Mike Needle

Mike Needle
Born	(1986-06-04) 4 June 1986 (age 39) Rowtown/Ottershaw, Surrey, United Kingdom
Genres	Pop, RnB, Folk, Acoustic, Alternative, Indie, Rock
Labels	Catherine Songs

Mike Needle (born 4 June 1986) is an English songwriter, producer and singer.

He has co-written songs for artists such as One Direction, Rita Ora, Tom Grennan, Niall Horan, Rag'n'Bone Man, Alan Walker, James TW & JP Cooper, and has vocal-produced for artists such as Ella Henderson, One Direction, Christina Perri & Westlife. ^[1]

Notable songs written by Needle include "This Town" by Niall Horan, "Skin" by Rag'n'Bone Man, "Tired" by Alan Walker, and "Little Bit of Love" by Tom Grennan. ^[2]

Needle's composition "Little Bit of Love" by Tom Grennan received a nomination for Song Of The Year at the 2022 Brit Awards. ^[3]

Needle's songwriting debut 'What a Feeling" from One Direction's album 'Made in the A.M.' topped Rolling Stone's Readers' Poll as the best track One Direction ever released. ^[4]

Needle has contributed to eleven Top10 Albums in the US & UK, and three Top10 Singles. ^{[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]} Human by Rag'n'Bone Man, Evering Road by Tom Grennan, and Flicker by Niall Horan all achieved No.1 in the US/UK. ^{[5] [6]}

In 2022, Needle was nominated for an Ivor Novello Award for his composition "Little Bit of Love". ^[12]

Songwriting Discography

As per Tidal Credits ^[1]

Year	Artist	Album	Song	Songwriter	Producer	Vocal Prod
2025	Jack Dean		Tears Won't Save You	✓
	Chanin		Whisper	✓
	Michael Patrick Kelly		Run Free	✓
	Will Linley	Don't Cry Because It's Over	Quite Like Us...	✓
	Tom Grennan	Everywhere I Went, Led Me to Where I Didn't Want to Be	Shadows On The Ceiling	✓
			Somewhere Only We Go	✓
			I Won't Miss A Thing	✓
	Loi		Get Lucky	✓
	Jack Dean		Rumours	✓
	Tom Grennan	Everywhere I Went, Led Me to Where I Didn't Want to Be	Full Attention	✓
	Zachary Gordon		Days With You	✓
	Jack Dean		Church In The Morning	✓
	Tom Grennan	Everywhere I Went, Led Me to Where I Didn't Want to Be	Boys Don't Cry	✓
	Medun ft. René Miller		Crystal Eyes	✓
2024	Loi		Left In Your Love	✓	✓
	NCT Dream	Dreamscape	Heavenly	✓
	dearALICE		Best Day Of Our Lives	✓
	Rag'n'Bone Man	What Do You Believe In?	Put A Little Hurt On Me	✓
			Wreckage	✓
	Clock Clock	Dreamers	Pretty Eyes
	Calum Scott		Roots
	Tom Gregory		Glow In The Dark
	Cheat Codes, Jason Derulo, Galantis, De la Ghetto		Morning
	Liam Payne		Teardrops
2023	Faul & Wad, Dubdogz		The Way You Lie
	Mimi Webb		Back Home For Christmas
	Zoe Wees	Therapy	Broke
	James Blunt	Who We Used to Be	A Thousand Lives
			When You're Gone
			Glow
			Some Kind Of Beautiful
	Tom Grennan	What Ifs & Maybes	Before You
			This Side Of The Room
			Someone I Used To Know
			Unbreak A Broken Love
	Niall Horan	The Show	The Show
			Science
	Nico Santos	Ride	Real Love
			City Nights
	René Miller		Wrong Places
2022	Tom Grennan		You Are Not Alone
	Sam Ryder	There's Nothing but Space, Man!	Crashing Down
	Ewan Mainwood		Leave Me Lonely
	Gryffin ft. Matt Maeson	Alive	Lose Your Love
	Tom Gregory		Forget Somebody
	Joel Corry, Tom Grennan		Lionheart (Fearless)
	René Miller		Concrete Heart
	Sam Feldt, Gavin James		Better
	René Miller		Out Of Goodbyes
	Tom Grennan		All These Nights
	Gavin James		Kingdom
	René Miller		Standing In His Shoes
	JP Cooper	She	Kids
			She
			Need You Tonight
2021	Sam Feldt ft. Rita Ora		Follow Me
	Michael Patrick Kelly	BOATS	Blurry Eyes
	Tom Gregory	Things I Can't Say Out Loud	Careless War
	Camylio		Unbreak
	Westlife	Wild Dreams	Starlight
	Calvin Harris ft Tom Grennan		By Your Side
	Into The Ark		The Show
	Sophie and the Giants		Don't Ask Me To Change
	Declan J Donovan		Into The Fire
	Bow Anderson		Hate That I Fell In Love With You
	Etham		Somebody Else To Love
	Into The Ark		Olivia
	Rebecca Ferguson & Nile Rodgers		No Words Needed
	Bow Anderson	New Wave EP	New Wave
			Black Heart
	Tom Grennan	Evering Road	Little Bit of Love
2020	Duncan Laurence	Small Town Boy	Loves You Like I Couldn't Do
	Bow Anderson		Island
	Bobby Bazini	Move Away	Love & Alcohol
	Bow Anderson		Heavy
	Gavin James		Boxes
	Niall Horan	Heartbreak Weather	Small Talk
			Arms Of A Stranger
			Still
	Robinson	Watching You EP	Watching You
	Elias		Need You Now
	JP Cooper		In These Arms
2019	Niall Horan	Heartbreak Weather	Put a Little Love on Me
	Westlife	Spectrum	Another Life
	New Rules	New Rules EP	24 Hours
			Night Like This
	Jack Vallier		Copenhagen
	Michael Schulte	Highs & Lows	Someone
	Danny Jones	$igns	Talk In The Morning
			$igns
	James TW	Chapters	'Incredible'
	Milow	Break The Silence	'Help'
			'She'
			'Break The Silence'
2018	Gavin James	Only Ticket Home	'Tired'
			'Faces'
	Liv Dawson	Bedroom EP	'Good Intentions'
	Leo Stannard	Maratea	'5 Years Later'
	Emma Jensen		'Rush'
	Royal Wood	Ever After The Farewell	'Made of Gold'
			'King & Queen'
			'Midnight Hour'
			'Nowhere to be Found'
			'Old Young Love'
	Liv Dawson		'Talk'
2017	Michael Patrick Kelly	iD	'Roundabouts'
	Niall Horan	Flicker	'Mirrors'
	River Matthews	Imogen	'Feels Like Morning'
			'Over'
			'Undo Ordinary'
			'Light The Way'
	Alan Walker		'Tired'
	Rag'n'Bone Man	Human	'Skin'
2016	Niall Horan	Flicker	'This Town'
	The Beach		'Geronimo'
2015	One Direction	Made in the A.M.	'What A Feeling'
			'Home'
	Ella Henderson	Chapter One	'Missed'
			'All Again'
	Luhan	Reloaded	'Medals'

Awards and nominations

Ivor Novello Award

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2022	Little Bit Of Love	PRS For Music Award	Nominated

References

1. "Mike Needle". TIDAL Browse. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
2. "Songs written by Mike Needle | SecondHandSongs". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
3. "Nominees for the BRIT Awards 2021". BRIT Awards. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
4. "Readers' Poll: The 10 Best One Direction Songs". Rolling Stone. 25 November 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
5. "Niall Horan". Billboard. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
6. "Official Albums Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
7. "Official Albums Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
8. "Niall Horan". Billboard. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
9. "Alan Walker". Billboard. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
10. "Niall Horan". Billboard. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
11. "evering road | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
12. "Nominees for The Ivors 2022 announced". The Ivors Academy. 7 April 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.