

Kane Roberts

  • "Wild Nights"
  • "Twisted"
  • "Does Anybody Really Fall In Love Anymore?"
  • "Dance Little Sister"
  • "Rebel Heart"
  • "You Always Want It"
  • "Fighter"
  • "I'm Not Lookin' For An Angel"
  • "Too Far Gone"
  • "It's Only Over For You"

Sakis Rouvas

  • "Ola Kala"
  • "Oso Zo"
  • "Mia Zoi Mazi"
  • "Kati Omorfo"
  • "Disco Girl"

Roxette

Lesley Roy

  • "Misfit"

Ru Paul

  • "If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man)"

Jennifer Rush

  • "Heart Wars"
  • "Love of a Stranger"
  • "Down to You"
  • "Everything"
  • "Waiting for the Heartache"
  • "Timeless Love"
  • "Tears in the Rain"
  • "In the Arms of Love"

Richie Sambora

  • "Father Time"
  • "Rosie"

Saraya

  • "Timeless Love"

Scorpions

  • "Hour 1"
  • "The Game of Life"
  • "The Future Never Dies"
  • "You're Lovin' Me to Death"
  • "321"
  • "Love Will Keep Us Alive"
  • "We Will Rise Again"
  • "Your Last Song"
  • "Love is War"
  • "The Cross"
  • "Humanity"
  • "Cold"

Shakira

  • "Tu Seras Historia De Mi Vida"

Victoria Shaw

  • "Where Your Road Leads"

Billy Squier

  • "Stronger"
  • "Tied Up"

Paul Stanley

  • "Live To Win"
  • "Lift"
  • "Wake Up Screaming"
  • "All About You"
  • "Where Angels Dare"

Paul Stanley and Desmond Child

  • " Shocker" Shocker OST

Joss Stone

  • "Right To Be Wrong"
  • "Don't Cha Wanna Ride"

Amanda Stott

  • "Homeless Heart"

Barbra Streisand

  • "Lady Liberty"

Swirl 360

  • "Love Should Be a Crime"
  • "There"

Three Graces

  • "Requiem"

Tokio Hotel

  • "Zoom/Zoom Into Me"
  • "Strange (feat. Kerli)"

Laura Turner

  • "The Touch"

Bonnie Tyler

Carrie Underwood

Steve Vai

  • "In My Dreams With You"

Maria Vidal

  • "Do Me Right"

John Waite

Weezer

  • "Trainwrecks"

The Rasmus

  • "Jezebel"
  • "Rise"
  • "Live and Never Die"
  • "Livin' In a World Without You"
  • "Ten Black Roses"
  • "Ghost of Love"
  • "Justify"
  • "Your Forgiveness"
  • "Run to You"
  • "You Got it Wrong"
  • "Lost and Lonely"
  • "The Fight"
  • "Dangerous Kind"
  • "Live Forever"

Robbie Williams

Winger

  • "Proud Desperado"

Trisha Yearwood with Garth Brooks

  • "Where Your Road Leads"

Ace Young

  • "Addicted"
  • "A Hard Hand to Hold"
  • "Where Will You Go"
  • "How You Gonna Spend Your Life"
  • "The Girl That Got Away"
  • "Dirty Mind"
  • "The Gift"

Zedd

  • "Beautiful Now"

2Be3

  • "Excuse My French"
  • "Whatchagonnado"
  • "Love 4 Sale"
  • "Come Into My Life"