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Steve Mac

British musician and producer (born 1972)


British musician and producer (born 1972)

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Steve McCutcheon (born 15 January 1972), known professionally as Steve Mac, is a British record producer, songwriter and musician. A multi-award-winning producer, he is one of the most prolific songwriters and record producers in modern British music, with contributions to 30 number one singles in the UK Singles Chart.

Career

Early career

Mac got his break in the music industry in the early 1990s when he wrote and produced the Nomad hit "(I Wanna Give You) Devotion", that reached no.2 in the UK Singles Chart. In 1992, he became part of dance group Undercover, who had several European hit singles, including "Baker Street" and "Never Let Her Slip Away". McCutcheon formed, with Darren Pearce, the duo Gems for Jem. Their single "Lifting Me Higher", sampling the Evelyn Thomas song "High Energy", topped the UK Dance Chart in May 1995.

He then met songwriter Wayne Hector, with the pair striking up a partnership that has seen them co-write and produce a range of chart songs.

Mac has gone on to work with some of the most recognised names in the music industry. He has written, co-written and produced hits for musicians including Ed Sheeran, Melanie C, Pink, Westlife, Little Mix, and many other UK and international singers.

From his Rokstone Studios in London, the artists he has written and produced for have racked up over 200 million sales worldwide during his career. As well as a string of no.1 UK and international hits, Mac has also penned top 10 singles for artists such as Calvin Harris, Demi Lovato, One Direction, The Saturdays, Leona Lewis, and Rita Ora, among others.

Work with Westlife

The producer has had a long-standing collaboration with Irish boyband, Westlife, dating back to the late 1990s. This artistic partnership resulted in him co-writing and producing four no.1 UK singles for the band. He has co-produced another five no.1 hits and produced three top five singles. Mac also co-wrote and produced the band's 2000 hit Christmas single, "What Makes a Man" reaching no.2 in the UK singles chart.

2010–2017

Mac won the first of his two Brit Awards in 2010 for co-writing and producing the no.1 single "Beat Again" for British pop/R&B band, JLS.

In 2012, the producer worked with a host of artists including Little Mix, The Wanted, The Saturdays, Susan Boyle, Il Divo, Boyzone, and Gareth Gates.

Mac was recognised in 2012, and then again in 2013 by picking up the ASCAP Song of the Year Award. The awards were in recognition of co-writing and producing the hits "Glad You Came" for The Wanted, and "You Make Me Feel..." by Cobra Starship, respectively.

Between 2013 and 2015, Mac worked with several musicians include James Blunt, John Newman, Union J, Calvin Harris, The Vamps, and Demi Lovato. He made several contributions to both James Blunt's Moon Landing album that reached no.2 in the UK album chart and The Vamps’ Wake Up album that was a top 10 hit.

Mac scored another number one hit in 2016 with "Rockabye" by Clean Bandit featuring Sean Paul and Anne-Marie. The song reached the top of the UK singles chart, staying there for nine consecutive weeks. The single also won in the EDM Winning Songs category alongside his other co-produced track for Clean Bandit and Zara Larsson, "Symphony".

In 2017, Mac picked up the Songwriter of the Year and Producer of the Year at the Music Business Worldwide A&R Awards and the ASCAP Founders Award for "his pioneering contribution to music, global success and a 27 year body of work".

The same year, Mac co-wrote Ed Sheeran's No. 1 single "Shape of You" with Sheeran and Johnny McDaid. The song broke chart history, spending 14 weeks at the top of the UK chart, and remaining in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 in the US for 33 weeks. It also claimed the unique achievement of being the most-streamed song of all time on Spotify.

He also received another Grammy nomination for Pink's US top twenty single "What About Us", which he wrote and produced.

2018–present

2018 saw the producer work with some of music's most prolific names such as Chvrches, Years & Years, Celine Dion, Little Mix, Craig David, and Westlife.

Mac won the 2018 Brit Award for British Producer of the Year. As well as the Brit Award, he also won both Songwriter of the Year and Song of the Year at the Annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards 2018 in LA.

In another award recognising Mac's work, the multi-platinum hit "Shape of You" he co-wrote and produced for Ed Sheeran picked up both a Grammy Award and the Ivor Novello Award for PRS for Music Most Performed Work in 2017.

Awards

Brit Awards 2018:

British Producer of the Year

35th Annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards 2018

Songwriter of the Year:

Song of the Year – Shape of You, Ed Sheeran | Strip That Down, Liam Payne ft. Quavo | Rockabye, Clean Bandit ft. Sean Paul | What About Us, P!nk

Music Business Worldwide A&R Awards 2017

Producer of the Year

Songwriter of the Year

ASCAP Song of the Year Awards 2013

Glad You Came, The Wanted: (Co-writer & Co-producer)

ASCAP Song of the Year Awards 2012

You Make Me Feel... Cobra Starship: (Co-writer & Co-producer)

Brit Awards 2010

Song of the Year: Beat Again, JLS (Co-written with Wayne Hector)

BMI Awards 2001

Pop Award: Swear It Again, Westlife (Co-written with Wayne Hector)

Songwriting and production discography

TitleYearArtistAlbumSongwriterProducerPrimarySecondaryAdditionalVocal"Chariot""OH OK""Cry Baby""Easy""Taboo""My Oh My""Pointless""Weekends""Do You Mind""Baby Don't Hurt Me""Celestial""LOL""Who We Love""All My Loving""Sun Will Shine""Kiss Me""My Hero""Something Beautiful""Those Who Can't Be Here""Shivers""Eternal Love""Permission to Dance""Psycho""Lost""More""Look What You've Done""Call Your Friends""How Does It Feel""New Love"
(featuring Ellie Goulding)"All I Need""Stand By Me""Young""Hallelujah""Her""Ur So F**kInG cOoL""Gold""Boyfriend""Instant History""Space""Don't Let It Break Your Heart""L.O.V.E.""Hello My Love""Dynamite""My Blood""Better Man""Without You""Repair""Take Me There""One Last Time""Home to You""Haloes""Stack It Up"
(featuring A Boogie wit da Hoodie)"Til I Met You""What Am I""Way to Break My Heart"
(featuring Skrillex)"South of the Border"
(featuring Camila Cabello and Cardi B)"Harder"
(with Bebe Rexha)"Mad Love""Call You Mine"
(with Bebe Rexha)"Sing It with Me"
(with Astrid S)"Broken & Beautiful""So Beautiful""Here with Me"
(featuring Chvrches)"Now You're Gone"
(featuring Zara Larsson)"Don't Call Me Up""Brand New""Trust Fund Baby""Want You Back""Follow Your Fire""Your Love""Miracle""2002""Melody"
(featuring James Blunt)"One More River""Breathing Fire""Ashes""If You're Over Me""Summer on You""Barcelona""Happier""Right Now"
(with Robin Schulz)"Born Again""Moves"
(featuring Snoop Dogg)"Thursday""Woman Like Me"
(featuring Nicki Minaj)"Wild"
(featuring Chelcee Grimes, TINI and Jhay Cortez)"Fire on Fire""Thumbs""Shape of You"
(solo / featuring Stormzy)"2005""Symphony"
(featuring Zara Larsson)"Don't Let Me Be Yours""Happy""Firefly""Strip That Down"
(featuring Quavo)"OK"
(featuring James Blunt)"Your Song""What About Us""A Different Way"
(with Lauv)"The Rest of Our Life"
(with Faith Hill)"Leave a Light On""Bedroom Floor""Then""Keeping Your Head Up""Hear You Calling""Love Is the Name"
(solo / featuring J Balvin)"Phoenix""Alarm""Rockabye"
(featuring Sean Paul and Anne-Marie)"So Good""Mary's Story""Years & Years""Deeper""Adore""Take Me Home""My Love" (Acoustic)"Love Me Like You""Survivors""Kingdom Come"
(featuring Iggy Azalea)"Waitin for You"
(featuring Sirah)"Lionheart""Hitchiker""Volcano"
(featuring Silento)"Wake Up""Windmills""I Found a Girl""Be with You""Colorblind""Mr. C""Empire""Me and My Broken Heart""Break the Rules""When I Find Love Again""Glow""Aliens (Her Er Jeg)""Bumper Cars""Get Away""Faith""Stick with Me""In Your Eyes""Down the Line""Running""Satellites""Miss America""The Only One""Sun on Sunday""Bones""Working It Out""Loving You is Easy""Carry You""Beethoven""Head in the Clouds""Where Are You Now""Save the Last Dance""Amaze Me""Lucky Ones""About You""Everybody Knows""Sparks""That Girl""Explode""30 Days""I Found You""Turn Your Face""We Are Who We Are""You Make Me Feel..."
(featuring Sabi)"Notorious""Glad You Came""Everybody Knows""Lightning""Autumn Love""You Have to Be There""Enjoy the Silence""Unchained Melody""Both Sides, Now""Lilac Wine""Mad World""Autumn""This Will Be the Year""Return""Ue o Muite Arukō/The First Star""Third Man Theme""Gotta Be You""My Heart Takes Over""Faster""Cannonball""Woman""All Time Low""Karma""Perfect Day""Hallelujah""Do You Hear What I Hear?"
(featuring Amber Stassi)"Don't Dream It's Over""The First Noel""O Holy Night""Away in a Manger""Make Me a Channel of Your Peace""Auld Lang Syne""O Come All Ye Faithfull""Vapor Trail""Before the Rain""Beat Again""Crazy for You""The Club is Alive""Wild Horses""I Dreamed a Dream""Cry Me a River""How Great Thou Art""You'll See""Daydream Believer""Up to the Mountain""Amazing Grace""Who I Was Born to Be""Proud""The End of the World""Silent Night""Wings to Fly""Ego""La fuerza mayor""La Promessa""Adagio""Hallelujah""L'alba del mondo""Enamorado""Angelina""Va todo al ganador""La luna""She""Amazing Grace""Por ti vuelvo a nacer""Sortilegio De Amor""When You Believe""You Don't Know Me""A Song for You""Fingerprints""Amaze Me""Carolyna""Understand""Woman""Home""Have You Ever""It's You""Catch My Breath""I Do""Hard to Say I'm Sorry""Get Away""Homeless""Footprints in the Sand""All My Life""What About Me""Back at One""Total Eclipse of the Heart""You Light Up My Life""Easy""You Are So Beautiful (to Me)""Have You Ever Been in Love""The Dance""All or Nothing""You've Lost That Loving Feeling""A Moment Like This""You Raise Me Up""That's Where You Find Love""She's Back""Desperado""In This Life""Heart Without a Home""Change Your Mind""Baby Can I Hold You""Regresa a mi""Mama""Passera""The Man You Love""Feelings""Hoy que ya no estas aqui""My Way (A mi manera)""A Moment Like This""Hey Whatever""Mandy""Heal""On My Shoulder""Turn Around""I Did It for You""Thank You""To Be with You""Home""What Do They Know?""Unbreakable""How Does It Feel""Tonight""Love Takes Two""Miss You Nights""All or Nothing""Uptown Girl""You Are""Help Me Understand""Queen of My Heart""Bop Bop Baby""I Wanna Grow Old with You""World of Our Own""To Be Loved""Drive (All the Time)""Angel""Don't Get Me Wrong""Reason for Living""What If""Blah, Blah, Blah""One Heart""If I Don't Tell You Now""I Want Candy""Against All Odds"
(with Mariah Carey)"Real Good Time""Tell Me What You Want""Lately""He Don't Love You""What Makes a Man""Close""Angel's Wings""No Place That Far""Close Your Eyes""You Make Me Feel""Fragile Heart""Every Little Thing You Do""I Have a Dream""My Girl""I'll Be There""What Becomes of the Brokenhearted""Swear It Again""Flying Without Wings""Keep on Movin""I Don't Wanna Fight""Moments""More Than Words""We Are One""Until the End of Time""Forever""Everybody Knows""Let's Make Tonight Special""Don't Fight It Baby""Satisfied""When I Remember When""Let It Be Me""Forever"
2025Westlife25: The Ultimate Collection
Sam Ryder
2024Clean Bandit, Anne-Marie and David Guetta
Jess GlynneJess
Kylie MinogueTension II
Kylie Minogue, Bebe Rexha and Tove Lo
2023Lewis CapaldiBroken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent
Freya RidingsBlood Orange
Joel CorryAnother Friday Night
David Guetta, Anne-Marie and Coi Leray
2022Ed Sheeran
MabelAbout Last Night
Sam SmithGloria
Sam Fischer
Robin Schulz and Tom WalkerPink
Dermot KennedySonder
2021WestlifeWild Dreams
Tom Walkerrowspan="2"
Tom Walker
Ed Sheeran=]]''
JLS2.0
BTS
Maisie PetersYou Signed Up For This
Jake BuggSaturday Night, Sunday Morning
Ina WroldsenMatters Of The Mind
Zara LarssonPoster Girl
London GrammarCalifornian Soil
Silk City
2020Jake BuggSaturday Night, Sunday Morning
John Newman
Sam SmithLove Goes
Brother Leorowspan="3"
Anne-Marie
Tones and I
Paloma FaithInfinite Things
MabelHigh Expectations
Biffy ClyroA Celebration of Endings
2019Louis TomlinsonWalls
WestlifeSpectrum
Sigridrowspan="2"
Ina Wroldsen
Liam PayneLP1
Max Georgerowspan="2"
Why Don't We
Ed SheeranNo.6 Collaborations Project
Jax JonesSnacks (Supersize)
MabelHigh Expectations
The ChainsmokersWorld War Joy
JP Cooper
Kelly ClarksonUglyDolls OST
James MorrisonYou're Stronger Than You Know
Marshmello
Tom WalkerWhat a time to Be Alive
MabelHigh Expectations
2018Craig DavidThe Time is Now
Why Don't We8 Letters
5 Seconds of SummerYoungblood
KodalinePolitics of Living
Zak Abel
ChvrchesLove is Dead
Anne-MarieSpeak Your Mind
Lost FrequenciesAlive and Feeling Fine
Melo MorenoColours
Anne-MarieSpeak Your Mind
Celine DionDeadpool2
Years & YearsPalo Santo
PrettyMuchrowspan="4"
Max George
Bastille & Marshmello
Nick Jonas
KodalinePolitics of Living
Olly MursYou Know I Know
Jess GlynneAlways in Between
Little MixLM5
Jonas BlueBlue
Sam Smith
2017Sabrina CarpenterEvolution
Ed Sheeran÷
James BluntThe Afterlove
Clean BanditWhat Is Love?
Zara LarssonSo Good
StepsTears on the Dancefloor
Liam PayneLP1
Robin SchulzUncovered
Rita OraPhoenix
PinkBeautiful Trauma
DJ Snake
Tim McGrawThe Rest of Our Life
Tom WalkerWhat a Time to Be Alive
Liam PayneLP1
Anne-MarieSpeak Your Mind
2016BirdyBeautiful Lies
Sofia Carson
Olivia HoltOlivia EP
Anne-MarieSpeak Your Mind
Clean BanditWhat Is Love?
Louisa JohnsonNon-album single}}
Ina Wroldsen
Olly Murs24 HRS
2015Jasmine ThompsonAdore EP
Jess GlynneI Cry When I Laugh
Little MixGet Weird
Selena GomezRevival
Demi LovatoConfident
OMIMe 4 U
The VampsWake Up
2014Amber Riley
Nina NesbittPeroxide
ShakiraShakira
RixtonLet the Road
Charli XCXSucker
James BluntMoon Landing: Special Edition
Ella HendersonChapter One
Ina Wroldsen
Alex & SierraIt's About Us
Jessie JSweet Talker
Calvin HarrisMotion
Olly MursNever Been Better
2013InnaParty Never Ends
John Newman (singer)Tribute
John Newman (singer)Tribute
James BluntMoon Landing
Union JUnion J
Shane FilanYou and Me
The WantedWord of Mouth
2012Cover DriveBajan Style
The SaturdaysLiving for the Weekend
The WantedWord of Mouth
Little MixDNA
2011Cobra StarshipNight Shades
The SaturdaysOn Your Radar
The WantedBattleground
Susan BoyleSomeone to Watch Over Me
One DirectionUp All Night
The SaturdaysOn Your Radar
Little Mix
2010Toni BraxtonPulse
The WantedThe Wanted
The SaturdaysHeadlines!
Susan BoyleThe Gift
Alexandra BurkeOvercome
2009JLSJLS
Susan BoyleI Dreamed a Dream
The SaturdaysWordshaker
2008Il DivoThe Promise
Leon JacksonRight Now
2007No AngelsDestiny
Melanie CThis Time
Delta GoodremDelta
WestlifeBack Home
Leona LewisSpirit
2006Shayne WardShayne Ward
WestlifeThe Love Album
Leona LewisSpirit
2005WestlifeFace to Face
2004Ronan Keating10 Years of Hits
Il DivoIl Divo
2003Kelly ClarksonThankful
WestlifeTurnaround
2002*Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits
Volume 1*
2001O-TownO-Town
WestlifeWorld of Our Own
Atomic KittenRight Now
Trace AdkinsChrome
WestlifeWorld of Our Own
Kate WinsletChristmas Carol: The Movie OST
2000Devotion 2 MusicPokémon: The Movie OST
O-Town
Ronan KeatingRonan
Aaron CarterAaron's Party (Come Get It)
WestlifeCoast to Coast / Rainbow
Aaron CarterAaron's Party (Come Get It)
Samantha MumbaGotta Tell You
Human NatureHuman Nature
WestlifeCoast to Coast
1999Westlife
5iveInvincible
WestlifeWestlife
5iveInvincible
19985ive
1997DamageForever
1996

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  2. (2017-04-20). "Steve Mac: 'There are no rules to pop music now. It just has to be of great quality.'".
  3. (20 April 2017). "Steve Mac: 'There are no rules to pop music now. It just has to be of great quality.'".
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  5. (6 May 1995). "GEMS FOR JEM Lifting Me Higher (Box 21)". Hit Music.
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  9. ""I feel truly humbled": Steve Mac announced as recipient of The BRIT Award 2018 for Best British Producer".
  10. (2010-12-12). "Meet the secret winner of The X Factor".
  11. "Steve Mac, Dua Lipa honoured at ASCAP Awards London".
  12. McIntyre, Hugh. "Ed Sheeran's 'Shape Of You' Is Now The Most-Played Song Ever On Spotify".
  13. Desk, TV News. "Kendrick Lamar, Bruno Mars, & Ed Sheeran Lead the 2018 Billboard Music Awards Nominations with 15 Each".
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