Mark Taylor (music producer)

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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

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

References

  1. Strauss, Neil (11 March 1999). "Cher Resurrected, Again, by a Hit; The Long, Hard but Serendipitous Road to 'Believe'". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 15 January 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  2. "DISCS". The Buffalo News. 4 February 2000. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016.
  3. Shetler, Scott (22 August 2011). "Lady Gaga's 'You & I' Remixed by Producer Mark Taylor". Pop Crush. Archived from the original on 13 August 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  4. "Broken Strings". Billboard. 7 March 2009. Archived from the original on 9 March 2009.
  5. "Lionel Richie's 'Renaissance'". Sacramento Observer. 7 February 2001. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016.
  6. "Daryl Hall & John Oates, Do It For Love". All Music. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  7. Houlihan, Mary; Johnson, Jeff (5 August 2001). "Spin Control". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on 28 February 2018. 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.
  8. Meldore, Ritik (1996). Belinda Carlisle. AnVi OpenSource Knowledge Trust. pp. 41–.
  9. Wilson, Lana (15 May 2004). "Lionel Richie takes stepback into Motown --temporarily". The Oakland Tribune. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016.
  10. "Ronan Keating and Kate Rusby - All Over Again". Hit Parade. Archived from the original on 10 September 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  11. "Enrique & Ronan to sing duet". The Mirror. 29 May 2002. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016.
  12. Stern, Bradley (2 September 2011). "Daily B: The Original Version of 'And Then We Kiss' Surfaces". Muumuse. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  13. "James Morrison, Nothing Ever Hurt Like You". All Music.
  14. "Kylie Minogue". All Music. Archived from the original on 23 November 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  15. "Jennifer Lopez, J to Tha L-O!: The Remixes". All Music. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
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  17. "Don't Call it a Comeback". Rolling Stone. 23 January 2007. Archived from the original on 6 April 2008. Retrieved 3 May 2008.
  18. Westhoff, Ben (1 May 2011). Dirty South: OutKast, Lil Wayne, Soulja Boy, and the Southern Rappers Who Reinvented Hip-Hop. Chicago Review Press. pp. 224–. ISBN   978-1-56976-867-9.