Space Cowboy discography

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Space Cowboy discography
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Studio albums4
Compilation albums1
Music videos1
EPs2
Singles5

Space Cowboy is a French-British DJ and producer. He has released four studio album, two extended plays, five singles, and one music video.

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Space Cowboy released his first official single, a cover of Prince's song, "I Would Die 4 U" on 1 January 2002. The single peaked at number 55 on the UK Singles Chart. This was the only single from his first album, Across the Sky that was released on 3 November 2003 though Southern Fried Records and Epic Japan. Then another single was released, "Just Put Your Hand in Mine", on 21 July 2003. This song peaked on the UK Singles Chart at number 71. His second album, released through Sony Music Entertainment Japan and Epic Japan, Big City Nights was released on 22 June 2005. His third studio album, Digital Rock was released on 19 July 2006 though Sony and Tiger Trax. Space Cowboy's third, fourth, and fifth singles, "My Egyptian Lover", "Falling Down", and "I Came 2 Party", was released throughout 2009 to debut his fourth studio album, Digital Rock Star that was released on 20 October 2009 by Universal Music Group, Cherrytree Records, Interscope Records, and Tiger Trax. In 2010, Electro Pioneers (Interscope, Tiger Trax), the second extended play, was released on 12 January 2010.

Space Cowboy is known to be the DJ for Lady Gaga. He was featured on and co-produced "Starstruck" for her album The Fame . The two also collaborated on the promotional single "Christmas Tree". He also remixed some of Lady Gaga's songs, including "Just Dance", "LoveGame", and "Poker Face". He also worked with her on her second album The Fame Monster , co-writing and producing the tracks "Monster" and "So Happy I Could Die" with Lady Gaga and RedOne. Space Cowboy appeared in the Lady Gaga music videos for "Just Dance", "Beautiful, Dirty, Rich", and "Poker Face".

He also produced two albums by Nadia Oh, Hot Like Wow and Colours .

He also co-wrote the MSTRKRFT song "Heartbreaker" featuring American singer John Legend.

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum details
Across the Sky
Big City Nights
  • Released: 22 June 2005
  • Label: Sony, Epic
  • Format: CD, digital download
Digital Rock
  • Released: 19 July 2006
  • Label: Sony, Tiger Trax
  • Format: CD, digital download
Digital Rock Star

Compilation albums

YearAlbum details
Space Cowboy: The Collection
  • Released: 22 November 2010
  • Label: Southern Fried
  • Format: Digital download

Extended plays

TitleEP details
Falling Down Remix
  • Released: 25 August 2009
  • Label: Cherrytree
  • Format: Digital download
Electro Pioneers
  • Released: 12 January 2010
  • Label: Interscope, Tiger Trax
  • Format: Digital download

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
[1]
AUT
[2]
GER
[2]
SWE
[2]
2002"I Would Die 4 U"55Across the Sky
2003"Just Put Your Hand In Mine"71
2009"My Egyptian Lover"45Digital Rock
"Falling Down"6327Digital Rock Star
"I Came 2 Party"7132
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Production discography

Also contains co-productions and co-writes

Albums

YearAlbumArtistRelease date
2008 Hot Like Wow Nadia Oh 13 April 2008
2011 Colours 8 May 2011

Songs

YearSongArtistAlbum
2008"Starstruck" Lady Gaga The Fame
"Christmas Tree" Christmas Tree
2009"Heartbreaker" (featuring John Legend) MSTRKRFT Fist of God
"Monster"Lady GagaThe Fame Monster
"So Happy I Could Die"
"Earthquake"
"Bubblegum"ValeriaFreshly Squeezed
"Lights Camera Action"
"Hot 4 U"
2011"All Around the World" Mac Miller Best Day Ever
"All Fired Up" The Saturdays On Your Radar
"Get Ready, Get Set"
"No I.D." Frankmusik featuring Colette Carr Do It in the AM
2012"Slapper (Ayye)"Nadia Oh
2013"Tube Stops and Lonely Hearts" Annie
"Tunnel Vision"Nenna YvonneThe Evolution of Blue Magic

Remixes

YearSongArtistAlbum
2005"Around the World" Ami Suzuki Amix World
2006"Girlfriend" The Darkness Girlfriend
"Cherry Girl" Koda Kumi Cherry Girl
2007"Glamorous" Fergie The Dutchess
"Heart Shaped Glasses" Marilyn Manson Eat Me, Drink Me
2008"Starstruck"Lady Gaga
"Just Dance" The Remix
"LoveGame"
2009"Poker Face"
"Monster"
"Astronauta" Jery Sandoval
"2 in the Morning" New Kids on the Block The Block
2010"Do You Think About Me" 50 Cent Do You Think About Me
"Nada De Más" Belanova Sueño Electro I
"Fresh Out the Oven" (featuring Pitbull) Jennifer Lopez Fresh Out the Oven
"Louboutins"
2011"Addicted"Mister Chase
"All Fired Up"The SaturdaysAll Fired Up
2012"Bounce"DJ DLGBounce
"All In"ElixiaSecret Me
"Better Than a BMX" Hervé Better Than a BMX
2014"If You Wanna Console Me..." Yoon Sang If You Wanna Console Me...

Music videos

YearTitleDirector
2008"Just Dance" (featuring Colby O'Donis) Melina Matsoukas [3]
"Beautiful, Dirty, Rich" (Lady Gaga)
"Poker Face" (Lady Gaga) Ray Kay [3]
2009"Falling Down" (featuring Chelsea Korka)Good Fellas [4]
"Patron Tequila" (The Paradiso Girls featuring Lil Jon and Eve)Ray Kay [5]
"I Came 2 Party" (Cinema Bizarre featuring Space Cowboy)Lennart Brede [6]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Christmas Tree (Lady Gaga song)</span> 2008 promotional single by Lady Gaga featuring Space Cowboy

"Christmas Tree" is a song by American singer Lady Gaga. It was released on December 16, 2008, for digital download. It was written and produced by Gaga, Martin Kierszenbaum, and Space Cowboy, who also provides guest vocals. Musically, "Christmas Tree" is a Christmas song with dance-pop and synthpop influences. It samples the classic Christmas song "Deck the Halls", as well as briefly using the lyrics "Rum pum pum pum" from the Christmas song "The Little Drummer Boy" in its intro. Lyrically, the song uses sexual innuendos.

"So Happy I Could Die" is a song from American singer Lady Gaga, taken from her second major release and her third EP, The Fame Monster (2009). It was written by herself, Nadir "RedOne" Khayat, and Nicolas "Space Cowboy" Dresti, with production helmed by RedOne. Inspired by Gaga's fear of what she described as the "Alcohol Monster", the song is about the influences of alcoholism, and also explores several sexual themes in its lyrics as well as liberalism.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alejandro (song)</span> 2010 single by Lady Gaga

"Alejandro" is a song by American singer Lady Gaga from her third extended play (EP), The Fame Monster (2009)—the reissue of her debut studio album, The Fame (2008). Written and produced by Gaga and RedOne, it was released on April 20, 2010, as the third single from the EP. Interscope Records intended the track "Dance in the Dark" to be the EP's third single after "Alejandro" initially received limited airplay, but Gaga insisted on the latter. A synth-pop track with Europop and Latin pop beats, it opens with a sample from the main melody of Vittorio Monti's "Csárdás". The song was inspired by Gaga's fear of men and is about her bidding farewell to her Latino lovers named Alejandro, Roberto and Fernando.

<i>The Cherrytree Sessions</i> 2009 EP by Lady Gaga

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"Monster" is a song by American singer Lady Gaga from her third EP, The Fame Monster (2009). Inspired by her "Fear of Attachment Monster", the record was produced by Nadir "RedOne" Khayat, and written by Gaga, RedOne and Space Cowboy. Gaga had explained that "Monster" describes her fear of sex and relationships, and described the lyrics as being in love with the bad boy all the time, but instead of running away, one keeps going back to the same person. She added that the fear in "Monster" erupted from her need to have a stable relationship. Incorporating the usage of heavy bass lines, descending keyboard lines and "massive" choruses, "Monster" contains zombie-like metaphors and a reference to Gaga's debut single "Just Dance".

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