List of songs written by Desmond Child

Aerosmith

• "Ain't That a Bitch"
• "Angel"
• "Crazy"
• "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)"
• "Flesh"
• "Heart's Done Time"
• "Hole in My Soul"
• "What It Takes"

Csézy

• "Csak egy nô" (Just a woman)

David Archuleta

• "Desperate"

Clay Aiken

• "Run to Me"
• "These Open Arms"

Animotion

• "Calling It Love"

Sebastian Bach

• "Falling Into You"

Jimmy Barnes

• "Waitin' for the Heartache"
• "Walk On"
• "Let's Make it Last All Night"

Robin Beck

• "If You Were a Woman and I Was a Man"
• "Hide Your Heart"
• "Hold Back The Night"
• "Jewel In My Crown"
• "Save Up All Your Tears"
• "Tears in the Rain"

Petra Berger

• "Requiem"

Bif Naked

• "I Love Myself Today"

Blackhawk

• "It Ain't About Love Anymore"
• "Hole In My Heart"

Michael Bolton

• "How Can We Be Lovers?"
• "Love Cuts Deep"
• "Forever Isn't Long Enough"
• "New Love"
• "Save Me"
• "The One Thing"
• "In the Arms of Love"

Bon Jovi

• "You Give Love a Bad Name"
• "Livin' on a Prayer"
• "Without Love"
• "I'd Die For You"
• "Bad Medicine"
• "Born to Be My Baby"
• "Blood on Blood"
• "Wild is the Wind"
• "Keep the Faith"
• "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead"
• "Something for the Pain"
• "This Ain't a Love Song" / "Como Yo Nadie Te Ha Amado" (Spanish version)
• "Hearts Breaking Even"
• "Diamond Ring"
• "The Distance"
• "Misunderstood"
• "All About Lovin' You"
• "Hook Me Up"
• "Bells of Freedom"
• "Dirty Little Secret"
• "(You Want to) Make a Memory"
• "Let's Make it Baby" (demo, special release)
• "Brokenpromiseland"
• "Fast Cars"
• "Happy Now"
• "Learn to Love"
• "Army of One"

Bonfire

• "The Price of Loving You"
• "Sword and Stone"

Boyzone

• "All the Time in the World"

Cher

• "Emotional Fire"
• "Does Anybody Really Fall In Love Anymore?"
• "Just Like Jesse James"
• "Save Up All Your Tears"
• "We All Sleep Alone"
• "Perfection"
• "Working Girl"
• "Give Our Love a Fighting Chance"
• "Love On A Rooftop"
• "Main Man"

Chicago

• "All Roads Lead to You"

Kelly Clarkson

• "Before Your Love"

Alice Cooper

• "Poison"
• "Spark in the Dark"
• "House of Fire"
• "Why Trust You"
• "Bed of Nails"
• "This Maniac's In Love With You"
• "Trash"
• "Hell is Living Without You"
• "I'm Your Gun"
• "Dangerous Tonight"
• "Might As Well Be On Mars"
• "I Am Made of You"
• "The Underture"

Miranda Cosgrove

• "Beautiful Mess"

D-Side

• "Invisible"
• "Can We Dance"
• "I'd Be Lyin'"
• "My Best Chance"

Hazell Dean

• "Livin' on a Prayer"

Diana DeGarmo

• "Dreams"
• "Emotional"
• "Reaching For Heaven"

Dream Theater

• "You Not Me"

Haylie Duff

• "Whatever Life"

Hilary Duff

• "Who's That Girl?"
• "Crash World"

FM

• "Bad Luck"
• "Burning My Heart Down"

Ace Frehley

• "Hide Your Heart"

Selena Gomez

• "Love Will Remember"

Alejandra Guzmán

• "Quiero Vivir" ("I Want to Live", Spanish translation of "Old Before I Die")
• "Volveré a Amar"
• "Todo"
• "Vagabundo Corazón"
• "Soy Tu Lluvia"

Hall & Oates

• "And That's What Hurts"

Hanson

• "Weird"

Chesney Hawkes

• "Waiting for the Night"

Ty Herndon with Stephanie Bentley

• "Heart Half Empty"

Sarah Hudson

• "Girl on the Verge"
• "Fake Rain"

INXS

• "Afterglow"

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts

• "I Hate Myself for Loving You"
• "Little Liar"
• "You Want In and I Want Out"
• "Ashes In The Wind"
• "The Only Good Thing (You Ever Said Was Goodbye)"
• "Lie to Me"
• "Don't Surrender"
• "Goodbye"
• "As I Am"
• "You Got A Problem"
• "Brighter Day"

Jonas Brothers

• "You Just Don't Know It"

Kiss

• "I Was Made For Lovin' You"
• "I've Had Enough (Into the Fire)"
• "Heaven's on Fire"
• "Under the Gun"
• "King of the Mountain"
• "Who Wants to Be Lonely"
• "I'm Alive"
• "Radar for Love"
• "Uh! All Night"
• "Bang Bang You"
• "My Way"
• "Reason to Live"
• "You Love Me to Hate You"
• "Let's Put The X In Sex"
• "(You Make Me) Rock Hard"
• "Hide Your Heart"

Cyndi Lauper

• "Insecurious"

La Ley

• "Más Allá"

Lindsay Lohan

• "I Live For The Day"

Mitch Malloy

• "Music Box"
• "Cowboy and the Ballerina"

Ricky Martin

• "Livin' la Vida Loca"
• "Spanish Eyes" ("La Diosa del Carnaval")
• "I Am Made of You"
• "I'm On My Way"
• "The Cup of Life" ("La Copa De La Vida")
• "Love You for a Day"
• "She Bangs"
• "Saint Tropez"
• "Nobody Wants to Be Lonely"
• "Jezabel"
• "The Touch"
• "Are You In It For Love"
• "Shake Your Bon-Bon"

Jesse McCartney

• "Because You Live"

Stephanie McIntosh

• "The Night Of My Life"

Meat Loaf

• "The Monster Is Loose"
• "Blind as a Bat"
• "If God Could Talk"
• "What About Love?"
• "Alive"
• "Monstro"
• "Elvis in Vegas"
• "I Wanna Be With You" (unreleased)

Michelle

• "Emotional"

Mika

• "Erase"

Billie Myers

• "A Few Words Too Many"
• "Kiss the Rain"

Alannah Myles

• "Bad 4 You"

Vince Neil

• "Promise Me"

O-Town

• "Love Should Be A Crime"

Katy Perry

• "Waking Up in Vegas"

Play

• "Let's Get to the Love Part"

Marion Raven

• "Good 4 Sex"
• "October"

Chynna Phillips

• "Jewel in my Crown"
• "This Close"
• "I Live for You"

The Rasmus

• "Jezebel"
• "Rise"
• "Live and Never Die"
• "Livin' In a World Without You"
• "Ten Black Roses"
• "Ghost of Love"
• "Justify"
• "Your Forgiveness"
• "Run to You"
• "You Got it Wrong"
• "Lost and Lonely"
• "The Fight"
• "Dangerous Kind"
• "Live Forever"

Ratt

• "Givin' Yourself Away"
• "Lovin' You's a Dirty Job"
• "One Step Away"
• "Shame Shame Shame"
• "Can't Wait on Love"
• "Scratch That Itch"
• "Hard Time"
• "Heads I Win, Tails You Lose"
• "All or Nothing"
• "Top Secret"

LeAnn Rimes

• "Life Goes On"
• "Suddenly"
• "The Safest Place"
• "Sign of Life"
• "Review My Kisses"
• "Love Is an Army"
• "You Made Me Find Myself"
• "Twisted Angel"

Kane Roberts

• "Wild Nights"
• "Twisted"
• "Does Anybody Really Fall In Love Anymore?"
• "Dance Little Sister"
• "Rebel Heart"
• "You Always Want It"
• "Fighter"
• "I'm Not Lookin' For An Angel"
• "Too Far Gone"
• "It's Only Over For You"

Sakis Rouvas

• "Ola Kala"
• "Oso Zo"
• "Mia Zoi Mazi"
• "Kati Omorfo"
• "Disco Girl"

Roxette

• "You Don't Understand Me"

Lesley Roy

• "Misfit"

RuPaul

• "If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man)"

Jennifer Rush

• "Heart Wars"
• "Love of a Stranger"
• "Down to You"
• "Everything"
• "Waiting for the Heartache"
• "Timeless Love"
• "Tears in the Rain"
• "In the Arms of Love"

Richie Sambora

• "Father Time"
• "Rosie"

Saraya

• "Timeless Love"

Scorpions

• "Hour 1"
• "The Game of Life"
• "The Future Never Dies"
• "You're Lovin' Me to Death"
• "321"
• "Love Will Keep Us Alive"
• "We Will Rise Again"
• "Your Last Song"
• "Love is War"
• "The Cross"
• "Humanity"
• "Cold"

Shakira

• "Tu Seras Historia De Mi Vida"

Victoria Shaw

• "Where Your Road Leads"

JoJo Siwa

• "Karma"

Billy Squier

• "Stronger"
• "Tied Up"

Paul Stanley

• "Live To Win"
• "Lift"
• "Wake Up Screaming"
• "All About You"
• "Where Angels Dare"

Paul Stanley and Desmond Child

• " Shocker" Shocker OST

Joss Stone

• "Right To Be Wrong"
• "Don't Cha Wanna Ride"

Amanda Stott

• "Homeless Heart"

Barbra Streisand

• "Lady Liberty"

Swirl 360

• "Love Should Be a Crime"
• "There"

Three Graces

• "Requiem"

Tokio Hotel

• "Zoom/Zoom Into Me"
• "Strange (feat. Kerli)"

Laura Turner

• "The Touch"

Bonnie Tyler

• "If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man)"
• "Lovers Again"
• "Notes From America"
• "Hide Your Heart"
• "Save Up All Your Tears"
• "Take Another Look at Your Heart"
• "Believe in Me"
• "Stubborn"
• "Stronger Than a Man"

Carrie Underwood

• "Inside Your Heaven"

Steve Vai

• "In My Dreams With You"

Maria Vidal

• "Do Me Right"

John Waite

• "These Times Are Hard for Lovers"

Weezer

• "Trainwrecks"

Robbie Williams

• "Old Before I Die"

Winger

• "Proud Desperado"

Trisha Yearwood with Garth Brooks

• "Where Your Road Leads"

Ace Young

• "Addicted"
• "A Hard Hand to Hold"
• "Where Will You Go"
• "How You Gonna Spend Your Life"
• "The Girl That Got Away"
• "Dirty Mind"
• "The Gift"

Zedd

• "Beautiful Now"

2Be3

• "Excuse My French"
• "Whatchagonnado"
• "Love 4 Sale"
• "Come Into My Life"