12 songs you didn't know were written by Chris Stapleton
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12 songs you didn't know were written by Chris Stapleton The Grammy Award-winning musician has worked with nearly everyone in the music business. Here are some songs you might not know he had a hand in. What's your favorite? (NDZ/Star Max/GC Images)
1. “If It Hadn’t Been For Love” by Adele (Co-written with Mike Henderson) Stapleton originally recorded the song in 2008 with his band The SteelDrivers before giving it to Adele for her 2011 album "21". (Gareth Cattermole/Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images f)
2. “Blow” by Ed Sheeran, feat. Bruno Mars & Chris Stapleton Stapleton co-wrote this song with Sheeran and Mars for Sheeran’s album No. 6 Collaborations Project. (Ian Gavan/Getty Images)
3. “Drink A Beer” by Luke Bryan (Co-written with Jim Beavers) Stapleton co-wrote this #1 hit for Luke Bryan's 2013 album Crash My Party. (Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)
4. “Ready to Roll” by Blake Shelton (Co-written with Jim Beavers and Jonathan Singleton) Stapleton contributed to two songs on Blake Shelton's 2011 album Red River Blue, "Ready to Roll" and "I'm Sorry." (Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)
5. “Never Wanted Nothing More” by Kenny Chesney (Co-written with Ronnie Bowman) Stapleton co-wrote this #1 hit for Kenny Chesney's 2007 album Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates. (Rick Diamond)
6. “Say Something” by Justin Timberlake (Co-written with Justin Timberlake, Larrance Dopson, Floyd Nathaniel Hills, Timothy Mosley) Stapleton worked on this top 10 single for Timberlake's album Man of the Woods in 2018. (Terry Wyatt/WireImage)
7. “Crash and Burn” by Thomas Rhett (Co-written with Jesse Frasure) This Stapleton collaboration became a #2 hit for Thomas Rhett's 2015 album Tangled Up. (Rick Diamond/Getty Images for CMT)
8. “Come Back Song” by Darius Rucker (Co-written with Darius Rucker and Casey Beathard) Stapleton co-wrote "Come Back Song" for Darius Rucker's second country album Charleston, SC 1966, which became a #1 single in 2010. (Jason Kempin/Getty Images)
9. “Gonna Come Back As A Country Song” by Alan Jackson (Co-written with Terry McBride) Alan Jackson recruited Stapleton to collaborate on this song for his 17th studio album Thirty Miles West in 2012. (Photo by Brett Carlsen/Getty Images for CMT) (Brett Carlsen/Getty Images for CMT)
10. “Diamonds Make Babies” by Dierks Bentley (Co-written with Jim Beavers and Lee Thomas Miller) Stapleton was invited to work on this song for Bentley's sixth studio album, Home, in 2012. (Jason Kempin/Getty Images for Big Machine Lab)
11. “Whiskey and You” by Tim McGraw (Co-written with Lee Thomas Miller) Stapleton originally cowrote this song in 2007 for McGraw's album Let It Go, before recording it himself in 2015 for his album Traveler. (Michael Hickey/Getty Images)
12. “Love’s Gonna Make It All Right” by George Strait (Co-written with Al Anderson) Stapleton co-wrote this song for country legend George Strait's 2011 album Here For A Good Time, scoring a #3 hit on the hot country charts. (Rick Diamond/Getty Images for ACM)
