Mike Needle
| Mike Needle | |
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| Born | 4 June 1986 Rowtown/Ottershaw, Surrey, United Kingdom |
| Genres | Pop, RnB, Folk, Acoustic, Alternative, Indie, Rock |
| Labels | Catherine Songs |
Mike Needle (born 4 June 1986) is an English songwriter, producer and singer.
He has co-written songs for artists such as One Direction, Rita Ora, Tom Grennan, Niall Horan, Rag'n'Bone Man, Alan Walker, James TW & JP Cooper, and has vocal-produced for artists such as Ella Henderson, One Direction, Christina Perri & Westlife.[1]
Notable songs written by Needle include "This Town" by Niall Horan, "Skin" by Rag'n'Bone Man, "Tired" by Alan Walker, and "Little Bit of Love" by Tom Grennan.[2]
Needle's composition "Little Bit of Love" by Tom Grennan received a nomination for Song Of The Year at the 2022 Brit Awards.[3]
Needle's songwriting debut 'What a Feeling" from One Direction's album 'Made in the A.M.' topped Rolling Stone's Readers' Poll as the best track One Direction ever released.[4]
Needle has contributed to eleven Top10 Albums in the US & UK, and three Top10 Singles.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11] Human by Rag'n'Bone Man, Evering Road by Tom Grennan, and Flicker by Niall Horan all achieved No.1 in the US/UK.[5][6]
In 2022, Needle was nominated for an Ivor Novello Award for his composition "Little Bit of Love".[12]
Songwriting Discography
[edit]As per Tidal Credits[1]
| Year | Artist | Album | Song | Songwriter | Producer | Vocal Prod |
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| 2024 | dearALICE | Best Day Of Our Lives | ✓ | |||
| Rag'n'Bone Man | What Do You Believe In? | Put A Little Hurt On Me | ✓ | |||
| Wreckage | ✓ | |||||
| Clock Clock | Dreamers | Pretty Eyes | 
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| Calum Scott | Roots |
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| Tom Gregory | Glow In The Dark |
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| Cheat Codes, Jason Derulo, Galantis, De la Ghetto | Morning |
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| Liam Payne | Teardrops |
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| 2023 | Faul & Wad, Dubdogz | The Way You Lie |
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| Mimi Webb | Back Home For Christmas |
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| Zoe Wees | Therapy | Broke |
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| James Blunt | Who We Used to Be | A Thousand Lives |
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| When You're Gone |
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| Glow |
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| Some Kind Of Beautiful |
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| Tom Grennan | What Ifs & Maybes | Before You |
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| This Side Of The Room |
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| Someone I Used To Know |
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| Unbreak A Broken Love |
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| Niall Horan | The Show | The Show |
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| Science |
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| Nico Santos | Ride | Real Love |
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| City Nights |
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| René Miller | Wrong Places |
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| 2022 | Tom Grennan | You Are Not Alone |
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| Sam Ryder | There's Nothing but Space, Man! | Crashing Down |
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| Ewan Mainwood | Leave Me Lonely |
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| Gryffin ft. Matt Maeson | Alive | Lose Your Love |
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| Tom Gregory | Forget Somebody |
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| Joel Corry, Tom Grennan | Lionheart (Fearless) |
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| René Miller | Concrete Heart |
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| Sam Feldt, Gavin James | Better |
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| René Miller | Out Of Goodbyes |
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| Tom Grennan | All These Nights |
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| Gavin James | Kingdom |
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| René Miller | Standing In His Shoes |
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| JP Cooper | She | Kids |
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| She |
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| Need You Tonight |
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| 2021 | Sam Feldt ft. Rita Ora | Follow Me |
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| Michael Patrick Kelly | BOATS | Blurry Eyes |
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| Tom Gregory | Things I Can't Say Out Loud | Careless War |
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| Camylio | Unbreak |
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| Westlife | Wild Dreams | Starlight |
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| Calvin Harris ft Tom Grennan | By Your Side |
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| Into The Ark | The Show |
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| Sophie and the Giants | Don't Ask Me To Change |
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| Declan J Donovan | Into The Fire |
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| Bow Anderson | Hate That I Fell In Love With You |
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| Etham | Somebody Else To Love |
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| Into The Ark | Olivia |
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| Rebecca Ferguson & Nile Rodgers | No Words Needed |
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| Bow Anderson | New Wave EP | New Wave |
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| Black Heart |
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| Tom Grennan | Evering Road | Little Bit of Love |
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| 2020 | Duncan Laurence | Small Town Boy | Loves You Like I Couldn't Do |
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| Bow Anderson | Island |
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| Bobby Bazini | Move Away | Love & Alcohol |
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| Bow Anderson | Heavy |
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| Gavin James | Boxes |
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| Niall Horan | Heartbreak Weather | Small Talk |
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| Arms Of A Stranger |
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| Still |
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| Robinson | Watching You EP | Watching You |
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| Elias | Need You Now |
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| JP Cooper | In These Arms |
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| 2019 | Niall Horan | Heartbreak Weather | Put a Little Love on Me |
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| Westlife | Spectrum | Another Life |
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| New Rules | New Rules EP | 24 Hours |
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| Night Like This |
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| Jack Vallier | Copenhagen |
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| Michael Schulte | Highs & Lows | Someone |
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| Danny Jones | $igns | Talk In The Morning |
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| $igns |
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| James TW | Chapters | 'Incredible' |
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| Milow | Break The Silence | 'Help' |
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| 'She' |
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| 'Break The Silence' |
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| 2018 | Gavin James | Only Ticket Home | 'Tired' |
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| 'Faces' |
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| Liv Dawson | Bedroom EP | 'Good Intentions' |
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| Leo Stannard | Maratea | '5 Years Later' |
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| Emma Jensen | 'Rush' |
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| Royal Wood | Ever After The Farewell | 'Made of Gold' |
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| 'King & Queen' |
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| 'Midnight Hour' |
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| 'Nowhere to be Found' |
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| 'Old Young Love' |
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| Liv Dawson | 'Talk' |
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| 2017 | Michael Patrick Kelly | iD | 'Roundabouts' |
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| Niall Horan | Flicker | 'Mirrors' |
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| River Matthews | Imogen | 'Feels Like Morning' |
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| 'Over' |
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| 'Undo Ordinary' |
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| 'Light The Way' |
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| Alan Walker | 'Tired' |
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| Rag'n'Bone Man | Human | 'Skin' |
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| 2016 | Niall Horan | Flicker | 'This Town' |
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| The Beach | 'Geronimo' |
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| 2015 | One Direction | Made in the A.M. | 'What A Feeling' |
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| 'Home' |
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| Ella Henderson | Chapter One | 'Missed' |
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| 'All Again' |
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| Luhan | Reloaded | 'Medals' |
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Awards and nominations
[edit]- Ivor Novello Award
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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| 2022 | Little Bit Of Love | PRS For Music Award | Nominated |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Mike Needle". TIDAL Browse. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ "Songs written by Mike Needle | SecondHandSongs". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ "Nominees for the BRIT Awards 2021". BRIT Awards. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ "Readers' Poll: The 10 Best One Direction Songs". Rolling Stone. 25 November 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- ^ a b "Niall Horan". Billboard. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ a b "Official Albums Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ "Niall Horan". Billboard. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ "Alan Walker". Billboard. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ "Niall Horan". Billboard. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ "evering road | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ^ "Nominees for The Ivors 2022 announced". The Ivors Academy. 7 April 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
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