| Phil Plested | |
| Birth Name: | Philip John Plested |
| Origin: | Watford, Hertfordshire, England |
| Genre: | Pop |
| Occupation: | Songwriter, Singer |
Philip John Plested is an English singer and songwriter. He has co-written songs for artists including Lewis Capaldi, the Vamps, Little Mix, Kygo, James Arthur, Anne-Marie, and Bastille.[1] [2] [3]
Plested was born in Watford, Hertfordshire, UK.[4] He studied at Central Saint Martins in London.[5] [6] After leaving school in 2012, he formed a band, Chasing Grace, with his school friends. The band released their debut album Nowhere Near Old Enough in 2015, and were active until 2016.[7] [8] [9] He later transitioned to becoming a songwriter. Plested made his breakthrough as a songwriter in 2016 when he co-wrote the song "Touch" for Little Mix, which peaked at No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart.[10] In 2019, he co-wrote the song "Before You Go" for Lewis Capaldi, and it peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart[11] as well as on Billboards Mainstream Top 40 and Adult Top 40.[12]
As a solo artist, Plested released his debut album First & Foremost in 2018 with Atlantic Records.[13] [14] [15]
| Year | Title | Artist | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Gone | Lost Frequencies & Alexander Stewart | All Stand Together | |
| Back Home For Christmas | Mimi Webb | rowspan="2" | ||
| Leftover Love | Picture This | |||
| Home Is Where The Heart Is | LANY | A Beautiful Blur | ||
| Both | Tiësto & Bia | rowspan="2" | ||
| Goodbye Never Felt So Bad | James Bay | |||
| Trainwreck | Anne-Marie | Unhelathy | ||
| Duvet Cover | Ashley Singh | |||
| Must Be Love | Niall Horan | The Show | ||
| The Pretender | Lewis Capaldi | Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent | ||
| Love The Hell Out Of You | ||||
| How This Ends | ||||
| Any Kind Of Life | ||||
| Dancing in a Hurricane | Freya Ridings | Blood Orange | ||
| Sweet Affection | Ashley Singh | rowspan="2" | ||
| Not Alone | New Rules | |||
| Both of Us | Mimi Webb | Amelia | ||
| Remind You | ||||
| 2022 | The Way We Were | Kygo | Thrill Of The Chase | |
| Ghost of You | Mimi Webb | Amelia | ||
| Forget Me | Broken by Desire to be Heavenly Sent | |||
| I'm Good (Blue) Ft Bebe Rexha | David Guetta | TBD | ||
| Everybody Needs Someone | James Bay | Leap | ||
| Shut Off The Lights | Bastille | Give Me The Future | ||
| 2021 | No Bad Days | |||
| Can't Say No | Wild Youth | Can't Say No | ||
| Leave Before You Love Me | Marshmello & Jonas Brothers | rowspan="2" | ||
| Break My Heart | JC Stewart | |||
| Lemonade | Eves Karydas | Lemonade | ||
| Falling Up | Dean Lewis | Falling Up | ||
| Therapy | Anne-Marie | Therapy | ||
| Our Song | Anne Marie & Niall Horan | |||
| 2020 | Beautiful & Brutal | Plested | Beautiful & Brutal | |
| 25 Hours | Scoob! The Album | |||
| Permission | New Hope Club | New Hope Club | ||
| Lose Somebody Ft One Republic | Kygo | Golden Hour | ||
| Already Mine | Jasmin Abraha | Already Mine | ||
| Favourite Thing | Fleur East | FEARLESS | ||
| Kill Me Slow Ft MORTEN | David Guetta | New Rave | ||
| Survivin' | Bastille | |||
| 2019 | Either You Love Me Or You Don’t - Live Acoustic | Plested | rowspan="2" | |
| The Least I Could Do | ||||
| Undo Ft Calum Scott & Shenseea | Naughty Boy | Undo | ||
| Over You | Lily Moore | Over You | ||
| Before You Go | Lewis Capaldi | Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent | ||
| Hollywood | ||||
| 5 Miles | James Blunt | Once Upon A Mind | ||
| Nobody | James Arthur & Martin Jensen | Nobody (The Remixes) | ||
| 12:45 - Stripped | Etham | Stripped - EP | ||
| Devil | CLC | |||
| Proud | Aaron Carpenter | Proud | ||
| 2018 | Joan of Arc | Little Mix | LM5 | |
| Hooked | Why Don’t We | 8 Letters | ||
| Say | Ruel | Ready | ||
| Worthy Of You | Plested | First & Foremost | ||
| Your Name | ||||
| Habits | ||||
| First Time | ||||
| Ribcage | ||||
| Backup Plan | ||||
| Home By Now - Acoustic | ||||
| Easier Said Than Done | ||||
| Make A Start | rowspan="3" | |||
| Priorities | ||||
| Lost For Words | ||||
| All or Nothing Ft Ray BLK and Wyclef Jean | Naughty Boy | All or Nothing | ||
| Bungee Jumping Ft Emeli Sandé and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan | Bungee Jumping | |||
| Fire In Me - Sigala | John Newman | |||
| Future | Etham | Future | ||
| If Our Love Is Wrong | Calum Scott | Only Human | ||
| Sore Eyes | ||||
| Talk About Love | Boyzone | Thank You & Goodnight | ||
| 2017 | Too Good To Be True Ft Machine Gun Kelly | The Vamps & Danny Avila | Night & Day | |
| Just My Type | The Vamps | |||
| Bloodstream | The Chainsmokers | Memories...Do Not Open | ||
| Remind Me To Forget Ft Miguel | Kygo | Kids in Love | ||
| Last Time Love Ft Myah Marie | Fancy Cars | Last Time Love | ||
| For Myself - Acoustic | Etham | For Myself - Acoustic | ||
| 2016 | Science | Youthonix | Science | |
| Starting Wars | One Beat at a Time | |||
| One Beat At A Time Ft THABO | ||||
| Ballad | PROSE | Home Of The Brave | ||
| Grow On Me | PANG! | Grow On Me | ||
| Touch | Little Mix | Glory Days | ||
| Lazy Love | Chloe X Halle | |||
| 2015 | Me & You | Sam Sure | Me & You | |
| 2013 | So Strong Ft Chasing Grace | Naughty Boy | Hotel Cabana | |
| Certain Things Ft Chasing Grace | James Arthur | James Arthur | ||
| 2012 | A Gift & A Curse Ft Chasing Grace | Devlin |
Plested has won the Most Performed Pop Songs of 2021 for Before You Go by American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP).[16] He has been nominated for British Artist Video of The Year 2018 and British Single Of The Year for Touch by The Brits 2018.[17] He has been nominated for British Album of The Year for Lewis Capaldi by The Brits 2020.[18] [19]