Jim McCormick (songwriter)
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| Background information | |
| Born | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Genres | Country, pop, rock |
| Occupation(s) | Songwriter |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Associated acts | Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean, Tim McGraw, Keith Urban, Harry Connick Jr., Jon Pardi, Brantley Gilbert, Randy Travis, Trace Adkins |
Jim McCormick is a staff songwriter at BMG Music in Nashville. McCormick recently celebrated two #1 songs on the Billboard country charts: Jason Aldean's Take A Little Ride, which spent 3 weeks in the top position, and Brantley Gilbert's You Don't Know Her Like I Do.[1] Current releases written by McCormick include Luke Bryan's "All My Dreaming There", Jason Aldean's Lights Go Out, Harry Connick Jr.'s "I Do Like We Do", Jon Pardi's Lucky Tonight, and Trace Adkins's Jesus and Jones. His songs also have been recorded by Tim McGraw, Keith Urban, Trisha Yearwood, Randy Travis, Ronnie Milsap, Jamey Johnson, Smash Mouth and many others.[2]
He serves as a board of governors' vice-president for the Recording Academy and is a former board member of the Nashville Songwriters Association International. McCormick is a faculty member in the music industry program at Loyola University and has lectured on the craft and business of songwriting at Berkelee College of Music, Georgetown University, Vanderbilt University, Belmont University, and Tulane University, as well as at GrammyPro and NSAI events. He is a member of Leadership Music's class of 2013 and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Georgetown University and a Master of Fine Arts degree in poetry from the University of New Orleans.[3]
Peak Chart Position
| Song | Artist | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Take a Little Ride | Jason Aldean | 1 |
| You Don't Know Her Like I Do | Brantley Gilbert | 1 |
| We Rode in Trucks | Luke Bryan | 30 |
| Jesus and Jones | Trace Adkins | 33 |
| When I Get It | Craig Campbell | 38 |
Songs Written
| Song Title | Artist |
|---|---|
| Take A Little Ride | Jason Aldean |
| You Don’t Know Her Like I Do | Brantley Gilbert |
| Louisiana | Tim McGraw |
| We Rode In Trucks | Luke Bryan |
| Sorority Girl | Luke Bryan |
| Every Time I See You | Luke Bryan |
| Cold Beer Drinker | Luke Bryan |
| I’m In Love With The Girl | Luke Bryan |
| Good Lookin’ Girl | Luke Bryan |
| Nobody Does I Do Like We Do | Harry Connick Jr. |
| Noise | Keith Urban |
| Promises | The Band Perry |
| Jesus And Jones | Trace Adkins |
| A Little Bit Of Missing You | Trace Adkins |
| Happy To Be Here | Trace Adkins |
| You Didn’t Have A Good Time | Randy Travis |
| I’ve Seen You | Eric Paslay |
| Good Folks Out There | Rodney Atkins |
| Good Times Ain’t What They Used To Be | Jamey Johnson |
| Cowboys Are My Weakness | Trisha Yearwood |
| That’s What Love Look Like | Trisha Yearwood |
| It’s All Coming Back To Me Now | Radney Foster |
| Talk Myself Out Of Falling In Love | Radney Foster |
| Noise | Radney Foster |
| Noise | Shenandoah |
| She Gets Me | Jon Pardi |
| Lucky Tonight | Jon Pardi |
| When I Get It | Craig Campbell |
| It’s All Coming Back To Me Now | Ronnie Milsap |
| Changes | Jaryd lane |
| Somebody Like You | Julianne Hough |
| Georgia Mud | Joanna Smith |
| Time Well Spent | Bobby Pinson |
| Time Well Spent | Blue County |
| You Gotta Do This to Do That | Axiz |
| One Thing | Jeff Bates |
| That’s What I’m Talking About | Ash Bowers |
| She’s My Girl | Jed Hughes |
| Live to Love Another Day | Smash Mouth |
| Lonely in LA | Lauren Lucas |
| Slow Dancing | Ray Scott |
| Gin Heals | Anders Osborne |
| Slow Moving Memory | Ty Herndon |
| Still Remains | Cartel |
| Impossible To Fall | Jared Lee |
| Country Life | Brian Milson |
| The Cowboy’s Mine | Joey Martin |
| Roadside Sandwich | Jessie Farrell |
| Like Father, Like Son | Hollywood “Wolf” Yates |
| Girls With Girlfriends | Liam Brew |
| Pretty Runs Out | Amanda Shaw |
| Who Do You Think You Are | Amanda Shaw |
| Good Southern Girl | Amanda Shaw |
| Cruise | Amanda Shaw |
| Rock n Roll & Pensacola | Joshua Stevens |
| Love Like This | Cory Morrow |
| Right For Me | Dayna Kurtz |
| I’m In Love And It’s Getting’ Worse | Adam Brandt |
| Girls With Girlfriends | Chris Cavanaugh |
| You Just Want Me | Hannah Weeks |
| Blame It On A Woman | Shane Owens |
| Mess Of Me | Sarah Lenore |
| The Shake | The Elms |
| Unless God Appears First | The Elms |
| The Wildest Heart | The Elms |
| The Little Ways | The Elms |
| Lily | The Elms |
| Saturday High | Cowboy Mouth |
| Young Animal | Mulebone |
| Around The Lakeside | Kim Carson |
| You Can’t Drown Your Sorrows | Kim Carson |
| A Girl Could Get Hurt This Way | Lindsey Mendez |
| Dirt Road Dancing | Matt Stillwell and Colt Ford |
| Dirt Road Dancing | Cooper Boone |
| Unrehearsed | Zuri Starr |
| Start With My Shoes | Zuri Starr |
| Here In Louisiana | Hip Boot Joe |
| Lulaby | David Osmond |
| Right Once | David Osmond |
| You Wanted Me | David Osmond |