Dr. Luke: Top 50 Songs

Dr. Luke Top 50 Songs

American songwriter and record producer born Lukasz Gottwald in Providence, RI on 9/26/1973. Often worked with Max Martin. Wrote and produced singles for Kelly Clarkson, Pink, Avril Lavigne, Katy Perry, and Ke$ha; the latter alleged sexual assault and abuse by Gottwald. For a complete list of this act’s DMDB honors, check out the DMDB Music Maker Encyclopedia entry. Click here to see other acts’ best-of lists.

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Top 50 Songs These are the top 50 songs co-written and/or produced by Dr. Luke. Dave’s Music Database lists are determined by song’s appearances on best-of lists, appearances on compilations and live albums by the featured act, and songs’ chart success, sales, radio airplay, streaming, and awards. The song’s chart peaks in the United States (US) and United Kingdom (UK) are listed after the year of the song’s release. DMDB Top 1%: 1. Ke$ha “Tik Tok” (2009) #1 US, 4 UK 2. Katy Perry “Roar” (2013) #1 US, 1 UK 3. Katy Perry with Snoop Dogg “California Gurls” (2010) #1 US, 1 UK 4. Katy Perry “I Kissed a Girl” (2008) #1 US, 1 UK 5. Katy Perry with Juicy J “Dark Horse” (2013) #1 US, 4 UK 6. Miley Cyrus “Party in the U.S.A.” (2009) #2 US, 11 UK 7. Flo Rida & Ke$ha “Right Round” (2009) #1 US, 1 UK 8. Maroon 5 “Sugar” (2014) #2 US, 7 UK 9. Pitbull & Ke$ha “Timber” (2013) #1 US, 1 UK 10. Kelly Clarkson “Since U Been Gone” (2004) #2 US, 5 UK 11. Miley Cyrus “Wrecking Ball” (2013) #1 US, 1 UK 12. Taio Cruz “Dynamite” (2010) #2 US, 1 UK DMDB Top 2%: 13. Katy Perry “Hot N Cold” (2008) #3 US, 4 UK 14. Avril Lavigne “Girlfriend” (2007) #1 US, 2 UK 15. Katy Perry & Kanye West “E.T.” (2010) #1 US, 3 UK 16. Doja Cat “Say So” (2019) #1 US, 2 UK 17. Katy Perry “Teenage Dream” (2010) #1 US, 2 UK DMDB Top 5%: 18. Katy Perry “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)” (2010) #1 US, 9 UK 19. Flo Rida “Good Feeling” (2011) #3 US, 1 UK 20. Doja Cat & SZA “Kiss Me More” (2021) #3 US, 3 UK 21. Kelly Clarkson “My Life Would Suck Without You” (2009) #1 US, 1 UK 22. Doja Cat “Woman” (2021) #7 US, 13 UK 23. Katy Perry “Wide Awake” (2012) #2 US, 9 UK 24. Jessie J & B.o.B. “Price Tag” (2011) #23 US, 1 UK 25. Katy Perry “Part of Me” (2012) #1 US, 1 UK 26. Doja Cat “Need to Know” (2021) #8 US, 11 UK 27. Pink “U + Ur Hand” (2006) #9 US, 10 UK 28. Ke$ha “We R Who We R” (2010) #1 US, 1 UK 29. Britney Spears “Circus” (2008) #3 US, 13 UK 30. Doja Cat & The Weeknd “You Right” (2021) #11 US, 9 UK 31. Pink “Who Knew” (2006) #9 US, 5 UK 32. Kelly Clarkson “Behind These Hazel Eyes” (2004) #6 US, 9 UK 33. Katy Perry “The One That Got Away” (2010) <#3 US, 18 UK DMDB Top 10%: 34. Nicki Minaj “Super Freaky Girl” (2022) #1 US, 10 UK 35. Latto “Big Energy” (2021) #3 US, 21 UK 36. Rihanna “Where Have You Been” (2010) #5 US, 6 UK 37. Pitbull & Ne-Yo “Time of Our Lives” (2014) #9 US, 51 UK 38. Saweetie & Doja Cat “Best Friend” (2021) #14 US, 35 UK 39. Jessie J “Domino” (2011) #6 US, 1 UK 40. Rock City with Adam Levine “Locked Away” (2015) #6 US, 2 UK 41. Britney Spears with Nicki Minaj & Ke$ha “Till the World Ends” (2011) #3 US, 21 UK 42. Ke$ha “Die Young” (2012) #2 US, 7 UK 43. Ke$ha “Blow” (2010) #7 US, 7 UK 44. Ke$ha “Take It Off” (2010) #8 US, 15 UK DMDB Top 20%: 45. Britney Spears “Hold It Against Me” (2011) #1 US, 6 UK 46. Nicki Minaj with Drake, Lil Wayne, & Chris Brown “Only” (2014) #12 US, 35 UK 47. Avril Lavigne “Keep Holding On” (2006) #17 US, -- UK 48. Katy Perry “Unconditionally” (2013) #14 US, 25 UK 49. Karmin “Brokenhearted” (2012) #16 US, 6 UK 50. Rihanna “You Da One” (2011) #14 US, 16 UK Resources and Related Links: DMDB Encyclopedia entry for Dr. Luke Dave’s Music Database: “Acts’ Profile Pages and Best-of Lists” First posted 7/27/2023; last updated 8/9/2023.