David Mckee Barnes (born June 20, 1978[1]) is an American musician, singer, and songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee.

[3][4][5] Barnes went to college at Middle Tennessee State University and graduated with a degree in Recording Industry Management.

In early 2007 Barnes began experimenting with stand-up comedy and, with support from friends, put together a routine which he performed in Nashville, Tennessee.

[12][13] In promotion of the album, the song "Until You", which was previously on Brother, Bring the Sun, was re-recorded and released as a single on February 19, 2008.

In late 2008, Barnes was one of the opening acts for the shows from Orlando through Chicago on Hanson's "The Walk Around the World Tour".

[citation needed] On February 3, 2009, Barnes released a Valentine's Day EP titled You, the Night, and Candlelight.

[12][18][19] Blake Shelton released Barnes' song "God Gave Me You" as his second single on his album Red River Blue in fall of 2011.

The beauty of "God Gave Me You" was that I finally saw what I had done and it opened this really cool door to me being more conscious about writing songs that appeal to more people, and this new record Stories to Tell really showcases that.

[24] Barnes co-produced A December to Remember, which features six originals, four written and two co-written, such as "So, Santa" and "Better Than Christmas Day".

[26] Barnes released a second Valentine's Day EP on February 10, 2015, consisting of six acoustic songs and titled Hymns for Her.

[28][29] As a songwriter, Barnes has both written and co-written songs with Joey Humke for Carrie Underwood,[30] Thomas Rhett and Maren Morris,[4][31][32] Reba McEntire, Blake Shelton,[20] Hunter Hayes, Marc Broussard, Bebo Norman,[8] Matt Wertz, Andrew Ripp, Billy Currington, Tim McGraw, Danielle Bradbery, Francesca Battistelli, Bethany Dillon, Lady A, Maddie & Tae, and Ingrid Michaelson.