# Chris DeStefano

Christopher Michael DeStefano is a Grammy Award-winning American singer/songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist currently living in Nashville. As a songwriter, he has multiple #1 songs with artists Carrie Underwood (“Good Girl”, "Little Toy Guns"), Billy Currington (“Hey Girl”), Brett Eldredge ("Don't Ya"), Luke Bryan ("That's My Kind of Night", "Kick the Dust Up" ), Miranda Lambert & Carrie Underwood ("Somethin' Bad," later reworked as the opening theme for NBC Sunday Night Football), Rascal Flatts ("Rewind") and Jason Aldean ("Just Gettin' Started").
DeStefano was raised in Mount Laurel, New Jersey and graduated from Lenape High School in 1993. He was in the school's music program while playing with a progressive rock band in the area.
Underwood's "Good Girl", which DeStefano co-wrote, reached number 1 on Hot Country Songs in 2012. He also co-wrote and produced Brett Eldredge's number 1 single "Don't Ya". He co-wrote “Something in the Water” sung by Carrie Underwood which was the #1 song for seven weeks, the 3rd longest running female #1 Hot Country song in chart history. DeStefano co-wrote "Kiss Somebody" (July 2017) with Australian singer, Morgan Evans, and fellow American songwriter, Josh Osborne. At the APRA Music Awards of 2018 the song and its writers won Country Work of the Year.

## Discography
### Songwriting discography

| Year | Artist | Album | Song | Co-written with |
| 2010 | David Archuleta | The Other Side of Down | "Something 'Bout Love" | David Archuleta, Sam Hollander, Dave Katz |
| 2011 | Kelly Clarkson | Stronger | "Let Me Down" | Kelly Clarkson |
| 2011 | David Cook | This Loud Morning | "This Is Not The Last Time" | David Cook, David Hodges |
| 2011 | Eli Young Band | Life at Best | "Every Other Memory" | Catt Gravitt, Josh Kear |
| 2011 | Scotty McCreery | Clear as Day | "Better Than That" | Jess Cates, Craig Wiseman |
| 2012 | Kris Allen | Thank You Camellia | "Turn the Pages" | Kris Allen, Jess Cates, Lindy Robbins |
| 2012 | Kris Allen | Thank You Camellia | "Shut That Door" | Kris Allen, Jess Cates |
| 2012 | Connie Britton | The Music of Nashville: Season 1 Volume 1 | "Buried Under" | Natalie Hemby |
| 2012 | Jana Kramer | Jana Kramer | "Why Ya Wanna" | Catt Gravitt, Ashley Gorley |
| 2012 | Haley Reinhart | Listen Up! | "Now That You're Here" | Haley Reinhart, Sam Watters |
| 2012 | Carrie Underwood | Blown Away | "Good Girl" | Carrie Underwood, Ashley Gorley |
| 2013 | Lauren Alaina | — | "Barefoot and Buckwild" | Lauren Alaina, Jon Nite |
| 2013 | Big Time Rush | 24/Seven | "Picture This" | Carlos Pena Jr., James Maslow, Ashley Gorley |
| 2013 | Big Time Rush | 24/Seven | "Just Getting Started" | Kendall Schmidt, Logan Henderson, Ashley Gorley |
| 2013 | Big Time Rush | 24/Seven | "Lost in Love" (feat. Jake Miller) | Carlos Pena Jr., Jake Miller, Shari Short |
| 2013 | Big Time Rush | 24/Seven | "Na Na Na" | Carlos Pena Jr., Ashley Gorley |
| 2013 | Luke Bryan | Crash My Party | "That's My Kind of Night" | Dallas Davidson, Ashley Gorley |
| 2013 | Billy Currington | We Are Tonight | “Hey Girl” | Rhett Akins, Ashley Gorley |
| 2013 | Gavin DeGraw | Make a Move | "Heartbreak" | Gavin DeGraw |
| 2013 | Brett Eldredge | Bring You Back | "Don't Ya" | Brett Eldredge, Ashley Gorley |
| 2013 | Florida Georgia Line | Here's to the Good Times | "Take It Out on Me" | Ashley Gorley, Shane McAnally |
| 2013 | Jake Owen | Days of Gold | "Ghost Town" | Ashley Gorley, Shane McAnally |
| 2013 | Jake Owen | Days of Gold | "Life of the Party" | Ashley Gorley, Dallas Davidson |
| 2013 | Chris Young | A.M. | "Aw Naw" | Chris Young, Ashley Gorley |
| 2013 | Chris Young | A.M. | "A.M." | Chris Young, Ashley Gorley |
| 2013 | Chris Young | A.M. | "Goodbye" | Chris Young, Ashley Gorley |
| 2013 | Chris Young | A.M. | "We're Gonna Find It Tonight" | Chris Young, Rhett Akins |
| 2014 | Jason Aldean | Old Boots, New Dirt | "Just Gettin' Started" | Rhett Akins, Ashley Gorley |
| 2014 | Dan + Shay | Where It All Began | "Nothin' Like You" | Ashley Gorley, Dan Smyers, Shay Mooney |
| 2014 | Florida Georgia Line | Anything Goes | "Smile" | Dallas Davidson, Ashley Gorley |
| 2014 | Florida Georgia Line | Anything Goes | "Every Night" | Tyler Hubbard, Tyler Kelley, Ashley Gorley |
| 2014 | Lucy Hale | Road Between | "Kiss Me" | Mike Daly, Ashley Gorley, Lindy Robbins |
| 2014 | Lucy Hale | Road Between | "Lie a Little Better" | Mike Daly, Melissa Peirce |
| 2014 | Lucy Hale | Road Between | "That's What I Call Crazy" | Ashley Gorley, Kacey Musgraves |
| 2014 | Miranda Lambert | Platinum | "Somethin' Bad" (duet with Carrie Underwood) | Brett James, Priscilla Renea |
| 2014 | Rascal Flatts | Rewind | "Rewind" | Ashley Gorley, Eric Paslay |
| 2014 | Cole Swindell | Cole Swindell | "Swayin'" | Rhett Akins, Ashley Gorley |
| 2014 | Chase Rice | Ignite the Night | "Ready Set Roll" | Chase Rice, Rhett Akins |
| 2014 | Chase Rice | Ignite the Night | "Do It Like This" | Dallas Davidson, Ashley Gorley |
| 2014 | Chase Rice | Ignite the Night | "Beach Town" | Chase Rice, Jon Nite |
| 2014 | Chase Rice | Ignite the Night | "Beer With The Boys" | Chase Rice, Ashley Gorley |
| 2014 | Chase Rice | Ignite the Night | "We Goin' Out" | Chase Rice, Shane Minor |
| 2014 | Chase Rice | Ignite the Night | "50 Shades Of Crazy" | Chase Rice, Jon Nite |
| 2014 | Chase Rice | Ignite the Night | "Best Beers Of Our Lives" | Chase Rice, Shane Minor |
| 2014 | Carrie Underwood | Greatest Hits: Decade #1 | "Something in the Water" | Carrie Underwood, Brett James |
| 2014 | Carrie Underwood | Greatest Hits: Decade #1 | "Little Toy Guns" | Carrie Underwood, Hillary Lindsey |
| 2015 | Bon Jovi | Burning Bridges | "Life Is Beautiful" | Jon Bon Jovi, Billy Falcon |
| 2015 | Luke Bryan | Kill the Lights | "Kick the Dust Up" | Dallas Davidson, Ashley Gorley |
| 2015 | Kelly Clarkson | Piece by Piece | "Second Wind" | Shane McAnally, Maren Morris |
| 2015 | Thomas Rhett | Tangled Up | "Tangled" | Adam Hoffman, Matt Lipkins, Josh Osborne, Scott Schwartz |
| 2015 | Carrie Underwood | Storyteller | "Renegade Runaway" | Carrie Underwood, Hillary Lindsey |
| 2015 | Carrie Underwood | Storyteller | "Smoke Break" | Carrie Underwood, Hillary Lindsey |
| 2015 | Carrie Underwood | Storyteller | "Clock Don't Stop" | Hillary Lindsey, Blair Daly |
| 2016 | Dan + Shay | Obsessed | "From the Ground Up" | Dan Smyers, Shay Mooney |
| 2016 | Rachel Platten | Wildfire | "Superman" | Rachel Platten, Lindy Robbins |
| 2016 | Bon Jovi | This House Is Not for Sale | "Roller Coaster" | Jon Bon Jovi, Ashley Gorley |
| 2017 | Jerrod Niemann | This Ride | "Zero to Crazy" | Ashley Gorley, Shane McAnally |
| 2017 | Jerrod Niemann | This Ride | "Out of My Heart" | Ashley Gorley, Dallas Davidson |
| 2017 | Thomas Rhett | Life Changes | "Grave" | Hillary Lindsey, Josh Miller |
| 2017 | Chase Rice | Lambs & Lions | "Lions" | Chase Rice, Ashley Gorley |
| 2017 | Chase Rice | Lambs & Lions | "Eyes on You" | Chase Rice, Ashley Gorley |
| 2017 | Chase Rice | Lambs & Lions | "Jack Daniel's Showed Up" | Chase Rice, Ashley Gorley |
| 2017 | Chase Rice | Lambs & Lions | "25 Wexford St." | Chase Rice, Jim Beavers |
| 2017 | Chris Young | Losing Sleep | "Losing Sleep" | Josh Hoge |
| 2018 | Morgan Evans | Things That We Drink To | "American" | Morgan Evans, Josh Osborne |
| 2018 | Morgan Evans | Things That We Drink To | "Kiss Somebody" | Morgan Evans, Josh Osborne |
| 2018 | Morgan Evans | Things That We Drink To | "I Do" | Morgan Evans, Ashley Gorley |
| 2018 | Morgan Evans | Things That We Drink To | "Song for the Summer" | Morgan Evans, David Hodges |
| 2018 | Morgan Evans | Things That We Drink To | "Day Drunk" | Morgan Evans, Lindy Robbins |
| 2018 | Morgan Evans | Things That We Drink To | "Dance With Me" (feat. Kelsea Ballerini) | Morgan Evans |
| 2018 | Morgan Evans | Things That We Drink To | "Me On You" | Morgan Evans, Josh Osborne |
| 2018 | Morgan Evans | Things That We Drink To | "Things That We Drink To" | Morgan Evans, Josh Osborne |
| 2018 | Morgan Evans | Things That We Drink To | "We Dream" | Morgan Evans, Jaren Johnston, Jon Nite |
| 2018 | Morgan Evans | Things That We Drink To | "Everything Changes" | Morgan Evans, Blair Daily |
| 2018 | Morgan Evans | Things That We Drink To | "Young Again" | Morgan Evans, Josh Kear |
| 2018 | Carrie Underwood | NBC Sunday Night Football | "Game On" | Carrie Underwood, Brett James |
| 2019 | Noah Kahan | Busyhead | "False Confidence" | Noah Kahan |
| 2019 | Lady A | Ocean | "Mansion" | Hillary Lindsey, Josh Miller |
| 2019 | LoCash | Brothers | "Cold Beer Kind of Night" | Ashley Gorley, Rhett Akins |
| 2019 | Jake Owen | Greetings from... Jake | "Mexico in Our Minds" | Jaren Johnston, Ashley Gorley |
| 2019 | Runaway June | Blue Roses | "Trouble with This Town" | Naomi Cook, Jennifer Wayne, Liz Rose |
| 2020 | Lee Brice | Hey World | "Don't Need No Reason" | Lee Brice, Kyle Jacobs |
| 2021 | Callista Clark | Real to Me (EP) | "Heartbreak Song" | Callista Clark, Emily Shackleton, Liz Rose |
| 2021 | Chase Rice | The Album | "Best Night Ever" | Chase Rice, Matt Jenkins |
| 2021 | Chase Rice | The Album | "Belong" | Chase Rice, Jon Nite |
| 2021 | Mitchell Tenpenny | Midnight Diaries (EP) | "Bucket List" | Mitchell Tenpenny, Laura Veltz |
| 2021 | Tanner Adell | Honky Tonk Heartbreak | "Honky Tonk Heartbreak" | JT Harding, Tanner Adell |
| 2021 | Carrie Underwood | My Gift | "Favorite Time of the Year" | Carrie Underwood, Hillary Lindsey |
| 2021 | Chris Young | Famous Friends | "Break Like You Do" | Chris Young, Matt Rogers, Anthony Smith |
| 2021 | Chris Young | Famous Friends | "At the End of a Bar" (feat. Mitchell Tenpenny) | Chris Young, Mitchell Tenpenny |
| 2021 | Chris Young | Famous Friends | "Love Looks Good on You" | Chris Young |
| 2021 | Chris Young | Famous Friends | "One of Them Nights" | Chris Young, Rhett Atkins |
| 2021 | Chris Young | Famous Friends | "When You're Drinking" | Chris Young, Matt Rogers, Anthony Smith |
| 2021 | Chris Young | Famous Friends | "Everybody Needs a Song" (feat. Old Dominion) | Chris Young, Brad Tursi |
| 2022 | Randy Houser | Note to Self | "Out and Down" | Randy Houser, Matt Rogers |
| 2022 | Mitchell Tenpenny | This Is the Heavy | "Do You" | Mitchell Tenpenny, Claire Douglas, Michael Whitworth |
| 2022 | Mitchell Tenpenny | This Is the Heavy | "Bucket Lost" | Mitchell Tenpenny, Laura Veltz |
| 2022 | Carrie Underwood | Denim & Rhinestones | "Poor Everybody Else" | Carrie Underwood, Josh Miller |
| 2023 | Chris Janson | The Outlaw Side of Me | "Outlaw Side of Me" | Chris Janson, Lee Thomas Miller |
| 2023 | Kip Moore | Damn Love | "Silver & Gold" | Kip Moore, Dan Couch |
| 2023 | Jason Mraz | Mystical Magical Rhythmical Radical Ride | "I Feel Like Dancing" | Jason Mraz, Mai Bloomfield, Abby Dorsey, Rebecca Gebhart, Stephanie Jones, Chaska Potter, Mona Tavakoli, Eg White |
| 2024 | Chris Young | Young Love & Saturday Nights | "Looking for You" | Chris Young, James McNair, Emily Weisband |
| 2024 | Chris Young | Young Love & Saturday Nights | "Don't Call Me" | Chris Young, Ashley Gorley |
| 2024 | Chris Young | Young Love & Saturday Nights | "Country Boy's Prayer" | Chris Young, Mitchell Tenpenny, Michael Whitworth |
| 2024 | Chris Young | Young Love & Saturday Nights | "Call It a Day" | Chris Young, Emily Weisband, Jon Nite |
| 2024 | Chris Young | Young Love & Saturday Nights | "Drink to Remember" | Chris Young, Corey Crowder |
| 2024 | Chris Young | Young Love & Saturday Nights | "Fall Out" | Chris Young, Emily Weisband, Jon Nite |
| 2024 | Chris Young | Young Love & Saturday Nights | "Fire" | Chris Young, Hardy |
| 2024 | Chris Young | Young Love & Saturday Nights | "Right Now" | Chris Young, Josh Hoge, Paul DiGiovanni |
| 2024 | MacKenzie Porter | "Walk Away" | Nobody's Born with a Broken Heart | MacKenzie Porter, Jon Nite |

### Production discography

| Year | Artist | Album | Song | Co-produced with |
| 2010 | David Archuleta | The Other Side of Down | "Something 'Bout Love" | S*A*M and Sluggo |
| 2011 | Kelly Clarkson | Stronger | "Let Me Down" | — |
| 2011 | Kelly Clarkson | Stronger | "Don't Be a Girl About It" | — |
| 2012 | Kris Allen | Thank You Camellia | "Turn the Pages" | — |
| 2012 | Haley Reinhart | Listen Up! | "Now That You're Here" | — |
| 2013 | Big Time Rush | 24/Seven | "Picture This" | Damon Sharpe |
| 2013 | Big Time Rush | 24/Seven | "Just Getting Started" | Damon Sharpe |
| 2013 | Big Time Rush | 24/Seven | "Lost in Love" | Damon Sharpe |
| 2013 | Big Time Rush | 24/Seven | "NaNaNa" | Damon Sharpe |
| 2013 | Brett Eldredge | Bring You Back | "Don't Ya" | |
| 2014 | Chase Rice | Ignite the Night | "Ready Set Roll" | |
| 2014 | Chase Rice | Ignite the Night | "Do It Like This" | |
| 2014 | Chase Rice | Ignite the Night | "Beach Town" | |
| 2014 | Chase Rice | Ignite the Night | "Beer With The Boys" | |
| 2014 | Chase Rice | Ignite the Night | "We Goin’ Out" | |
| 2014 | Chase Rice | Ignite the Night | "50 Shades of Crazy" | |
| 2014 | Chase Rice | Ignite the Night | "Best Beers of Our Lives" | |
| 2014 | Chase Rice | Ignite the Night | "Mmm Girl" | |
| 2014 | Chase Rice | Ignite the Night | "Carolina Can" | |
| 2014 | Chase Rice | Ignite the Night | "Gonna Wanna Tonight" | |
| 2014 | Chase Rice | Ignite the Night | "U Turn" | |
| 2014 | Chase Rice | Ignite the Night | "What’s Your Name" | |
| 2014 | Chase Rice | Ignite the Night | "Country In Ya" | |
| 2014 | Chase Rice | Ignite the Night | "Ride" | |
| 2014 | Dan + Shay | Where It All Began | "Nothin' Like You" | |
| 2015 | Kelly Clarkson | Piece by Piece | "Second Wind" | |
| 2015 | Kip Moore | Wild Ones | "Wild Ones" | |
| 2015 | Kip Moore | Wild Ones | "Complicated" | |
| 2015 | Thomas Rhett | Tangled Up | "Learned It from the Radio" | — |
| 2015 | Thomas Rhett | Tangled Up | "Playing with Fire" (featuring Jordin Sparks)" | — |
| 2017 | Chase Rice | Lambs & Lions | "Lions" | — |
| 2017 | Chase Rice | Lambs & Lions | "On Tonight" | — |
| 2017 | Chase Rice | Lambs & Lions | "Unforgettable" | — |
| 2017 | Chase Rice | Lambs & Lions | "Eyes on You" | Jacquire King |
| 2017 | Chase Rice | Lambs & Lions | "Jack Daniel's Showed Up" | — |
| 2017 | Chase Rice | Lambs & Lions | "This Cowboy's Hat" (feat. Ned LeDoux) | — |
| 2018 | Morgan Evans | Things That We Drink To | All 11 tracks | — |
| 2018 | Carrie Underwood | NBC Sunday Night Football | "Game On" | Mark Bright |
| 2021 | Chase Rice | The Album | "Lonely If You Are" | Chase Rice |
| 2021 | Chase Rice | The Album | "Best Night Ever" | Chase Rice |
| 2021 | Chase Rice | The Album | "Messy" | Chase Rice |
| 2021 | Chase Rice | The Album | "In the Car" | Chase Rice |
| 2021 | Chase Rice | The Album | "You" | — |
| 2021 | Chase Rice | The Album | "Break. Up. Down" | — |
| 2021 | Chase Rice | The Album | "Down Home Runs Deep" | — |
| 2021 | Chase Rice | The Album | "Belong" | — |
| 2021 | Chris Young | Famous Friends | "Break Like You Do" | Chris Young |
| 2021 | Chris Young | Famous Friends | "At the End of a Bar" | Chris Young |
| 2021 | Chris Young | Famous Friends | "Love Looks Good on You" | Chris Young |
| 2021 | Chris Young | Famous Friends | "One of Them Nights" | Chris Young |
| 2021 | Tanner Adell | Honky Tonk Heartbreak | "Honky Tonk Heartbreak" | — |
| 2024 | Chris Young | Young Love & Saturday Nights | "Looking for You" | — |
| 2024 | Chris Young | Young Love & Saturday Nights | "Young Love & Saturday Nights" | Chris Young, Corey Crowder |
| 2024 | Chris Young | Young Love & Saturday Nights | "Don't Call Me" | Chris Young |
| 2024 | Chris Young | Young Love & Saturday Nights | "Country Boy's Prayer" | Chris Young |
| 2024 | Chris Young | Young Love & Saturday Nights | "Call It a Day" | Chris Young |
| 2024 | Chris Young | Young Love & Saturday Nights | "Don't Stop Now" | Chris Young, Corey Crowder |
| 2024 | Chris Young | Young Love & Saturday Nights | "Fall Out" | Chris Young |
| 2024 | Chris Young | Young Love & Saturday Nights | "Fire" | Chris Young |
| 2024 | Chris Young | Young Love & Saturday Nights | "Right Now" | Chris Young |
| 2024 | Chris Young | Young Love & Saturday Nights | "Million Miles" | Chris Young, Corey Crowder |
| 2024 | Chris Young | Young Love & Saturday Nights | "Everybody Grew Up" | Chris Young, Corey Crowder |
| 2024 | Chris Young | Young Love & Saturday Nights | "Knee Deep in Neon" | Chris Young |
| 2024 | Chris Young | Young Love & Saturday Nights | "Down" | Chris Young |