List of songs written by Desmond Child

This is a list of songs written or co-written by American songwriter 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 Bonnie Tyler
 * "The Touch"
 * "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"