Ian Fitchuk

Ian Fitchuk (born February 13, 1982) is an American songwriter and record producer.

Early life

Fitchuk was born in Chicago to parents who are both accomplished classical musicians and educators. He grew up there. He cites Paul Simon's Graceland as being a significant musical influence from an early age. He moved to Nashville in 2000 to study jazz piano at Belmont University. He was quickly recruited to play keyboard by local band Llama, who was on MCA Records at the time. After leaving the band, he began producing artists such as Amy Grant, Mindy Smith, Landon Pigg, Jeremy Lister, and Griffin House with production partner Justin Loucks.

Career

Fitchuk is a 2x Grammy Award winning musician, producer, and songwriter. He works alongside an array of widely renowned artists, including Beyoncé, Leon Bridges, Maggie Rogers, Kacey Musgraves, Joy Olodokun, Chris Stapleton, Stephen Sanchez, Noah Kahan, Pink, and director Baz Luhrmann. In 2021, Fitchuk co-produced Sanchez’s “Until I Found You”, which has amassed 2 billion streams on Spotify alone. In 2022, Fitchuk co-wrote “Silk Chiffon” by Muna and Phoebe Bridgers as well as co-wrote and co-produced “Sweet Symphony” by Oladokun and Stapleton. Fitchuk co-produced Musgraves’ cover of “Can’t Help Falling in Love” alongside Luhrmann for the Elvis biopic in 2022. 2023 and 2024 have been transformative years for Fitchuk as he’s accumulated more than 70 cuts as a producer and writer on everything from Beyoncés Cowboy Carter to producing Kacey Musgraves Deeper Well, Rogers Don't Forget Me and multiple songs with Musgraves and Bridges on the Bob Marley film soundtrack amongst others.

Fitchuk got his start as a session musician in Nashville playing drums and keyboards on albums for artists including Shania Twain, Sam Hunt's debut album Montevallo, Lucie Silvas, Andrew Combs, Sean McConnell, Shawn Mendes, Harry Styles, and James Bay's debut album Chaos and the Calm.

In 2018 along with Nashville singer-songwriter Daniel Tashian, he co-wrote and co-produced Grammy award winner Kacey Musgraves Golden Hour. It was Musgraves' fourth studio album and released on March 30, 2018. Golden Hour earned Best Country Album and Album Of The Year honors at the 2019 Grammy awards, as well as Album Of The Year honors at the 2018 CMA awards and the 2019 ACM awards.

Discography

Songwriting and production credits

Year	Title	Artist(s)	Album	Credits
2024	"Howling at Wolves"	Stephen Sanchez	Angel Face (Deluxe)	Co-Producer
	"The Other Side"			Co-Producer
	"Emotional Vacation"			Co-Writer/Co-Producer
	"Fame of Fortune"			Co-Producer
	"This Thing Called Love"			Co-Writer/Co-Producer
	"Until I Found You (With Em Beihold)"			Co-Producer
	"If I Had A Lover"	Dylan Gossett	Songs in the Gravel EP	Producer
	"hurt like it should"	Renforshort	clean hands dirty water EP	Co-Writer/Co-Producer
	"Oh Gemini"	Role Model (singer)	Oh, Gemini -- single	Producer/Co-Writer
	"AMEN"	Beyoncé	Cowboy Carter	Co-Producer/Co-Writer
	"It Was Coming All Along"	Maggie Rogers	Don't Forget Me	Producer/Co-Writer
	"Drunk"
	"So Sick Of Dreaming"
	"The Kill"
	"If Now Was Then"
	"I Still Do"
	"On & On & On"
	"Never Going Home"
	"All The Same"
	"Don't Forget Me"
	"Redemption Song"	Leon Bridges	Bob Marley: One Love - Music Inspired by the Film	Producer
	"Three Little Birds"	Kacey Musgraves		Producer
	"Cardinal"	Kacey Musgraves	Deeper Well
	"Deeper Well"			Co-Producer/Co-Writer
	"Too Good To Be True"			Co-Producer/Co-Writer
	"Moving Out"			Co-Producer/Co-Writer
	"Giver/Taker"			Co-Producer/Co-Writer
	"Sway"			Co-Producer/Co-Writer
	"Dinner with Friends"			Co-Producer/Co-Writer
	"Heart of the Woods"			Co-Producer/Co-Writer
	"Jade Green"			Co-Producer/Co-Writer
	"The Architect"			Co-Producer
	"Lonely Millionair"			Co-Producer/Co-Writer
	"Heaven Is"			Co-Producer/Co-Writer
	"Anime Eyes"			Co-Producer/Co-Writer
	"Nothing to be Scared Of"			Co-Producer/Co-Writer
	"I Don't Wanna Worry"	NEEDTOBREATHE	I Don't Wanna Worry -- single	Co-Writer
2023	"This Time"	Deyaz	TRANSPARENCY	Producer
	"Something About Her"	Stephen Sanchez	Angel Face	Producer/Co-Writer
	"I Need You Most Of All"
	"Only Girl"
	"Be More"
	"Until I Found You"			Producer
	"Shake"			Producer/Co-Writer
	"High"			Producer
	"Doesn't Do Me Any Good"			Producer/Co-Writer
	"Caught In A Blue"
	"Death Of The Troubadour"
	"Send My Heart With A Kiss"
	"I Hate Boston"	Reneé Rapp	Snow Angel	Co-Writer
	"fetish"	spill tab	Klepto -- EP	Producer/Co-Writer
	"Ghost"	Sigrid	Ghost -- single	Producer/Co-Writer
	"Si Me Voy (with The Marias)"	Cuco	Si Me Voy (with The Marias) -- single	Producer
	"Revolution (with Maxo Kream)"	Joy Oladokun	Proof of Life	Co-Writer
	"We're All Gonna Die (with Noah Kahan)"			Producer/Co-Writer
	"Spotlight"			Producer/Co-Writer
	"Horizons"	Gus Daperton	FEVER / SKY	Producer/Co-Writer
	"Homebody"
	"Phases"
	"Sunrise (feat. Ocean Vuong)"
	Midnight Train
	"Be Yourself"	Wilder Woods	FEVER / SKY	Co-Writer
2022	"I Can't Help Falling In Love"	Kacey Musgraves	From The Original Motion Picture ELVIS	Co-Producer
	"Way That I'm Going"	Vance Joy	In Our Own Sweet Time	Co-Writer
	"Time is a Healer"	Jessie Baylin	Time is a Healer	Producer/Co-Writer
	"Sitting in the Corner (feat. Adriel Favela & Kacey Musgraves)"	Cuco	Fantasy Gateway	Producer/Co-Writer
	"Me and the Moon"	Devon Gilfillian	SPELLJAMS	Co-Writer
	"Sweet Symphony (with Chris Stapleton)"	Joy Oladokun	Sweet Symphony -- Single	Producer/Co-Writer
	"Keeping the Light On"		Keeping the Light On -- Single	Producer/Co-Writer
	"Irrelevant"	P!NK	Irrelevant -- Single	Producer/Co-Writer
	"If I Died Last Night"	Jessie Murph	If I Died Last Night -- EP	Producer/Co-Writer
	"Touch and Go"	Adam Melchor	Here Goes Nothing!	Co-Writer
	"Cry"
	"Wishing Well"	Karen Elson	Green	Producer/Co-Writer
	"Silver Lining"
	"My Sparrow"
	"Modern Love"
	"Look Over My Shoulder"
	"Lightning Strikes"
	"Green"
	"Fergus in the Sun"
	"Broken Shadow"
	"Steady Love"	Ben Rector	The Joy of Music	Co-Writer
2021	"roses in the rain (lullaby)"	Christina Perri	songs for rosie	Co-Writer
	"Hold Her While You Can"	Stephen Sanchez	What Was, Not Now -- EP	Producer
	"Love Life"
	"Kayla"
	"The Pool"
	"I Want You"
	"Until We Meet Again"
	"If I Was a Cowboy"	Miranda Lambert	If I Was a Cowboy -- Single	Bass/Keys
	"star-crossed"	Kacey Musgraves	star-crossed	Producer/Co-Writer
	"good wife"
	"cherry blossom"
	"simple times"
	"if this was a movie"
	"justified"
	"angel"
	"breadwinner"
	"camera roll"
	"easier said"
	"hookup scene"
	"keep lookin' up"
	"what doesn't kill me"			Producer
	"there is a light"			Producer/Co-Writer
	"gracias a la vida"			Producer
	"Silk Chiffon" (feat. Phoebe Bridgers)	MUNA	Muna	Co-Writer
	"Sho Nuff"	Leon Bridges	Gold-Diggers Sound	Co-Writer
	"Until I Found You"	Stephen Sanchez	Until I Found You -- Single	Producer
	"Kayla"		Kayla -- Single
	"The Witching Hour - Intro"	Birdy	Young Heart	Producer
	"Voyager"			Producer/Co-Writer
	"The Otherside"
	"Surrender"			Co-Writer
	"River Song"			Producer/Co-Writer
	"Lighthouse"			Producer
	"Evergreen"
	"Little Blue"
	"Celestial Dancers"
	"New Moon"			Producer/Co-Writer
	"Young Heart"			Producer
	"Feel the Feels"	The Atlantic High Five	Feel the Feels -- Single	Co-Writer
	"Lightning Strikes"	Karen Elson	Lightning Strikes -- Single	Producer/Co-Writer
2020	"Nightfall"	Little Big Town	Nightfall	Producer/Co-Writer
	"River of Stars"
	"Bluebird"
	"Lighten Up"	Brothers Osborne	Skeletons	Co-Writer
	"Oh, What A World 2.0 (Earth Day Edition)"	Kacey Musgraves	Oh, What A World 2.0 (Earth Day Edition) -- Single	Producer/Co-Writer
	"California King"	Emily Reid	California King -- Single	Co-Writer
	"Where the Heart Is"	Brett Eldredge	Sunday Drive	Producer
	"The One You Need"
	"Magnolia"
	"Crowd My Mind"
	"Good Day"			Producer/Co-Writer
	"Fall For Me"			Producer
	"Sunday Drive"
	"When I Die"			Producer/Co-Writer
	"Gabrielle"
	"Fix A Heart"			Producer
	"Then You Do"
	"Paris Illinois"			Producer/Co-Writer
	"Believe"	Karen Elson	Radio Redhead, Vol. 1	Producer
	"Lay All Your Love on Me"
	"Sacrifice"
	"Dancing on My Own"
	We'll Meet Again"
	"Hang On"	NEEDTOBREATHE	Out of Body	Co-Writer
	"Relief"	Jacob Whitesides	Winter Hurts -- EP	Co-Writer
	"Changing"
	"Lonely Together"	Caitlyn Smith	Supernova	Co-Writer
	"asking for a friend"	mxmtoon	dawn & dusk	Producer/Co-Writer
	"Daydreams"	Maisie Peters	Daydreams -- Single	Producer/Co-Writer
	"good guys"	LANY	mama's boy	Co-Writer
	"My Own Way"	Jill Andrews	Thirties	Co-Writer
	"Falling For"
	"The Quarry Song"	Jordan Lehning	Little Idols	Co-Writer
	"Fields of Knowing"	Skyline Motel	After Dark -- EP	Co-Writer
	"Danger"
	"One Night"
	"Kiss and Tell"
	"Do You Want Me"
	"If You Got A Problem"	Joy Oladokun	If You Got A Problem -- Single	Producer/Co-Writer
2019	"Self Care"	Lily & Madeleine	Canterbury Girls	Producer
	"Supernatural Sadness"			Producer/Co-Writer
	"Just Do It"			Producer
	"Canterbury Girls"
	"Bruises"
	"Pachinko Song"
	"Circles"
	"Can't Help the Way I Feel"
	"Analog Love"
	"Go"
	"Homeboy"	Susto	Ever Since I Lost My Mind	Producer
	"If I Was"
	"Weather Balloons"
	"Manual Transmission"
	"Last Century"
	"Está Bien"
	"House Of The Blue Green Buddha"			Producer/Co-Writer
	"Livin' in America"			Producer
	"Ever Since I Lost My Mind"
	"Cocaine"
	"No Way Out"
	"Off You"
	"Lights Up"	Harry Styles	Fine Line	Drums
	"All Is Found - Kacey Musgraves Version"	Kacey Musgraves	Frozen II (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	Producer
	"Good Woman"	Maren Morris	Girl	Co-Writer
	"Here We Go"	Sean McConnell	Secondhand Smoke	Co-Writer
	"Nobody Smokes Anymore"	Robert Ellis	Texas Piano Man	Co-Writer
	"Castles"	Lissie	When I'm Alone: The Piano Retrospective	Co-Writer
	"Best Days"
	"Stand and Deliver"	Patrick Droney	Patrick Droney	Producer
	"Brooklyn"
	"Ruined"			Producer/Co-writer
	"Always Been the End of the World"			Producer
	"High Hope"
	"Montgomery"	Muscadine Bloodline	Montgomery - Single	Co-Writer
	"Only the Truth"	Sarah Buxton	Only the Truth - Single	Producer/Co-writer
	"Do You Want Me"	Skyline Motel	Do You Want Me - Single	Co-Writer
	"Evelyn"	Jeremy Lister	Sign Language - EP	Co-Writer
2018	"Slow Burn"	Kacey Musgraves	Golden Hour	Producer/Co-writer
	"Lonely Weekend"
	"Butterflies"			Producer
	"Oh, What A World"			Producer/Co-writer
	"Mother"
	"Love Is A Wild Thing"
	"Space Cowboy"			Producer
	"Happy & Sad"			Producer/Co-Writer
	"Velvet Elvis"			Producer
	"Wonder Woman"
	"High Horse"
	"Golden Hour"			Producer/Co-Writer
	"Rainbow"			Producer
	"Face the Sun"	Nashville Cast, Charles Esten	The Music of Nashville: Original Soundtrack Season 6, Vol. 1	Co-Writer
	"Tangerine"	Lydia Luce	Azalea	Co-Writer
	"Covered Up"
	"Morning Is Made"	Hush Kids	Hush Kids	Producer/Co-writer
	"What's Your Hurry"
	"Goodbye Rain"			Producer
	"Beauty All Around"
	"Wake Up"
	"Love Is a Made Up Word"
	"Color of Sadness"			Producer/Co-writer
	"Oasis"
	"Talking to Myself"			Producer
	"All My Love"
	"Castles"	Lissie	Castles	Co-Writer
	"Best Days"
	"Everything With Everything"	Dave Barnes	Who Knew It Would Be So Hard To Be Myself	Co-Writer
2017	"This Side of Paradise"	Marie Miller	Letterbox	Co-Writer
	"The Morning Song"	Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors	Souvenir	Producer
	"California"
	"Fight for Love"
	"Rowdy Heart, Broken Wing"
	"New Year"
	"Sometimes"
	"Mama's Sunshine, Daddy's Rain"
	"Black and Blue"
	"Postcard Memories"
	"Yellow Rose of Santa Fe"
	"Wild World"
	"Groundswell"	Angaleena Prresley	Wrangled	Co-Writer
2016	"Shine On!"	Muddy Magnolias	Broken People	Co-Writer
	"Holy Days"	Sean McConnell	Sean McConnell	Producer
	"Ghost Town"
	"Bottom of the Sea"
	"Beautiful Rose"
	"Hey Mary"
	"Best We've Ever Been"
	"Queen of Saint Mary's Choir"
	"Running Under Water"
	"One Acre of Land"
	"Babylon"
	"Live Like Legends"	Ruelle	Madness	Co-Writer
	"Everything"	Parachute	Wide Awake	Co-Writer
	"Foolin'"	Andrew Combs	All These Dreams	Co-Writer
	"Suburbs"	Zoe Sky Jordan	Topiary	Co-Writer/Co-producer
	"Attention"			Co-producer
	"Golden Kimono"			Co-writer/Co-producer
	"True 2 U"			Co-producer
	"Smoke"			Co-writer/Co-producer
	"Soft Reply"
	"Powerlines"			Co-producer
	"Cloud"			Co-writer/Co-producer
	"Dragging Your Bones"			Co-producer
	"Love Will Find You"	Kris Allen	Letting You In	Co-producer
	"Time Will Come"
	"Waves"
	"Faster Shoes"
	"If We Keep Doing Nothing"
	"Way up High"
	"Feeling This Way"
	"Letting You In"
	"Move"
	"I Remember You"
2015	"How To Lose It All"	Lucie Silvas	Letters To Ghosts	Co-Writer
	"Pull the Stars Down"
	"Avalanche"	Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors	Medicine	Co-Writer
2014	"The Mighty Storm"	Peter Bradley Adams	The Mighty Storm	Producer
	"Hey Believers"
	"Feathers in Her Crown"
	"When the Cold Comes"
	"Gypsy Lady"
	"She Has to Come Down"
	"New Orleans"
	"Around Us"
	"Skyline Motel"	Skyline Motel	Skyline Motel EP	Co-Writer/Producer
	Language of Love"
	"Sleep With Me"
	"Feel Like Singing"
	"Not About You"
	"Champagne Makes Me Cry"		Champagne Makes Me Cry - Single	Co-Producer
	"Blind"	Nashville Cast	Blind -- Single	Co-Writer
	"Bummin' Cigarettes"	Maren Morris	Hero -- Target Exclusive	Co-Writer
	"Got That Feeling"	Alyssa Bonagura	Love Hard	Co-Writer
2013	"Estrellita (Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star)"	Jaci Velasquez	Buenas Noches Mi Sol	Producer
	"Tres Avecitas (Three Little Birds)"
	"Canción De Cuna"
	"La Manita"
	"Tú (You)"
	"Arrurú"
	"La Nanita Nana"
	"Dios Te Ama (God Loves You)"
	"Sonríe (Smile)"
	"Hola Mi Sol (Good Morning Sunshine)"
	"Un Lugar Celestial (A Heavenly Place)"
	"Tú Eres Mi Dicha (You Are My Sunshine)"
	"Descansaré En Ti (I Will Rest in You)"
	"Duérmete Mi Niño"
	"Mardi Gras"	Marc Broussard	Live at Full Sail University	Co-Writer
	"Sonya's Song"
2012	"Highs and Lows"	Mindy Smith	The Essential	Producer
	"Love Lost"
	"Johnny"	Madi Diaz	Plastic Moon	Co-Writer
	"Sons of Venice"	Upon this Dawning	To Keep Us Safe	Co-Writer
2011	"I Hate You I Love You"	Emily West	I Hate You I Love You	Co-Writer
	"Naturally"	Matt Wertz	Everything in Between	Co-Writer
	"Ready to Fall"	Jeremy Lister	Just One Day -- EP	Co-Writer
2010	"Someday Our King Will Come"	Natalie Grant	Love Revolution	Co-Writer
	"Ride the Weather"	Peter Groenwald	Sweet Science	Co-Writer
	"Hard Times"	Amy Grant	Somewhere Down The Road	Producer/Co-Writer
	"Third World Woman"			Producer
	"If You Want To"	Griffin House	The Learner	Producer
	"River City Lights"
	"Standing At the Station"
	"Just Another Guy"
	"She Likes Girls"
	"Never Hide"
	"Rule the World"
	"Gotta Get Out"
	"Feels So Right"			Producer/Co-Writer
	"Let My People Go"			Producer
	"Native"
	"Coming Down the Road"
2009	"What Went Wrong"	Mindy Smith	Stupid Love	Producer
	"Highs and Lows"
	"If I Didn't Know Any Better"
	"Love Lost"
	"Telescope"
	"What Love Can Do"
	"Couldn't Stand the Rain"
	"Bad Guy"
	"Surface"
	"Disappointed"
	"True Love of Mine"
	"Love Chases After Me"
	"Take a Holiday"
	"Brokenhearted Day"	Ashlyn	Dandelion Sessions	Co-Writer
2008	"Comes A Time"	Kate York	Cinnamon Girl (Women Artists Cover Neil Young For Charity)	Producer
	"Shout"	De Novo Dahl	Move Every Muscle, Make Every Sound	Producer
	"Heartbreaker"
	"Means To An End"
	"Make Some Sense"
	"Be Your Man"
	"Shakedown"
	"Marketplace"
	"The Sky Is Falling"
	"New Hero"
	"Wishful Thinking"
	"Subject Of The Kill"
	"Been Kept Up"
	"Not To Escape"
	"Dreamer"	Bethany Dillon	So Far: The Acoustic Sessions	Producer
	"When You Love Someone"
	"We Can Work It Out"
	"Top of the World"
	"Hallelujah"
	"All I Need"
	"The Kingdom"
	"Hero"
	"Beautiful"
	"Let Your Light Shine"
2007	"Comes A Time"	Matt Wertz	Everything In Between	Co-Writer
	"Let Me In"	Griffin House	Flying Upside Down	Co-Writer
	"Live to be Free"
	"Shout"	De Novo Dahl	Shout	Producer
	"Dance Like David"
	"Crap Your Pants Say Shout"
	"Dance Like David Benson"
2004	"Lonely People"	Jars of Clay	Everwood (Original TV Soundtrack)	Producer
	"Trouble"	Kristin Hersh
	"These Days"	Griffin House
	"Only Living Boy in New York"	David Mead
	"Summer Breeze"	Jason Mraz
	"Father and Son"	Leigh Nash
	"The Harder They Come"	Guster
	"Don't Be Shy"	Travis
	"Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)"	Toby Lightman
	"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"	Stereophonics
	"Cathedrals"	Jump, Little Children
	"Main Title Theme for Everwood"	Blake Neely
	"Love Song"	Treat Williams
	"Amsterdam"	Griffin House	Lost & Found	Producer
	"Ah Me"
	"Tell Me A Lie"
	"Waste Another Day"
	"Waterfall"
	"Liberty Line"
	"The Way I Was Made"
	"Why Won't You Believe?"
	"Just A Dream"
	"Missed My Change"
	"New Day"
	"Got Me Smilin'"	Silers Bald	Real Life	Producer
	"Real Life"
	"Hy Heart Will Sing"
	"Emmanuel"
	"Carolina Line"
	"Feel"
	"So On"
	"All I Can Be"
	"Room Song"
	"Turn"
	"Truly Gifted"
	"All This Time"	Rachel Lampa	Rachel Lampa	Co-Writer

Accolades

Year	Association	Work	Category	Result
2018	Country Music Association Awards	Golden Hour	Album of the Year	Won
2019	Grammy Awards		Album of the Year	Won
			Best Country Album	Won
	Academy of Country Music Awards		Album of the Year	Won
		Himself	Producer of the Year	Nominated
			Drummer of the Year	Nominated
			Bass Player of the Year	Nominated
			Piano Keyboard Player of the Year	Nominated
			Specialty Instrumentalist of the Year	Nominated
2021	Grammy Awards	Nightfall	Best Country Album	Nominated
2022		"camera roll"	Best Country Song	Nominated
2025		Himself	Producer of the Year, Non-Classical	Pending
		Deeper Well	Best Country Album	Pending
	Country Music Association Awards		Album of the Year	Pending

External links

• Ian Fitchuk discography at Discogs