James Flannigan (songwriter)

James Flannigan
Birth name	James Oliver Richard Flannigan
Origin	London, England
Occupation(s)	Record producer, songwriter

James Oliver Richard Flannigan is a British songwriter, record producer and multi-instrumentalist.

Career

Initially signed to Columbia Records as a member of pop punk band Stiff Dylans ^[1] (as featured in teen film Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging ). Flannigan found fame after being featured and performing in Gurinder Chadha's 2008 Paramount Pictures film Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging, Flannigan has since gone on to write and produce songs and albums with major artists such as Kodaline, Matt Maeson, Black Eyed Peas, Broods, Ben Abraham, Carly Rae Jepsen, Hayley Kiyoko, Andrew McMahon, Parachute, VERITE, MARINA, Mø, Weezer, Lana Del Rey and Dua Lipa.

Notable productions and co-writes include Kodaline's "All I Want", "Hallucinogenics" by Matt Maeson featuring Lana Del Rey, Hayley Kiyoko's "Girls like Girls", MARINA's final album with Atlantic Records, Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land, and the Weezer EP SZNZ: Winter.

He has also had his music feature in TV shows and film, including The Fault in Our Stars , ^[2] Kick-Ass 2 , ^[3] Grey's Anatomy, Justin and the Knights of Valour ^[4] and Red Band Society .

Songwriting and production credits

Title	Year	Artist	Album	Songwriter	Producer
					Primary	Secondary	Additional	Vocal
"All I Want"	2012	Kodaline	The Kodaline EP	Y
"Don't Panic"		Lena	Stardust	Y
"Rich Youth"	2013	Hayley Kiyoko	A Belle to Remember EP	Y	Y
"Speed the Fire"		Bo Bruce	Before I Sleep	Y	Y
"Lightkeeper"					Y
"The Fall"					Y
"Golden"				Y	Y
"All I Want"		Kodaline	In a Perfect World	Y
"Lighthouse"		Lucy Spraggan	Join the Club	Y	Y
"Last Night (Beer Fear)"					Y
"Someone"					Y
"Tea & Toast"					Y
"91"					Y
"The Tourist"					Y
"In a State"					Y
"Wait for Me"				Y	Y
"Let Go"					Y
"Join the Club"					Y
"You're Too Young"					Y
"Rockliffe Bay"					Y
"If I Had the Money"					Y
"Butterflies"					Y
"Safe"					Y
"Cecilia and the Satellite"	2014	Andrew McMahon	Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness	Y	Y
"High Dive"					Y
"Canyon Moon"					Y
"This Side of Paradise"		Hayley Kiyoko	This Side of Paradise EP		Y
"See Her on the Weekend"		Andrew McMahon	Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness		Y
"All Our Lives"					Y
"Black and White Movies"					Y
"Driving Through a Dream"					Y
"Halls"					Y
"Map for the Gateway"				Y	Y
"Given It All"	2015	Hayley Kiyoko	This Side of Paradise EP	Y	Y
"Cliff's Edge"					Y
"Girls Like Girls"					Y
"Feeding the Fire"				Y	Y
"Lucky Ones"		The Dunwells	Lucky Ones EP	Y	Y
"All I Want"		Collabro	Act Two	Y
"What Side of Love"	2016	Parachute	Wide Awake	Y
"Hey Now"		The Dunwells	Light Up the Sky	Y	Y
"Found"		Seramic	Found EP	Y
"If"	2017	Lucy Spraggan	I Hope You Don't Mind Me Writing	Y
"Tightrope"		LPX	Bolt in the Blue EP	Y	Y
"Tremble"				Y	Y
"Begging"		Dua Lipa	Dua Lipa	Y	Y
"Somewhere in Between"		VERITE	Somewhere in Between	Y	Y
"Slide"		LPX	Bolt in the Blue EP	Y	Y
"Bolt in the Blue"	2018			Y	Y
"Fog and the Fear"					Y
"Red Queen"					Y
"Us" (featuring Daniels)		What So Not	Not All the Beautiful Things				Y
"Hallucinogenics"		Matt Maeson	The Hearse EP	Y
"Put it on Me"				Y
"The Hearse"				Y
"Cliffy"				Y
"Unconditional"				Y
"Mr. Rattlebone"				Y
"Wishing You Away"		Holychild	TBA	Y
"Big Love"		Black Eyed Peas	Masters of the Sun Vol. 1	Y
"Carmelo"		Holychild	TBA	Y
"Mercy" (featuring What So Not and Two Feet)		MØ	Forever Neverland	Y	Y
"To Belong"	2019	Broods	Don't Feed the Pop Monster	Y	Y
"No Drug Like Me"		Carly Rae Jepsen	Dedicated	Y
"End of the Earth"		Marina	Love + Fear	Y	Y
"No More Suckers"				Y	Y
"Real Love"		Carly Rae Jepsen	Dedicated	Y	Y			Y
"Solo"	2020		Dedicated Side B	Y	Y
"Purge the Poison"	2021	Marina	Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land					Y
"Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land"					Y
"Venus Fly Trap"					Y
"Highly Emotional People"					Y
"New America"					Y
"Pandora's Box"					Y
"Flowers"					Y
"Goodbye"					Y
"I Want A Dog"	2022	Weezer	SZNZ: Winter		Y
"Iambic Pentameter"					Y
"Basketball"					Y
"Sheraton Commander"					Y
"Dark Enough to See the Stars"					Y
"The One That Got Away"					Y
"The Deep and Dreamless Sleep"					Y

References

1. "Stiff Dylans Rock". Gibson.com. Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
2. "The Fault In Our Stars Soundtrack". Hypable.com. July 2014.
3. "Sony Music Releases Kick-Ass 2 OST". PR Newswire (Press release). 31 July 2013.
4. "Heroes, song". AllMusic . 2014.

External links

• James Flannigan at IMDb