List of songs written and performed by David Cook

The list of songs written and performed by David Cook comprises original songs recorded by American singer-songwriter David Cook for his studio albums, cover versions of songs by other artists performed by Cook, and original songs written by Cook that were recorded and released by other artists.

Original songs

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David Cook's original songs include those written and/or recorded by Cook and released on a studio album or on a single album. Cook has released four studio albums and 14 singles.

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Song Performer(s) Writer(s) Album(s) Year Ref.
"4 Letter Word" David Cook David Cook
Claude Kelly
Matt Squire
This Loud Morning 2011
"A Daily AntheM" David Cook David Cook David Cook 2008
"Avalanche" David Cook David Cook
Kevin Griffin
David Cook 2008
"Bar-ba-sol" David Cook David Cook
Danny Grady
Dan Dixon
Steve Slovisky
Chris Wojtal
Jade Lemons
David Cook 2008
"Better Than Me" David Cook Chase Foster Digital Vein 2015
"Breathe Tonight" David Cook David Cook
Sam Hollander
Dave Katz
David Cook 2008
"Broken Windows" David Cook David Cook
Zac Maloy
Jerry Flowers
Digital Vein 2015
"But You Wont" David Cook David Cook
Andy Skib
Digital Vein 2015
"Carry You" David Cook David Cook
Blair Daly
Digital Vein 2015
"Champion" David Cook David Cook The Looking Glass 2021
"Circadian" David Cook David Cook
David Hodges
Neal Tiemann
This Loud Morning 2011
"Circles" David Cook David Cook Chromance 2018
"Come Back to Me" David Cook Amund Bjørklund
Espen Lind
Zac Maloy
David Cook 2008
"Criminals" David Cook David Cook
Blair Daly
Digital Vein 2015
"Death of Me" David Cook David Cook Non-album single 2019
"Declaration" David Cook David Cook
Johnny Rzeznik
Gregg Wattenberg
David Cook 2008
"Don't Say a Word" David Cook David Cook Analog Heart 2006
"Eyes on You" David Cook David Cook
Andy Waldeck
Chris Reardon
Digital Vein 2015
"Fade into Me" David Cook David Cook
Kevin Griffin
Jamie Houston
This Loud Morning 2011
"Fall Back into Me" David Cook David Cook Analog Heart 2006
"Fire" David Cook David Cook The Looking Glass 2021
"Firing Squad" David Cook David Cook
David Hodges
Steven Miller
Digital Vein 2015
"From Here to Zero" David Cook David Cook
Zac Maloy
Digital Vein 2015
"Ghost Magnetic" David Cook David Cook
Ryan Star
Chromance 2018
"Gimme Heartbreak" David Cook David Cook
Steve Rusch
Chromance 2018
"Going Back" David Cook David Cook The Looking Glass 2021
"Goodbye to the Girl" David Cook David Cook
Neal Tiemann
Andy Skib
This Loud Morning 2011
"Hard to Believe" David Cook David Cook
David Hodges
Jess Cates
Lindy Robbins
This Loud Morning 2011
"Heartbeat" David Cook David Cook
Andy Waldeck
Chris Reardon
Digital Vein 2015
"Heroes" David Cook David Cook
Cathy Dennis
Raine Maida
David Cook 2008
"Home Movies (Over Your Shoulder)" David Cook David Cook
Kevin Griffin
Digital Vein 2015
"I'm Gonna Love You" David Cook David Cook
Andy Waldeck
Andy Skib
Digital Vein 2015
"I Did It For You" David Cook David Cook
Raine Maida
David Cook 2008
"Kiss & Tell" David Cook David Cook
Andy Skib
Andy Waldeck
Digital Vein 2015
"Kiss on the Neck" David Cook David Cook
Neal Tiemann
David Cook 2008
"Laying Me Low" David Cook David Cook
Chris Reardon
Andy Waldeck
Digital Vein 2015
"Let Go" David Cook David Cook Analog Heart 2006
"Let Me Fall for You" David Cook David Cook
Rune Westberg
This Loud Morning 2011
"Lie" David Cook David Cook
Amund Bjørklund
Espen Lind
Zac Maloy
David Cook 2008
"Life on the Moon" David Cook David Cook
Amund Bjørklund
Espen Lind
Zac Maloy
David Cook 2008
"Light On" David Cook Chris Cornell
Brian Howes
David Cook 2008
"Make A Move" David Cook David Cook The Looking Glass 2021
"Makeover" David Cook David Cook Analog Heart 2006
"Mr. Sensitive" David Cook David Cook
Raine Maida
David Cook 2008
"My Last Request" David Cook David Cook
Jess Cates
David Hodges
David Cook 2008
"Paper Heart" David Cook David Cook
Julian Emery
Jim Irvin
This Loud Morning 2011
"Permanent David Cook David Cook
Raine Maida
Chantal Kreviazuk
David Cook 2008
"Porcelain" David Cook David Cook Analog Heart 2006
"Rapid Eye Movement" David Cook David Cook
David Hodges
This Loud Morning 2011
"Reds Turn Blue" David Cook David Cook The Looking Glass 2020
"Right Here, With You" David Cook David Cook
Johnny Rzeznik
Ryan Star
Gregg Wattenberg
This Loud Morning 2011
"Searchlights" David Cook David Cook Analog Heart 2006
"Silver" David Cook David Cook Analog Heart 2006
"Stitches" David Cook David Cook Analog Heart 2006
"Straight Ahead" David Cook David Cook Analog Heart 2006
"Strange World" David Cook David Cook The Looking Glass 2020
"TABOS" David Cook David Cook Non-album single 2022
"Take Me as I Am" David Cook David Cook
Marti Frederiksen
Scott Stevens
This Loud Morning 2011
"The Last Goodbye" David Cook David Cook
Ryan Tedder
This Loud Morning 2011
"The Last Song I'll Write for You" David Cook David Cook
Andy Skib
Daniel James
Non-album single 2012
"The Lucky Ones" David Cook David Cook
Tim Bruns
Chromance 2018
"The Time of My Life David Cook Regie Hamm David Cook 2008
"The Truth" David Cook David Cook Analog Heart 2006
"This Is Not the Last Time" David Cook David Cook
David Hodges
Chris DeStefano
This Loud Morning 2011
"Time Marches On" David Cook David Cook
Marti Frederiksen
This Loud Morning 2011
"Wait for Me" David Cook David Cook
Chad Carlson
Digital Vein 2015
"Warfare" David Cook David Cook
Nathan Chapman
Chromance 2018
"We're Not in This Alone" David Cook David Cook
Andy Skib
Devin Bronson
Digital Vein 2015
"We Believe" David Cook David Cook
Julian Emery
Jim Irvin
This Loud Morning 2011
"Where Do We Go" David Cook David Cook
Andy Skib
Andy Waldeck
Digital Vein 2015

Unreleased original songs

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Many songs written, recorded, and performed by David Cook have never been released. Many of these have been registered with professional music and copyright bodies, including the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), the Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) and Warner/Chappell Music. Several have also been acknowledged and discussed by Cook in interviews, or by other sources.[1]

Key
Denotes a leaked song
Song Writers(s) Ref.
"A Little Is Enough" David Cook
Kevin Griffin
David Hodges
"After Forever" Chris Caminti
David Cook
Melissa Faye Pierce
Driver Williams
"After Glow" David Cook
Steve McEwan
"Again" David Cook
Ryan Lafferty
"Ain't It Good to Be Young" David Cook
Russell Patrick Davis
Jerry Flowers
"Alibi" David Cook
Julian Emery
James Lawrence Irvin
"Best of Me" David Cook
Austin Jenckes
"Boomerang" David Cook
Brian Howes
"Break My Heart" David Cook
Brandon Lancaster
"Broken Bridges" David Cook
Andrew Frampton
Savan Kotecha
Steve Mac
"Broken Me/Broken You" Tim Bruns
David Cook
"Bumpersticker" David Cook
Michael Pollack
"Closer to Me" David Cook
"Comin' Home to You" David Cook
Brandon Lay
"Don't Want to Wait for Tonight" David Cook
Andy Skib
"Dream Big" Emily Shackleton
"Excite" David Cook
Edmond Gerald Prevost
Raymond
"Faster Horses" Bonnie Baker
David Cook
Ryan Peterson
"Fire" David Cook
Sacha Skarbek
Martin Terefe
"Four Walls" David Cook
Cathy Dennis
Raine Maida
"Freedom Gets You Lonely" David Cook
Luke Sheets
Harry Walker
Mark Trussell
"Get a Little on Ya'" David Cook
Shane Minor
"Give You Love" David Cook
Emerson Hart
Boots Ottestad
"Green Lights" David Cook
Aaron Eshuis
"Heartbreaker" David Cook
"Hellalujah" David Cook
Aaron Raitiere
"Hey Honey" Rick Beato
David Cook
Dan Hannon
"How We Got Here" Relli Barber
David Cook
"I Don't Wanna Be Like You" Tim Bruns
David Cook
"I Got Mine" David Cook
Russell Patrick Davis
Bobby Huff
"I Love You The End" David Cook
Sacha Skarbek
Martin Terefe
"I Wish You Were Here With Me" David Cook
Tony Martin
Wendell Mobley
"Impossible You" David Cook
Hailey Steele
"I've Said Love" David Cook
Jerry Flowers
Tom Shapiro
"Isn't It Enough" David Cook
Zac Maloy
Tommy Henriksen
"Let Love In" David Cook
Brian Howes
"Lie to Me" David Cook
Matthew McGinn
Chord Overstreet
"Little Black Suitcase" David Cook
Corey Crowder
Rich Redmond
"Little Goes a Long Way" David Cook
Kyle Cook
Corey Crowder
Josh Hoge
"Long Way Home" Robert Matthew Campbell
David Cook
Justin Haplin
"Love Is a Liar" David Cook
David Hodges
Martin Johnson
"Make Believe" David Cook
"Maybe Tonight" Jude Cole
David Cook
Jason Wade
"Mouth Breathers" David Cook
Tommy Henriksen
Cathy Dennis
"No Reply" David Cook
Kara DioGuardi
John Fields
"Now" David Cook
Chris DeStefano
David Hodges
"One Second to Change Your Life" David Cook
Zac Maloy
"Out of the Shadows" David Cook
Steven Van Zandt
"Please Remember Me" David Cook
Emerson Hart
"Praying for Redlights" David Cook
Corey Crowder
"Remedy" David Cook
Matthew Bair
Tobias Gad
"Remember This" David Cook
Steve McEwan
"Remembering the Days" David Cook
Zac Maloy
"Remind Me" Jude Cole
David Cook
Jason Wade
"Rings" Robert Berryhill
David Cook
Connor Pledger
"Screaming" David Cook
Robert Alt
James Durbin
Ryan Star
Gregg Wattenberg
"Simplicity" David Cook
Rob Graves
Bobby Hamrick
"Something Good" David Cook
Tom Douglas
Zac Maloy
"Souvenir" David Cook
"Stars" David Cook
Samuel Endicott
David Hodges
"Start Again" David Cook
Kevin Griffin
James Moore
"Stay Awhile" David Cook
Jarod Cale Dodds
"Strange and Beautiful" David Cook
Raine Maide
"Sunlight" David Cook
Chris DeStefano
David Hodges
"Take a Shot" David Cook
Aaron Eshuis
Bobby Huff
"Thanks for Everything (It's So Sad)" David Cook
Kara DioGuardi
John Fields
"Thanks to You" David Cook
Kara DioGuardi
John Fields
"That's All" David Cook
Ed Roland
"The Remedy" Matthew Bair
David Cook
Toby Gad
"This Year" David Cook
Jess Cates
David Hodges
"Tonight is on Our Side" David Cook
David Hodges
"True Love" David Cook
Neil Mason
Steven McMorran
"U and I" David Cook
David Hodges
"Unstoppable" David Cook
"Wanted Man" David Cook
Danny Orton
Jennifer Schott
"We Are Alive" David Cook
Chris Lindsey
Aimee Mayo
"We're Only Honest When We're Sleeping" David Cook
"We Had It All" David Cook
Chantal Kreviazuk
Raine Maida
"Whatever It Takes" David Cook
Chantal Kreviazuk
Raine Maida
"Whatever Takes Tonight" David Cook
Russell Patrick Davis
Jamie Moore
"With Me Empty" David Cook
Neal Tiemann
Andy Skib
"Wreckless" David Cook
"Your Light" David Cook
Jay Knowles
Trent Summer
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David Cook has covered a number of songs during his career. Because Cook has performed some of the covers several times, the year listed for each is the year in which he first performed or released it.

Song Original Artist(s) Year Notes Ref.
"4am" Our Lady Peace 2020
"9 to 5" Dolly Parton
"A Long December" Counting Crows 2014
"All I Really Need Is You" Neil Diamond 2008 Performed live in the Top 5 in American Idol
"All Right Now" Free 2008 Performed in the Top 20-week in American Idol
"Always Be My Baby" Mariah Carey
"Another Day in Paradise" Phil Collins 2017 Performed live in Cincinnati, Ohio at The Ludlow Garage. The cover is later recorded and featured as a track on the EP Chromance.
"Baba O'Riley" The Who
"Barracuda" Heart 2010
"Billie Jean" Michael Jackson
"Bitch" Meredith Brooks
"Breathe" Ryan Starr 2009
"bury a friend" Billie Eilish 2020
"Champagne Supernova" Oasis
"Christmas Time Is Here" Vince Guaraldi Trio 2019
"Clocks" Coldplay 2014
"Colorblind" Counting Crows
"Counting Blue Cars" Dishwalla 2020
"Creep" Radiohead 2004 Performed live in Tulsa at The Venue. The live recording is featured in the live album Alive in Tulsa by his rock band Axium.
"Cult of Personality" Living Colour 2019
"Dancing in the Dark" Bruce Springsteen 2020
"Danger Zone" Kenny Loggins 2022
"Dare You to Move" Switchfoot
"Day Is Gone" Noah Gunderson 2018
"Day Tripper" The Beatles
"Dogman" King's X Performed live at Irving Plaza with drummer Jerry Gaskill
"Don't Give Up" Ryan Starr 2021
"Don't Stop Believin'" Journey 2017
"Don't You (Forget About Me)" Duran Duran
"Dreams" The Cranberries 2018
"Eight Days a Week" The Beatles 2011
"Eleanor Rigby" The Beatles
"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" Tears for Fears 2014
"Everyday Is Exactly the Same" Nine Inch Nails 2009
"Everlong" Foo Fighters 2022
"Fake Plastic Trees" Radiohead 2021
"Feliz Navidad" José Feliciano 2021
"Fix You" Coldplay 2019 Performed live at Big Slick in Kansas City with Chris Daughtry
"Follow You Down" Gin Blossoms 2022
"For the First Time" The Script 2022
"Free Bird" Lynyrd Synkyrd 2009
"Friends in Low Places" Dewayne Blackwell 2015
"Grow Old With You" Adam Sandler 2021
"Happy Together" The Turtles
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" Hugh Martin 2021
"Hello" Lionel Richie
"Here I Go Again" Whitesnake 2011
"Heroes" David Bowie 2018
"Hey Ya!" Outkast 2020
"High & Dry" Radiohead
"Hold Back the River" James Bay 2017
"Hot for Teacher" Van Halen 2009 Performed live at Biloxi, Mississippi
"Hunger Strike" Temple of the Dog 2009
"Hungry Like the Wolf" Duran Duran
"I Can't Make You Love Me" Bonnie Raitt 2019
"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" Aerosmith
"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" U2
"I Want It That Way" Backstreet Boys 2022
"I'll Be" Edwin McCain
"If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" Sting 2016 Performed live at the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival.
"In the Meantime" Spacehog 2011
"In Your Eyes" Peter Gabriels 2019 Performed live in Nashville with Kris Allen
"Innocent" Our Lady Peace
"Into the Mystic" Van Morrison 2022
"Kansas City" Wilbert Harrison 2012
"Kiss You Tonight" David Nail 2014
"Last Train Home" Ryan Star 2009
"Linger" The Cranberries 2022
"Little Lies" Fleetwood Mac 2008 Performed at the Hard Rock Café in New York.
"Little Sparrow" Dolly Parton
"Livin' on a Prayer" Bon Jovi
"Livin' on the Edge" Aerosmith 2019
"Love Stinks" The J. Geils Band 2021
"Love Will Keep Us Alive" Eagles 2021
"Man in the Box" Alice in Chains 2009
"Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)" Billy Joel 2011
"My Hero" Foo Fighters 2008
"O Holy Night" Adolphe Adam 2021
"Ode to My Family" The Cranberries 2022
"Outnumbered" Dermot Kennedy 2022
"Panama" Van Halen 2015
"Pride and Joy" Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble 2016
"Purple Rain" Prince 2016
"Right Now" Van Halen 2018
"Rock and Roll" Led Zeppelin 2011
"Rolling in the Deep" Adele 2011
"Runnin' Down a Dream" Tom Petty 2014
"Secret Garden" Bruce Springsteen 2015
"Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" Journey
"Shattered Dreams" Johnny Hates Jazz 2009 Performed live at the San Diego County Fair.
"Sledgehammer" Peter Gabriel 2022
"Slow Ride Take It Easy" Foghat 2011
"Somewhere Only We Know" Keane 2020
"Starman" David Bowie 2016
"Stockholm Syndrome" Muse 2011
"Sweet Home Alabama" Lynyrd Synkyrd 2014
"The Blower's Daughter" Damien Rice 2021
"The Chain" Fleetwood Mac 2017 Performed live at Jammin' Java in Vienna, Virginia.
"The Dance" Tony Arata 2016
"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" Peggy Seeger
"The Freshmen" The Verve Pipe 2020
"The Hand That Feeds" Nine Inch Nails 2011
"The Heart of the Matter" Don Henley 2019
"The Man Who Sold the World" David Bowie 2021
"The Middle" Jimmy Eat World 2020
"The Music of the Night" Michael Crawford
"The Night Santa Went Crazy" Weird Al Yankovic 2020
"The Pretender" Foo Fighters 2017
"The World I Know" Collective Soul 2009
"This Is How We Do It" Montell Jordan 2017
"To Be With You" Mr. Big
"Tonight You Belong to Me" Irving Kaufman 2020
"Twelve Days of Christmas" Bob and Doug McKenzie 2020
"Uninvited" Alanis Morissette 2020
"Wake Me Up When September Ends" Green Day 2020
"Whole Lotta Love" Led Zeppelin
"Wicked Game" Chris Isaak
"With or Without You" U2 2021
"You're Still the One" Shania Twain 2021

Original songs performed by other artists

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Cook has written several songs, but only a few are recorded by other artists. The track "No Reply" was written and originally intended to be featured in Cook's self-titled debut album, but the track was later sent to Frankie Negrón and was recorded and released as a single in 2010, where the track was later included in the album Independence Day.

In 2014, Cook wrote the track "Kiss You Tonight", along with writers Jay Knowles and Trent Summer, for country artist David Nail, which was released as the second single for the album I'm a Fire. This was the third song Cook wrote for himself after relocating to Nashville in 2012, but he felt that the song didn't suit him. Summer recorded the demo and was sent to Joe Fisher at UMG who put it on hold for David Nail.

Song Performer(s) Writer(s) Album Year
"No Reply" Frankie Negrón David Cook
Kara DioGuardi
John Fields
Independence Day (Deluxe Edition) 2010
"Screaming" James Durbin James Durbin
David Cook
Bobby Alt
Gregg Wattenberg
Ryan Star
Memories of a Beautiful Disaster 2011
"Stars" Arrows to Athens David Cook
Samuel Endicott
David Hodges
Kings & Thieves
"Kiss You Tonight" David Nail David Cook
Jay Knowles
Trent Summar
I'm a Fire 2014
"Firing Squad" Arrows to Athens David Cook
David Hodges
Steven Miller
Exile – EP 2016

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