Steve Robson

Steve Robson (born 1969) 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” (featuring Flo Rida) 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

ArtistAlbumTrackRole(s)Louis TomlinsonWalls"Habit"Co-writer/producerRonan KeatingTwenty Twenty"Love Will Remain" (with Clare Bowen)Co-writerBrett EldredgeSunday Drive"Sunday Drive"Co-writerShenandoah & Zac Brown Band"I'd Take Another"Co-writerLucia & The Best BoysThe State Of Things"Let Go"Additional producerJames BluntOnce Upon a Mind - Time Suspended Edition"Happier"Co-writer/producer

2019

ArtistAlbumTrackRole(s)James BluntOnce Upon a Mind"Cold"Co-writer/producer"The Truth"Co-writer/producer"Stop the Clock"Co-writer/producer"The Greatest"Co-writer/producerMaisie PetersIt's Your Bed Babe, It's Your Funeral"Look at Me Now"Co-writerZucchero"My Freedom"Co-writerPinkHurts 2B Human"90 Days" featuring WrabelCo-writer/producerPush BabyD.O.C."Mama's House"Co-writerTom WalkerWhat a Time to Be Alive"How Can You Sleep at Night?"Co-writerJames MorrisonYou're Stronger Than You Know"Ruins"Co-writerMonica Martin"Patient"Co-writerWard ThomasRestless Minds"It's Not Just Me"Co-writer"One More Goodbye"Co-writerEthamStripped"Opposite of Loving Me"Co-writer

2018

Take ThatOdyssey"Said It All (single)"Writer"Shine (single)"Writer"Get Ready For It"WriterOlly MursYou 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/ProducerCatherine McGrathTalk of This Town"Lost In The Middle"Writer/Producer"Wild (single)"Writer/Producer"Good Goodbyes"Writer/ProducerRae MorrisSomeone Out There"Push Me To The Limit"WriterJosh GrobanBridges"Won't Look Back"Writer/Producer5 Seconds of SummerMeet You There Tour Live"The Only Reason"Writer/Producer

2017

Neiked"Call Me (single)"WriterSyn Cole"Feel Good (single)"WriterJames BluntThe Afterlove"Heartbeat"Writer/Producer"Somebody"Writer/Producer"Singing Along"Writer/ProducerEarl (singer)Tongue Tied"Travelling Heart"Writer/ProducerSkinny Living"Fade (single)"Writer/ProducerGavin JamesOnly Ticket Home"Hearts On Fire (single)"ProducerCatherine McGrathTalk of This Town"Talk of This Town (single)"Writer/Producer"Through It Was Going To Be Me"Writer/ProducerMatt TerryTrouble"The Thing About Love (single)"Writer/Producer

2016

Little MixGlory Days"Nobody Like You"Writer/ProducerRobbie WilliamsThe Heavy Entertainment Show"Pretty Woman"Writer/ProducerOlly Murs24 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/ProducerJack SavorettiSleep No More"Start Living In The Moment"Writer/ProducerThe ShiresMy Universe"Naked"Writer/ProducerJason Mraz"Man Who Planted Trees"WriterSteven Lee OlsenAll About YouWriter

2015

Olly MursNever Been Better"Kiss Me (single)"WriterNashville Soundtrack"Holding On"WriterBen HaenowBen Haenow "Start Again"Writer/ProducerJames MorrisonHigher Than Here"Lonely People"Writer"Just Like a Child"WriterSeafretTell Me It's Real"Wildfire (single)"Writer/Producer"Missing"Writer/Producer"Be There (single)"Writer/Producer"Breathe"Writer/Producer"Atlantis (single)"Writer/ProducerKip MooreWild Ones"What I Do"Writer

2014

5SOS5 Seconds of Summer"Don't Stop (single)"Writer/Producer"Heartbreak Girl"Writer/ProducerOlly MursNever 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/ProducerTake ThatIII"Get Ready For It"WriterOne DirectionFour "18"ProducerPaloma FaithA Perfect Contradiction"Trouble With My Baby"Writer/ProducerMcBustedMcBusted"Air Guitar (single)"Writer/Producer"Get Over It (single)"Writer/Producer"Gone"Writer/Producer"Back In Time"Writer/ProducerElla HendersonChapter One"Giants"Writer/Producer"Rockets"Writer/Producer"Beautifully"Writer/Producer"Unfinished"Writer/ProducerElla EyreFeline"Alone Too"Writer/ProducerLower Than AtlantisLower Than Atlantis"Criminal"Writer

2013

CascadaAcoustic Sessions"Enemy"WriterOne DirectionMidnight Memories"Why Don't We Go There"Writer/Producer"Half a Heart"Writer/ProducerJames BluntMoon Landing"Postcards" (single)Writer/Producer"Hollywood"Writer/ProducerHayden PanettiereNashville Soundtrack"Hypnotising'WriterMika (singer)Songbook Vol. 1"Live Your Life" (single)Writer/ProducerJohn NewmanTribute"Nothing'WriterRebecca FergusonFreedom"Bridges with John Legend"Writer/ProducerCherCloser to the Truth"I Hope You Find It"WriterThe WantedWord of Mouth"Love Sewn"Writer/Producer"Demons"Writer/ProducerEliza DoolittleIn Your Hands"Big When I Was Little" (single)Writer/Producer"Let It Rain"Writer/Producer

2012

Olly MursRight 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/ProducerOne DirectionTake Me Home"Summer Love"Writer/ProducerChristina AguileraLotus"Just a Fool" with Blake Shelton (single)Writer/ProducerPaloma FaithFall to Grace"Streets of Glory"Writer

2011

CascadaOriginal Me"Enemy"WriterJames MorrisonThe Awakening"I Won't Let You Go" (single)Writer"Six Weeks"Writer"Right By Your Side"WriterOlly MursIn 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/ProducerOne DirectionUp All Night"Everything About You"Writer/Producer"Same Mistake"Writer/Producer"I Should Have Kissed You"Writer/ProducerT-Pain feat Lily Allen & Wiz Khalifa"5 O'Clock" (single)WriterDarren HayesSecret Codes and Battleships"Don't Give Up"Writer/ProducerScouting for GirlsThe Light Between Us"Love How It Hurts" (single)Producer

2010

AlphabeatThe Spell"Q&A'WriterHelping Haiti"Everybody Hurts" (single)WriterMiley CyrusI Hope You Find ItWriterSarah Buxton"Radio Love'WriterLee DeWyzeLive It Up"Say It All Over Again'Writer/ProducerOlly MursOlly Murs"Please Don't Let Me Go" (single)Writer/Producer"Thinking of Me" (single)Writer/ProducerKassidyHope St."Hope St.'WriterRussell WatsonLa Voce"Someone To Remember Me"Writer/ProducerJames BluntSome 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/ProducerRascal FlattsNothing Like ThisI Won't Let Go (single)Writer

2009

Leona LewisEcho"Stop Crying Your Heart Out" (single)ProducedPaloma FaithDo You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?"Smoke & Mirrors" (single)Writer/Producer"Play On"Writer/ProducerWestlifeWhere We Are"What About Now" (single)ProducerMr HudsonStraight No Chaser"Stiff Upper Lip"Writer/ProducerJessica Mauboy"Let Me Be Me" (single)Writer

2008

CascadaPerfect Day"What Hurts the Most" (single)WriterTake ThatThe Circus"Said It All" (single)Writer"Hello"Writer"Julie"WriterLeona LewisSpirit"Run" (single)ProducerJames MorrisonSongs 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/ProducerRoosterI Come AliveWriter/ProducerJack McManusEither 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 FlattsStill Feels Good"Here" (single)Writer"Secret Smile"WriterJason Michael CarrollWaitin' in the Country"Love Won't Let Me"WriterJonas BrothersJonas Brothers"Year 3000"WriterBen MillsPicture of You"Anytime You Fall"Writer

2006

Rascal FlattsMe and My Gang"What Hurts the Most" (single)Writer"My Wish" (single)Writer"Words I Couldn't Say"WriterTake ThatBeautiful World"Shine" (single)Writer"Beautiful World"WriterJonas BrothersIt's About Time"What I Go To School For"WriterJames MorrisonUndiscovered"Undiscovered" (single)Writer"The Pieces Don't Fit Anymore" (single)WriterLeAnn RimesWhatever We Wanna"And It Feels Like" (single)Writer/Producer"Save Yourself"Writer/Producer"Long Night"Writer/ProducerJosh GracinWe Weren't Crazy"I Keep Coming Back"WriterRonan KeatingBring You Home"So Easy Loving You"Writer

2005

Carrie UnderwoodSome Hearts"Just Can't Live A Lie"Writer"That's Where It Is"WriterNatalie ImbrugliaCounting Down the Days"Perfectly"WriterLeAnn RimesThis Woman"With You"WriterRoosterRooster"Staring at the Sun" (single)Writer/Producer"Joyride" (single)Writer/Producer"Deep & Meaningless"Writer/Producer"She Don't Make Me"Writer/ProducerMark Wills"What Hurts The Most" (single)WriterJorun Stiansen"This Is the Night" (single)WriterJo O'MearaRelentless"What Hurts The Most" (single)WriterDJ Sammy"Long Long Way to Go" (single)WriterTammin SursokWhatever Will Be"Tender"Writer

2004

Tina TurnerAll the Best"Complicated Disaster" (single)WriterRascal FlattsFeels Like Today"Feels Like Today" (single)Writer"And Then I Did"WriterRonan KeatingTurn It On"Last Thing on My Mind featuring LeAnn Rimes" (single)Writer/ProducerJosh GracinJosh Gracin"The Long One"WriterLeAnn Rimes"Last Thing on My Mind" (single)Writer/ProducerLonestarLet's Be Us Again"Now'WriterLindsay LohanSpeak"Very Last Moment In Time"WriterLara FabianA Wonderful Life"The Last Goodbye"WriterEmerson DriveWhat If?"What If?"WriterSpeedwaySave Yourself"Overdrive"Writer/Producer"Genie in a Bottle/Save Yourself" (single)Writer/Producer"Talk To Me"Writer/ProducerMichelle McManusThe Meaning of Love"The Meaning of Love" (single)Writer/ProducerLionel RichieJust for You"Long, Long Way To Go" (single)Writer

2003

BustedBusted"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/ProducerBlueGuilty"Where You Want Me"Writer/ProducerAtomic KittenLadies Night"Nothing In The World"Writer/ProducerWynonna JuddWhat the World Needs Now Is Love"It's Only Love"WriterMark OwenIn Your Own Time"Gravity" (single)Writer/Producer"Head In the Clouds"Writer/Producer"Crush"Writer/ProducerSpeedway"Genie in a Bottle/Save Yourself" (single)ProducerD.Kay & Epsilon"Barcelona" (single)Producer

2002

Rascal FlattsMelt"These Days" (single)WriterBlueOne Love"U Make Me Wanna" (single)WriterFaith HillCry"I Think I Will"WriterDavid CharvetLeap of Faith"Jusqu’au Bout/Leap of Faith" (single)Writer/Producer"Falling"Writer/ProducerBilly CrawfordRide"You Didn't Expect That" (single)Writer/Producer"Three Wishes"Writer/ProducerAuroraDreaming"The Day It Rained Forever" (single)Writer/producer"Your Mistake"Writer/producerABSAbstract Theory"What You Got" (single)ProducerDef LeppardX"Long Long Way To Go"Writer

2001

WestlifeWorld of Our Own"Queen of My Heart" (single)writerSandy & JuniorSandy & Junior"Right Thing To Do"Writer/Producer"When You Need Someone"Writer/ProducerHear'SayEverybody"Back Down To Zero"Writer

2000

Atomic KittenRight Now"Follow Me” (single)Writer/ProducerHoneyz"Love To Love You Baby"Producer

1999

HoneyzWonder No. 8"Never Let You Down" (single)Writer/ProducerUltraUltra"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/ProducerUltimate KaosThe Kaos Theory”Anything" (single)Writer/Producer"So You Like What You See"Writer/Producer"Smile Some More" (single)Writer/Producer

1998

Dina CarrollDina Carroll"1,2,3" (single)WriterThomas Jules Stock"Didn't I Tell You" (single)Writer/Producer