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.[1][2][3]
Work
editGregg 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 [4] and the 1st lead single from the Bigger Love album, which won the Grammy Award for Best R&B album in 2021.[5]
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.[6]
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.[7][8]
Wattenberg co-produced Train's No. 1 hit [9] and RIAA Multi-Platinum single "Hey, Soul Sister" which was certified with a RIAA Diamond Award (10× Platinum) in 2021.[10] Only 57 songs have been awarded RIAA Diamond certification in music history as of July 15, 2021.[11]
Wattenberg also co-wrote and co-produced Train's No. 1 hit and RIAA Certified Platinum single "If It's Love".[12]
Wattenberg co-wrote the Daughtry No. 1 hit [13] and RIAA 2× Multi-Platinum single "It's Not Over" which was the lead single for the 6× Multi-Platinum album Daughtry.[14]
Gregg Wattenberg co-wrote O.A.R.'s No. 1 song [15] and RIAA Certified Platinum hit "Shattered (Turn the Car Around).” [16]
Wattenberg also co-wrote Goo Goo Dolls Top 10 Adult Contemporary Single "Let Love In" from the RIAA Certified Gold album Let Love In.[17]
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
editSongwriting written
edit| 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 |
| O.A.R. | All Sides | "Shattered (Turn the Car Around)" | Marc Roberge | |
| 2009 | Five for Fighting | Slice | "Slice" | John Ondrasik |
| "Chances" | John Ondrasik | |||
| "Story of Your Life" | John Ondrasik | |||
| Train | Save Me, San Francisco | "Parachute" | Pat Monahan | |
| "If It's Love" | Pat Monahan | |||
| "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 |
| Finger Eleven | Life Turns Electric | "Living in a Dream" | Scott Anderson, Shawn Anderson, Rich Beddoe, James Black, Rick Jackett | |
| Hawthorne Heights | Skeletons | "Bring You Back" | Hawthorne Heights, James Thomas Woodruff | |
| "Nervous Breakdown" | Hawthorne Heights, James Thomas Woodruff | |||
| "Here I Am" | Hawthorne Heights, James Thomas Woodruff | |||
| Ed Kowalczyk | Alive | "Grace" | Ed Kowalczyk | |
| "Stand" | Ed Kowalczyk | |||
| The Maine | Black & White | "Give It to Me" | The Maine | |
| 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 |
| James Durbin | Memories of a Beautiful Disaster | "Screaming" | James Durbin, David Cook, Ryan Star, Bobby Alt | |
| O.A.R. | King | "Heaven" | Marc Roberge, Ryan Baharloo, Derek Fuhrmann | |
| "Gotta Be Wrong Sometimes" | Marc Roberge, Derek Fuhrmann | |||
| "Back to One" | Marc Roberge, Derek Fuhrmann, Matt Wallace | |||
| "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 |
| "Get Up Get Down" | Phillip Phillips, Derek Fuhrmann | |||
| Train | California 37 | "California 37" | Pat Monahan, Diji Parq | |
| "When the Fog Rolls In" | Pat Monahan | |||
| 2013 | Five for Fighting | Bookmarks | "What If" | John Ondrasik, Derek Fuhrmann, Jamie Kenney, |
| "Heaven Knows" | John Ondrasik, Derek Fuhrmann, Jamie Kenney, | |||
| Goo Goo Dolls | Magnetic | "Rebel Beat" | Johnny Rzeznik | |
| "When the World Breaks Your Heart" | Johnny Rzeznik, J. T. Harding | |||
| "Slow It Down" | Johnny Rzeznik | |||
| "Come to Me" | Johnny Rzeznik | |||
| 2014 | Phillip Phillips | Behind the Light | "Raging Fire" | Phillip Phillips, Derek Fuhrmann, Todd Clark |
| "Fool for You" | Phillip Phillips, Derek Fuhrmann | |||
| "Unpack Your Heart" | Phillip Phillips, Derek Fuhrmann, Todd Clark | |||
| "Midnight Sun" | Phillip Phillips, Derek Fuhrmann | |||
| 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 |
| "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 |
| Goo Goo Dolls | Boxes | "Flood" (feat. Sydney Sierota | Johnny Rzeznik, Derek Fuhrmann | |
| "Lucky One" | Johnny Rzeznik, Derek Fuhrmann | |||
| "So Alive" | Johnny Rzeznik, Derek Fuhrmann | |||
| "Long Way Home" | Johnny Rzeznik, Jordan Miller | |||
| 2017 | Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness | Zombies on Broadway | "Fire Escape" | Andrew McMahon, Daniel Omelio |
| "Shot Out of a Cannon" | Andrew McMahon, Derek Fuhrmann | |||
| Grace VanderWaal | Just the Beginning | "So Much More Than This" | Grace VanderWaal, Derek Fuhrmann | |
| "Escape My Mind" | Grace VanderWaal, Audubato | |||
| "City Song" | Grace VanderWaal, Audubato | |||
| The Score[18] | 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 |
| 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 |
| "War" | Johnny Rzeznik, Alex Aldi | |||
| "Going Crazy" | Johnny Rzeznik | |||
| 2023 | Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness | Tilt at the Wind No More | "Submarine" | Andrew McMahon, Derek Fuhrmann |
| Matchbox Twenty | Where the Light Goes | "Wild Dogs (Running in a Slow Dream)" | Rob Thomas, Paul Doucette | |
| "One Hit Love" | Rob Thomas, Paul Doucette | |||
| The Revivalists | Pour It Out Into the Night | "How We Move" | Zack Feinberg, Sam Hollander, David Shaw | |
References
edit- ^ "CMJ 2012 Panelist GREGG WATTENBERG". CMJ 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
- ^ "Gregg Wattenberg: From Five for Fighting to Phillip Phillips, A Musical Force For Over A Decade". American Songwriter the Craft of Music. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
- ^ "2008 Grammy Award Winners and Nominees". NYTimes. Retrieved 9 February 2008.
- ^ "RIAA Platinum Certification: John Legend "Conversations in the Dark"". RIAA. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ "Grammy Award Win for John Legend's 'Bigger Love' Album". 63rd Annual Grammy Awards 2020. Grammy. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ "The Unlikely Candidates Earn First Alternative Songs No. 1 With 'Novocaine". Billboard. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ^ "Billboard Chart History: Phillip Phillips". Billboard. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- ^ "RIAA Platinum Certification: Phillip Phillips". RIAA. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- ^ "Billboard #1 chart summary for Train's "Hey, Soul Sister"". Billboard. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ "RIAA 10× Platinum Diamond Certification: Train "Hey, Soul Sister"". RIAA. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ "RIAA 10× Platinum Diamond List of All 57 Certified Songs Including: Train "Hey, Soul Sister"". Insider Entertainment. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ "RIAA Platinum Certification: Train "If It's Love"". RIAA. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ "Billboard #1 Chart for "It's Not Over" by Daughtry". Billboard. Retrieved 31 March 2007.
- ^ "RIAA Multi-Platinum Certifications: Daughtry". RIAA. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- ^ "Billboard #1 Chart for "Shattered (Turn The Car Around)" by O.A.R". Billboard. Retrieved 16 August 2008.
- ^ "RIAA Platinum Certification for O.A.R.'s "Shattered"". RIAA. Retrieved 31 March 2009.
- ^ "RIAA Gold Album Certification: Goo Goo Doll's "Let Love In"". RIAA. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ "ATLAS - The Score | Album". AllMusic.