Steve Robson

Steve Robson
Born	November 1969 Jarrow, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
Genres	pop, rock, country
Occupation(s)	songwriter, record producer
Instrument	multi-instrumentalist
Website	steverobson.co.uk

Steve Robson (born November 1969, Jarrow, Tyne and Wear) is an English songwriter, record producer and multi-instrumentalist.

Career

Born in Jarrow in November 1969, he began playing piano at the age of four and went on to play violin, clarinet and saxophone. He began his adult career playing in covers bands and working men’s clubs around the North East of England. He quickly moved into TV work engineering, programming and producing for shows such as Spender, Crocodile Shoes and The Riff Raff Element. He also produced the second Crocodile Shoes Album. Moving to London in his early twenties, he signed a publishing deal with Andy Heath at Momentum Music. He had his first hit in 1998 with a song called “123” for Dina Carroll. He was then involved in the formative years of Busted co-writing and producing their first album and is largely credited with their unique sound. Signing to Rondor Music in 1999 led to a hugely successful writing career on both sides of the Atlantic, also achieving success in Nashville resulting so far in 6 No1 singles and songs on 17 top 5 US albums.

He won BMI Song of the Year for his Rascal Flatts song “What Hurts The Most” which was also Grammy nominated and recognised by his peers by winning a “ Songs I Wish I’d Written” award. He won an Ivor Novello Award and a Brit Award for “Shine” written with and performed by Take That. He also co-wrote "Said It All" from The Circus album and the title track, "Beautiful World" from the first comeback album. He has recently co-written and produced singles on all 3 Olly Murs albums including "Troublemaker", "Please Don’t Let Me Go", "Dance With Me Tonight" and "Thinking of Me". He has also written the title tracks on the last 2 albums, "In Case You Didnt Know" and "Right Place Right Time". He has co-written and produced tracks on both One Direction albums, "Everything About You", "Same Mistake" and "Summer Love" from the new album, "Take Me Home". He co-wrote and produced the last James Blunt album, "Some Kind Of Trouble" and has written on all 3 James Morrison albums including the no.1 single "I Wont Let You Go" and "Pieces Don’t Fit" and "Undiscovered" from the first album. He produced “Run” for Leona Lewis. Most recently he has co-written and produced the new Christina Aguilera and Blake Shelton duet "Just A Fool" single from her Lotus album.

Songwriting & Production

UK Key Releases

• "If You Don't Wanna Love Me"

Written by Steve Robson, James Morrison and Martin Brammer
Produced by Steve Robson This song also appeared on Songs for You, Truths for Me the second album from James Morrison.

• "On the Same Side"

Written by Steve Robson, James Morrison and Martin Brammer
Produced by Steve Robson
This song also appeared on Songs for You, Truths for Me the second album from James Morrison.

• "Save Yourself"

Written by Steve Robson, James Morrison, Wayne Hector and Chris Braide
Produced by Steve Robson
This song also appeared on Songs for You, Truths for Me the second album from James Morrison.

• "Busted"

Steve is largely credited for defining the sound of Busted and was involved in writing many of the songs on their first and most successful album. These include What I Go to School For, Year 3000, Crash and Burn, Losing You, Day Turns into Night, and Britney. The album which he also produced has sold over a million copies.

• "Queen of My Heart"

Written by Steve Robson and John McLaughlin
Was the 1st single from the Westlife album World Of Our Own and debuted at no 1 and was one of the band’s best selling singles. The album was no 1 in UK, Ireland, Italy and Germany and has sold 5 million copies.

• "U Make Me Wanna"

Written by Steve Robson and John McLaughlin
Featured on the Blue album One Love and was the 3rd single to be released. It became a massive airplay success and continues to generate significant income. The album sold over 3 million copies and the track also features on the Best of Blue.

• "Last Thing on My Mind"

Written by Steve Robson and Ronan Keating
Produced by Steve Robson
Was written with Ronan Keating and featured on his own album and also as a duet with LeAnn Rimes appearing on her album too. It was also a single and charted at no 5 in the UK charts. It also appeared on both Ronan and Leann Best Of albums generating total sales of over 2 million copies.

• "Leap of Faith / Jusqu'au bout"

Written by Steve Robson and John McLaughlin
Was the lead single from David Charvet’s Leap Of Faith album released in 2002. It became a massive airplay record in Europe.

• "Complicated Disaster"

Written by Steve Robson and Michelle Escofferey
Was recorded by Tina Turner for her 2004 Greatest Hits compilation All The Best and was released as a promotional single. The album sold over 150,000 in the UK and US in its first week of release and went platinum in the US 3 months after release.

Discography

Header text	Year	Artist	Release	Involvement	Format
2012	Christina Aguilera	Just A Fool		co-wrote/prod	single
2012	One Direction	TAKE ME HOME - Summer Love	1 UK/US	album - co-wrote/prod
2012	Olly Murs	RIGHT PLACE RIGHT TIME - Troublemaker - Right Place Right Time - Hey You Beautiful - Just for Tonight - Sliding Doors	1 UK 1 UK	album -co-wrote/prod -co-wrote/prod -co-wrote/prod -co-wrote/prod -co-wrote/prod	single
2012	The Overtones	HIGHER - When You Say My Name	6 UK	album - co-wrote
2012	Paloma Faith	FALL TO GRACE - Streets of Glory	2 UK	album - co-wrote
2012	Roman Lob	Standing Still	3 Germany	co-wrote	single
2011	Darren Hayes	SECRET CODES AND BATTLESHIPS - Don't Give Up		album - co-wrote/prod
2011	T PAIN (feat Lily Allen & Wiz Khalifa)	5 o’clock	6 US	co-wrote	single
2011	ONE DIRECTION	UP ALL NIGHT - Everything About You - Same Mistake - I Should Have Kissed You	1 UK/US	album - co-wrote/prod - co-wrote/prod - co-wrote/prod
2011	OLLY MURS	IN CASE YOU DIDN’T KNOW - Dance With Me Tonight - In Case You Didn’t Know - This Song Is About You - I Don’t Love You Too	1 1	album - co/wrote/co/prod - co-wrote/prod - co-wrote/prod - co-wrote/prod	single
2011	JAMES MORRISON	THE AWAKENING - I Won't Let You Go - Six Weeks - Right By Your Side	1 1	album - cowrote - cowrote - cowrote	single
2010	RASCAL FLATTS	I Won’t Let Go	1 US	co-wrote	single
2010	JAMES BLUNT	SOME KIND OF TROUBLE - Stay the night -So far gone -No tears - Dangerous - Best laid Plans - Superstar - These are the words - Calling out your name - Heart of gold - If time is all I have - Into the dark	4	album - cw/p - cw/p - cw/p - cw/p - cw/p - produced - cw/p - cw/p - cw/p - produced - cw/p	single single single
2010	RUSSELL WATSON	LA VOCE - Someone To Remember Me	13	album - co-wrote
2010	KASSIDY	Hope Street - Hope Street		album - co-wrote
2010	OLLY MURS	Thinking Of Me	4	cw/p	single
2010	OLLY MURS	Please don’t Let Me Go	1	cw/p	single
2010	LEE DEWYZE	LIVE IT UP - Say It All Over Again	19 US	album - co-wrote/prod
2010	SARAH BUXTON	Radio Love	12 US	written	single
2010	MILEY CYRUS	I Hope You Find It		written	s/track
2010	HELPING HAITI	Everybody Hurts	1	produced	single
2010	ALPHABEAT	THE SPELL - Q&A		album - co-wrote
2009	LILY ALLEN	Who’d Have Known	39	co-wrote	single
2009	JESSICA MARBOY	Let Me Be Me		written	single
2009	MR HUDSON	STRAIGHT NO CHASER - Stiff Upper Lip	9	album - cowrote/prod
2009	WESTLIFE	What About Now	2	produced	single
2009	PALOMA FAITH	DO YOU WANT THE TRUTH - Smoke and mirrors - Play On	2	album - co-wrote/prod - co-wrote/prod
2009	LEONA LEWIS	ECHO - Stop Crying Your Heart Out	1	album - produced
2008	ROOSTER	I Come Alive		co-wrote/prod
2008	JACK MCMANUS	EITHER SIDE OF MIDNIGHT - Bang On the Piano - Milky Way - You Think I Don’t Care - Too Much of Yesterday - Fine Time to Lose Your Mind - Living In A Suitcase - You Can Make It Happen - In The Breeze - She’s Gone - Not The Hardest Part - Amy	22 31	album cw/p produced produced produced produced produced cw/p produced cw/p cw/p produced	single
2008	JAMES MORRISON	SONGS FOR YOU - Fix the World Up - Save Yourself - Love is Hard - You Don't Want To Love Me	3	album co-wrote/prod cw/p cw/p cw/p
2008	LEONA LEWIS	Run	1	produced	single
2008	TAKE THAT	THE CIRCUS - Said It All - Hello -Julie	1 9	album produced co-wrote co-wrote	single
2008	CASCADA	What Hurts the Most	10	co-wrote	single
2007	SOPHIE ELLIS BEXTOR	Today The Suns on Us		co-wrote	single
2007	RICHARD FLEESHMAN	Coming Down - Back Here - Going Backwards		cw/p cw/p cw/p	single
2007	BEN MILLS	PICTURE OF YOU - Anytime You Fall	3	album co-wrote
2007	JONAS BROTHERS	JONAS BROTHERS - Year 3000	5 US	album co-wrote
2007	JASON MICHAEL CARROLL	WAITIN IN THE COUNTRY - Love Won't Let Me	1 US	album co-wrote
2007	RASCAL FLATTS	STILL FEELS GOOD - Here -Secret Smile	1 US	album co-wrote co-wrote	single
2006	RONAN KEATING	BRING YOU HOME - So Easy Loving You	3	album co-wrote
2006	JOSH GRACIN	I Keep Coming Back	28	written	single
2006	LEANNE RIMES	WHATEVER WE WANNA - And It Feels Like - Save Yourself - Long Night	15 14 15	album co-wrote/prod - co-wrote co-wrote	single
2006	JAMES MORRISON	Undiscovered - Pieces Don't Fit		co-wrote/prod - co-wrote/prod	single single
2006	JONAS BROS	ITS ABOUT TIME - What I Go to School For		album co-wrote
2006	TAKE THAT	BEAUTIFUL WORLD - Shine - Beautiful World	1 1	album co-wrote written	single
2006	RASCAL FLATTS	ME AND MY GANG -What Hurts The Most - My Wish - Words I Couldn't Say	1 US 1US 1US	album co-wrote co-wrote co-wrote	single single
2005	TAMIN SURSOCK	WHATEVER BE WILL BE - Tender	13(Australia)	album co-wrote/prod
2005	DJ SAMMY	Long Long Way to Go		co-wrote
2005	JO O’MEARA	What Hurts The Most	10	co-wrote	single
2005	JORUN STIANSEN	This Is The Night	1 (Norway)		single
2005	MARK WILLS	What Hurts the Most	51 US	co-wrote	single
2005	ROOSTER	- Staring At The Sun - Joyride - Deep & Meaningless - She Don't Make Me	5	co-wrote/prod - co-wrote/prod - co-wrote/prod - co-wrote	single single
2005	LEANNE RIMES	THIS WOMAN - With You		album - co-wrote
2005	NATALIE IMBRUGLIA	COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS - Perfectly	1	album co-wrote
2005	CARRIE UNDERWOOD	SOME HEARTS - Just Cant Live a Lie - That's Where It Is	1 US	album co-wrote co-wrote
2004	LIONEL RICHIE	Long Long Way To Go	20	co-wrote	single
2004	MICHELLE MCMANUS	MEANING OF LOVE - Meaning of love - Invincible	3 16 3	album co-wrote/prod produced	single
2004	SPEEDWAY	SAVE YOURSELF - Overdrive - Talk to Me	42	album co-wrote/prod co-wrote/prod
2004	EMERSON DRIVE	WHAT IF - What If	12	album co-wrote
2004	LARA FABIAN	A WONDERFUL LIFE - Very last moment in time	36	album
2004	LINDSAY LOHAN	SPEAK - Very Last Moment In Time	2 US	album - co-wrote
2004	LONESTAR	LETS BE US AGAIN - Now	2 US	album co-wrote
2004	LEANNE RIMES	Last Thing On My Mind	2US	co-wrote/prod	single
2004	JOSH GRACIN	The Long One	2 US	album
2004	RONAN KEATING	Last Thing On My Mind	5	co-wrote/prod	single
2004	TINA TURNER	ALL THE BEST - Complicated Disaster	2 US	album co-wrote	single
2004	RASCAL FLATTS	FEELS LIKE TODAY - Feels Like Today - Then I Did	1 US 4US	album co-wrote co-wrote	single
2003	D-Kay & Epsilon	Barcelona	16	prod	single
2003	SPEEDWAY	Genie in a Bottle	10	prod	single
2003	MARK OWEN	IN YOUR OWN TIME - Gravity - Head in the Clouds - Crush	59	album co-wrote/prod co-wrote/prod co-wrote/prod
2003	WYNONA JUDD	WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS - Its Only Love	1 US	album co-wrote
2003	ATOMIC KITTEN	LADIES NIGHT - Nothing In The World	5	album co-wrote/prod
2003	BLUE	GUILTY - Where You Want Me	1	album co-wrote/prod
2003	BUSTED	BUSTED -What I Go To School For - Year 3000 You Said Now - Sleeping with the light on - Britney - Losing You - Psycho Girl - All the Way - Dawsons Geek - When Day Turns into Night - Everything I knew - Without You - Loser kid	2 3 2 1 3	album co-wrote/prod co-wrote/prod co-wrote/prod prod co-wrote/prod co-wrote/prod prod prod prod prod co-wrote/prod co-wrote/prod prod	single single single single
2002	DEF LEPPARD	Long Long Way to Go	11 US	co-wrote
2002	ABS	What You Got	4	prod	single
2002	AURORA	Dreaming - Day It Rained Forever - Your Mistake	24 29	cw/p cw/p	single single
2002	BILLY CRAWFORD	Didn’t Expect That -Three Wishes	6 (france) 12	cw/p cw/p	single
2002	DAVID CHARVET	Jusqu’au bout - Fall Into You	6 (france)	co-wrote co-wrote	single
2002	FAITH HILL	I Think I Will	1 US	co-wrote
2002	BLUE	U Make Me Wanna	4	co-wrote	single
2002	RASCAL FLATTS	These Days	1 US	co-wrote	single
2001	HEARSAY	Back Down to Zero	24	cowrote
2001	SANDY & JUNIOR	When You Need Someone - Right Thing To Do		cw/p cw/p
2001	WESTLIFE	Queen of My Heart	1	co-wrote	single
2000	HONEYZ	Love to Love You Baby		prod	single
2000	ATOMIC KITTEN	Follow Me	20	cowrote	single
1999	KELLE BRYAN	Lately		prod
1999	ULTIMATE KAOS	So You Like What You See	37	prod
1999	ULTIMATE KAOS	Anything	52	co-prod	single
1999	ULTRA	Blind to The Groove	9	co-prod	single
1999	ULTRA	Rescue Me	8	co-prod	single
1999	HONEYZ	Never Let You Down	7	cw/p	single
1998	ULTIMATE KAOS	Smile Some More	18	cw/p	single
1998	THOMAS JULES	Didn’t I Tell You	27	cw/p	single
1998	ULTRA	Ultra	37	co-prod
1998	DINA CARROLL	1,2,3,	16	co-wrote	single
1998	ULTRA	Say It Once	16	co-prod	single
1998	ULTRA	The Right Time	28	co-prod	single
1998	ULTRA	Say You Do	11	co-prod	single
1997	LOUISE	Who Do You Love?	5	co-wrote

External links

• Steve Robson website
• Northern Sky Music