Question: who wrote he didn't have to be
Answer: `` He Did n't Have to Be '' Single by Brad Paisley from the album Who Needs Pictures B - side `` I 've Been Better '' Released August 30 , 1999 Format CD single 7 '' 45 RPM Genre Country Length 4 : 42 Label Arista Nashville Songwriter ( s ) Brad Paisley Kelley Lovelace Producer ( s ) Frank Rogers Brad Paisley singles chronology `` Who Needs Pictures '' ( 1999 ) `` He Did n't Have to Be '' ( 1999 ) `` Me Neither '' ( 2000 ) `` Who Needs Pictures '' ( 1999 ) `` He Did n't Have to Be '' ( 1999 ) `` Me Neither '' ( 2000 )