# Gregg Wattenberg

Gregg Wattenberg is an American record producer, based in New York City. Best known for his work with the alternative rock band Goo Goo Dolls, he has been nominated for a Grammy Award.

## Work

Gregg Wattenberg has co-written and/or co-produced eight No. 1 hit songs that reached the top of Billboard Hot AC, Adult Contemporary, Alternative Radio, and/or Rock charts.
Wattenberg co-wrote and co-produced John Legend's "Conversations in the Dark" which was RIAA certified Gold and the 1st lead single from the Bigger Love album, which won the Grammy Award for Best R&B album in 2021.
Wattenberg co-wrote and produced The Unlikely Candidates' No. 1 hit single "Novocaine" which reached the top spot on the Billboard Alternative Radio chart in 2020.
Wattenberg co-wrote and produced Phillip Phillips' No. 1 hit and RIAA Certified Platinum single "Gone, Gone, Gone" on the Platinum album The World from the Side of the Moon.
Wattenberg co-produced Train's No. 1 hit and RIAA Multi-Platinum single "Hey, Soul Sister" which was certified with a RIAA Diamond Award (10× Platinum) in 2021. Only 57 songs have been awarded RIAA Diamond certification in music history as of July 15, 2021.
Wattenberg also co-wrote and co-produced Train's No. 1 hit and RIAA Certified Platinum single "If It's Love".
Wattenberg co-wrote the Daughtry No. 1 hit and RIAA 2× Multi-Platinum single "It's Not Over" which was the lead single for the 6× Multi-Platinum album Daughtry.
Gregg Wattenberg co-wrote O.A.R.'s No. 1 song and RIAA Certified Platinum hit "Shattered (Turn the Car Around).”
Wattenberg also co-wrote Goo Goo Dolls Top 10 Adult Contemporary Single "Let Love In" from the RIAA Certified Gold album Let Love In.
Wattenberg produced Five for Fighting's No. 1 hit singles "Superman (It's Not Easy)" and "100 Years" and co-wrote and produced Top 5 AC single "Slice".

## Production discography

| Year | Title | Artist | Label |
| 2000 | America Town | Five For Fighting | Columbia |
| 2002 | What If It All Means Something | Chantal Kreviazuk | Columbia |
| 2002 | Opaline | Dishwalla | Immergent |
| 2003 | It's All in Your Head | Eve 6 | RCA |
| 2004 | The Battle for Everything | Five For Fighting | Columbia |
| 2005 | Never Gone | Backstreet Boys | Jive |
| 2005 | Beautiful Disorder | Breaking Point | Wind-up |
| 2007 | Consequence | The Crash Motive | Wind-up |
| 2008 | David Cook | David Cook | RCA |
| 2009 | Slice | Five For Fighting | Wind-up |
| 2009 | Wooden Bones | Pilot Speed | Wind-up |
| 2009 | Time For Lions | Stars of Track And Field | Wind-up |
| 2009 | Save Me San Francisco | Train | BME, Columbia |
| 2010 | Jason Castro | Jason Castro | Atlantic |
| 2010 | Life Turns Electric | Finger Eleven | Wind-up |
| 2010 | Alive | Ed Kowalczyk | Soul Whisper/RED |
| 2011 | This Loud Morning | David Cook | RCA |
| 2012 | The World from the Side of the Moon | Phillip Phillips | Interscope |
| 2012 | Train | California 37 | Columbia |
| 2013 | Bookmarks | Five For Fighting | Wind-up |
| 2013 | Magnetic | Goo Goo Dolls | Warner Bros. Records |
| 2014 | Rewind | Rascal Flatts | Big Machine/Republic |
| 2014 | Behind the Light | Phillip Phillips | Interscope Records |
| 2015 | When the Morning Comes | A Great Big World | Epic Records |
| 2016 | Something Worth Saving | Gavin DeGraw | RCA |
| 2017 | Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness | Zombies on Broadway | Vanguard |
| 2017 | Just the Beginning | Grace Vanderwaal | Syco/Columbia |
| 2020 | Bigger Love | John Legend | Columbia |
| 2021 | Something About Christmas Time | Rob Thomas | Atlantic |
| 2022 | Chaos in Bloom | Goo Goo Dolls | Warner Bros. |
| 2022 | Legend | John Legend | John Legend/Republic |
| 2023 | We Happy Don't Worry | American Authors | French Poet Society |
| 2023 | Where the Light Goes | Matchbox Twenty | Atlantic |
| 2023 | Pour It Out Into the Night | The Revivalists | Concord |

### Songwriting written

Discography :
| Year | Artist | Album | Song | Co-written with |
| 2002 | Chantal Kreviazuk | What If It All Means Something | "Time" | Chantal Kreviazuk, Raine Maida |
| 2006 | Daughtry | Daughtry | "It's Not Over" | Chris Daughtry, Ace Young, Mark Wilkerson |
| 2008 | David Cook | David Cook | "Declaration" | David Cook, Johnny Rzeznik |
| 2008 | O.A.R. | All Sides | "Shattered (Turn the Car Around)" | Marc Roberge |
| 2009 | Five for Fighting | Slice | "Slice" | John Ondrasik |
| 2009 | Five for Fighting | Slice | "Chances" | John Ondrasik |
| 2009 | Five for Fighting | Slice | "Story of Your Life" | John Ondrasik |
| 2009 | Train | Save Me, San Francisco | "Parachute" | Pat Monahan |
| 2009 | Train | Save Me, San Francisco | "If It's Love" | Pat Monahan |
| 2009 | Train | Save Me, San Francisco | "You Already Know" | Pat Monahan, Jimmy Stafford, Scott Underwood |
| 2010 | Jason Castro | Jason Castro | "This Heart of Mine" | Jason Castro, Jason Rene, Marc Roberge, Shawn Maningly |
| 2010 | Finger Eleven | Life Turns Electric | "Living in a Dream" | Scott Anderson, Shawn Anderson, Rich Beddoe, James Black, Rick Jackett |
| 2010 | Hawthorne Heights | Skeletons | "Bring You Back" | Hawthorne Heights, James Thomas Woodruff |
| 2010 | Hawthorne Heights | Skeletons | "Nervous Breakdown" | Hawthorne Heights, James Thomas Woodruff |
| 2010 | Hawthorne Heights | Skeletons | "Here I Am" | Hawthorne Heights, James Thomas Woodruff |
| 2010 | Ed Kowalczyk | Alive | "Grace" | Ed Kowalczyk |
| 2010 | Ed Kowalczyk | Alive | "Stand" | Ed Kowalczyk |
| 2010 | The Maine | Black & White | "Give It to Me" | The Maine |
| 2010 | Thriving Ivory | Through Yourself & Back Again | "Love Alone" | Scott Jason, Clayton Stroope |
| 2011 | David Cook | This Loud Morning | "Right Here, with You" | David Cook, Johnny Rzeznik, Ryan Star |
| 2011 | James Durbin | Memories of a Beautiful Disaster | "Screaming" | James Durbin, David Cook, Ryan Star, Bobby Alt |
| 2011 | O.A.R. | King | "Heaven" | Marc Roberge, Ryan Baharloo, Derek Fuhrmann |
| 2011 | O.A.R. | King | "Gotta Be Wrong Sometimes" | Marc Roberge, Derek Fuhrmann |
| 2011 | O.A.R. | King | "Back to One" | Marc Roberge, Derek Fuhrmann, Matt Wallace |
| 2011 | O.A.R. | King | "World Like That" | Marc Roberge, Derek Fuhrmann, Richard On, Mikel Paris |
| 2012 | Phillip Phillips | The World from the Side of the Moon | "Gone, Gone, Gone" | Derek Fuhrmann, Todd Clark |
| 2012 | Phillip Phillips | The World from the Side of the Moon | "Get Up Get Down" | Phillip Phillips, Derek Fuhrmann |
| 2012 | Train | California 37 | "California 37" | Pat Monahan, Diji Parq |
| 2012 | Train | California 37 | "When the Fog Rolls In" | Pat Monahan |
| 2013 | Five for Fighting | Bookmarks | "What If" | John Ondrasik, Derek Fuhrmann, Jamie Kenney, |
| 2013 | Five for Fighting | Bookmarks | "Heaven Knows" | John Ondrasik, Derek Fuhrmann, Jamie Kenney, |
| 2013 | Goo Goo Dolls | Magnetic | "Rebel Beat" | Johnny Rzeznik |
| 2013 | Goo Goo Dolls | Magnetic | "When the World Breaks Your Heart" | Johnny Rzeznik, J. T. Harding |
| 2013 | Goo Goo Dolls | Magnetic | "Slow It Down" | Johnny Rzeznik |
| 2013 | Goo Goo Dolls | Magnetic | "Come to Me" | Johnny Rzeznik |
| 2014 | Phillip Phillips | Behind the Light | "Raging Fire" | Phillip Phillips, Derek Fuhrmann, Todd Clark |
| 2014 | Phillip Phillips | Behind the Light | "Fool for You" | Phillip Phillips, Derek Fuhrmann |
| 2014 | Phillip Phillips | Behind the Light | "Unpack Your Heart" | Phillip Phillips, Derek Fuhrmann, Todd Clark |
| 2014 | Phillip Phillips | Behind the Light | "Midnight Sun" | Phillip Phillips, Derek Fuhrmann |
| 2014 | Rascal Flatts | Rewind | "Powerful Stuff" | Derek Fuhrmann, Brett James |
| 2015 | A Great Big World | When the Morning Comes | "Kaleidoscope" | Antonina Armato, Derek Fuhrmann, Chad Vaccarino, Ian Axel, Tim James |
| 2015 | A Great Big World | When the Morning Comes | "Come On" | Derek Fuhrmann, Chad Vaccarino, Ian Axel |
| 2016 | Gavin DeGraw | Something Worth Saving | "She Sets the City on Fire" | Gavin DeGraw, Todd Clark, Jason Saenz |
| 2016 | Goo Goo Dolls | Boxes | "Flood" (feat. Sydney Sierota | Johnny Rzeznik, Derek Fuhrmann |
| 2016 | Goo Goo Dolls | Boxes | "Lucky One" | Johnny Rzeznik, Derek Fuhrmann |
| 2016 | Goo Goo Dolls | Boxes | "So Alive" | Johnny Rzeznik, Derek Fuhrmann |
| 2016 | Goo Goo Dolls | Boxes | "Long Way Home" | Johnny Rzeznik, Jordan Miller |
| 2017 | Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness | Zombies on Broadway | "Fire Escape" | Andrew McMahon, Daniel Omelio |
| 2017 | Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness | Zombies on Broadway | "Shot Out of a Cannon" | Andrew McMahon, Derek Fuhrmann |
| 2017 | Grace VanderWaal | Just the Beginning | "So Much More Than This" | Grace VanderWaal, Derek Fuhrmann |
| 2017 | Grace VanderWaal | Just the Beginning | "Escape My Mind" | Grace VanderWaal, Audubato |
| 2017 | Grace VanderWaal | Just the Beginning | "City Song" | Grace VanderWaal, Audubato |
| 2017 | The Score | ATLAS | "Unstoppable" | Eddie Anthony, Edan Dover, Steve Miller |
| 2020 | John Legend | Bigger Love | "Conversations in the Dark" | John Stephens, Jesse Fink, Kellen Pomeranz, Chance Peña |
| 2021 | Noah Kahan | I Was/I Am | "Bad Luck" | Noah Kahan, Kellen Pomeranz |
| 2021 | Rob Thomas | Something About Christmas Time | "Doesn't Feel Like Christmas (Samy's Song)" | Rob Thomas |
| 2022 | Goo Goo Dolls | Chaos in Bloom | "Yeah, I Like You" | Johnny Rzeznik |
| 2022 | Goo Goo Dolls | Chaos in Bloom | "War" | Johnny Rzeznik, Alex Aldi |
| 2022 | Goo Goo Dolls | Chaos in Bloom | "Going Crazy" | Johnny Rzeznik |
| 2023 | Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness | Tilt at the Wind No More | "Submarine" | Andrew McMahon, Derek Fuhrmann |
| 2023 | Matchbox Twenty | Where the Light Goes | "Wild Dogs (Running in a Slow Dream)" | Rob Thomas, Paul Doucette |
| 2023 | Matchbox Twenty | Where the Light Goes | "One Hit Love" | Rob Thomas, Paul Doucette |
| 2023 | The Revivalists | Pour It Out Into the Night | "How We Move" | Zack Feinberg, Sam Hollander, David Shaw |