Simon Duffy | |
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| Born | November 1, 1971 Hampshire, England |
| Genres | Pop, Dance, Electronica, Indie |
| Occupation(s) | Songwriter, producer, composer, mixer |
| Years active | 1990 - present |
Simon Duffy (born 1 November 1971) is a British songwriter, record producer, composer, and mixer. His work has been featured on recordings that have collectively accumulated over one billion streams, according to Muso.ai. [1] He wrote "Chase the Sun," with Planet Funk, which became a top-5 [2] UK single and has since been used in sports broadcasting [3] and remixed by several artists. Duffy has written, produced and mixed for artists including Dirty Vegas, [4] Jovanotti, [5] Chris Martin, [6] [7] and Missy Elliott. [8]
Duffy began his career as a programmer, engineer, and mixer in the early 1990s, working with prominent artists such as Whitney Houston, [9] [10] Seal, [11] [12] Nightcrawlers, [13] and Adeva. [14] Early projects include mixing Whitney Houston's "My Name Is Not Susan", [9] remixing Seal's "Kiss from a Rose", [11] and engineering work on Leftfield's "Leftism" album. [15]
Duffy wrote "Chase the Sun" with Planet Funk in 2000. It became a top-five [2] hit in the UK and is widely recognized in sports broadcasts [3] and electronic music. The song has been covered and remixed more than eighty times by numerous artists, including Scooter, Danny Avila, Odd Mob, and Koven. It has accumulated hundreds of millions of streams across various platforms.
Duffy has produced and co-written projects for Grammy Award-winning group Dirty Vegas, including albums Electric Love [16] and Photograph, [4] and their Let The Night EP, certified gold by FIMI. [17]
He co-wrote and produced Emmanuel Kelly's single "My Sky" with Josh Simons, and produced and co-wrote "Right From the Very Start". Both were executive-produced by Chris Martin from Coldplay. [6] [18]
He co-wrote and produced Pressure In An Empty Space [19] [20] with Buchanan, and produced "Living A Lie". [21] The title track was later shortlisted in the Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition. [22]
Duffy has also remixed and collaborated on tracks for artists including Mika ("Happy Ending"), [23] Missy Elliott and Timbaland ("Get Involved"), [8] Kylie Minogue ("Get Outta My Way"), [24] and Armand Van Helden ("Je T’aime"). [25]
Other writing credits include "One Night Lover" featuring Dragonette, which has garnered over 11 million streams. [26]
As of 2025, songs and productions Duffy has contributed to have amassed over a billion stream. [1] He has three platinum-certified projects, and forty four gold-certified projects, as certified through the industry database muso.AI.
His songs have been nominated and reached the final of the Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition [22]
He received two Gold certifications: one from the BPI [27] for songwriting for "Chase The Sun," and another from FIMI for production work on Dirty Vegas' "Let The Night" [17] EP.
A version of "Feels Like Home", produced by Duffy for the artists Dino Lenny and Meck, was used by Madonna on her Sticky & Sweet Tour. [28]
Songs Duffy co-wrote and produced for Emmanuel Kelly, "My Sky" and "Right From the Very Start", [29] opened for Coldplay on its Music of the Spheres World Tour. [30]