Ant Whiting

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Ant Whiting
Birth nameAnthony Whiting
Occupation(s)Songwriter, producer, musician
Labels Sony/ATV Music Publishing
Associated acts Rizzle Kicks, MIA, Norman Cook, John Newman, ,
Website Ant Whiting Management

Anthony Whiting better known as Ant Whiting is a British songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, [1] and producer signed to Sony/ATV Music Publishing. [2] He has worked as a producer and songwriter with artists such as John Newman and Rizzle Kicks. [3]

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Biography

Whiting began his production and writing career with two tracks on MIA's debut album Arular , including the singles "Fire Fire" & "Bingo." [4] Since then Whiting has co-written & produced for a number of established artists, his biggest success to date has been with Rizzle Kicks as the main co-writer and producer on the platinum selling UK No. 5 album Stereo Typical , where he delivered six tracks including two singles "Traveller's Chant" and "Dreamer's." Whiting worked with Rizzle Kicks writing for their follow up album ( Roaring 20s ) out September 2013, [1] where he wrote & produced the majority of their album alongside producer Norman Cook. [2]

Further releases in 2013 included cuts with Devlin (Island) and Chlöe Howl (Columbia), tracks for Ella Eyre (Virgin), and co-writing with Willy Moon (Island). [4] He also produced the John Newman debut album Tribute , which peaked at No. 1 on the UK album charts. [1] He also worked on the debut by Becky Hill. [1]

Discography

Credits

Selected production and songwriting credits for Ant Whiting
YrAlbum or song
title
Artist(s)Release
details
Writing
credits
Production details
2004"Sunshowers" (#93 UK) MIA XL n/aAdd. vocals and production
2005"Bingo" MIA XL/Columbia Co-writerAdd. vocals and production
"Fire Fire"Co-writerAdd. vocals and production
2008"See You When You Get Here" Lisa Mitchell Warner n/aProduced, recorded, mixed
2009The Animal Richard Walters Karteln/aProducer, engineer, mix
Eugene McGuinness Eugene McGuinness Domino n/aProducer (primary)
"Duchess of Mess" Lisa Mitchell Warner AUS n/aProducer
"Heroine"Co-writerProducer (primary)
"Animals"Co-writerProducer (primary)
"Stevie"n/aProducer (primary)
"So Jealous"Co-writerProducer (primary)
2010"I'm The Fool" SoundGirl Mercury n/aAdd. Production & Mix
"Modern Day Romance"JaggaPure GrooveCo-writerProducer
2011"Don't Know Why" (#45 UK) SoundGirl Mercury Co-writerProduction
"Dancing on My Own" Pixie Lott Mercury n/aAdd. Production & Mix
"Dreamers" (#105 UK) Rizzle Kicks Island Co-writerProducer (primary)
"Round Up"Co-writerProducer (primary)
"Homewrecker"Co-writerProducer (primary)
"Learn My Lesson"Co-writerProducer (primary)
"Even on a Rainy Day"Co-writerProducer (primary)
"Traveller's Chant" (#44 UK)Co-writerProducer (primary)
"Garden"Co-writerProducer (primary)
2012 Vivid Crystal Kay Universal Co-writern/a
2013 Tribute (#1 UK) John Newman Island n/aCo-producer
"Out of My Head" (#91 UK)n/aCo-producer
"Losing Sleep" (#48 UK)n/aCo-producer
"Cheating" (#9 UK)n/aCo-producer
Roaring 20s Rizzle Kicks Island Co-writerProducer (primary)
"Skip to the Good Bit" (#16 UK)LyricsCo-producer
"Lost Generation" (#6 UK)Co-writerProducer (primary)
"Thank You Very Much" (#2 POL) Margaret Magic n/aProducer (primary)
"Really Cold" Devlin Island Co-writerProducer (primary)
2014 Add the Blonde (#8 POL) Margaret Magic Co-writerCo-producer
"Wasted" (#6 POL)Co-writern/a

Remixes

Selected remixes by Ant Whiting, with date of remix release
YearTitleOriginal artistRelease details
2005"Hombre" MIA XL / Columbia
2006"You're My Flame" Zero 7 Atlantic
2006"Want" Natalie Imbruglia Island
2009"Stone Cold Sober" Paloma Faith Epic

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Ant Whiting". Warner/Chappell Music . Retrieved 6 December 2014.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. 1 2 Ant Whiting at Allmusic
  3. Flint, Tom (February 2014). "John Newman & Ant Whiting: Producing Tribute". Sound on Sound . Retrieved 6 December 2014.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  4. 1 2 Ant Whiting at Discogs