Jörgen Elofsson

Kjell Åke Jörgen Elofsson (born 14 January 1962) is a Swedish songwriter.

He was one of the writers of the songwriter-team at Cheiron Studios in Stockholm (along with Denniz PoP, Max Martin, Kristian Lundin, Andreas Carlsson, Rami Yacoub, Per Magnusson, David Kreuger, Herbie Crichlow, Jake Schulze, Alexander Kronlund and Alexandra Talomaa) where he made successful songs such as Britney Spears' "Sometimes" and "(You Drive Me) Crazy".

He is also known for co-writing hit songs like Kelly Clarkson's "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)", which was nominated for Song the Year and Record of the Year at the 2013 Grammy Awards, as well as Westlife's "Fool Again", "Unbreakable", and "Evergreen".

Early years (1978–1998) Elofsson grew up in a small community called Skälderviken, outside Ängelholm in the south of Sweden. His father was not very present in his life and was a workaholic and alcoholic. His mother was a homemaker. Elofsson has explained he inherited the tendency to worry from his mother, and his tenacity from his father.

His musical career started when he was 16, and he was the lead singer and guitarist in several local groups between 1978 and 1986, namely Air, Egon Pretty Band, Art Light, Garbo and Sitting Ducks.

Only a few months later Jörgen signed his first record deal, with CBS. A solo career under the artist name "Shane" was launched and the first single, "Dance With Another", lifted from his 1989 debut album "Man in Me" was released. In 1993 the artist known as Shane came to an end.

Elofsson explained, "I decided that I wanted to concentrate solely on writing music and not being an artist."

Elofsson became a full-time songwriter in 1994, when he worked with the Swedish artist Carola.

Cheiron Studios (1998–2001) His work at Cheiron Studios began in January 1998, and he was mainly working together with David Kreuger and Per Magnusson.

Shortly after joining Cheiron, the studio was contacted by the Irish group "Boyzone" who needed material for their upcoming third album. Jörgen then co-wrote the song "Will Be Yours". Boyzone's album "Where We Belong" was released on May 25, 1998, and went straight to #1 in the UK. This was Boyzone's third consecutive album number one and it marked Jörgen's first international success.

On January 12, 1999, Britney Spears’ debut album "…Baby One More Time" came out. Jörgen's "Sometimes" was released on April 30 as Spears’ second single. It was produced by Per Magnusson and David Kreuger with additional co-production by Jörgen. Though it was not released as a physical single in the US, it became a worldwide success and peaked inside the top ten in eleven countries. In the UK it reached #3 and is to date Spears’ third best-selling single in the country.

Together with all the songwriters at Cheiron working on the album, "…Baby One More Time", Jörgen received his first Diamond Award for selling more than 10 million copies in the US that year alone. To date it has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide. In January 2000, Cheiron Productions’ songwriters and producers were awarded the Music Export Prize by the Swedish Government.

On 31 August 2023, the song Where Do We Go From Here produced and written by Elofsson and Kamilla Bayrak was released, from A+, a 'reimagining' of the album 2013 album. The album was released October 13, 2023.

Kung Fury In late 2014 Jörgen received a request of writing a song for the upcoming English-language Swedish martial arts action comedy short film "Kung Fury" written, directed by, and starring David Sandberg, who had become a Kickstarter Sensation. Jörgen co-wrote & produced the song "True Survivor". And the song was later recorded with the well-known actor & artist David Hasselhoff. Later on they produced a music video of the song "True Survivor", which debuted on April 16, 2015.

On May 20, 2019, the music video almost 39 million views on YouTube

Celine Dion – Work with Courage On June 8, 2019, Celine Dion ended her record-breaking 1,141 shows over the last 16 years at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. She surprised the audience by performing a brand new song called "Flying on My Own", the first single from her album Courage released November 2019. The song, released June 28, 2019, and was written by Jörgen Elofsson, Liz Rodrigues and Anton "Hybrid" Mårtensson. The song was also co-produced by Jörgen, along with Ugly Babies & Hybrid. He also co-wrote the two other songs "Nobody's Watching" & "Say Yes" from the album. The album "Courage" scored her first No. 1 Album in Over 17 Years on Billboard 200 Chart on the 24th of November, 2019.

Other facts On May 7, 2013, Janet Leon announced her new single "New Colours", that was written by Leon, Elofsson, Lisa Desmond and Jesper Jakobsson. "New Colours" was chosen as the official song for Stockholm Pride 2013.

On October 8, 2015, Jörgen Elofsson received the Honorary Award of SKAP (Swedish composers and lyricists).

He wrote the Irish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 called "Dying to Try" sung by Brendan Murray.

In 2016 and 2017 he wrote songs along with singer Rhys after discovering her while she sang demos.

Writing discography

1994 Carola "Guld i dina ögon"

1998 Aikakone "Aikapyörä" Aikakone "Magiaa" Aikakone "Valokuva" Boyzone "Will Be Yours"

1999 Britney Spears "(You Drive Me) Crazy" Britney Spears "Sometimes" Britney Spears "Walk on By" (covered by Gareth Gates) Westlife "If I Let You Go" Westlife "Try Again" Meja Beckman "Do the Angels Have a Home" Meja Beckman "Don't Push the River"

2000 Bellefire "I Can Make You Fall in Love Again" Britney Spears "Girl in the Mirror" Britney Spears "What U See (Is What U Get)" Devotion 2 Music "Blah Blah Blah" Emilia "Before I Fall" Jessica Folcker "Love You Like a Fool" Lucy Street "Girl Next Door" Lucy Street "Goodbye" Lucy Street "Life Is a Lovesong" Lucy Street "Loves Me Loves Me Not" Lucy Street "Second Time Around" Peter Jöback "Higher" Peter Jöback "Tonight" Peter Jöback "If I Could Be The One" R Angels "Left To Right" Steps "It's the Way You Make Me Feel" Steps "Mars and Venus (We Fall in Love Again)" Trybe "We Are Invincible" Westlife "Fool Again" Westlife "Dreams Come True" Westlife "I Lay My Love On You" Westlife "Puzzle Of My Heart" Westlife "Somebody Needs You" Westlife "Tunnel Of Love" Westlife "My Love" Human Nature "Whisper Your Name (The Only One)" Aaron Carter "Girl You Shine" Dream Street "It Happens Every Time"

2001 3 of Hearts "Is It Love" Alsou "Let It Be Me" Britney Spears "When I Found You" Geri Halliwell "It's Heaven, It's Hell (Being Geri Halliwell)" Geri Halliwell "Love Is the Only Light" Jennie Löfgren "Dreams" Jennie Löfgren "Somewhere" Robyn "Say You'll Walk the Distance" Tess "Viva l'Amor" Westlife "I Cry" (Covered by Shayne Ward)

2002 Gareth Gates "Anyone of Us (Stupid Mistake)" Gareth Gates "What My Heart Wants to Say" H & Claire "Let Me Carry You" H & Claire "No Turning Back" H & Claire "You're a Love Song" Kaci "Everlasting/Eternamente" Jamie Meyer "Psycho" Jessica Andersson "Perfect Bliss" Kelly Clarkson "A Moment Like This" (covered by Leona Lewis) Mathias Holmgren "Något som kan hända" (Swedish version of "Anyone of Us (Stupid Mistake)" by Gareth Gates) Priscilla "Bla Bla Bla" (French version of "Blah Blah Blah" by Devotion 2 Music) Priscilla "Plus" (French version of "1–2–3" by Nikki Cleary) Westlife "Unbreakable" Westlife "Evergreen" (covered by Will Young and Gareth Gates)

2003 Gareth Gates "Say It Isn't So" Guy Sebastian "Angels Brought Me Here" Jamie Meyer "Good Girl" Jamie Meyer "Last Goodbye, First Hello" Jessica Andersson "Ett kort ögonblick" (Swedish version of "A Moment Like This" by Kelly Clarkson) Nikki Cleary "1–2–3" Nina "What If"

2004 Charlotte Perrelli "Gone Too Long" Daniel Lindström "Coming True" Darin "Why Does It Rain" Fredrik Kempe "With You All the Time" Ana Johnsson "Life" Ana Johnsson "We Are" Hanna Pakarinen "Love Is Like a Song" Jodie-Joy "I Still Believe"

2005 Agnes "Let Me Carry You" (covered from H & Claire) Agnes "Right Here, Right Now (My Heart Belongs To You)" (covered by Raffaëla Paton) Die Happy "Big Big Trouble" Shayne Ward "That's My Goal" Twill "Before I Fall" Twill "Is It Love" Twill "One Step At A Time"

2006 Agnes "I Had A Feelin'" Agnes "Kick Back Relax" Agnes "What Do I Do With All This Love" Alexander Klaws "This Is What It Feels Like" D-Side "No One" Darin "Homeless" (covered by Leona Lewis) Il Divo & Celine Dion "I Believe in You" Il Divon& Toni Braxton "Time of Our Lives" Marie Serneholt "Beyond Tonight" Marie Serneholt "The Boy I Used To Know" Marie Serneholt "Calling All Detectives" Marie Serneholt "Can't Be Love" Marie Serneholt "Enjoy the Ride" Marie Serneholt "I Love Making Love in the Morning" Marie Serneholt "I Need a House" Marie Serneholt "Oxygen" Marie Serneholt' "That's The Way My Heart Goes" Marie Serneholt "Wasted Love" Markus Fagervall "Everything Changes" Shayne Ward "Someone to Love"

2007 Ari Koivunen "On the Top of the World" Erik Segerstedt "Freeway" Erik Segerstedt "Everything Changes" Fabienne Louves "Wach uf!" Fabienne Louves "Wenn nüt meh got" (Swiss version of "Right Here, Right Now (My Heart Belongs To You)" by Agnes) Katherine Jenkins "How Do You Leave the One You Love?" Martin Stosch "I Can Reach Heaven From Here" No Angels "I Had a Feeling" Part Six "What's That Sound" Part Six "Perfect World" Westlife "You Must Have Had a Broken Heart"

2008 Céline Dion "There Comes a Time" E.M.D. "For You" E.M.D. "She's My California" Fady Maalouf "Blessed" Il Divo "La promessa" Same Difference "We R One" Kevin Borg "With Every Bit Of Me"

2009 Paloma Faith "Stargazer" The Saturdays "Lose Control" Sheri "U Got Me Good" Super Junior "What If"

2010 Jennifer Rush "Windows" Jennifer Rush "I Never Asked For An Angel" Jennifer Rush "I'm Not Dreaming Anymore" Tommy Reeve "Believe It Like I Do" Charice "All That I Need To Survive" Erik Grönwall "When You Fall" Agnes & Björn Skifs – When You Tell The World You're Mine

2011 Edita Abdieski "The Key" Namie Amuro "make it happen (feat. AFTERSCHOOL)" Jennifer Lopez "Until It Beats No More" Eric Saade "Someone New" Eric Saade "Big Love" Kelly Clarkson "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" Girls' Generation "Bad Girl" Björn Skifs "Break The Spell" Björn Skifs "Let's Kiss" Björn Skifs "Back to Where We Started From" Björn Skifs "When Our Lips Touch" Björn Skifs "I Already Know" Björn Skifs "Damned If I Do" Björn Skifs "You Got There In the End" Björn Skifs "Step Right Up" Björn Skifs "This Is Where the Story Ends" Björn Skifs "You Were Loved" Il Divo "Senza Parole" Eclipse "When The River Is You" Eclipse "La Tua Melodia" Vanquish "The Harder You Love" Michelle "Was, Wenn Mein Herz Sich Irrt" Youngblood "American Girlfriend" Youngblood "Sleep On It" Youngblood "Outside Boy"

2012 Jedward "Happens In The Dark" Leona Lewis "Stop The Clocks" Il Volo "Splendida" Samantha Jade "What You've Done to Me" Ida LaFontaine "Dancing 4 My Life"

2013 Agnetha Fältskog "The One Who Loves You Now" Agnetha Fältskog "When You Really Loved Someone" Agnetha Fältskog "Perfume In the Breeze" Agnetha Fältskog "I Was A Flower" Agnetha Fältskog "I Should’ve Followed You Home (with Gary Barlow) Agnetha Fältskog "Past Forever" Agnetha Fältskog "Dance Your Pain Away" Agnetha Fältskog "Bubble" Agnetha Fältskog "Back On Your Radio" Agnetha Fältskog "I Keep Them On the Floor Beside My Bed" Janet Leon "New Colours" MainStreet "Hell's A Lot Like Love" Kristoffer Rahbek "Junkie For Love"

2015 David Hasselhoff "True Survivor"

2016 Rhys "Swallow Your Pride"

2017 Brendan Murray "Dying To Try" (Eurovision Song Contest 2017) Rhys "Last Dance" Rhys "Too Good To Be True" Super Junior "The Lucky Ones"

2018 Mariette "For You" (Melodifestivalen 2018) Ivy Quainoo "House on Fire" (Unser Lied für Lissabon) Rhys "Maybe I Will Learn" Luke Potter "It's Easy" Mariette "Time To Spare" Felizia K "Chameleon Girl" Rhys "No Vacancy" Rhys "Spite My Flaws" Rhys (feat. Felix Sandman) "Starfish" Rhys "You'll Never Know" Laura Tesoro "Mutual" Niykee Heaton "Starting Over" Melo Moreno "Watch Love Die"

2019 Celine Dion "Flying On My Own" Celine Dion "Nobody's Watching" 2003 SMFF " Anyone Of Us" The Swedish Song Of The Year 2003 SMFF Jörgen Elofsson The Biggest International Success Of The Year 2006 Ivor Novello Award "That's My Goal" Best Selling UK Single 2007 Brit Award "A Moment Like This" Best Selling British Single 2007 Ivor Novello Award "A Moment Like This" Best Selling UK Single 2007 Daytime Emmy Award "So Good" Outstanding Original Song – Children's/Animated 2012 Jörgen Elofsson H. M. The King's Medal

2013 Grammy Award "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" Song of the Year 2015 Jörgen Elofsson Honoured Award of SKAP