Ryan Ogren

Ryan Ogren
Birth name	Ryan John Ogren
Also known as	Ryan OG
Born	1979 or 1980 (age 44–45)
Origin	Vineland, New Jersey, U.S.
Genres	Pop rock R&B
Occupations	Singer songwriter record producer
Labels	Nitro Kemosabe Prescription

Ryan John Ogren (born 1979 or 1980),[1] also known as Ryan OG, is an American songwriter, record producer and vocal producer signed to Prescription Songs. He began his musical career playing in the band Don't Look Down, and then later Over It and Runner Runner. He has since written and produced records for artists like Doja Cat, Maroon 5, The Kid Laroi, Kim Petras, Saweetie, Lil Wayne, Coi Leray, Dirty Heads, amongst others.

Raised in Vineland, New Jersey, Ogren attended Vineland High School.[2]

Career

Band career

Don't Look Down

As the vocalist/guitarist/songwriter in Don't Look Down, Ogren was signed to Nitro Records[3] (Dexter Holland of The Offspring's label) and toured with Fall Out Boy,[4] Yellowcard,[5] and many others.

Over It

In 2005, Ogren joined Over It as a guitarist, keyboardist, and background vocalist. The band was signed to Virgin Records and released Step Outside Yourself.[6]

Runner Runner

Members of Over It and Rufio joined together to form Runner Runner,[7] which was signed to EMI and achieved radio success with their songs "So Obvious" (charted at No. 34 on the pop charts[8]) and "I Can't Wait".

Songwriting career

In 2012, Ogren began recording records for other artists. He co-wrote the Gold single "Say You're Just A Friend (Feat Flo Rida)" by Austin Mahone, and shortly thereafter signed an exclusive publishing deal with Prescription Songs. In coming years, Ogren collaborated with numerous artists including Lil Durk, Jack & Jack, Maroon 5, Backstreet Boys, Steve Aoki, Kim Petras, Doja Cat, Lauv, and many more.

Selected Songwriting and Production Discography

Year	Title	Artist	Album	Role
2023	"All My Life"	Lil Durk (feat. J Cole)	Almost Healed	Writer
	"Alone"	Kim Petras & Nicki Minaj	Single	Writer, Vocal Producer
	"Rescue Me"	Dirty Heads	Single	Producer, Writer
2022	"Love of My Life"	Jennifer Lopez	Marry Me (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	Writer, Vocal Producer
	"Freaky Deaky"	Doja Cat & Tyga	Single	Producer, Writer
	"Sl*t Pop"	Kim Petras	Sl*t Pop	Writer
	"Superpower B*tch"
	"XXX"
	"Throat Goat"
	"Life's Been Good"	Dirty Heads	Single	Producer, Writer
	"Blick Blick"	Coi Leray with Nicki Minaj	Single	Producer, Writer
	"Anxiety"	Coi Leray	Single	Producer, Writer
	"Closer feat H.E.R"	Saweetie	Single	Producer, Writer
	"26"	Lauv	Single	Writer
	"The Best"	Erica Banks	Single	Producer, Writer
2021	"Coconuts"	Kim Petras	Singler	Producer, Writer
	"Lean On Me"	Cheat Codes (feat. Tinashe)	Single	Producer, Writer
	"Back Seat"	Saweetie (feat. Lourdiz)	Pretty Summer Playlist: Season 1	Producer, Writer
	"Can't Buy Love"	B-Case & Robin Schulz (feat. Baby E)	Single	Writer
	"Headspace"	Dirty Heads	The Best of Dirty Heads	Producer, Writer
2020	"Nobody's Love"	Maroon 5	Single	Producer, Writer
	"F*CK YOU, GOODBYE (feat. Machine Gun Kelly)"	The Kid LAROI	F*CK LOVE (SAVAGE)	Producer, Writer
	"Hate The Way (feat. blackbear)"	G-Eazy	Single	Producer, Writer
	"Trust Nobody (feat. Adam Levine)"	Lil Wayne	Funeral	Producer, Writer
	"Shimmy (feat. Doja Cat)"
	"Come Back To Me (feat. Shaylen)"	Chantel Jeffries	Single	Producer, Writer
	"Easy"	John King	Single	Producer, Writer
	"Bum Bum (feat. Villain Park)"	Dirty Heads	Single	Producer, Writer
2019	"Can I"	Kiana Lede	Myself	Producer, Writer
	"Nobody Else"	Backstreet Boys	DNA	Producer, Writer
	"Breathe"			Writer, Vocal Producer
	"No One Compares To You"	Jack & Jack	A Good Friend Is Nice	Vocal Producer
	"2 Cigarettes"			Producer, Writer
	"Barcelona"			Producer, Writer
	"Poquito (feat. Swae Lee)"	Anitta	Kisses	Producer, Writer
	"Take Me Home"	Dreamers	LAUNCH FLY LAND	Producer, Writer
	"Blow It All"	Kim Petras	Clarity	Writer
	"Lift Me Up"	Dirty Heads	Super Moon	Writer
	"Horsefly"			Writer
	"Come Back Around"			Writer
	"Nikes"	Jake Miller	BASED ON A TRUE STORY.	Producer, Writer
2018	Waste It on Me (feat. BTS)	Steve Aoki	Single	Writer
	I Don't Know	Jack & Jack	Single	Producer, Writer
	Stay With Me		Single	Producer, Writer
	Closure		Single	Producer, Writer
	sayer	nothing,nowhere.	ruiner	Writer
	Myself (feat. DRAM)	Snow Tha Product	Single	Producer, Writer
	"Visions"	Dirty Heads	Single	Writer
	"Fake It Til You Make It"	DREAMERS	Launch	Producer, Writer
	"Misfits T-shirt"		FLY	Producer, Writer
	"All Washed Out"			Producer, writer
	"The Last Love Song"			Producer, Writer
	"4 LIFE"	Lil Aaron	ROCK$TAR FAMOU$	Producer, Writer
	"Anymore (feat. Kim Petras)"			Producer, Writer
	"Quit (feat. Trais Barker)"			Producer, Writer
	"Sometimes"			Producer, Writer
2017	"Visions"	Maroon 5	Red Pill Blues	Producer, Writer
	"Priceless"	Trey Songz	Tremaine the Album	Producer, Writer
	"Money"	Blake Shelton	Texoma Shore	Producer, Writer
	"Distraction"	Jack & Jack	Gone	Producer, Writer
	"Appreciation"	Terror Jr	Bop City 2: TerroRising	Producer, Writer
	"Personal"
2016	"Astronaut"	Jake Miller	Overnight	Producer, Writer
	"Painkiller"	Dreamers	This Album Does Not Exist	Producer, Writer
	"Oxygen"	Dirty Heads	Dirty Heads	Producer, Writer
	"Suitcase"	Before You Exit	All The Lights	Producer, Writer, Mixer
	"Old Guitar"	BUNT.	Single	Writer
	"Farewell"	Simple Plan	Taking One for the Team	Writer
2015	Marching Band (feat. Juicy J)	R. Kelly	The Buffet	Writer
	Boom!	Simple Plan	Taking One for the Team	Writer
	Mañana	Los 5	Single	Writer, Vocal Producer
2014	Hypnotic	Zella Day	Kicker	Producer, Writer
	Champagne for the Pain	Niykee Heaton	Bad Intentions	Producer, Writer
	"Numbers"	The Cab	Lock Me Up	Producer, Writer
	Stand Up			Producer, Writer
2013	Sleepwalking	The Chain Gang of 1974	Daydream	Producer, Writer
	Song for You (feat. Karmin)	Big Time Rush	24/Seven	Producer, Writer
	Fashionably Late	Falling In Reverse	Single	Producer, Writer
	I Love LA	Emblem 3	Nothing to Lose	Producer, Writer
2012	Say You're Just a Friend (feat. Flo Rida)	Austin Mahone	Single	Writer

References

1. Van Embden, Edward (July 20, 2010). "Vineland native Ryan Ogren, frontman in the band Runner Runner, to play Tuesday on Jimmy Kimmel Live". The Press of Atlantic City. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
2. Van Embden, Edward. "Vineland native Ryan Ogren, frontman in the band Runner Runner, to play Tuesday on Jimmy Kimmel Live",The Press of Atlantic City, July 20, 2010, updated June 20, 2019.Accessed August 28, 2020. "Former Vineland resident Ryan Ogren and his band will perform for an audience of about 1.7 million tonight.... For Ogren, 30, a graduate of Vineland High School, tonight's show is the culmination of more than a decade of dedication and hard work."
3. "Nitro Records". www.facebook.com.
4. "Tours: Allister on the road with Don't Look Down, Fallout Boy". www.punknews.org. March 30, 2003.
5. "Concerts". jacksonville.com. September 27, 2002. Archived from the original on May 17, 2014.
6. "Over It – Step Outside Yourself CD Album". www.cduniverse.com.
7. "Runner Runner (Over It, Rufio, Don't Look Down) sign to EMI/Capitol". www.punknews.org. April 28, 2010.
8. "So Obvious". wweb.uta.edu.