Mark Taylor (born 1970 in Windsor, England) is a British record producer and songwriter. He has worked with artists such as Cher,[1] Tina Turner,[2] Lady Gaga,[3] Nelly Furtado,[4] Lionel Richie,[5] Hall & Oates,[6] Rod Stewart,[7] Belinda Carlisle,[8] Daniel Bedingfield,[9] Ronan Keating,[10] Enrique Iglesias,[11] Britney Spears,[12] James Morrison,[13]Kylie Minogue,[14] Jennifer Lopez.[15] Taylor worked on Cher's 1998 album Believe, with whom he won a Grammy for its title track.[16] The album went on to sell over 20 million copies worldwide.[17] The song "Believe" featured an early example of the vocal effect Auto tune.[18]
Songwriting and production credits
edit| Title | Year | Artist | Album | Songwriter | Producer | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | Secondary | Additional | Vocal | |||||
| "Believe" | 1998 | Cher | Believe | Yes | ||||
| "Runaway" | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| "All or Nothing" | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| "Strong Enough" | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| "Dov'è l'amore" | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| "Takin' Back My Heart" | Yes | |||||||
| "Now That You're Gone" | 1999 | Mike + the Mechanics | M6 | Yes | ||||
| "When the Heartache Is Over" | Tina Turner | Twenty Four Seven | Yes | |||||
| "Don't Leave Me This Way" | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| "Rhythm Divine" | Enrique Iglesias | Enrique | Yes | Yes | ||||
| "Be With You" | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| "Bailamos" | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| "Ritmo Total" (Rhythm Divine) | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| "Stronger" | Gary Barlow | Twelve Months, Eleven Days | Yes | |||||
| "Viva La Musica" | 2000 | Gipsyland | Viva La Musica | Yes | ||||
| "Torito" | Yes | |||||||
| "Ana Maria" | Yes | |||||||
| "La Bodega" | Yes | |||||||
| "La Quiero, No, No" | Yes | |||||||
| "La Droga" | Yes | |||||||
| "Me Siento Triste" | Yes | |||||||
| "Cantame Gitano" | Yes | |||||||
| "Mama" | Yes | |||||||
| "Me Va Me Va" | Yes | |||||||
| "Amigo De Verdad" | Yes | |||||||
| "Ole Ola" | Yes | |||||||
| "Santa Sarah" | Yes | |||||||
| "Hang On in There Baby" | Curiosity | Back to Front | Yes | |||||
| "Gimme the Sunshine" | Yes | |||||||
| "Could I Have This Kiss Forever" (with Enrique Iglesias) |
Whitney Houston | Whitney: The Greatest Hits | Yes | |||||
| "On a Night Like This" | Kylie Minogue | Light Years | Yes | Yes | ||||
| "Angel" | Lionel Richie | Renaissance | Yes | Yes | ||||
| "Tender Heart" | Yes | |||||||
| "Just Can't Say Goodbye" | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| "Here is My Heart" | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| "Don't Stop the Music" | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| "Livin' for Love" | Natalie Cole | The Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 | Yes | |||||
| "Hero" | 2001 | Enrique Iglesias | Escape | Yes | Yes | |||
| "Chain Reaction" | Steps | Gold: Greatest Hits | Yes | |||||
| "E Sara' A Settembre (Someone Like You)" | Andrea Bocelli | Cieli di Toscana | Yes | |||||
| "L' Incontro" (featuring Bono) |
Yes | |||||||
| "L'Ultimo Re" | Yes | |||||||
| "Love to See You Cry" | Enrique Iglesias | Escape | Yes | Yes | ||||
| "One Night Stand" | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| "She Be the One" | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| "Heroe" | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| "Surrender" | 2002 | Laura Pausini | From the Inside | Yes | ||||
| "If You're Not the One" | Daniel Bedingfield | Gotta Get Thru This | Yes | |||||
| "Honest Questions" | Yes | |||||||
| "Never Gonna Leave Your Side" | Yes | |||||||
| "Miss America" | Nick Carter | Now or Never | Yes | Yes | ||||
| "To Love a Woman" (featuring Enrique Iglesias) |
Lionel Richie | Encore | Yes | |||||
| "Breathe on Me" | 2003 | Britney Spears | In the Zone | Yes | ||||
| "Turn It On Again" | Ronan Keating | Turn It On | Yes | |||||
| "She Gets Me Inside" | Yes | |||||||
| "First Time" | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| "Let Her Down Easy" | Yes | |||||||
| "She Believes (In Me)" | Yes | |||||||
| "The Best of Me" | Yes | |||||||
| "Hold You Now" | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| "I Wouldn't Change a Thing" | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| "Not in Love" | Enrique Iglesias | 7 | Yes | Yes | ||||
| "California Callin'" | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| "Addicted" | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| "Free" | Yes | |||||||
| "Be Yourself" | Yes | |||||||
| "Wish You Were Here (With Me)" | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| "You Rock Me" | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| "Adicto" | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| "Batcha Never" | 2004 | Cherie | Cherie | Yes | ||||
| "I Belong" | Yes | |||||||
| "Never Gone" | 2005 | Backstreet Boys | Never Gone | Yes | ||||
| "Unbelievable" | Craig David | The Story Goes... | Yes | Yes | ||||
| "Wish I Was Over You" | Jo O'Meara | Relentless | Yes | Yes | ||||
| "All Over Again" (featuring Kate Rusby) |
2006 | Ronan Keating | Bring You Home | Yes | ||||
| "Friends in Time" | Yes | |||||||
| "This I Promise You" | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| "Iris" | Yes | |||||||
| "Superman" | Yes | |||||||
| "It's So Easy Lovin' You" | Yes | |||||||
| "Bring You Home" | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| "Hello Again" | Yes | |||||||
| "Just When I'd Given Up Dreaming" | Yes | |||||||
| "(We Just Need) Time" | Yes | |||||||
| "So Far Away" | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| "Introducing The Brand" | 2006 | The Ordinary Boys | How To Get Everything You Ever Wanted In Ten Easy Steps | Yes | ||||
| "Lonely At The Top" | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| "The Great Big Rip Off" | Yes | |||||||
| "Club Chez-Moi" | Yes | |||||||
| "I Luv U" | Yes | |||||||
| "Nine2Five" | Yes | |||||||
| "Commercial Breakdown" | Yes | |||||||
| "Ballad of an Unrequited Self-Love Affair" | Yes | |||||||
| "The Higher The Highs" | Yes | |||||||
| "Shut Your Mouth" | Yes | |||||||
| "We've Got The Best Job Ever" | Yes | |||||||
| "Walking On The Faultlines (The Ultimate Step)" | Yes | |||||||
| "Thank You And Goodnight" | Yes | |||||||
| "Who's That Boy?" | Yes | |||||||
| "Boys Will Be Boys" | Yes | |||||||
| "Little Girl" | 2007 | Enrique Iglesias | Insomniac | Yes | Yes | |||
| "Don't You Forget About Me" | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| "You Make It Real" | 2008 | James Morrison | Songs for You, Truths for Me | Yes | ||||
| "Broken Strings" (featuring Nelly Furtado) |
Yes | |||||||
| "Nothing Ever Hurt Like You" | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| "3 Little Words" | Frankmusik | Complete Me | Yes | |||||
| "The First Thing" | 2009 | Esmée Denters | Outta Here | Yes | Yes | |||
| "When You're Around" | Frankmusik | Complete Me | Yes | |||||
| "Standing Tears Apart" | Remi Nicole | Cupid Shoot Me | Yes | |||||
| "Cupid Shoot Me" | Yes | |||||||
| "In My Dreams" | Yes | |||||||
| "Nice Boy" | Yes | |||||||
| "Loveless" | Yes | |||||||
| "Another Day" | Yes | |||||||
| "Broken Hearted People" | Yes | |||||||
| "Come Find Me" | Yes | |||||||
| "Going It Alone" | Yes | |||||||
| "I'll Be Waiting" | Yes | |||||||
| "Love Me So" | Yes | |||||||
| "I Don't Know How" | Yes | |||||||
| "Heartbeat" (featuring Nicole Scherzinger) |
2010 | Enrique Iglesias | Euphoria | Yes | Yes | |||
| "Welcome to Burlesque" | Cher | Burlesque: OST | Yes | |||||
| "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" | Yes | |||||||
| "Don't Say Goodbye" | Olly Murs | Olly Murs | Yes | Yes | ||||
| "Heartbreaker" | 2011 | Enrique Iglesias | Euphoria | Yes | Yes | |||
| "Coming Home" | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| "I Won't Let You Go" | James Morrison | The Awakening | Yes | |||||
| "Up" (featuring Jessie J) |
Yes | |||||||
| "Glitter & Gold" | Rebecca Ferguson | Heaven | Yes | |||||
| "Love & Hate" | 2012 | Marcus Collins | Marcus Collins | Yes | Yes | |||
| "That's Just Life" | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| "Buildings and Treetops" | Nell Bryden | Non-album single | Yes | |||||
| "White and Black" | 2013 | Josh Kumra | Good Things Come to Those Who Wait |
Yes | ||||
| "Take It Like a Man" | Cher | Closer to the Truth | Yes | |||||
| "My Love" | Yes | |||||||
| "Dressed to Kill" | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| "Lovers Forever" | Yes | |||||||
| "Sirens" | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| "I Hope You Find It" | Yes | |||||||
| "That's Alright with Me" | Olly Murs | Right Place Right Time | Yes | Yes | ||||
| "Beautiful" (with Kylie Minogue) |
2014 | Enrique Iglesias | Sex and Love / Kiss Me Once |
Yes | Yes | |||
| "Only a Woman" | Sex and Love | Yes | Yes | |||||
| "Always" | 2015 | Ella Eyre | Feline | Yes | Yes | |||
| "I Need You Tonight" | James Morrison | Higher Than Here | Yes | Yes | ||||
| "Sticks and Stones" | 2017 | Nelly Furtado | The Ride | Yes | Yes | |||
| "Phoenix" | Yes | |||||||
| "Bliss" | Yes | |||||||
| "The Letter" | Mike + the Mechanics | Let Me Fly | Yes | Yes | ||||
| "I'll Be There for You" | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| "Raining Glitter" | 2018 | Kylie Minogue | Golden | Yes | Yes | |||
| "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" | Cher | Dancing Queen | Yes | |||||
| "SOS" | Yes | |||||||
| "One of Us" | Yes | |||||||
| "Dancing Queen" | Yes | |||||||
| "The Name of the Game" | Yes | |||||||
| "Waterloo" | Yes | |||||||
| "Mamma Mia" | Yes | |||||||
| "Chiquitita" | Yes | |||||||
| "Fernando" | Yes | |||||||
| "The Winner Takes It All" | Yes | |||||||
| "My Love Goes On" ( Featuring Joss Stone) | 2019 | James Morrison | You're Stronger Than You Know | Yes | ||||
| "Brighter Kind Of Love" | Yes | |||||||
| "So Beautiful" | Yes | |||||||
| "Feels Like The First Time" | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| "Glorious" | Yes | |||||||
| "Power" | Yes | |||||||
| "Slowly" | Yes | |||||||
| "Ruins" | Yes | |||||||
| "I Still Need You" | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| "Don't Wanna Lose You Now" | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| "Cross The Line" | Yes | |||||||
| "Until The Stars Go Out" | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| "DJ Play a Christmas Song" | 2023 | Cher | Christmas | Yes | ||||
| "What Christmas Means to Me" (with Stevie Wonder) | Yes | |||||||
| "Run Rudolph Run" | Yes | |||||||
| "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" (with Darlene Love) | Yes | |||||||
| "Angels in the Snow" | Yes | |||||||
| "Home" (with Michael Bublé) | Yes | |||||||
| "Please Come Home for Christmas" | Yes | |||||||
| "I Like Christmas" | Yes | |||||||
| "Christmas Ain't Christmas Without You" | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| "Santa Baby" | Yes | |||||||
| "Put a Little Holiday in Your Heart" (with Cyndi Lauper) | Yes | |||||||
| "This Will Be Our Year" | Yes | |||||||
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