List of songs written or produced by Naughty Boy explained

British record producer and recording artist Shahid "Naughty Boy" Khan has written and/or produced a total of 49 songs that have been assigned to artists, as well as writing and producing other material which is awaiting allocation. After signing as a songwriter to Sony ATV and then to Virgin Records (now Virgin EMI), Khan established his production company "Naughty Boy Recordings" and production name, and began to write and produce music commercially circa 2008.[1] [2] He got his big break in 2008–09, producing "Diamond Rings", a UK top-ten hit by British grime artist Chipmunk and a then-unknown session singer called Emeli Sandé.[3] He also produced a remix of British R&B singer-songwriter Taio Cruz's 2008 single "Come On Girl". This was followed this in 2010 with his own top-ten hit single, "Never Be Your Woman" featuring British rapper Wiley and Sandé.[3] 2010 would also establish Naughty Boy and Sandé's writing partnership, with the duo working on "Dreamer", "End of Days" and "Yesterday's News" for Devlin's album Bud, Sweat and Beers, Tinie Tempah's "Let's Go" from Disc-Overy, "Radio" for Alesha Dixon, "Kids Love to Dance" for Professor Green's Alive Till I'm Dead album and "Til the End" from Tinchy Stryder's Third Strike album.

2011 remained quiet in terms of commercial releases as Naughty Boy worked on his own album and Sandé debut album. The latter, Our Version of Events, was released in 2012 and was largely a collaboration between Naughty Boy and Sandé. The album would become a success amongst music critics with Metacritic awarding the album a weighted mean score of 67/100.[4] The album was also a large commercial success, selling 1.2 million copies by December 2012 and in April 2013, the Official Charts Company revealed that Our Version of Events had beaten the record for the debut album that had spent the most consecutive weeks in the top-ten on the UK Albums Chart a record previously held by The Beatles' Please Please Me album.[5] It was not until its 66th week on the chart, that the album dropped out of the top-ten.[6] In 2012, the duo also respectively wrote and produced "Trouble", the lead single from Glassheart (2012), the third studio album by British series 3 X Factor winner, Leona Lewis. Another song by the duo called "Mountains" was originally intended for Lewis, but was later reclaimed for Sandé's Our Version of Events. In the latter part of 2012, Naughty Boy also wrote/produced "Half of Me" for Bajan singer Rihanna's seventh album Unapologetic and "Side Effects of You" for American entertainer Fantasia Burrino. Naughty Boy also wrote "Craziest Things" with will.i.am for former Girls Aloud member Cheryl Cole.

Naughty Boy has also co-written songs for his own debut album Hotel Cabana (2013). Eight of the songs are co-written with and feature vocals from Sandé. On the album he also wrote with Andrea Martin, whom had previously collaborated with Naughty Boy for "When it Hurts", another track from Lewis' album Glassheart. Tempah and Professor Green also co-wrote tracks with him, after he previously produced for their albums. Other new collaborators include Ella Eyre, Wiz Khalifa, Bastille, Chasing Grace, Tanika, Maiday, Mic Righteous, Gabrielle, Sam Smith and Wretch 32. Prior to release, Hotel Cabana has produced three top-ten singles, "Wonder" and "Lifted", both featuring Sandé and "La La La" (featuring Smith), which topped the UK Singles Chart. 2013 also saw Naughty Boy resume to work with other artists including Britney Spears, in joint sessions with William Orbit, and Lily Allen.[7] [8]

Songs

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Indicates single release
§Indicates a remix produced by Naughty Boy
Song
Year Artist Album / Release Ref
"A Heart Can Save the World"2013Demonstration
"Act I" 2013Hotel CabanaNaughty Boy[9]
"Act II"2013Hotel CabanaNaughty Boy
"Ancient"2012Loick Essien[10]
"Be Kind" [11]
2013[12]
"Breaking the Law"2012Emeli SandéOur Version of EventsNaughty Boy[13]
"Breaking the Law"
2012Emeli SandéOur Version of EventsNaughty Boy
2008CD single[14]
"Craziest Things"2012A Million LightsWill.i.am[15]
"Clown" 2012Emeli SandéOur Version of EventsNaughty Boy
"Daddy" 2012Our Version of EventsNaughty Boy
"Delicate"[16]
"Diamond Rings" 2008I Am ChipmunkNaughty Boy[17]
"Dreamer"2010Bud, Sweat and BeersNaughty boy
"Elizabeth" [18]
"End of Days"2010DevlinBud, Sweat and BeersNaughty Boy
"Epilogue"2013Hotel CabanaNaughty Boy
"Find a Boy" 2012Naughty Boy[19]
"Gift & Curse"2013A Moving Picture
"Half of Me" 2012RihannaUnapologetic[20]
"Heartland" 2017Tom WalkerNaughty Boy[21]
"Heaven" 2012Emeli SandéOur Version of EventsMike Spencer
"Helicopters & Planes" 2012Good Things Come to
Those Who Don't Wait		[22]
"Heroes"2013Demonstration
"Hollywood"2012Hotel CabanaNaughty Boy
"I'll Be Gone" [23]
"I'm Not Sorry"[24]
"Indestructable"[25]
"Jamma" [26]
"Just a Boy"[27]
"Kids that Love to Dance" 2010Alive Till I'm DeadNaughty Boy[28]
"La La La" 2013Hotel Cabana
"Let Go"2010Disc-Overy[29]
"Lie Detector"[30]
"Lifetime"2012Emeli SandéOur Version of EventsNaughty Boy
"Lifted" 2013Naughty BoyHotel CabanaNaughty Boy
"Lifted" 2013Hotel CabanaNaughty Boy
"Lost Ones"2013Demonstration
"Mountains"2012Emeli SandéOur Version of Events
"Mountains"2012Leona Lewis[31]
"Never Be Your Woman" 2010Naughty Boy[32]
2013Hotel CabanaNaughty Boy
"No One's Here to Sleep"2013Hotel CabanaNaughty Boy
"One Way"2013Hotel CabanaNaughty Boy
"Pluto"2013Hotel CabanaNaughty Boy
"Radio"2010Alesha DixonThe Entertainer[33]
2010The Entertainer
"Repair Kit"[34]
"River"2012Emeli SandéOur Version of EventsNaughty Boy
"Saddest Vanilla"2015I Cry When I LaughNaughty Boy
"See No Evil"[35]
"She's a Gangster"[36]
"Side Effects of You"2013Fantasia BurrinoSide Effects of YouNaughty Boy[37]
"So Strong"2013Hotel CabanaNaughty Boy
"Solace"[38]
"Sorry"[39]
"Stay Awake"[40]
"Suitcase"2012Emeli SandéOur Version of Events
"Think About It"2013Hotel CabanaNaughty Boy
"This Will be the Year"2011Susan BoyleSomeone to Watch Over MeSteve Mac[41]
"Tiger"2012Emeli SandéOur Version of EventsNaughty Boy
"Til the End"2010Third StrikeNaughty Boy[42]
"Top Floor"2013Naughty BoyHotel CabanaNaughty Boy
"Trouble"2012Leona LewisGlassheart[43]
"Trouble" 2012Leona Lewis
Glassheart
"Until Then I'll Suffer" [44]
"Very Little Good" [45]
"We Can Do Anything" [46]
"Welcome to Cabana"2013Hotel CabanaNaughty Boy
"When It Hurts"Naughty Boy[47]
"When It Hurts"2012Leona LewisGlassheart
"Where I Sleep"2012Emeli SandéOur Version of EventsNaughty Boy
"Wonder" 2012Hotel Cabana and
Our Version of Events		Naughty Boy
"Yesterday's News"2010DevlinBud, Sweat and Beers[48]
"Happen"2016Emeli SandéLong Live the Angels
"Right Now"2016Emeli SandéLong Live the Angels
"Shakes"2016Emeli SandéLong Live the Angels
"I'd Rather Not"2016Emeli SandéLong Live the Angels

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Watford Music Producer Notches Up Another Chart Hit . Watford Observer . 9 March 2012 . 17 August 2012 . 7 July 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120707195057/http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/5049729.Watford_music_producer_notches_up_another_chart_hit/ . live .
  2. Web site: Naughty Boy helps others achieve music stardom after writing chart hit Diamond Rings . This Is London . 5 August 2012 . 17 August 2012 . 3 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131103082114/http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/4528790.Watford_producer_scores_chart_hit/ . live .
  3. Web site: The Official Charts Company – Naughty Boy . 5 May 2013 . The Official Charts Company . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131007052635/http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/naughty%20boy%20featuring%20sam%20smith/ . 7 October 2013.
  4. Web site: Our Version of Events . Metacritic . 23 February 2013 . 27 December 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121227080440/http://www.metacritic.com/music/our-version-of-events/emeli-sande . live .
  5. Web site: Kreisler . Lauren . Emeli Sande makes Official Chart history, smashing The Beatles' chart record! . Official Charts Company . 28 April 2013 . 28 April 2013 . 30 April 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130430231758/http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/emeli-sande-makes-official-chart-history-smashing-the-beatles-chart-record-2184/ . live .
  6. Web site: Emeli Sande's Our Version Of Events drops out of Top 10 . Lane . Daniel . 26 May 2013 . . 29 May 2013 . 7 October 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131007012735/http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/emeli-sandes-our-version-of-events-drops-out-of-top-10-2239/ . live .
  7. Web site: Carl Williott . Naughty Boy Says He's Avoiding Dubstep On Britney Spears' New Album Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on . Idolator.com . 8 August 2013 . 28 October 2013 . https://archive.today/20131028002537/http://www.idolator.com/7474488/britney-spears-new-album-naughty-boy . live .
  8. Web site: Chi . Chi . Newsbeat – Naughty Boy producing Lily Allen's third studio album . BBC . 18 July 2013 . 8 August 2013 . 20 July 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130720073042/http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/23341065 . live .
  9. Naughty Boy – Hotel Cabana. [iTunes Column Browser]. Naughty Boy Recordings & Virgin EMI Records.
  10. Web site: Ancient (Produced. By Naughtyboy & Eric Dawkins) by Loick Essien on SoundCloud . SoundCloud . 17 November 2012.
  11. Web site: "Be Kind" (Legal Title) BMI Work #16048447 . https://archive.today/20130830225257/http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=16048447&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID . dead . 30 August 2013 . BMI Repertoire (Broadcast Music Incorporated) . 30 August 2013.
  12. [Labrinth]
  13. Our Version of Events (2012) by Emeli Sandé. [Album Booklet – Lyrics & Credits]. Virgin Records (EMI Records).
  14. [Taio Cruz]
  15. Web site: Credits and personnel;– Credits . Allmusic . Rovi Corporation . 25 June 2012 . 27 June 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120627225936/http://www.allmusic.com/album/a-million-lights-mw0002365468/credits . live .
  16. Web site: "Delicate" (Legal Title) BMI Work #15908878 . https://archive.today/20130830225301/http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=15908878&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID . dead . 30 August 2013 . BMI Repertoire (Broadcast Music Incorporated) . 30 August 2013.
  17. I Am Chipmunk (2010) by Chipmunk. [Album Booklet – Credits]. Columbia Records & Jive Records.
  18. Web site: "Elizabeth" (Legal Title) BMI Work #15466880 . https://archive.today/20130830225319/http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=15466880&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID . dead . 30 August 2013 . BMI Repertoire (Broadcast Music Incorporated) . 30 August 2013.
  19. Web site: "Find a Boy" (Legal Title) BMI Work #13772047 . BMI Repertoire (Broadcast Music Incorporated) . 30 August 2013 . dead . https://archive.today/20130628192829/http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=13772047&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID . 28 June 2013.
  20. [Rihanna]
  21. Web site: ACE Repertory . . 18 February 2019 . To access, enter the search parameter "Heartland" under "Title" and select "Search" . 12 June 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160612055619/https://www.ascap.com/Home/ace-title-search/index.aspx . live .
  22. [Josh Kumra]
  23. Web site: "I'll Be Gone" (Legal Title) BMI Work #12855886 . https://archive.today/20130830225303/http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=12855886&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID . dead . 30 August 2013 . BMI Repertoire (Broadcast Music Incorporated) . 30 August 2013.
  24. Web site: "I'm Not Sorry" (Legal Title) BMI Work #12703316 . https://archive.today/20130830225300/http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=12703316&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID . dead . 30 August 2013 . BMI Repertoire (Broadcast Music Incorporated) . 30 August 2013.
  25. Web site: "Indestructable" (Legal Title) BMI Work #15466882 . https://archive.today/20130830225300/http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=15466882&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID . dead . 30 August 2013 . BMI Repertoire (Broadcast Music Incorporated) . 30 August 2013.
  26. Web site: "Jamma" (Legal Title) BMI Work #14676753 . https://archive.today/20130830225312/http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=14676753&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID . dead . 30 August 2013 . BMI Repertoire (Broadcast Music Incorporated) . 30 August 2013.
  27. Web site: "Just a Boy" (Legal Title) BMI Work #11154561 . https://archive.today/20130628192832/http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=11154561&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID . dead . 28 June 2013 . BMI Repertoire (Broadcast Music Incorporated) . 30 August 2013.
  28. Alive Till I'm Dead (2010) by Professor Green. [Album Booklet – Lyrics & Credits]. Virgin Records (EMI Records).
  29. Disc-Overy (2010) by Tinie Tempah. [Album Booklet – Credits]. Disturbing London (Parlophone).
  30. Web site: "Lie Detector" (Legal Title) BMI Work #13024195 . https://archive.today/20130830225236/http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=13024195&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID . dead . 30 August 2013 . BMI Repertoire (Broadcast Music Incorporated) . 30 August 2013.
  31. Web site: Music – Leona Lewis demos leak online – listen . Digital Spy (Hearst Media) . Corner . Lewis . 15 August 2012 . 16 August 2012 . 17 August 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120817222720/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a399620/leona-lewis-demos-leak-online-listen.html . live .
  32. "Never Be Your Woman" (2010) by Wiley featuring Emeli Sandé. [Digital – Liner Credits]. Virgin Records (EMI Records).
  33. [Alesha Dixon]
  34. Web site: "Repair Kit" (Legal Title) BMI Work #11409437 . https://archive.today/20130830225259/http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=11409437&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID . dead . 30 August 2013 . BMI Repertoire (Broadcast Music Incorporated) . 30 August 2013.
  35. Web site: "See No Evil" (Legal Title) BMI Work #11765425 . https://archive.today/20130830225301/http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=11765425&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID . dead . 30 August 2013 . BMI Repertoire (Broadcast Music Incorporated) . 30 August 2013.
  36. Web site: "She's a Gangster" (Legal Title) BMI Work #10876075 . https://archive.today/20130830225236/http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=10876075&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID . dead . 30 August 2013 . BMI Repertoire (Broadcast Music Incorporated) . 30 August 2013.
  37. [Fantasia Burrino]
  38. Web site: "Solace" (Legal Title) BMI Work #13772066 . https://archive.today/20130830225257/http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=13772066&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID . dead . 30 August 2013 . BMI Repertoire (Broadcast Music Incorporated) . 30 August 2013.
  39. Web site: "Sorry" (Legal Title) BMI Work #10876076 . https://archive.today/20130830225320/http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=10876076&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID . dead . 30 August 2013 . BMI Repertoire (Broadcast Music Incorporated) . 30 August 2013.
  40. Web site: "Stay Awake" (Legal Title) BMI Work #13881462 . BMI Repertoire (Broadcast Music Incorporated) . 30 August 2013 . dead . https://archive.today/20130628194747/http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=13881462&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID . 28 June 2013.
  41. Web site: Erlewine . Stephen Thomas . Someone to Watch Over Me – Susan Boyle AllMusic . . 9 November 2011 . 2 November 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111102142837/http://www.allmusic.com/album/someone-to-watch-over-me-r2287323 . live .
  42. [Tinchy Stryder]
  43. Leona Lewis — Glassheart. [Album Booklet]. Syco Music (Sony Music Entertainment). Catalogue Number: 88725476052.
  44. Web site: "Until Then I'll Suffer" (Legal Title) BMI Work #11643390 . https://archive.today/20130830225302/http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=11643390&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID . dead . 30 August 2013 . BMI Repertoire (Broadcast Music Incorporated) . 30 August 2013.
  45. Web site: "Very Little Good" (Legal Title) BMI Work #13881465 . BMI Repertoire (Broadcast Music Incorporated) . 30 August 2013 . dead . https://archive.today/20130628195252/http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=13881465&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID . 28 June 2013.
  46. Web site: "We Can Do Anything" (Legal Title) BMI Work #10664045 . https://archive.today/20130830225302/http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=10664045&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID . dead . 30 August 2013 . BMI Repertoire (Broadcast Music Incorporated) . 30 August 2013.
  47. Web site: "When It Hurts" (Legal Title) BMI Work #15334114 . https://archive.today/20130830225321/http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=15334114&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID . dead . 30 August 2013 . BMI Repertoire (Broadcast Music Incorporated) . 30 August 2013.
  48. Bud, Sweat and Beers (2010) by Devlin. [Album Booklet – Credits]. Island Records (Universal Music).

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