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"Over My Head" is a song recorded by American indie pop band Echosmith. The Sierota siblings co-wrote the song with Leroy Clampitt, Jeffrey David, Cara Salimando, and Paul Guy Shelton. Following the release of the EP Inside a Dream, "Over My Head" was released digitally on March 16, 2018, through Warner Bros. Records as the intended lead single of the band's second studio album, however it was eventually scrapped from the album. It impacted hot adult contemporary radio on March 19, 2018.
"Selfish" is a song by American singer Madison Beer. It was released on February 14, 2020 as the second single from her debut studio album Life Support (2021). Beer co-wrote and produced the song with Leroy Clampitt, while other credited writers of the song include Jeremy Dussolliet, Tim Sommers, Lowell, and Jaramye Daniels. Commercially, "Selfish" reached number 25 in Ireland, making it her first top forty hit as a solo artist in the country.
"Till Forever Falls Apart" is a song by American singer-songwriters Ashe and Finneas, and is the third single from Ashe's debut studio album Ashlyn (2021). It was released on March 2, 2021 by Mom + Pop Music. The song was written by the artists alongside Leroy Clampitt and produced by Finneas and Clampitt. Finneas previously co-wrote and produced Ashe's Moral of the Story EPs and its title track.
"Reckless" is a song by American singer Madison Beer. It was released on June 4, 2021 by Epic and Sing It Loud as the lead single from her second studio album, Silence Between Songs (2023). The track was written and produced by Madison Beer, Leroy Clampitt, and Kinetics & One Love's Tim Sommers, with Kinetics & One Love's Jeremy Dussolliet also receiving writing credits.
"Skinny Dipping" is a song recorded by American singer Sabrina Carpenter from her fifth studio album Emails I Can't Send (2022), included as the eleventh track of the album. The track was written by Carpenter, Julia Michaels, JP Saxe and its producer Leroy Clampitt. The song was released by Island Records as the lead single of the album on September 9, 2021.
"Long Gone" is a song by New Zealand band Six60, released as the fifth single from their third album Six60 in March 2020.
"Spinnin" is a song by American singer-songwriter Madison Beer, released on August 18, 2023, through Epic Records and Sing It Loud as the fifth single from her second studio album, Silence Between Songs. The track was written and produced by Madison Beer, Leroy Clampitt, Kinetics, and One Love.
"Make You Mine" is a song by American singer-songwriter Madison Beer. It was released on February 9, 2024, through Epic Records and Sing It Loud. Written and produced by Beer and Leroy Clampitt, "Make You Mine" reached the top 40 in Ireland, Lebanon, Lithuania, Norway, and Saudi Arabia, and peaked at number 50 on the UK Singles Chart.
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- ↑ "Leroy Clampitt | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
