His most successful single as a songwriter is his 2003 song "What Hurts the Most". The song was a Number One single on both the Hot Country Songs and Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts for Rascal Flatts in 2006, and was also a chart single for Cascada in 2007. Another one of Steele's compositions, Steve Holy's Number One single "Brand New Girlfriend", earned him yet another BMI award in 2006, as well as the Rascal Flatts hit "My Wish" just as Steele released his album, "Hell on Wheels". "What Hurts the Most" would later earn him the Songwriter of the Year and Song of the Year awards from BMI, as well as the Songwriter of the Year award from MusicRow magazine. Steele has since released two other albums, his second greatest hits record "Gold, Platinum, No Chrome, and More Steele" was released in 2007 and his country classics tribute album "Countrypolitan" which was released in 2008. Steele also produced Keith Anderson's two studio albums: 2005's "Three Chord Country and American Rock & Roll" and 2008's "C'mon!", as well as Montgomery Gentry's 2004 album "You Do Your Thing" and 2006 album "Some People Change" In 2016 "Chasing Down a Good Time" Steele co-wrote with Anthony Smith by Randy Houser.