# Melissa Peirce

Melissa Peirce (born 1975) is an American country and pop music songwriter based in Nashville, Tennessee.

## Early life and education

Peirce was born and raised in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. She moved to Nashville at age 18, and enrolled in Belmont University. She worked at Giant Records as an A&R assistant while writing songs at night, before joining Malaco Music Group as a songwriter.

## Career

In 2004, Peirce won an ASCAP Award for writing Reba McEntire's "I'm Gonna Take That Mountain", launching her career. She co-wrote the Tyler Farr song "A Guy Walks Into a Bar", which reached number 1 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart. The song also reached number 7 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, number 51 on the Billboard Hot 100, and was named one of 11 Songs I Wish I'd Written at the 2015 Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame ceremony. She has written singles including David Nail's "Red Light", which reached number 7 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart, Eli Young Band's "Say Goodnight" and Lady Antebellum's "Hurt". Her songs have also been recorded by Garth Brooks, Carrie Underwood, LeAnn Rimes, Joss Stone, Keith Urban and Olivia Holt.
Since 2012, she has been signed to Disney Music Publishing.

## Personal life

Peirce is married to Your Guitar Sage Course Teacher Erich Andreas.

## Awards

* ASCAP Country Music Award for "I'm Gonna Take That Mountain", 2004
* BMI Country Music Award for "Red Light", 2010
* NSAI Award for 10 Songs I Wish I Had Written, "A Guy Walks Into a Bar", 2015
* BMI Country Music Award for "A Guy Walks Into a Bar", 2016

## Discography
### Albums

| Title | Album details |
| Lonesome Lullaby | Released: July 30, 2008 Formats: CD, digital download |
| Blend (EP) | Released: 2010 Formats: Digital download |

### As songwriter

| Year | Artist | Album | Song | Credit |
| 2003 | Chalee Tennison | Parading In the Rain | "Lonesome Road" | Writer |
| 2003 | Doc Walker | Everyone Aboard | "I Am Ready" | Writer |
| 2003 | Reba McEntire | Room to Breathe | "I'm Gonna Take That Mountain" | Writer |
| 2003 | Bella | Tumblin' Down | "Tumblin' Down" | Writer |
| 2004 | Malibu Storm | Malibu Storm | "Long Way to Fall" | Writer |
| 2005 | LeAnn Rimes | This Woman | "Won't Be Lonely Long" | Writer |
| 2005 | Carrie Underwood | Some Hearts | "That's Where It Is" | Writer |
| 2006 | Maia Sharp | Eve and the Red Delicious | "The Edge" | Writer |
| 2007 | Travis Meadows | My Life 101 | "Don't Wanna Let You Down" | Writer |
| 2008 | Phil Stacey | Phil Stacey | "You Are Mine" | Writer |
| 2008 | John Paul White | The Long Goodbye | "Come Over" | Writer |
| 2008 | John Paul White | The Long Goodbye | "Over My Head" | Writer |
| 2008 | John Paul White | The Long Goodbye | "Losing Me" | Writer |
| 2009 | David Nail | I'm About to Come Alive | "Red Light" | Writer |
| 2010 | Jonathan Singleton & the Grove | Jonathan Singleton & the Grove | "Probably Just Time" | Writer |
| 2010 | Richard Page | Peculiar Life | "You Are Mine" | Writer |
| 2010 | Mindy McCready | I'm Still Here | "Fades" | Writer |
| 2011 | Jeff Bates | One Day Closer | "The Rapture" | Writer |
| 2011 | Shelly Fairchild | Ruby's Money | "Try the Truth" | Writer |
| 2011 | Shelly Fairchild | Ruby's Money | "Love Everybody" | Writer |
| 2011 | Travis Meadows | Killing Uncle Buzzy | "Pray For Jungleland" | Writer |
| 2011 | Joss Stone | LP1 | "Don't Start Lyin' to Me Now" | Writer |
| 2011 | Randy Montana | Randy Montana | "Goodbye Rain" | Writer |
| 2011 | Eli Young Band | Life at Best | "Say Goodnight" | Writer |
| 2012 | Marty Raybon | | "Dirt Road Heartache" | Writer |
| 2012 | Chris Cagle | Back in the Saddle | "Probably Just Time" | Writer |
| 2013 | Travis Meadows | Old Ghosts and Unfinished Business | "Good Girl" | Writer |
| 2013 | Michelle Wright | Strong | "Strong" | Writer |
| 2013 | Matt Wertz | Heatwave | "Get to You" | Writer |
| 2013 | Felicia Barton | | "The Real Thing (Kiss the Girl)" | Writer |
| 2014 | Emerson Hart | Beauty in Disrepair | "Don't Forget Yourself" | Writer |
| 2014 | Hunter Hayes | Storyline | "Still Fallin" | Writer |
| 2014 | Bea Miller | | "Open Your Eyes" | Writer |
| 2014 | Lucy Hale | Road Between | "Goodbye Gone" | Writer |
| 2014 | Lucy Hale | Road Between | "Lie a Little Better" | Writer |
| 2014 | Lucy Hale | Road Between | "Road Between" | Writer |
| 2014 | Emily West | I Hate You I Love You | "My Story" | Writer |
| 2014 | Neal Carpenter | Good Guys | "Lonely is a Hell of a Drug" | Writer |
| 2014 | Neal Carpenter | Good Guys | "Borrowed Things" | Writer |
| 2014 | Lucy Hale | | "Mistletoe" | Writer |
| 2014 | Garth Brooks | Man Against Machine | "Midnight Train" | Writer |
| 2014 | Garth Brooks | Man Against Machine | "Cold Like That" | Writer |
| 2014 | Olivia Holt | Bears soundtrack | "Carry On" | Writer |
| 2015 | Elenowen | For the Taking | "For the Taking" | Writer |
| 2015 | Rachel Potter | Not So Black and White | "Tail Lights" | Writer |
| 2015 | Striking Matches | Nothing But the Silence | "Miss Me More" | Writer |
| 2015 | Tyler Farr | Suffer in Peace | "A Guy Walks Into a Bar" | Writer |
| 2015 | Star Darlings | | "Wish Now" | Writer |
| 2015 | Jason Blaine | Country Side | "Back to You" | Writer |
| 2017 | Jerry Salley | New Songs, Old Friends | "I'm Gonna Take That Mountain" | Writer |
| 2017 | Lindsey Ell | Standing Here | "Worth the Wait" | Writer |
| 2017 | Jordan Fisher and Angie Keilhauer | | "Happily Ever After" | Writer |
| 2017 | Lady Antebellum | Heart Break | "Hurt" | Writer |