Mark Taylor (music producer)
Mark Taylor (born 1970 in Windsor, England) is a British record producer and songwriter. He has worked with artists such as Cher,[1] Tina Turner,[2] Lady Gaga,[3] Nelly Furtado,[4] Lionel Richie,[5] Hall & Oates,[6] Rod Stewart,[7] Belinda Carlisle,[8] Daniel Bedingfield,[9] Ronan Keating,[10] Enrique Iglesias,[11] Britney Spears,[12] James Morrison,[13]Kylie Minogue,[14] Jennifer Lopez.[15] Taylor worked on Cher's 1998 album Believe, with whom he won a Grammy for its title track.[16] The album went on to sell over 20 million copies worldwide.[17] The song "Believe" featured an early example of the vocal effect Auto tune.[18]
Songwriting and production credits
| Title | Year | Artist | Album | Songwriter | Producer | |||
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| "Believe" | 1998 | Cher | Believe |  Yes
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| "Runaway" | Yes
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Yes
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| "All or Nothing" | Yes
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Yes
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| "Strong Enough" | Yes
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Yes
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| "Dov'è l'amore" | Yes
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Yes
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| "Takin' Back My Heart" | Yes
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| "Now That You're Gone" | 1999 | Mike + the Mechanics | M6 | Yes
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| "When the Heartache Is Over" | Tina Turner | Twenty Four Seven | Yes
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| "Don't Leave Me This Way" | Yes
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Yes
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| "Rhythm Divine" | Enrique Iglesias | Enrique | Yes
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Yes
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| "Be With You" | Yes
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Yes
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| "Bailamos" | Yes
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Yes
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| "Ritmo Total" (Rhythm Divine) | Yes
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Yes
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| "Stronger" | Gary Barlow | Twelve Months, Eleven Days | Yes
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| "Viva La Musica" | 2000 | Gipsyland | Viva La Musica | Yes
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| "Torito" | Yes
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| "Ana Maria" | Yes
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| "La Bodega" | Yes
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| "La Quiero, No, No" | Yes
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| "La Droga" | Yes
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| "Me Siento Triste" | Yes
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| "Cantame Gitano" | Yes
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| "Mama" | Yes
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| "Me Va Me Va" | Yes
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| "Amigo De Verdad" | Yes
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| "Ole Ola" | Yes
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| "Santa Sarah" | Yes
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| "Hang On in There Baby" | Curiosity | Back to Front | Yes
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| "Gimme the Sunshine" | Yes
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| "Could I Have This Kiss Forever" (with Enrique Iglesias) |
Whitney Houston | Whitney: The Greatest Hits | Yes
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| "On a Night Like This" | Kylie Minogue | Light Years | Yes
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Yes
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| "Angel" | Lionel Richie | Renaissance | Yes
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Yes
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| "Tender Heart" | Yes
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| "Just Can't Say Goodbye" | Yes
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Yes
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| "Here is My Heart" | Yes
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Yes
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| "Don't Stop the Music" | Yes
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Yes
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| "Livin' for Love" | Natalie Cole | The Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 | Yes
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| "Hero" | 2001 | Enrique Iglesias | Escape | Yes
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Yes
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| "Chain Reaction" | Steps | Gold: Greatest Hits | Yes
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| "E Sara' A Settembre (Someone Like You)" | Andrea Bocelli | Cieli di Toscana | Yes
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| "L' Incontro" (featuring Bono) |
Yes
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| "L'Ultimo Re" | Yes
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| "Love to See You Cry" | Enrique Iglesias | Escape | Yes
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Yes
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| "One Night Stand" | Yes
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Yes
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| "She Be the One" | Yes
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Yes
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| "Heroe" | Yes
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Yes
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| "Surrender" | 2002 | Laura Pausini | From the Inside | Yes
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| "If You're Not the One" | Daniel Bedingfield | Gotta Get Thru This | Yes
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| "Honest Questions" | Yes
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| "Never Gonna Leave Your Side" | Yes
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| "Miss America" | Nick Carter | Now or Never | Yes
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Yes
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| "To Love a Woman" (featuring Enrique Iglesias) |
Lionel Richie | Encore | Yes
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| "Breathe on Me" | 2003 | Britney Spears | In the Zone | Yes
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| "Turn It On Again" | Ronan Keating | Turn It On | Yes
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| "She Gets Me Inside" | Yes
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| "First Time" | Yes
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Yes
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| "Let Her Down Easy" | Yes
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| "She Believes (In Me)" | Yes
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| "The Best of Me" | Yes
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| "Hold You Now" | Yes
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Yes
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| "I Wouldn't Change a Thing" | Yes
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Yes
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| "Not in Love" | Enrique Iglesias | 7 | Yes
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Yes
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| "California Callin'" | Yes
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Yes
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| "Addicted" | Yes
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Yes
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| "Free" | Yes
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| "Be Yourself" | Yes
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| "Wish You Were Here (With Me)" | Yes
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Yes
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| "You Rock Me" | Yes
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Yes
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| "Adicto" | Yes
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Yes
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| "Batcha Never" | 2004 | Cherie | Cherie | Yes
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| "I Belong" | Yes
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| "Never Gone" | 2005 | Backstreet Boys | Never Gone | Yes
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| "Unbelievable" | Craig David | The Story Goes... | Yes
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Yes
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| "Wish I Was Over You" | Jo O'Meara | Relentless | Yes
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Yes
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| "All Over Again" (featuring Kate Rusby) |
2006 | Ronan Keating | Bring You Home | Yes
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| "Friends in Time" | Yes
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| "This I Promise You" | Yes
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Yes
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| "Iris" | Yes
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| "Superman" | Yes
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| "It's So Easy Lovin' You" | Yes
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| "Bring You Home" | Yes
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Yes
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| "Hello Again" | Yes
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| "Just When I'd Given Up Dreaming" | Yes
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| "(We Just Need) Time" | Yes
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| "So Far Away" | Yes
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Yes
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| "Introducing The Brand" | 2006 | The Ordinary Boys | How To Get Everything You Ever Wanted In Ten Easy Steps | Yes
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| "Lonely At The Top" | Yes
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Yes
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| "The Great Big Rip Off" | Yes
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| "Club Chez-Moi" | Yes
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| "I Luv U" | Yes
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| "Nine2Five" | Yes
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| "Commercial Breakdown" | Yes
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| "Ballad of an Unrequited Self-Love Affair" | Yes
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| "The Higher The Highs" | Yes
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| "Shut Your Mouth" | Yes
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| "We've Got The Best Job Ever" | Yes
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| "Walking On The Faultlines (The Ultimate Step)" | Yes
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| "Thank You And Goodnight" | Yes
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| "Who's That Boy?" | Yes
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| "Boys Will Be Boys" | Yes
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| "Little Girl" | 2007 | Enrique Iglesias | Insomniac | Yes
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Yes
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| "Don't You Forget About Me" | Yes
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Yes
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| "You Make It Real" | 2008 | James Morrison | Songs for You, Truths for Me | Yes
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| "Broken Strings" (featuring Nelly Furtado) |
Yes
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| "Nothing Ever Hurt Like You" | Yes
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Yes
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| "3 Little Words" | Frankmusik | Complete Me | Yes
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| "The First Thing" | 2009 | Esmée Denters | Outta Here | Yes
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Yes
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| "When You're Around" | Frankmusik | Complete Me | Yes
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| "Standing Tears Apart" | Remi Nicole | Cupid Shoot Me | Yes
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| "Cupid Shoot Me" | Yes
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| "In My Dreams" | Yes
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| "Nice Boy" | Yes
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| "Loveless" | Yes
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| "Another Day" | Yes
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| "Broken Hearted People" | Yes
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| "Come Find Me" | Yes
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| "Going It Alone" | Yes
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| "I'll Be Waiting" | Yes
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| "Love Me So" | Yes
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| "I Don't Know How" | Yes
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| "Heartbeat" (featuring Nicole Scherzinger) |
2010 | Enrique Iglesias | Euphoria | Yes
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Yes
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| "Welcome to Burlesque" | Cher | Burlesque: OST | Yes
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| "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" | Yes
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| "Don't Say Goodbye" | Olly Murs | Olly Murs | Yes
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Yes
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| "Heartbreaker" | 2011 | Enrique Iglesias | Euphoria | Yes
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Yes
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| "Coming Home" | Yes
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Yes
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| "I Won't Let You Go" | James Morrison | The Awakening | Yes
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| "Up" (featuring Jessie J) |
Yes
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| "Glitter & Gold" | Rebecca Ferguson | Heaven | Yes
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| "Love & Hate" | 2012 | Marcus Collins | Marcus Collins | Yes
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Yes
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| "That's Just Life" | Yes
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Yes
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| "Buildings and Treetops" | Nell Bryden | Non-album single | Yes
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| "White and Black" | 2013 | Josh Kumra | Good Things Come to Those Who Wait |
Yes
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| "Take It Like a Man" | Cher | Closer to the Truth | Yes
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| "My Love" | Yes
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| "Dressed to Kill" | Yes
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Yes
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| "Lovers Forever" | Yes
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| "Sirens" | Yes
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Yes
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| "I Hope You Find It" | Yes
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| "That's Alright with Me" | Olly Murs | Right Place Right Time | Yes
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Yes
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| "Beautiful" (with Kylie Minogue) |
2014 | Enrique Iglesias | Sex and Love / Kiss Me Once |
Yes
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Yes
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| "Only a Woman" | Sex and Love | Yes
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Yes
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| "Always" | 2015 | Ella Eyre | Feline | Yes
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Yes
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| "I Need You Tonight" | James Morrison | Higher Than Here | Yes
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Yes
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| "Sticks and Stones" | 2017 | Nelly Furtado | The Ride | Yes
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Yes
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| "Phoenix" | Yes
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| "Bliss" | Yes
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| "The Letter" | Mike + the Mechanics | Let Me Fly | Yes
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Yes
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| "I'll Be There for You" | Yes
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Yes
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| "Raining Glitter" | 2018 | Kylie Minogue | Golden | Yes
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Yes
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| "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" | Cher | Dancing Queen | Yes
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| "SOS" | Yes
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| "One of Us" | Yes
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| "Dancing Queen" | Yes
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| "The Name of the Game" | Yes
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| "Waterloo" | Yes
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| "Mamma Mia" | Yes
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| "Chiquitita" | Yes
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| "Fernando" | Yes
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| "The Winner Takes It All" | Yes
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| "My Love Goes On" ( Featuring Joss Stone) | 2019 | James Morrison | You're Stronger Than You Know | Yes
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| "Brighter Kind Of Love" | Yes
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| "So Beautiful" | Yes
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| "Feels Like The First Time" | Yes
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Yes
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| "Glorious" | Yes
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| "Power" | Yes
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| "Slowly" | Yes
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| "Ruins" | Yes
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| "I Still Need You" | Yes
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Yes
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| "Don't Wanna Lose You Now" | Yes
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Yes
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| "Cross The Line" | Yes
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| "Until The Stars Go Out" | Yes
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Yes
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| "DJ Play a Christmas Song" | 2023 | Cher | Christmas | Yes
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| "What Christmas Means to Me" (with Stevie Wonder) | Yes
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| "Run Rudolph Run" | Yes
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| "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" (with Darlene Love) | Yes
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| "Angels in the Snow" | Yes
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| "Home" (with Michael Bublé) | Yes
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| "Please Come Home for Christmas" | Yes
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| "I Like Christmas" | Yes
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| "Christmas Ain't Christmas Without You" | Yes
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Yes
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| "Santa Baby" | Yes
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| "Put a Little Holiday in Your Heart" (with Cyndi Lauper) | Yes
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| "This Will Be Our Year" | Yes
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Stewart has wisely turned over the producing reigns to Rob Dickins, who brought together a stellar stable of contemporary pop/R&B wizards including Brian Rawling, Mark Taylor and Christopher Neil.
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