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Desmond Child

Gainesville, United States

Desmond Child is credited on 4,829 releases across 1,132 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1978–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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4,829

Pressings credited

1,132

Albums

6

Decades active

758

In collections

Biography

John Charles Barrett (born October 28, 1953), known professionally as Desmond Child, is an American songwriter and record producer. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2008. He has been nominated for four Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and has won a Latin Grammy Award. His hits as a songwriter include Kiss's "I Was Made for Lovin' You"; Joan Jett and the Blackhearts' "I Hate Myself for Loving You"; Bon Jovi's "You Give Love a Bad Name", "Livin' on a Prayer", "Bad Medicine", and "Born to Be My Baby"; Aerosmith's "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)", "Angel", "What It Takes" and "Crazy"; Cher's "We All Sleep Alone" and "Just Like Jesse James"; Brit Smith's "Karma's a Bitch", recently remade by JoJo Siwa; Alice Cooper's "Poison"; Michael Bolton's "How Can We Be Lovers?"; and Ricky Martin's "The Cup of Life" and "Livin' la Vida Loca".

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Credited work

4,829 releases · 1,132 albums · active 1978–2026

  • Performance · 6,765
  • Production · 2,299
  • Other credits · 243
  • Engineering · 5

Studios: The Hit Factory · Power Station · Dreamhouse Studios · Bearsville Studios

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