Dave Bassett

Dave Bassett Biography

Dave Bassett is a Grammy nominated American songwriter and record producer with many charting singles and 4 ASCAP Pop awards. In 2016 Bassett was nominated for a Grammy for co-writing Elle King's 2X platinum hit "Ex's & Oh's" which he also produced. The song reached #1 on 3 radio formats. In 2015 Bassett co-wrote the 3X platinum hit "Fight Song" with Rachel Platten which reached #1 on the iTunes charts and #6 on the Billboard Hot 100. In addition, Bassett co-wrote the grammy winning song Love Bites with Halestorm. Bassett is also known for writing hit songs for Fitz and the Tantrums, Walk Off The Earth, Shinedown, Pop Evil, Josh Groban, Idina Menzel, and Daughtry.

He has also written songs for many soundtracks and TV shows as well as major network promos and international advertising campaigns.

Writing Credits

Singles

Artist	Song Title	Awards
Daughtry	Torches
Rachel Platten	Fight Song	#1 iTunes, #1 Hot Ac, #8 Top 40, 3X platinum sales
Elle King	Ex's And Oh's	#1 Hot AC, #1 Alternative, #1 AAA, #3 Top 40
Fitz and the Tantrums	Fools Gold	#13 Alternative
Walk Off The Earth	Rule the World
Shinedown	Second Chance	#1 Hot Ac, #1 Active Rock, #1 Alternative, #3 Pop, Ascap Pop Award
Shinedown	If You Only Knew	#1 Active Rock, #7 Alternative, Hot Ac Top 40, Pop Top 40, Ascap Pop Award
Halestorm	Love Bites	#1 Active Rock, Grammy Award For Best Hard Rock Performance
Shinedown	Bully	#1 Active Rock, #1 Rock, #14 Alternative
Shinedown	Devour	#1 Active Rock, #1 Rock, #15 Alternative
Shinedown	Sound Of Madness	#1 Active Rock, #5 Alternative
Shinedown	The Crow And The Butterfly	#1active Rock, #6 Alternative
Shinedown	Unity	#1 Active Rock
Shinedown	Enemies	#1 Active Rock
Shinedown	Devour	#1 Active Rock
Pop Evil	Footsteps	#1 Active Rock
Pop Evil	Trenches	#1 Active Rock
Pop Evil	Deal With The Devil	#1 Active Rock
Adelitas Way	Criticize	#1 Active Rock
Adelitas Way	Collapse	#3 Active Rock
Adelitas Way	Invincible	#5 Active Rock
Halestorm	Familiar Taste Of Poison	Active Rock Top 40
Pop Evil	Monster You Made	#6 Active Rock
Pop Evil	Boss"?s Daughter	#9 Active Rock
Idina Menzel	Gorgeous	#3 Us Dance
Javier Colon	As Long As We Got Love	Hot Ac Top 40
Javier Colon	Stitch By Stitch	"Winners Song"? The Voice
Sevendust	Unravelling	#7 Active Rock
10 Years	Fix Me	#10 Active Rock, Alternative Top 40
Evan And Jaron	From My Head To My Heart	Pop Top 40
Trapt	Contagious	Active Rock Top 40
Lisa Loeb	Someone You Should Know	Aaa Top 40
Serena Ryder	Little Bit Of Red	Aaa Top 40, Juno Award Video Of The Year
Pacifier	Bullitproof	Active Rock Top 40
Graham Colton	Best Days	Hot Ac Top 40
Kate Dearougo	Maybe Tonight
Spill Canvas	Our Song
Divide The Day	Let It Roll
Scary Kids Scaring Kids	Faces
Lucia	So Clever
Lisa Loeb	I Control The Sun
Billy Gilman	You Don"?t, You Won"?t
The Maine	Growing Up

Additional Artists Cuts (partial list):

Fitz And The Tantrums - "Spark"?
LP - "Heavenly Light"
Caleb Johnson - "Testify"
Youngblood Hawke - "Live and Die"
The Veronicas "More Like Me"
Shinedown - 9 Songs On "Sound Of Madness"? LP, 11 Songs On "Amaryllis"? LP
Daughtry "Break The Spell"?
Rome (Of Sublime With Rome) "Hung Up"?
Brian Setzer "Pennsylvania 6-5000"?
Josh Groban "Machine"?
Uncle Kracker "Josephine"?
Skillet "Believe"?, "Never Surrender"?
Halestorm "Nothing To Do With Love"?
Lisa Loeb "Window Shoppiing"?
10 Years "One More Day"?, "Don"?t Fight It"?
O.A.R. "Whatever Happened"?
Meatloaf "Prize Fight Lover"?
Adelitas Way - 6 Songs From "Homeschool Valedictorian"? LP
Pop Evil - 6 Songs From "War Of Angels"? LP
Saliva - "Turn The Lights On"?, "Better Days"?
Kate Voegele "Playing With My Heart"?
Allstar Weekend "Catching Up"?
Versa Emerge 9 Songs From "Fixed At Zero"? LP
The Maine "Growing Up"?
Orienthi "God Only Knows"?
Emphatic "Original Sin"?
Black Stone Cherry "Peace Pipe", "Like I Roll"?, "We Won"?t Let Go"?, "Staring At The Mirror"?
Rev Theory "Say Goodbye"?
Graham Colton "Let It Go"?
Mayday Parade "Still Breathing"?
Allison Iraheta "Holiday"?
Dave Koz "El Cholo"?, "And Then I Knew"?
The Letter Black "Fire With Fire"?, "The Best Of Me"?
Scary Kids Scaring Kids 9 Songs From "Faces"? LP
Trapt "Wasteland"?
Saosin "Deep Down"?
Joe Bonamassa "The Hard Way"?, "Into Thin Air"?
Will Dailey "Counting On Karma"

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Production

Elle King - "Ex's and Oh's", "Under the Influence" - Produced/Engineered (RCA)
Machineheart - upcoming LP - Produced/Engineered (Columbia)
Shinedown - 7 songs on upcoming LP - Produced/Engineered/Mixed (Atlantic)
Fitz and the Tantrums - "Fools Gold" - Produced/Engineered (Atlantic)
Adelitas Way - "Homeschool Valedictorian" - Produced/Engineered (Virgin)
Allison Iraheta - "Holiday" - Produced/Engineered (Jive)
Josiah Leming - "Satisfied" - Produced and Engineered (Warner)
Allstar Weekend - "Catching Up" - Produced & Engineered (Hollywood)
VersaEmerge - Produced, Engineered and Mixed Fixed at Zero (Fueled By Ramen)
Sparta - Threes - Produced/Engineered (Hollywood)
Schuyler Fisk - "The Good Stuff" - Produced / Mixed - co-wrote 6 songs
Gran Bel Fisher - "Full Moon Cigarette" - Produced / Engineered - co-wrote 11 songs (Hollywood)
Grey's Anatomy - Season 2 soundtrack, "Bound By Love" - Produced / Co-Wrote
Smallville - The Metropolis Mix - "I'm a Human" by Flashlight Brown - Co-wrote / Produced
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Soundtrack (Sony) - "The Sun's Gonna Rise" by Shannon Curfman Produced/Co-rote
Dilana - Dilana Produced / Engineered Co-Wrote 4 songs (Hurricane Music)
Flashlight Brown - "Blue" - produced 10 songs (Union/Warner)
Mari Digby - "Beauty In Walking Away" Co-wrote, "Traffic" Produced - "Dear Friend" Produced / Co-wrote (Hollywood)
The Troys - "Superhuman" (Elektra)
Joe Bonamassa "Hard Way", "Under the Radar" from So It's Like That - Produced / co-wrote (Medalist)
Justincase - "Inside Your Mind", "Tell Me", "Say" from justincase - Produced/cowrote (Maverick)
Annasophia Robb - "Keep Your Mind Wide Open" from Bridge to Terebithia (soundtrack) - Produced/Co-wrote (Disney)

Television and films

Dave Bassett has been involved in writing songs for 2 Guns, Friends with Benefits, Avengers (soundtrack), American Idol, Pretty Little Liars, Grey's Anatomy, Runaway Bride (soundtrack), Sweet Home Alabama (soundtrack), Kangaroo Jack (soundtrack), Sky High (soundtrack), Kingpin (soundtrack), The Terminator: The Sarah Chronicles, WWE Superstars (theme), WWE Night of the Champions 2008 (theme), CSI Miami, Oprah's Big Give, So You Think You Can Dance, Army Wives, The Hills, The OC, Brothers and Sisters, One Tree Hill, Dawson's Creek, Smallville, Wildfire, Cruel Intentions, Twilight Zone, Kyle XY, Twenty Four Seven, the Animal, Sunset Strip, P.C.U., Skulls, Back in Black, The Visitors, Ready to Run, Providence, Shasta McNasty, Dawson's Creek, Cupid, Young & the Restless, Malcolm in the Middle, Roswell, That's Life, The Others, Felicity and many others.

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