List of songs recorded by Leona Lewis explained

Leona Lewis is a British singer, songwriter and vocal producer. She has recorded material for a demo album, five studio albums and an EP. She has also collaborated with other artists for duets and featured songs on other artists' albums, charity singles and soundtracks. Before winning the third series of the UK version of The X Factor, Lewis recorded a demo album entitled Best Kept Secret in 2004 and 2005, which was licensed by UEG Entertainment but not released.[1] UEG spent approximately on the singer's recording and production, but the demo failed to gain interest from record labels or executives.[1] It was released by UEG in 2009, who claimed that they had the rights to the album, though Lewis revealed she had never signed a contract that stated Best Kept Secret could possibly be released.[1]

After winning The X Factor in December 2006 and signing a contract with Simon Cowell's record label Syco and Clive Davis's J Records,[2] Lewis began to work with writers Ryan Tedder and Steve Mac,[3] among others, for her debut studio album Spirit, which was released in November 2007. The first single, "A Moment Like This", was released the day after Lewis won The X Factor, and its second single, "Bleeding Love", was released in October 2007. Lewis also covered Roberta Flack's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" for the album.[4] Cowell conceptualised the song "Footprints in the Sand", and was thus credited as a songwriter.[5] Lewis also co-wrote the song "Here I Am" with Walter Afanasieff.[4] The re-release of Spirit in November 2008 was followed by a cover of Snow Patrol's "Run".[6]

According to Lewis, her second studio album, Echo was more guitar-orientated than Spirit.[7] In addition to working with Tedder again, Lewis collaborated with Justin Timberlake on the track "Don't Let Me Down", for which he provided background vocals,[5] and Kevin Rudolf on "Love Letter".[8] Australian recording artist Che'Nelle co-wrote the song "Can't Breathe" with Lewis and five other songwriters.[8] Lewis appeared on the soundtrack to the 2009 film Avatar on a song called "I See You (Theme from Avatar)". In August 2011, Lewis released a summer single entitled "Collide", a collaboration with Avicii. Although it was originally intended to be the lead single from her third studio album Glassheart, it was not included in the final track list. The singer released in December 2011, to bridge the gap for fans while she finished Glassheart, released in November 2012.[9] The EP consisted of three covers: "Hurt" by Nine Inch Nails, "Iris" by the Goo Goo Dolls and "Colorblind" by Counting Crows.[10]

Prior to the release of Glassheart, Lewis revealed that the album content would be very different from that which is present on Spirit and Echo, stating that although it would be "experimental", it would still have a "classic" sound.[11] "Trouble", the lead single featuring Childish Gambino, combines elements of hip hop and trip hop music genres.[12] [13] It was also co-written by Lewis with Emeli Sandé, amongst others. Sandé co-wrote two other tracks called "I to You" and "Sugar". She also wrote a track entitled "Mountains" which was originally planned to be included on Glasshearts track list, however Sandé decided to reclaim the song and include on her debut album, Our Version of Events. Fraser T Smith, who was appointed by Lewis as the albums executive producer, was heavily involved with Glasshearts songwriting sessions, and is credited for co-writing "Trouble", "Un Love Me", "Come Alive", "Stop the Clocks" and "Fingerprint". Lewis reunited with Tedder on the track "Glassheart", a dubstep inspired song.[14] Lewis co-wrote the song "Shake You Up" with Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins and Olivia Waithe.

Songs

Song!scope="col" class="unsortable"
Writer(s)Originating/Intended albumYear
scope=row"" John Reid
Jörgen Elofsson
2007
scope=row"Alive" Leona Lewis
Danielle Brisebois
John Shanks
2009
scope=row"Angel"Johntá Austin
Mikkel Storleer Eriksen & Tor Erik Hermansem
2007
scope=row"Another Love Song"Leona Lewis
Toby Gad
Ben Kohn, Tom Barnes & Pete Kelleher
2015[15]
scope=row"Ave Maria"Franz Schubert
Walter Scott
2013[16]
scope=row"Bad Boy" Barry Offoh2005[17]
scope=row""Josh Alexander
Billy Steinberg
2007
scope=row"Better in Time"J. R. Rotem
Andrea Martin
2007
scope=row"Bleeding Love"Ryan Tedder
Jesse McCartney
2007
scope=row"Brave"Leona Lewis
Julian Bunetta
Andrew Frampton
Savan Kotecha
2009
scope=row"Broken"Leona Lewis
Alonzo "Novel" Stevenson
John Shanks
2009
scope=row"Burn"[18] Glassheart2012[19]
scope=row"Can't Breathe" Leona Lewis
Gavriel Aminov
Uriel Kadouch
Lundon J. Knighten
Cheryline Lim
Michael Malih
Keith Ross
2009
scope=row"Collide"
with Avicii
Arash Pournouri
Autumn Rowe
Sandy Wilhelm
Simon Jeffes
Tim Berg
Single release only2011[20]
scope=row"Come Alive"Fraser T Smith
Ina Wroldsen
Glassheart2012[21]
scope=row"Come Alive (Acoustic)"Fraser T Smith
Ina Wroldsen
Glassheart2012
scope=row"Colorblind"Adam Duritz
Charlie Gillingham
2011[22]
scope=row"Colorblind (Acoustic)"Adam Duritz
Charlie Gillingham
Glassheart2012
scope=row"Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"Jeff Barry
Ellie Greenwich
Phil Spector
2013
scope=row"Dip Down"
featuring Loot
Barry Offoh2005
scope=row"Don't Let Me Down"Leona Lewis
James Fauntleroy
Justin Timberlake
Mike Elizondo
Robin Tadross
2009
scope=row"Everybody Hurts"
with Helping Haiti artists
Bill Berry
Michael Stipe
Mike Mills
Peter Buck
Single release only2010[23]
scope=row"Favourite Scar" [24] Leona Lewis
Ryan Tedder
Noel Zancanella
Roland Orzabal
Curt Smith
Glassheart2012
scope=row"Fingerprint"Leona Lewis
Fraser T Smith
Laura Pergolizzi
Glassheart2012
scope=row"Fire Under My Feet"2015
scope=row"Fire Under My Feet (United Studios Sessions)"2015
scope=row"Fireflies"Craigie DoddsGlassheart2012
scope=row""Ewan MacColl2007
scope=row"Fly Here Now"Leona Lewis
Jeff Bhasker
2009
scope=row"Footprints in the Sand"David Kreuger
Per Magnusson
Richard Page
Simon Cowell
2007
scope=row"Forgive Me"Aliaune Thiam
Claude Kelly
Giorgio Tuinfort
2007
scope=row"Forgiveness"Kara DioGuardi
Leona Lewis
Salaam Remi
2007
scope=row"Glassheart" Leona Lewis
Brent Kutzle
Fis Shkreli
Justin Franks
Noel Zancanella
Peter Svensson
Ryan Tedder
Glassheart2012
scope=row"Glassheart (Acoustic)"Leona Lewis
Brent Kutzle
Fis Shkreli
Justin Franks
Noel Zancanella
Peter Svensson
Ryan Tedder
Glassheart2012
scope=row"Happy" Leona Lewis
E. Kidd Bogart
Ryan Tedder
2009
scope=row"Heartbeat"Leona Lewis
Arnthor Birgisson
Ina Wroldsen
B-side to "I Got You"2010[25]
[26]
scope=row"Here I Am"Leona Lewis
Brett James
Walter Afanasieff
2007
scope=row"Homeless"Jörgen Elofsson2007
scope=row"Hurt"Trent Reznor2011
scope=row"I Am" Leona Lewis
Toby Gad
Eg White
2015
scope=row"I Am (Acoustic)"Leona Lewis
Toby Gad
Eg White
2015
scope=row"I Can't Say Hello"Barry Offoh2005
scope=row"I Got You"Arnthor Birgisson
Max Martin
Savan Kotecha
2009
scope=row"I Got You"2015
scope=row"I Know Who I Am"Gregory William Barnhill
Joanna Cotten
Melissa Toni Manchester
2010[27]
scope=row"I See You"James Horner
Kuk Harrell
Simon Franglen
2010[28]
scope=row"I to You"Leona Lewis
Christopher Crowhurst
Emeli Sandé
Glassheart2012
scope=row"I Wanna Be That Girl"Barry Offoh2005
scope=row"I Will Be"Avril Lavigne
Lukasz Gottwald
Max Martin
2007
scope=row"I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday"Roy Wood2013
scope=row"If I Can't Have You"Barry, Maurice and Robin GibbChristmas, with Love Always2021[29]
scope=row"I'm So into You"Brian Morgan2005
scope=row"I'm You"Eric Hudson
Shaffer Smith
2007
scope=row"Inaspettata (Unexpected)"
(with Biagio Antonacci)
Biagio Antonacci
Leona Lewis
Inaspettata2010[30]
[31] [32]
scope=row"Iris"John Rzeznik2011
scope=row"Joy" Barry Offoh2005
scope=row"Just Stand Up!"
with Various artists
Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds
Ronnie Walton
Single release only2008[33]
scope=row"Kiss Me It's Christmas"
with Ne-Yo or Iain James
Anya Jones
Biff Stannard
Iain James
Jez Ashurst
Christmas, with Love Always2021[34]
scope=row"Ladders" Leona Lewis
Wayne Wilkins
Anne Preven
Kevin Anyaeji
2015
scope=row"Let It Rain"Leona Lewis
Danielle Brisebois
John Shanks
2009
scope=row"Lost Then Found"
with OneRepublic
Leona Lewis
Dan Muckala
Jess Cates
Lindy Robbins
Ryan Tedder
2009
scope=row"L.O.V.E.U." Barry Offoh2005
scope=row"Lovebird"Bonnie McKee
Joshua Coleman
Lukasz Gottwald
Glassheart2012
scope=row"Love Is Your Color"
with Jennifer Hudson
Claude Kelly
Michael R. Mentore
Salaam Remi
2010[35]
scope=row"Love Letter"J. Kasher
Kevin Rudolf
2009
scope=row"Misses Glass" Timothy Thomas & Theron Thomas2007
scope=row"Mountains"[36] Luke Juby
Shahid Khan
James Murray
Mustafa Omer
Emeli Sandé
Glassheart2011[37]
[38]
scope=row"Mr Right"Leona Lewis
Richard Stannard
Camille Purcell
Jez Ashurst
Ash Howes
2013
scope=row"My Hands"Arnthor Birgisson
Ina Wroldsen
2009
scope=row"Myself"
featuring Novel
Leona Lewis
Alonzo "Novel" Stevenson
Graham N. Marsh
Justin E. Boykin
2007
scope=row"Naked" Leona Lewis
Kristian Lundin
Savan Kotecha
2009
scope=row"O Holy Night" Adolphe Adam2013
scope=row"One More Sleep"Leona Lewis
Richard Stannard
Iain James
Jez Ashurst
Bradford Ellis
2013
scope=row"Outta My Head"Karl Johan Schuster
Max Martin
Savan Kotecha
2009
scope=row"Power" Leona Lewis
Toby Gad
James Eliot
2015
scope=row"Private Party"Barry Offoh2005
scope=row"Ready to Get Down" Barry Offoh2005
scope=row"Ride a White Swan"Marc Bolan2010[39]
scope=row"Run"Gary Lightbody
Iain Archer
Jonathan Quinn
Mark McClelland
Nathan Connolly
2008
scope=row"Shake You Up" Leona Lewis
Olivia Waithe
Rodney 'Darkchild' Jerkins
Glassheart2012
scope=row"Silent Night"Franz Xaver Gruber
Joseph Mohr
2013
scope=row"Silly Girl"Barry Offoh2005
scope=row"Stone Hearts and Hand Grenades"Leona Lewis
Andrew Frampton
E. Kidd Bogart
Julian Bunetta
2009
[40]
scope=row"Stop Crying Your Heart Out"Noel Gallagher2009
scope=row"Stop the Clocks"Leona Lewis
Fraser T Smith
Jörgen Elofsson
Rachel Moulden
Glassheart2012
scope=row"Sugar"Alexander Shuckburg
Emeli Sandé
Glassheart2012
scope=row"Take a Bow" Louis Biancaniello
Ryan Tedder
Sam Watters
Wayne Wilkins
2008
scope=row"Thank You"Leona Lewis
Toby Gad
Anne Preven
2015
scope=row""Leona Lewis
Toby Gad
Jonny Coffer
Shahid Khan
2015
scope=row""2015
scope=row"They Don't Care About Us"Michael Jackson2010
scope=row"Thick Skin"2015
scope=row"Thunder"2015
scope=row"Thunder (Acoustic)"2015
scope=row"Trouble"
featuring Childish Gambino
Leona Lewis
Emeli Sandé
Fraser T Smith
Hugo Chegwin
Harry Craze
James Murray
Musta Omer
Shahid Khan
Donald Glover
Glassheart2012
scope=row"Trouble (Acoustic)" Glassheart2012
scope=row"Un Love Me" Leona Lewis
Bonnie McKee
Fraser T Smith
Kelly Sheehan
Glassheart2012
scope=row"We Found Love"[41] Calvin HarrisGlassheart2012[42]
scope=row"Whatever It Takes" Leona Lewis
Alonzo "Novel" Stevenson
Tony Reyes
2008
scope=row"White Christmas"Irving Berlin2013
scope=row"Winter Wonderland"Felix Bernard
Dick Smith
2013
scope=row"Yesterday" Jordan Omley
Louis Biancaniello
Michael Mani
Nina Woodford
Sam Watters
2007
scope=row"You Bring Me Down"Leona Lewis
Salaam Remi
Taj Jackson
2007
scope=row"You Don't Care"Leona Lewis
Ryan Tedder
2009
scope=row"You Knew Me When"Diane Warren2015
scope=row"Your Hallelujah"Leona Lewis
Jon Irvine
Autumn Rowe
Lauren Christy
2013

Notes and References

  1. News: Geoghegan. Kev. Leona's secret album is launched. BBC. 13 October 2008. 26 March 2009.
  2. News: X Factor winner in US record deal. BBC. 9 February 2007. 26 March 2009.
  3. News: Leona Is Back! . . 20 August 2007 . 20 August 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080323120437/http://www.rcalabelgroup.co.uk/news/6468/0/ . 23 March 2008 .
  4. Leona Lewis. Spirit. 2007. inlay cover. Sony BMG, J Records, Syco. 8 86970 25542 4.
  5. T4: Under the Skin . . . . Channel 4 . 28 February 2010. 30:00 . en.
  6. News: Leona Lewis adds Snow Patrol cover to album re-release. Daily Record. 31 October 2012. 1 April 2012.
  7. News: Leona Lewis Chats About Her New Album . . 2 October 2009 . 2 October 2009 . video . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091003230249/http://www.seventeen.com/fun-stuff/17-buzz/leona-lewis-echo-album-interview . 3 October 2009 .
  8. Leona Lewis. Echo. 2009. inlay cover. Sony BMG, J Records, Syco. B005GRTNXC.
  9. Web site: Corner. Lewis. Leona Lewis delays release of third album 'Glassheart'. Digital Spy. 25 January 2012. 24 March 2012.
  10. Web site: Daw. Robbie. Leona Lewis 'Hurt' EP To Contain Nine Inch Nails Cover. Idolator. 5 December 2011. 24 March 2012.
  11. Web site: Love. Ryan. Leona: 'LP has different, classic sound'. Digital Spy (Hearst Magazines UK). 17 February 2011. 19 July 2012.
  12. Web site: Love. Ryan. Leona Lewis interview: 'I want to give people the best of me'. Digital Spy. 6 September 2011. 3 April 2011.
  13. News: Hammersmith. Andrei. Leona Lewis' New Song Reveals She's Trouble for her Lovers. The Metro. 16 August 2012. 16 August 2012. 23 December 2012. https://archive.today/20121223103022/http://www.metro.co.uk/showbiz/908818-leona-lewiss-new-song-reveals-shes-trouble-for-her-lovers. dead.
  14. Web site: Rubenstein. Jenna Hally. New Song: Leona Lewis, 'Glassheart'. MTV Buzzworthy. Viacom. 21 September 2012. 22 October 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121027204115/http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2012/09/21/leona-lewis-glassheart-new-song/. 27 October 2012.
  15. I Am. 11 September 2015. Leona Lewis. Liner notes. Def Jam Recordings.
  16. Leona Lewis. Christmas, with Love. 2013. Liner notes. Sony BMG, Syco, RCA Records.
  17. Leona Lewis. Best Kept Secret. 2005. Liner notes. UEG.
  18. "Burn" was originally recorded by Lewis for Glassheart but was not included on the tracklisting. Ellie Goulding would go on to record it for the re-issue of her second studio album, Halcyon (2012).
  19. Web site: Copsey. Robert. Leona Lewis: 'Ellie Goulding's Burn wouldn't have worked for me'. Digital Spy. 10 December 2013. 12 November 2015.
  20. Web site: BMI – Collide (Legal Title) . https://archive.today/20130118073319/http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyid=13156651&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID . dead . 18 January 2013 . Broadcast Music . 20 June 2012 .
  21. Leona Lewis. Glassheart. 2012. Liner notes. Sony BMG, Syco, RCA Records. 88697963782.
  22. Leona Lewis. . 2011. Liner notes. Sony BMG, J Records, Syco. B006HD1T4A.
  23. Web site: Everybody Hurts (Legal Title). https://archive.today/20130118131850/http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&page=1&keyid=1754483&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID. dead. 18 January 2013. Broadcast Music. 31 March 2012.
  24. "Favourite Scar" contains elements of the Tears for Fears song "Head over Heels" written by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith.
  25. Web site: Heartbeat (Legal Title). https://archive.today/20120713001948/http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=10305955&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID. dead. 13 July 2012. Broadcast Music. 20 June 2012.
  26. Web site: I Got You - Single. iTunes Store. 19 February 2010. 11 November 2015.
  27. Web site: ACE Title Search (I Know Who I Am), Leona Lewis). American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. 2 August 2012.
  28. Web site: ACE Title Search (I See You, Leona Lewis). American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. 2 August 2012.
  29. Web site: Leona Lewis shares 'Kiss Me It's Christmas' with Ne-Yo . 2 November 2021 .
  30. Web site: Duetto tra Antonacci e Lewis nel brano 'Inaspettata'. MTV Italy. 5 June 2010. 7 April 2012. it.
  31. Web site: Inaspettata. Prunes, Mariano. AllMusic. 19 June 2012.
  32. Web site: 'Inaspecttat' by Biagio Antonacci - 14 Tracks - 56:33. Tidal. 5 September 2018.
  33. Web site: BMI – Just Stand Up! (Legal Title). https://archive.today/20120723104211/http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&page=1&keyid=9947643&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID. dead. 23 July 2012. Broadcast Music. 3 March 2012.
  34. Web site: Leona Lewis shares 'Kiss Me It's Christmas' with Ne-Yo . 2 November 2021 .
  35. Web site: ACE Title Search (Love is Your Color, Leona Lewis & Jennifer Hudson). American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. 2 August 2012.
  36. "Mountains" was originally recorded by Lewis for Glassheart but it was reclaimed by the song's co-writer Emeli Sandé for her debut album, Our Version of Events (2012).
  37. Web site: Corner. Lewis. Music - Leona Lewis demos leak online - listen. Digital Spy. 15 August 2012. 16 August 2012.
  38. Emeli Sandé. Our Version of Events. 2012. Liner notes. Virgin Records, EMI Records.
  39. Leona Lewis. The Labyrinth Tour Live from The O2. 2010. Liner notes. Sony BMG, Syco.
  40. Web site: Stone Hearts and Hand Grenades (Legal Title). https://archive.today/20130118092021/http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=11108584&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID. dead. 18 January 2013. Broadcast Music. 20 June 2012.
  41. "We Found Love" was originally recorded by Lewis for Glassheart but when the album was delayed, it was reclaimed by the song's writer Calvin Harris and then given to Rihanna for her fifth studio album, Talk That Talk (2011).
  42. Web site: Calvin Harris explains why he ditched Leona Lewis for Rihanna on Number One hit 'We Found Love'. NME. 22 April 2015. 12 November 2015.