This article is about the English songwriter and producer. For the English House music DJ, see Jean Jacques Smoothie.
| Steve Robson | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Jarrow, Tyne and Wear, England |
| Occupation(s) | Songwriter, record producer, instrumentalist |
| Instrument(s) | Piano, violin, clarinet, saxophone |
Steve Robson is an English songwriter and record producer who has sold in excess of 138 million records around the world. He has written and produced 12 No. 1 UK/US singles, 38 No. 1 UK/US albums and a further 41 top 5 UK/US albums and singles. He is Grammy-nominated for Rascal Flatts ”What Hurts the Most”, which also won BMI Song of the Year and a Nashville Songwriters Association International "10 Songs I Wish I'd Written" award, He has won Ivor Novello Awards and Brit Awards for Take That's “Shine” and has had two more Ivor Novello nominations for Olly Murs' “Troublemaker” and "Dance with Me Tonight".
Early life
Born in Jarrow, Robson is a classically trained instrumentalist on piano, violin, clarinet, and saxophone. Whilst living in the North East, he spent his time playing in bands and working on various TV shows. He moved to London in his late teens to continue his TV career and there began his songwriting career. He still lives in London.
Career
Career highlights include No. 1 singles for Olly Murs ("Troublemaker", "Dance with Me Tonight", "Please Don't Let Me Go"), Take That ("Shine"), Rascal Flatts ("These Days", "What Hurts the Most", "My Wish", "I Won't Let Go"), Leona Lewis ("Run"), Helping Haiti ("Everybody Hurts"), Busted" ("You Said No"), Westlife ("Queen of My Heart) and No. 1 albums for Little Mix, One Direction, Olly Murs, 5 Seconds of Summer, Robbie Williams, Take That, Ella Henderson, John Newman, Leona Lewis, Westlife, Blue, Faith Hill, Wynonna Judd, Carrie Underwood, James Morrison, and Natalie Imbruglia.
Discography
2020
| Artist | Album | Track | Role(s) |
| Louis Tomlinson | Walls | "Habit" | Co-writer/producer |
| Ronan Keating | Twenty Twenty | "Love Will Remain" (with Clare Bowen) | Co-writer |
| Brett Eldredge | Sunday Drive | "Sunday Drive" | Co-writer |
| Shenandoah & Zac Brown Band | "I'd Take Another" | Co-writer | |
| Lucia & The Best Boys | The State Of Things | "Let Go" | Additional producer |
| James Blunt | Once Upon a Mind - Time Suspended Edition | "Happier" | Co-writer/producer |
2019
| Artist | Album | Track | Role(s) |
| James Blunt | Once Upon a Mind | "Cold" | Co-writer/producer |
| "The Truth" | Co-writer/producer | ||
| "Stop the Clock" | Co-writer/producer | ||
| "The Greatest" | Co-writer/producer | ||
| Maisie Peters | It's Your Bed Babe, It's Your Funeral | "Look At Me Now" | Co-writer |
| Zucchero | "My Freedom" | Co-writer | |
| Pink | Hurts 2B Human | "90 Days" featuring Wrabel | Co-writer/producer |
| Push Baby | D.O.C. | "Mama's House" | Co-writer |
| Tom Walker | What a Time to Be Alive | "How Can You Sleep at Night?" | Co-writer |
| James Morrison | You're Stronger Than You Know | "Ruins" | Co-writer |
| Monica Martin | "Patient" | Co-writer | |
| Ward Thomas | Restless Minds | "It's Not Just Me" | Co-writer |
| "One More Goodbye" | Co-writer | ||
| Etham | Stripped EP | "Opposite of Loving Me" | Co-writer |
2018
| Take That | Odyssey | "Said It All (single)" | Writer |
| "Shine (single)" | Writer | ||
| "Get Ready For It" | Writer | ||
| Olly Murs | You Know I Know | "You Know I Know" | Writer/Producer |
| "Love Me Again" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "Excuses (single)" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "Feel The Same" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "Somebody New" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "Mark On My Heart" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "Take Your Love" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "Talking To Yourself" | Writer/Producer | ||
| Catherine McGrath | Talk of This Town | "Lost In The Middle" | Writer/Producer |
| "Wild (single)" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "Good Goodbyes" | Writer/Producer | ||
| Rae Morris | Someone Out There | "Push Me To The Limit" | Writer |
| Josh Groban | Bridges | "Won't Look Back" | Writer/Producer |
| 5 Seconds of Summer | Meet You There Tour Live | "The Only Reason" | Writer/Producer |
2017
| Neiked | "Call Me (single)" | Writer | |
| Syn Cole | "Feel Good (single)" | Writer | |
| James Blunt | The Afterlove | "Heartbeat" | Writer/Producer |
| "Somebody" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "Singing Along" | Writer/Producer | ||
| Earl (singer) | Tongue Tied | "Travelling Heart" | Writer/Producer |
| Skinny Living | "Fade (single)" | Writer/Producer | |
| Gavin James | Only Ticket Home | "Hearts On Fire (single)" | Producer |
| Catherine McGrath | Talk of This Town | "Talk of This Town (single)" | Writer/Producer |
| "Through It Was Going To Be Me" | Writer/Producer | ||
| Matt Terry | Trouble | "The Thing About Love (single)" | Writer/Producer |
2016
| Little Mix | Glory Days | "Nobody Like You" | Writer/Producer |
| Robbie Williams | The Heavy Entertainment Show | "Pretty Woman" | Writer/Producer |
| Olly Murs | 24 Hrs | "You Don't Know Love (single)" | Writer/Producer |
| "Grow Up (single)" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "24 Hours (single)" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "Back Around (single)" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "Flaws" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "How Much For Your Love" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "That Girl" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "Better Without You" | Writer/Producer | ||
| Jack Savoretti | Sleep No More | "Start Living In The Moment" | Writer/Producer |
| The Shires | My Universe | "Naked" | Writer/Producer |
| Jason Mraz | "Man Who Planted Trees" | Writer | |
| Steven Lee Olsen | All About You | Writer |
2015
| Olly Murs | Never Been Better | "Kiss Me (single)" | Writer |
| Nashville Soundtrack | "Holding On" | Writer | |
| Ben Haenow | Ben Haenow | "Start Again" | Writer/Producer |
| James Morrison | Higher Than Here | "Lonely People" | Writer |
| "Just Like a Child" | Writer | ||
| Seafret | Tell Me It's Real | "Wildfire (single)" | Writer/Producer |
| "Missing" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "Be There (single)" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "Breathe" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "Atlantis (single)" | Writer/Producer | ||
| Kip Moore | Wild Ones | "What I Do" | Writer |
2014
| 5SOS | 5 Seconds of Summer | "Don't Stop (single)" | Writer/Producer |
| "Heartbreak Girl" | Writer/Producer | ||
| Olly Murs | Never Been Better | "Wrapped Up (single)" | Writer/Producer |
| "Beautiful to Me (single)" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "History" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "Tomorrow" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "Hope You Got What You Came For" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "Can't Say No" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "We Stil Love" | Writer/Producer | ||
| Take That | III | "Get Ready For It" | Writer |
| One Direction | Four | "18" | Producer |
| Paloma Faith | A Perfect Contradiction | "Trouble With My Baby" | Writer/Producer |
| McBusted | McBusted | "Air Guitar (single)" | Writer/Producer |
| "Get Over It (single)" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "Gone" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "Back In Time" | Writer/Producer | ||
| Ella Henderson | Chapter One | "Giants" | Writer/Producer |
| "Rockets" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "Beautifully" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "Unfinished" | Writer/Producer | ||
| Ella Eyre | Feline | "Alone Too" | Writer/Producer |
| Lower Than Atlantis | Lower Than Atlantis | "Criminal" | Writer |
2013
| Cascada | Acoustic Sessions | "Enemy" | Writer |
| One Direction | Midnight Memories | "Why Don't We Go There" | Writer/Producer |
| "Half a Heart" | Writer/Producer | ||
| James Blunt | Moon Landing | "Postcards" (single) | Writer/Producer |
| "Hollywood" | Writer/Producer | ||
| Hayden Panettiere | Nashville Soundtrack | "Hypnotising' | Writer |
| Mika (singer) | Songbook Vol. 1 | "Live Your Life" (single) | Writer/Producer |
| John Newman | Tribute | "Nothing' | Writer |
| Rebecca Ferguson | Freedom | "Bridges with John Legend" | Writer/Producer |
| Cher | Closer to the Truth | "I Hope You Find It" | Writer |
| The Wanted | Word of Mouth | "Love Sewn" | Writer/Producer |
| "Demons" | Writer/Producer | ||
| Eliza Doolittle | In Your Hands | "Big When I Was Little" (single) | Writer/Producer |
| "Let It Rain" | Writer/Producer |
2012
| Olly Murs | Right Place Right Time | "Troublemaker" (single) | Writer/Producer |
| "Right Place Right Time" (single) | Writer/Producer | ||
| "Hey You Beautiful" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "Just For Tonight" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "Sliding Doors" | Writer/Producer | ||
| One Direction | Take Me Home | "Summer Love" | Writer/Producer |
| Christina Aguilera | Lotus | "Just a Fool" with Blake Shelton (single) | Writer/Producer |
| Paloma Faith | Fall to Grace | "Streets of Glory" | Writer |
2011
| Cascada | Original Me | "Enemy" | Writer |
| James Morrison | The Awakening | "I Won't Let You Go" (single) | Writer |
| "Six Weeks" | Writer | ||
| "Right By Your Side" | Writer | ||
| Olly Murs | In Case You Didn't Know | "Dance with Me Tonight" (single) | Writer/Producer |
| "In Case You Didn't Know" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "This Song Is About You" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "I Don't Love You Too" | Writer/Producer | ||
| One Direction | Up All Night | "Everything About You" | Writer/Producer |
| "Same Mistake" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "I Should Have Kissed You" | Writer/Producer | ||
| T-Pain feat Lily Allen & Wiz Khalifa | "5 O'Clock" (single) | Writer | |
| Darren Hayes | Secret Codes and Battleships | "Don't Give Up" | Writer/Producer |
| Scouting for Girls | The Light Between Us | "Love How It Hurts" (single) | Producer |
2010
| Alphabeat | The Spell | "Q&A' | Writer |
| Helping Haiti | "Everybody Hurts" (single) | Writer | |
| Miley Cyrus | I Hope You Find It | Writer | |
| Sarah Buxton | "Radio Love' | Writer | |
| Lee DeWyze | Live It Up | "Say It All Over Again' | Writer/Producer |
| Olly Murs | Olly Murs | "Please Don't Let Me Go" (single) | Writer/Producer |
| "Thinking of Me" (single) | Writer/Producer | ||
| Kassidy | Hope St. | "Hope St.' | Writer |
| Russell Watson | La Voce | "Someone To Remember Me" | Writer/Producer |
| James Blunt | Some Kind of Trouble | "Stay The Night" (single) | Writer/Producer |
| "So Far Gone" (single) | Writer/Producer | ||
| "No Tears" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "Dangerous (single) | Writer/Producer | ||
| "I'll Be Your Man (single) | Writer/Producer | ||
| "If Time Is All I Have" (single) | Writer/Producer | ||
| "Best Laid Plans" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "Superstar" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "These Are The Words" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "Calling Out Your Name" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "Heart of Gold" | Writer/Producer | ||
| Rascal Flatts | Nothing Like This | I Won't Let Go (single) | Writer |
2009
| Leona Lewis | Echo | "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" (single) | Produced |
| Paloma Faith | Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful? | "Smoke & Mirrors" (single) | Writer/Producer |
| "Play On" | Writer/Producer | ||
| Westlife | Where We Are | "What About Now" (single) | Producer |
| Mr Hudson | Straight No Chaser | "Stiff Upper Lip" | Writer/Producer |
| Jessica Mauboy | "Let Me Be Me" (single) | Writer |
2008
| Cascada | Perfect Day | "What Hurts the Most" (single) | Writer |
| Take That | The Circus | "Said It All" (single) | Writer |
| "Hello" | Writer | ||
| "Julie" | Writer | ||
| Leona Lewis | Spirit | "Run" (single) | Producer |
| James Morrison | Songs For You, Truths For Me | "Fix The World Up' | Writer/Producer |
| "Save Yourself" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "Love Is Hard" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "If You Don't Want To Love Me" | Writer/Producer | ||
| Rooster | I Come Alive | Writer/Producer | |
| Jack McManus | Either Side of Midnight | "Bang on the Piano" | Writer/Producer |
| "Milky Way" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "You Think I Don't Care" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "Too Much of Yesterday" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "Fine Time" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "Living In A Suitcase" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "You Can Make It Happen" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "In the Breeze" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "She's Gone" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "Not The Hardest Part" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "Amy" | Writer/Producer |
2007
| Rascal Flatts | Still Feels Good | "Here" (single) | Writer |
| "Secret Smile" | Writer | ||
| Jason Michael Carroll | Waitin' in the Country | "Love Won't Let Me" | Writer |
| Jonas Brothers | Jonas Brothers | "Year 3000" | Writer |
| Ben Mills | Picture of You | "Anytime You Fall" | Writer |
2006
| Rascal Flatts | Me and My Gang | "What Hurts the Most" (single) | Writer |
| "My Wish" (single) | Writer | ||
| "Words I Couldn't Say" | Writer | ||
| Take That | Beautiful World | "Shine" (single) | Writer |
| "Beautiful World" | Writer | ||
| Jonas Brothers | It's About Time | "What I Go To School For" | Writer |
| James Morrison | Undiscovered | "Undiscovered" (single) | Writer |
| "The Pieces Don't Fit Anymore" (single) | Writer | ||
| LeAnn Rimes | Whatever We Wanna | "And It Feels Like" (single) | Writer/Producer |
| "Save Yourself" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "Long Night" | Writer/Producer | ||
| Josh Gracin | We Weren't Crazy | "I Keep Coming Back" | Writer |
| Ronan Keating | Bring You Home | "So Easy Loving You" | Writer |
2005
| Carrie Underwood | Some Hearts | "Just Can't Live A Lie" | Writer |
| "That's Where It Is" | Writer | ||
| Natalie Imbruglia | Counting Down the Days | "Perfectly" | Writer |
| LeAnn Rimes | This Woman | "With You" | Writer |
| Rooster | Rooster | "Staring at the Sun" (single) | Writer/Producer |
| "Joyride" (single) | Writer/Producer | ||
| "Deep & Meaningless" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "She Don't Make Me" | Writer/Producer | ||
| Mark Wills | "What Hurts The Most" (single) | Writer | |
| Jorun Stiansen | "This Is the Night" (single) | Writer | |
| Jo O'Meara | Relentless | "What Hurts The Most" (single) | Writer |
| DJ Sammy | "Long Long Way to Go" (single) | Writer | |
| Tammin Sursok | Whatever Will Be | "Tender" | Writer |
2004
| Tina Turner | All the Best | "Complicated Disaster" (single) | Writer |
| Rascal Flatts | Feels Like Today | "Feels Like Today" (single) | Writer |
| "And Then I Did" | Writer | ||
| Ronan Keating | Turn It On | "Last Thing on My Mind featuring LeAnn Rimes" (single) | Writer/Producer |
| Josh Gracin | Josh Gracin | "The Long One" | Writer |
| LeAnn Rimes | "Last Thing on My Mind" (single) | Writer/Producer | |
| Lonestar | Let's Be Us Again | "Now' | Writer |
| Lindsay Lohan | Speak | "Very Last Moment In Time" | Writer |
| Lara Fabian | A Wonderful Life | "The Last Goodbye" | Writer |
| Emerson Drive | What If? | "What If?" | Writer |
| Speedway | Save Yourself | "Overdrive" | Writer/Producer |
| "Genie in a Bottle/Save Yourself" (single) | Writer/Producer | ||
| "Talk To Me" | Writer/Producer | ||
| Michelle McManus | The Meaning of Love | "The Meaning of Love" (single) | Writer/Producer |
| Lionel Richie | Just for You | "Long, Long Way To Go" (single) | Writer |
2003
| Busted | Busted | "What I Go To School For" (single) | Writer/Producer |
| "Year 3000" (single) | Writer/Producer | ||
| "You Said No" (single) | Writer/Producer | ||
| "Sleeping with the Light On" (single) | Writer/Producer | ||
| "Britney" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "Losing You" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "Psycho Girl" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "All The Way" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "Dawsons Geek" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "When Day Turns Into Night" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "Everything I Knew" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "Without You" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "Loser Kid" | Writer/Producer | ||
| Blue | Guilty | "Where You Want Me" | Writer/Producer |
| Atomic Kitten | Ladies Night | "Nothing In The World" | Writer/Producer |
| Wynonna Judd | What the World Needs Now Is Love | "It's Only Love" | Writer |
| Mark Owen | In Your Own Time | "Gravity" (single) | Writer/Producer |
| "Head In the Clouds" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "Crush" | Writer/Producer | ||
| Speedway | "Genie in a Bottle/Save Yourself" (single) | Producer | |
| D.Kay & Epsilon | "Barcelona" (single) | Producer |
2002
| Rascal Flatts | Melt | "These Days" (single) | Writer |
| Blue | One Love | "U Make Me Wanna" (single) | Writer |
| Faith Hill | Cry | "I Think I Will" | Writer |
| David Charvet | Leap of Faith | "Jusqu’au Bout/Leap of Faith" (single) | Writer/Producer |
| "Falling" | Writer/Producer | ||
| Billy Crawford | Ride | "You Didn't Expect That" (single) | Writer/Producer |
| "Three Wishes" | Writer/Producer | ||
| Aurora | Dreaming | "The Day It Rained Forever" (single) | Writer/producer |
| "Your Mistake" | Writer/producer | ||
| ABS | Abstract Theory | "What You Got" (single) | Producer |
| Def Leppard | X | "Long Long Way To Go" | Writer |
2001
| Westlife | World of Our Own | "Queen of My Heart" (single) | writer |
| Sandy & Junior | Sandy & Junior | "Right Thing To Do" | Writer/Producer |
| "When You Need Someone" | Writer/Producer | ||
| Hear'Say | Everybody | "Back Down To Zero" | Writer |
2000
| Atomic Kitten | Right Now | "Follow Me” (single) | Writer/Producer |
| Honeyz | "Love To Love You Baby" | Producer |
1999
| Honeyz | Wonder No. 8 | "Never Let You Down" (single) | Writer/Producer |
| Ultra | Ultra | "Rescue Me" | Writer/Producer |
| "Blind To The Groove" | Writer/Producer | ||
| ”Say You Do“ (single) | Writer/Producer | ||
| ”The Right Time“ (single) | Writer/Producer | ||
| ”Say It Once” (single) | Writer/Producer | ||
| Ultimate Kaos | The Kaos Theory | ”Anything" (single) | Writer/Producer |
| "So You Like What You See" | Writer/Producer | ||
| "Smile Some More" (single) | Writer/Producer |
1998
| Dina Carroll | Dina Carroll | "1,2,3" (single) | Writer |
| Thomas Jules Stock | "Didn't I Tell You" (single) | Writer/Producer |
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