Steve Mac
| Steve Mac | |
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| Birth name | Steve McCutcheon |
| Born | 15 January 1972 |
| Origin | Chertsey, Surrey, United Kingdom |
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| Years active | 1990–present |
Steve McCutcheon (born 15 January 1972), professionally known as Steve Mac, is a British musician, songwriter, and record producer. He has contributed to 30 UK No. 1 singles to date.[1][2] That include four number-one singles in the UK Singles Chart from the Irish band Westlife which he co-written and produced ("Swear It Again", "Flying Without Wings", "Queen of My Heart", and "World of Our Own"), another five number-one singles that he co-produced ("Against all Odds", "Uptown Girl", "Unbreakable", "Mandy", "You Raise Me Up"), produced top 5 singles ("Bop Bop Baby", "Tonight/Miss You Nights", "Hey Whatever", "Home"), and the biggest selling original single of the band which he co-written and produced "What Makes a Man".
Winner of the 2018 Brit Award for British Producer of the Year, Steve Mac is one of the UK’s most successful music producers and songwriters,[3] with worldwide sales of over 200 million during his career, including Top 10 singles for Pink, Liam Payne, and Rita Ora. He also co-wrote the record breaking, worldwide No. 1 Ed Sheeran single Shape of You which won an Ivor Novello for ‘PRS for Music Most Performed Work in 2017’,[4] and a Grammy in 2018, broke chart history staying in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 for 33 weeks, topped the UK No.1 chart for 14 weeks, and was the most-streamed song of all time on Spotify.[5] [6] [7]
At the 35th Annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards 2018 in Los Angeles, Steve Mac won Songwriter of the Year and Song of the Year for Shape of You by Ed Sheeran,[8] plus awards for Rockabye by Clean Bandit feat Anne-Marie & Sean Paul; What About Us by Pink and Strip That Down by Liam Payne.
Including Clean Bandit’s single Rockabye, Steve Mac has co-written and produced two songs which have held the UK No.1 spot for 22 consecutive weeks.[9] He has been associated with over 200 hit singles and albums internationally with over 200 million worldwide sales for artists such as Little Mix, Anne-Marie, Calvin Harris, Demi Lovato, Charli XCX, One Direction, The Wanted, Leona Lewis, The Saturdays, Susan Boyle, Kate Winslet, JLS, Boyzone and Damage amongst others. [10] [11] [12]
Since his first break in the early 90’s with Nomad’s (I Wanna Give You) Devotion feat. MC Mikee Freedom, Steve has gone on to co-write hits with songwriters Wayne Hector, Ed Sheeran, Johnny McDaid, Ammar Malik, Ina Wroldsen, Jack Patterson, Emily Warrant, Pricilla Renea, Ed Drewett, John Newman and Chelsea Grimes and many other UK and international songwriters.[13]
He is widely recognised as the most successful songwriter and producer in modern British music, co-writing and producing the 2018 Grammy and Ivor Novello winning song Shape of You for Ed Sheeran, a Grammy nomination,[14] for P!nk’s US No.1 single What About Us (Pink song) by, Songwriter of The Year and Producer of the Year at the Music Business Worldwide A&R Awards 2017,[15] and the prestigious ASCAP Founders Award for his “pioneering contribution to music, global success and 27 year body of work”.[16]
In addition, he received two ASCAP Song of the Year Awards in 2013 [17] and 2012 [18] for co-writing & producing Glad You Came by The Wanted and You Make Me Feel... by Cobra Starship respectively; and his first Brit Awards in 2010 for the UK hit single Beat Again by JLS co-written with Wayne Hector.[19]
Discography
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| "Woman Like Me (feat Nicki Minaj)" | 2018 | Little Mix - Single |  |
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| "Thursday" | Jess Glynne - Always in Between | |
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| "Moves (feat Snoop Dogg)" | Olly Murs - You Know I Know | |
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| "Happier (feat Bastille)" | Marshmello - Single | |
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| "If You're Over Me" | Years & Years - Palo Santo | |
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| "Summer On You" | PRETTYMUCH - single | |
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| "Ashes" | Celine Dion - Deadpool 2 | | ||
| "Breathing Fire" | Anne-Marie - Speak Your Mind | |
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| "2002" | |
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| "Miracle" | Chvrches - Love Is Dead | |
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| "One More River" | Melo Moreno - single | |
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| "Then" | 2017 | Anne-Marie - Speak Your Mind | |
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| "Bedroom Floor" | Liam Payne - single | |
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| "The Rest of Our Lives" | Tim McGraw & Faith Hill - single | |
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| "Leave A Light On" | Tom Walker - single | |
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| "A Different Way" | DJ Snake - single | |
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| "What About Us" | P!nk - Beautiful Trauma | |
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| "Your Song" | Rita Ora - single | |
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| "Shape of You" | Ed Sheeran - ÷ | |
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| "Strip That Down" | Liam Payne - Single | |
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| "Don't Let Me Be Yours" | Zara Larsson - So Good | |
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| "OK" (featuring James Blunt) | Robin Schulz – Single | |
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| "Happy" | Steps - "Tears on the Dancefloor" | |
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| "Firefly" | |
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| "Symphony" (featuring Zara Larsson) | Clean Bandit – What Is Love? | |
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| "So Good" | 2016 | Louisa Johnson - Single | |
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| "Keeping Your Head Up" | Birdy – Beautiful Lies | |
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| "Hear You Calling" | |
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| "Rockabye" (featuring Sean Paul & Anne-Marie) | Clean Bandit – What Is Love? | |
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| "Lose Control" | Matt Simons – Single | |
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| "Thumbs" | Sabrina Carpenter – EVOLution | |
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| "Alarm" | Anne-Marie – Speak Your Mind | |
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| "Love Is The Name" | Sofia Carson – Single | |
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| "The Best Is Yet To Come" | Luvbug – Single | |
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| "Waitin for You" | 2015 | Demi Lovato – Confident | |
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| "Kingdom Come" | |
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| "Lionheart" | |
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| "Hitchhiker" | Omi (singer) | |
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| "Wake Up" | The Vamps – Wake Up | |
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| "I Found A Girl" | |
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| "Volcano" | |
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| "Be With You" | |
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| "Windmills" | |
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| "Survivors" | Selena Gomez – Revival | |
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| "Love Me Like You" | Little Mix – Get Weird | |
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| "My Love (Acoustic)" | Jess Glynne – I Cry When I Laugh | |
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| "Take Me Home" | |
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| "Adore" | Jasmine Thompson – Single | |
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| "Glow" | 2014 | Ella Henderson – Chapter One | |
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| "Faith" | Calvin Harris – Motion | |
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| "Break the Rules" | Charli XCX – Sucker | |
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| "Stick with Me" | Olly Murs – Never Been Better | |
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| "Me and My Broken Heart" | Rixton – Let the Road | |
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| "Empire" | Shakira – Shakira | |
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| "When I Find Love Again" | James Blunt – Moon Landing (Apollo Edition) | |
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| "Working It Out" | |
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| "Aliens" | Ina Wroldsen – Single | |
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| "Good Time" | INNA feat. Pitbull – INNA | |
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| "Bumper Cars" | Alex and Sierra – It's About Us | |
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| "Get Away" | Jessie J – Sweet Talker | |
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| "Lock Me Up" | The Cab – Lock Me Up EP | |
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| "Moon" | |
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| "Mr C" | Nina Nesbitt – Peroxide | |
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| "Color Blind" | Amber Riley – Single | |
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| "About You" | 2013 | Shane Filan – You and Me | |
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| "Running" | John Newman – Tribute | |
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| "Down the Line" | |
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| "The Only One" | James Blunt – Moon Landing | |
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| "Miss America" | |
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| "Bones" | |
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| "Satellites" | |
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| "Sun on Sunday" | |
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| "Carry You" | Union J – Union J | |
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| "Loving You Is Easy" | |
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| "Beethoven" | |
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| "Head in the Clouds" | |
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| "Where Are You Now" | |
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| "Save the Last Dance" | |
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| "Amaze Me" | |
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| "Lucky Ones" | |
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| "30 Days" | The Saturdays – Living For The Weekend | |
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| "In Your Eyes" | Inna – Party Never Ends | |
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| "Sparks" | 2012 | Cover Drive – Bajan Style | |
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| "Explode" | |
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| "That Girl" | |
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| "I Found You" | The Wanted – Word Of Mouth | |
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| "Everybody Knows" | |
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| "Turn Your Face" | Little Mix – DNA | |
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| "We Are Who We Are" | |
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| "Gotta Be You" | 2011 | One Direction – Up All Night | |
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| "Glad You Came" | The Wanted – Battleground | |
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| "Gold Forever" | |
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| "Lightning" | |
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| "Notorious" | The Saturdays – On Your Radar | |
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| "Faster" | |
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| "My Heart Takes Over" | |
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| "You Make Me Feel" | Cobra Starship – Night Shades | |
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| "Wishing on a Star" | X factor Charity – Single | | ||
| "Like U Like" | Aggro Santos – AggroSantos.com | |
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| "Someone to Watch Over Me (10 Tracks)" | Susan Boyle – Someone To Watch Over Me | | ||
| "The Club Is Alive" | 2010 | JLS – Outta This World | |
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| "Woman" | Toni Braxton – Pulse | |
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| "Ego" | The Saturdays – Headlines | |
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| "Karma" | |
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| "All Time Low" | The Wanted – The Wanted | |
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| "The Gift (11 Tracks)" | Susan Boyle – The Gift | | ||
| "This Is Your Song" | 2009 | Ronan Keating – Songs For My Mother | |
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| "Beat Again" | JLS – JLS | |
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| "Crazy for You" | |
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| "Wild Horses" | Susan Boyle – Dreamed A Dream | | ||
| "I Dreamed A Dream" | | |||
| "Cry Me A River" | | |||
| "How Great Thou Art" | | |||
| "You'll See" | | |||
| "Daydream Believer" | | |||
| "Up to the Mountain" | | |||
| "Amazing Grace" | |
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| "Who I Was Born to Be" | | |||
| "Proud" | |
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| "The End of the World" | | |||
| "Silent Night" | |
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| "The Winning Song" | 2008 | Geraldine McQueen – Single (Charity) | | |
| "A Moment Like This" | Leona Lewis – Spirit | | ||
| "Homeless" | | |||
| "Footprints in the Sand" | | |||
| "The Promise (10 Tracks)" | Il Divo – The Promise | | ||
| "The Impossible Dream" | Rhydian – Rhydian | | ||
| "To Where You Are" | | |||
| "What If" | |
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| "The Prayer" | | |||
| "Bridge Over Troubled Water" | | |||
| "Somewhere" | | |||
| "You Don't Know Me" | Leon Jackson – Right Now | | ||
| "A Song for You" | | |||
| "Fingerprints" | | |||
| "When You Believe" | | |||
| "Woman" | 2007 | Delta Goodrem – Delta | |
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| "Rejoice" | Katherine Jenkins – Rejoice | |
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| "I Will Pray for You" | |
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| "How Do You Leave the One You Love" | |
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| "Home" | Westlife – Back Home | | ||
| "I'm Already There" | | |||
| "Have You Ever" | |
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| "It's You" | |
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| "Catch My Breath" | |
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| "I Do" | |
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| "My Way" | Paul Potts – One Chance | | ||
| "You Raise Me Up" | | |||
| "Carolyna" | Melanie C – This Time | |
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| "Understand" | | |||
| "Total Eclipse of the Heart" | 2006 | Westlife – The Love Album | | |
| "You Light Up My Life" | | |||
| "Easy" | | |||
| "You Are So Beautiful" | | |||
| "Have You Ever Been In Love" | | |||
| "The Dance" | | |||
| "All or Nothing" | |
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| "You've Lost That Loving Feeling" | | |||
| "Nights in White Satin" | Il Divo – Siempre | | ||
| "Caruso" | | |||
| "Without You" | | |||
| "Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman" | | |||
| "You Raise Me Up" | | |||
| "Tell That To My Heart" | | |||
| "Somewhere" | | |||
| " Against All Odds" | 2005 | Steve Brookstein – Heart And Soul | | |
| "Dance with My Father" | | |||
| "If You Don't Know Me By Now" | | |||
| "Heroe" | Il Divo – Ancora | | ||
| " Senza Catene - Unchained Melody" | | |||
| "Ave Maria" | | |||
| "Hasta Mi Final" | | |||
| "All By Myself" | | |||
| "En Aranjuez Con Tu Amor" | | |||
| "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" | | |||
| "O Holy Night" | | |||
| "O Holy Night" | Il Divo – The Christmas Collection | | ||
| "White Christmas" | | |||
| "Ave Maria" | | |||
| "When a Child Is Born" | | |||
| "O Come All Ye Faithful" | | |||
| "Over the rainbow" | | |||
| "Panis Angelicus" | | |||
| "Rejoice" | |
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| "Noche de paz (Silent Night)" | | |||
| "The Lord's Prayer" | | |||
| "You Raise Me Up" | Westlife – Face To Face | | ||
| "That's Where You Find Love" | |
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| "She's Back" | |
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| "Desperado" | | |||
| "In This Life" | | |||
| "Heart Without a Home" | |
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| "Change Your Mind" | |
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| "Ain't That A Kick In The Head" | 2004 | Westlife – Allow Us To Be Frank | | |
| "Fly Me To The Moon" | | |||
| "Smile" | | |||
| "Let There Be Love" | | |||
| "The Way You Look Tonight" | | |||
| "Come Fly with Me" | | |||
| "Mack the Knife" | | |||
| "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" | | |||
| "Summer Wind" | | |||
| "Clementine" | | |||
| "When I Fall In Love" | | |||
| "Moon River" | | |||
| "The Way You Look Tonight" | | |||
| "Regresa a mí - Unbreak My Heart" | Il Divo – Il Divo | | ||
| "Nella Fantasia" | | |||
| "Passerà" | | |||
| "The Man You Love" | | |||
| "Il Divo" | | |||
| "A mi manera - My Way" | | |||
| "I Hope You Dance" | Ronan Keating – Single | | ||
| "All This Time" | Michelle McManus – The Meaning Of Love | |
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| "Mandy" | 2003 | Westlife – Turn Around | | |
| "Hey Whatever" | |
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| "Heal" | | |||
| "On My Shoulder" | |
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| "Turn Around" | |
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| "I Did It for You" | | |||
| "Thankyou" | |
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| "To Be with You" | | |||
| "Home" | |
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| "What Do They Know" | |
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| "Spirit In The Sky" | Gareth Gates – Single(Charity) | | ||
| "Flying Without Wings" | Ruben Studdard – (Single) | |
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| "Solitaire" | Clay Aiken – Measure of a Man | | ||
| "This Is the Night" | | |||
| "A Moment Like This" | Kelly Clarkson – Thankful | | ||
| "Inside Outside" | Sophie Monk – Calendar Girl | |
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| "Unbreakable" | 2002 | Westlife – Unbreakable - The Greatest Hits Vol. 1 | | |
| "How Does It Feel" | | |||
| "Tonight" | |
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| "Love Takes Two" | |
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| "Miss You Nights" | | |||
| "What My Heart Wants to Say" | Gareth Gates – What My Heart Wants To Say | |
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| "Suspicious Minds" | | |||
| "Unchained Melody" | | |||
| "If Tomorrow Never Comes" | Ronan Keating – Destination | | ||
| "Help Me Understand" | Trace Adkins – Single | |
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| "Someone Like You" | Faye Tozer/Russell Watson – Single | | ||
| "Girls in the USA" | Nick Carter – Now or Never | | ||
| "Heart Without a Home" | |
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| "What If" | 2001 | Kate Winslet – Single | |
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| "Lately" | Samantha Mumba – Single | | ||
| "Queen Of My Heart" | Westlife – World Of Our Own | |
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| "Bop Bop Baby" | | |||
| "Uptown Girl" | | |||
| "I Wanna Grow Old with You" | | |||
| "World of Our Own" | |
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| "To Be loved" | |
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| "Drive" | |
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| "Angel" | | |||
| "He Don't Love You" | Human Nature (band) – Single | |
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| "Real Good Time" | Aaron Carter – Aaron's Party | | ||
| "I Want Candy" | | |||
| "Take My Breath Away" | Emma Bunton – A Girl Like Me | |
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| "All or Nothing" | O Town – O Town | |
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| "You Are" | Atomic Kitten – Right Now | |
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| "Feel the Love" | 5ive – Kingsize | |
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| "What Makes A Man" | Westlife – Coast To Coast | |
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| "Against All Odds" | | |||
| "Close" | | |||
| "Angels Wings" | |
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| "No Place That Far" | |
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| "You Make Me Feel" | | |||
| "Fragile Heart" | | |||
| "Every Little Thing You Do" | |
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| "Uptown Girl" | | |||
| "I Believe" | 2000 | Stephen Gately – New Beginning | |
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| "Bright Eyes" | | |||
| "Forever in Love" | A1 – Here We Come | | ||
| "If Only" | | |||
| "Hey You" | |
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| "Like a Rose" | | |||
| "Walking In The Rain" | | |||
| "Still Around" | |
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| "Swear It Again" | 1999 | Westlife – Westlife | |
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| "Flying Without Wings" | |
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| "I Don't Wanna Fight" | |
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| "Moments" | |
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| "More Than Words" | | |||
| "We Are One" | |
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| "Keep On Moving" | 5ive – Invincible | | ||
| "I Love the Way You Love Me" | Boyzone – By Request | | ||
| "When The Going Gets Tough" | | |||
| "You Needed Me" | | |||
| "Have A Look" | Vanessa Amorosi – The Power | | ||
| "I Wanna Be Your Everything" | | |||
| "12 Tracks" | Alda – Out of Alda | |
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| "Until the Time Is Through" | 1998 | 5ive – Five | | |
| "And I" | Boyzone – Where We Belong | |
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| "Where Did You Go" | |
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| "Good Conversation" | |
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| "Story of Love" | OTT (band) – Single | | ||
| "Working My Way Back to You" | 1997 | Alliage (band)/Boyzone – Single | | |
| "Forever" | Damage (British band) – Forever | |
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| "Wonderful Tonight" | | |||
| "Crazy" | Ant and Dec – The Cult Of Ant and Dec | |
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| "Falling" | |
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| "6 Tracks" | 1996 | Caught in the Act – Forever Friends | |
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| "Lifting Me Higher" | 1995 | Gems For Jem – Single | | |
| "Let This Love Begin" | Caught in the Act – Caught In The Act Of Love | | ||
| "My Arms Keep Missing You" | | |||
| "I Wanna Stay with You" | 1993 | Undercover – Single | | |
| "We Got The Love" | Lindy Layton – Single | |
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| "Baker Street" | 1992 | Undercover – Single | | |
| "12 Tracks" | Undercover – Check Out The Groove | | ||
| "Beats & Culture" | The Psychopaths – Single | | ||
| "Killer Mummy" | | |||
| "(I Wanna Give You) Devotion" | 1991 | Nomad (band) - Changing Cabins | |
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| "Hear the Drummer Get Wicked" | 1990 | Chad Jackson (DJ) – Single | | |
References
- ↑ "Producer Steve Mac's biggest hits and forgotten gems". Official Charts. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ↑ "Steve Mac: 'There Are No Rules to Pop Music Now. It Just Has to Be of Great Quality.'". Music Business Worldwide. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ↑ "Steve Mac announced as recipient of The BRIT Award 2018 for Best British Producer'". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ↑ "Johnny McDaid, Ed Sheeran and Steve Mac". The Ivors. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ↑ "Ed Sheeran's 'Shape Of You' Is Now The Most-Played Song Ever On Spotify". Forbes. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ↑ "Kendrick Lamar, Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran Lead the 2018 Billboard Music Awards Nominations with 15 each". Broadway World. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ↑ "Shape of You". Official Charts. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ↑ "Lana Del Rey, Portugal. The Man, Desmond Child, UMPG Win Big at ASCAP Pop Music Awards". Billboard. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ↑ "Producer Steve Mac's biggest hits and forgotten gems". Official Charts. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ↑ "Dua Lipa, The Amazons, Steve Mac And MNEK Honoured With Prestigious ASCAP Awards At Ceremony In London Tonight". ASCAP. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ↑ "Songwriter of the Year - Steve Mac". ASCAP. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ↑ ""I feel truly humbled": Steve Mac announced as recipient of The BRIT Award 2018 for Best British Producer". Music Week. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ↑ "Steve Mac". Universal Music Publishing. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ↑ "Pink". Grammy Awards. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ↑ "THE A&R AWARDS 2017: STEVE MAC, YOUNG TURKS AND ATLANTIC WIN BIG". Music Business Worldwide. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ↑ "Steve Mac, Dua Lipa honoured at ASCAP Awards London". Music Weed. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ↑ "Songwriter of the Year - Steve Mac". ASCAP. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ↑ "Songwriter of the Year - Steve Mac". ASCAP. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ↑ "Meet the secret winner of The X Factor". The Independent. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
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