Busbee

**Michael James Ryan** (June 18, 1976 – September 29, 2019), known professionally as **busbee**, was an American songwriter, record producer, publisher, record label executive and multi-instrumentalist.

## Biography

Busbee was born in Walnut Creek, California and began playing music when he was seven years old, living in Los Angeles with his family. He later wrote and produced music, and was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2017.

Busbee marched with the World Class Drum Corps, Blue Devils

Busbee worked with a broad range of artists including Gwen Stefani, P!nk, Maren Morris, Timbaland featuring Katy Perry, Keith Urban, Jon Bellion, Kelly Clarkson, and Lady Antebellum.

Busbee died of brain cancer on September 29, 2019, in San Francisco, California, at age 43.

### Songs written

|colspan="5"|Discography|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|_5 Seconds of Summer_ (2014)|"Don't Stop”|Luke Hemmings, Calum Hood, Steve Robson|**Single**||
|"The Only Reason”|Steve Robson, Michael Clifford|rowspan="6"||||
|_Lotus_ (2012)|"Empty Words"|Christina Aguilera, Nikki Flores, Ali Tamposi||||
|rowspan="2"|_Road Less Traveled_ (2016)|"Doin' Fine"|rowspan="2"|Lauren Alaina, Emily Shackleton||
|"My Kinda People"||||||
|_My Kinda Party_ (2010)|"Days Like These"|rowspan="2"|Neil Thrasher, Wendell Mobley|||
|_Night Train_ (2012)|"This Nothing Town"|||||
|rowspan="2"|_All the Way_ (2011)|"Not Your Birthday" (feat. Anth)|Anthony Melo, JP Clark, Jayce Levi|**Single**||
|"Do It 2 Me"|Zachary Porter, JP Clark, Jayce Levi|rowspan="14"||||
|_This Is Us_ (2009)|"Masquerade"|Brian Kennedy, Alex James, Antwoine Collins||||
|rowspan="2"|_The Human Condition_ (2016)|"80's Films"|rowspan="2"|Jon Bellion||
|"Maybe IDK"||||||
|rowspan="5"|_Paper Empire_ (2009)|"Black Light"|Kevin Griffin|||
|"Turn Up The Bright Lights"|Kevin Griffin, Michelle Lewis|||||
|"In Between The Moments"|rowspan="2"|Kevin Griffin||||
|"Wounded"||||||
|"All in"|Kevin Griffin, James Bourne|||||
|_Brother_ (2010)|"Nothing Without You”|Catt Gravitt, Tom Shapiro||||
|rowspan="2"|_Danielle Bradbery_ (2013)|"Yellin' From The Rooftop"|Sarah Buxton|||
|"Endless Summer”|Sarah Buxton, Jedd Hughes|||||
|_Pulse_ (2010)|"If I Have to Wait"|Toni Braxton, Jud Friesman, Allan Rich||||
|_Man Against Machine_ (2014)|"People Loving People"|Lee Thomas Miller, Chris Wallin||||
|_Overcome_ (2009)|"Bad Boys" (feat. Flo Rida)|Melvin K. Watson Jr., Larry Summerville Jr., Alex James, Lauren Evans Tramar Dillard|**Single** (#1 UK Singles Chart, Brit Award Nomination)|||
|_Stronger_ (2011)|"Dark Side"|Alexander Geringas|**Single** (#1 Billboard Dance Chart)|||
|rowspan="3"|_Break the Spell_ (2011)|"We're Not Gonna Fall"|Chris Daughtry, Zac Maloy|rowspan="10"||
|"Gone Too Soon"|rowspan="4"|Chris Daughtry||||
|"Losing My Mind"||||||
|rowspan="2"|_Baptized_ (2013)|"I'll Fight”||||
|"High Above The Ground”||||||
|_Make a Move_ (2013)|"Who's Gonna Save Us"|Gavin DeGraw||||
|rowspan="3"|_Live It Up_ (2010)|"A Song About Love"|Lee DeWyze, Espen Lind, Amund Bjørklund, David Hodges|||
|"It's Gotta Be Love"|Lee DeWyze, Espen Lind, Amund Bjørklund, Claude Kelly|||||
|"Stay Here"|Lee DeWyze, Espen Lind, Claude Kelly|||||
|rowspan="2"|_A Messenger_ (2013)|"Noise"|Colton Dixon|||
|"You Are”|Colton Dixon, Rhyan Shirley, Jared Martin|**Single**||||
|_Slow Me Down_ (2014)|"Good Love Is Hard To Find”|Sarah Buxton, Dave Berg||||
|_Dig Your Roots_ (2016)|"H.O.L.Y"|Nate Cyphert, William Wiik Larsen|**Single**|||
|rowspan="4"|_Red_ (2011)|Don't Kick The Chair (feat. Kid Cudi)"|Dia Frampton, Scott Mescudi, Julie Frost|**Single**||
|"I Will" (feat. Blake Shelton)|Dia Frampton, Tom Shapiro|rowspan="5"||||
|"Good Boy"|Dia Frampton, Chris Seefried|||||
|"Love Can Come From Anywhere"|Dia Frampton|||||
|rowspan="3"|_Helios_ (2014)|"Hold My Hand”|rowspan="3"|The Fray||
|"Give it Away”||||||
|"Our Last Days”||||||
|"_Don't Look Down_" (2015)|"Don't Look Down (Ft. Usher)" feat. Usher|Martin Garrix, Usher Raymond, James Abrahart|**Single**|||
|_Run Devil Run_ (2010)|"Run Devil Run"|Alex James, Kalle Engström, Hong Ji-yoo, Nakamura Kanata|**Single**|||
|_Dietro le apparenze_ (2011)|"Hostage" (È l'amore che conta)|Giorgia Todrani, Allan Rich, Jud Firdman|**Single**|||
||"Did I Lose You" (feat. Olly Murs)|colspan="2"||||
|_Hunter Hayes_ (2011)|"Storm Warning"|Hunter Hayes, Gordie Sampson|**Single**|||
|_Thirty One_ (2015)|"Said No One Ever"|Nicolle Gaylon, Natalie Hemby|**Single**|||
|rowspan="2"|_Need You Now_ (2010)|"Our Kind of Love"|rowspan="5"|Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley, Dave Haywood|**Single** (#1 Billboard US Country)|
|"Ready to Love Again"|rowspan="4"|||||
|_Own the Night_ (2011)|"When You Were Mine"|||||
|_747_ (2014)|rowspan="2"|"Falling for You"||||
|_The Best of Me_ (2014)||||||
|rowspan="7"|_Heart Break_ (2017)|||||
|"You Look Good"|Ryan Hurd, Hillary Lindsey|**Single** (#9 US Billboard Hot Country Songs)||||
|'"Somebody Else's Heart"|Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley, Dave Haywood, Shane McAnally|rowspan="11"||||
|"Army"|Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley, Dave Haywood, Nicolle Galyon|||||
|"Good Time to Be Alive"|Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley, Dave Haywood, Will Weatherly, Emily Weisband|||||
|"Stars"|rowspan="2"|Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley, Dave Haywood||||
|"Home"||||||
|_Trespassing_ (2012)|"Take Back"|Adam Lambert||||
|_Pain Killer_ (2014)|"Quit Breaking Up With Me"|Natalie Hemby, Shane McAnally||||
|rowspan="2"|_See You Tonight_ (2013)|"Now”|Scotty McCreery, Frank Rogers|||
|"Buzzin”|Frank Rogers|||||
|_Unbroken_ (2010)|"How"|Lucie Silvas, Alex James||||
|_Young Blood_ (2014)|"Enemy Fire"|Meghan Kabir||||
|rowspan="4"|_Hero_ (2016)|"My Church"|Maren Morris|**Single** (#5 Billboard Hot Country Songs)||
|"80s Mercedes"|Maren Morris|rowspan="4"||||
|"How It's Done"|Maren Morris, Natalie Hemby|||||
|"Once"|Maren Morris|||||
|_The Woman I Am_ (2013)|"I Forgive You"|Hillary Lindsey, Aimee Mayo||||
|_The Truth About Love_ (2012)|"Try"|Ben West|**Single** (#1 Billboard Adult Pop Chart, Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart)|||
|_Frame by Frame_ (2013)|"Edge of a Thunderstorm”|Cassadee Pope, Liz Rose|rowspan="2"|||
|_Still Feels Good_ (2007)|"Better Now"|Gregory Becker, Darrell Brown||||
|_Unstoppable_ (2009)|Summer Nights"|Gary LeVox, Brett James|**Single** (#2 Billboard Country Chart)|||
|_Nothing Like This_ (2010)|"Sunday Afternoon"|Joe Don Rooney|rowspan="2"|||
|_Rewind_ (2014)|"She Must Like Broken Hearts”|Rascal Flatts||||
|rowspan="3"|_Listen Up!_ (2012)|"Free"|Lucie Silvas|**Single**||
|"Wasted Tears"|Haley Reinhart, Jonthan Green|rowspan="2"||||
|"What You Don't Know"|Haley Reinhart, Sam Watters|||||
|_I'm Right Here_ (2012)|"Trouble"|Jason Bonilla, Alex Lambert|**Single**|||
|_Hola Hola_ (2014)|"We Don't Care About That Anyway"||rowspan="3"|||
|_Shakira_ (2014)|"Broken Record"|Shakira||||
|_If I'm Honest_ (2016)|"Every Goodbye"|Ryan Hurd, Liz Rose||||
||"Show Me" (2011)|Alexander Geringas, Paddy Dalton|**Single** (#1 Billboard Dance Chart)|||
|_Shock Value II_ (2009)|"If We Ever Meet Again" (feat. Katy Perry)|T.Mosley, James Washington|**Single** (#3 UK Singles Chart)|||
|_Get Closer_ (2010)|"All For You”|Chris Eaton|rowspan="5"|||
|rowspan="3"|_Ripcord_ (2016)|"Sun Don't Let Me Down" (featuring Nile Rodgers and Pitbull)|Keith Urban, Nile Rodgers, Pitbull|||
|"The Fighter" (feat. Carrie Underwood)|rowspan="2"|Keith Urban||||
|"Your Body"||||||
|_Stages_ (2009)|"Goodbye My Love”|Vedera, Simon Wilcox, James Bourne, Kasia Livingston||||
|rowspan="8"|_Every Little Thing (2017)|"Every Little Thing"|Carly Pearce, Emily Shackelton|**Single**||
|"Everybody Gonna Talk"|Carly Pearce, Emily Weisband|rowspan="7"||||
|"Catch Fire"|Natalie Hemby|||||
|"If My Name Was Whiskey"|Carly Pearce, Shane McNally|||||
|"Color"|Carly Pearce, Laura Veltz|||||
|"Feel Somethin’"|Shane McNally, Natalie Hemby|||||
|"You Know Where to Find Me"|Carly Pearce, Emily Shackelton|||||
|"Honeysuckle"|Barry Dean, Hillary Lindsey|||||

### Production and co-production

|colspan="4"|Discography||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|_Lotus_ (2012)|"Empty Words"|rowspan="5"|||
|_Lauren Alaina_ EP (2015)|"Next Boyfriend" (2015)||||
|_Road Less Traveled_ (2016)|All tracks||||
|rowspan="2"|_All the Way_ (2011)|"Not Your Birthday" (feat. Anth)|||
|"Do It 2 Me"|||||
|rowspan="2"|_Baptized_ (2013)|"I'll Fight”|DreZa||
|"High Above The Ground”|Mason "MdL" Levy||||
|_Make a Move_ (2013)|"Who's Gonna Save Us"|DreZa|||
|rowspan="3"|_Red_ (2011)||||
|"I Will" (feat. Blake Shelton)|||||
|"Good Boy"|J. Bonilla||||
|_Run Devil Run_ (2010)|"Run Devil Run"|Alex James, Kalle Engström|||
|_747_ (2014)|rowspan="2"|"Falling for You"|rowspan="3"||
|_The Best of Me_ (2014)|||||
|_Heart Break_ (2017)|All tracks||||
|_Trespassing_ (2012)|"Take Back"|J. Bonilla|||
|_Lights Out_ (2014)|"Time Machine"|rowspan="2"|||
|_Young Blood_ (2014)|"Enemy Fire"||||
|rowspan="11"|_Hero_ (2016)|"My Church"|rowspan="9"|Maren Morris|
|"80's Mercedes"|||||
|"Sugar"|||||
|"How It's Done"|||||
|"Rich"|||||
|"Just Another Thing"|||||
|"Second Wind"|||||
|"I Could Use A Love Song"|||||
|"Once"|||||
|"Company You Keep"|rowspan="2"|Maren Morris, Brad Hill|||
|"Drunk Girls Don't Cry"|||||
|rowspan="3"|_Listen Up!_ (2012)|"What You Don't Know"|J. Bonilla||
|"Walking on Heaven"|rowspan="3"||||
|"Hit the Ground Running"|||||
||"Baby, It's Cold Outside"||||
|_I'm Right Here_ (2012)|"Trouble"|J. Bonilla|||
|rowspan="3"|_Shakira_ (2014)|"Broken Record"|rowspan="3"|Shakira|
|"Medicine" (feat. Blake Shelton)|||||
|"23"|||||
|rowspan="3"|_Ripcord_ (2016)|"Sun Don't Let Me Down" (feat. Pitbull)|Keith Urban, Nile Rodgers||
|"The Fighter"|rowspan="2"|Keith Urban|||
|"Your Body"|||||

#### Other songs

- Cris Cab – "The Truth", "The Sun Is Gonna Rise Again"
- Eliza Doolittle – "I'm in Love With You”
- Edurne – "Pretty Boy"
- Mickey Guyton – "Safe"
- Girls Generation – "Chain Reaction"
- Danny Gokey – "I Still Believe"
- Francesca Michielin – "Il più bell'abbraccio"
- Ryan Star – "Stay Awhile" _Single'''
- Westlife – "Get Away”
- Elliott Yamin -"In Love With You Forever", "The Bridge Is Burning"
- Dima Bilan & Anastacia - "Safety"
- Cale Dodds - "I Like Where This Is Going"

## Other websites

- The official website of Busbee
- Interview, HitQuarters 4 Apr 2011
- as Mike Busbee
- as Michael James Ryan

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **name**: busbee
- **background**: non_performing_personnel
- **birth name**: Michael James Ryan
- **birth place**: Walnut Creek, California, U.S.
- **origin**: San Francisco Bay Area, California, U.S.