Hannah Robinson
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Hannah Robinson is a British
songwriter
. Her best known compositions include the "Some Girls
", a UK #2 for British pop star Rachel Stevens
and Ladyhawke
's "My Delirium
". She also a vocalist and in 2006 achieved a #1 on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play
chart with "Give Me Your Love', a collaboration with Carl Cox
.
. After an initial struggle she began securing backing vocal work firstly in Italy and then in London where she began working with different producers and increasingly established artists. This career path eventually led to Robinson meeting her manager and then securing a publishing deal.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
. Her best known compositions include the "Some Girls
Some Girls
Some Girls is the 14th British and 16th American studio album by The Rolling Stones, released in 1978 on Rolling Stones Records, catalogue COC 39108...
", a UK #2 for British pop star Rachel Stevens
Rachel Stevens
Rachel Lauren Stevens is an English singer-songwriter, actress, presenter, dancer, television personality and model. She is a former member of the successful pop group S Club, and launched a solo recording career in 2003, releasing seven singles and two albums in the UK between 2003 and 2005...
and Ladyhawke
Ladyhawke
Ladyhawke is a 1985 fantasy film directed by Richard Donner, starring Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer and Michelle Pfeiffer. The film marked the second 20th Century Fox film to be co-produced and co-released by Warner Bros.. The first was The Towering Inferno; this time Warner got the U.S...
's "My Delirium
My Delirium
"My Delirium" is a New Wave song performed by New Zealander musician Ladyhawke. The third track on Ladyhawke's eponymous debut album, the song was released as a single on 8 December 2008...
". She also a vocalist and in 2006 achieved a #1 on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play
Hot Dance Club Play
The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...
chart with "Give Me Your Love', a collaboration with Carl Cox
Carl Cox
Carl Cox is a British techno and house music DJ.-Biography:Cox grew up in Oldham, Lancashire, before attending Glastonbury High Boys secondary modern school on Glastonbury Road in Morden. Cox began his career as a hardcore and rave DJ in the mid 1980s...
.
Career
It was as a vocalist that Robinson originally intended to make her name in the music industry and her early career followed that ambition. Having no formal music or vocal training, she discovered the only way to find work at the time was by responding to adverts for sessions singers in the British music papers the NME and Melody MakerMelody Maker
Melody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was, according to its publisher IPC Media, the world's oldest weekly music newspaper. It was founded in 1926 as a magazine targeted at musicians; in 2000 it was merged into "long-standing rival" New Musical Express.-1950s–1960s:Originally the Melody...
. After an initial struggle she began securing backing vocal work firstly in Italy and then in London where she began working with different producers and increasingly established artists. This career path eventually led to Robinson meeting her manager and then securing a publishing deal.
Discography
Hannah Robinson's writes and co-writes include:- Annie – "Chewing GumChewing Gum (Annie song)"Chewing Gum" is an electropop song written by Richard X and Hannah Robinson for Norwegian singer Annie's debut album Anniemal . The song is based on metaphor which likens men to chewing gum....
" and "Me Plus OneMe Plus One (Annie song)"Me Plus One" is a pop song written by producer Richard X and songwriter Hannah Robinson for Norwegian singer Annie's 2004 debut album Anniemal. The song was written about former Spice Girls member Geri Halliwell. The lyrics refer to a "wannabe senorita" who needs to realise she's "got to let it go"...
" – from the album AnniemalAnniemalAnniemal is the debut album of Norwegian electropop singer Annie. It was first released by 679 Recordings in September 2004. Annie began recording music in 1999 with her boyfriend, Tore Kroknes, who died in 2001...
(2004) - Annie – "Songs Remind Me of YouSongs Remind Me of You"Songs Remind Me of You" is a song by Norwegian recording artist Annie from her second studio album, Don't Stop. Written by Richard X and Hannah Robinson, the track was released digitally on 17 August 2009 as the album's lead single.-Background:...
", "I Know UR Girlfriend Hates MeI Know UR Girlfriend Hates Me"I Know UR Girlfriend Hates Me" is an electropop song performed by Norwegian pop singer Annie. It was released on 14 July 2008 as the lead single from her second studio album Don't Stop...
" and "AnthonioAnthonio"Anthonio" is a song by Norwegian recording artist Annie from the special edition bonus disc of her second studio album, Don't Stop . The track was released as a single on 4 May 2009, and marked Annie's debut on the Pleasure Masters label...
" – from the albums Don't StopDon't Stop (Annie album)Don't Stop is the second studio album by Norwegian recording artist Annie. Originally intended for a 2008 release on UK-based Island Records, the planned release date was pushed back...
/All Night EPDon't Stop (Annie album)Don't Stop is the second studio album by Norwegian recording artist Annie. Originally intended for a 2008 release on UK-based Island Records, the planned release date was pushed back...
(2009) - BellefireBellefireBellefire was an Irish girl group, best known for their 2002 cover of the U2 song "All I Want Is You". They originally consisted of Kelly Kilfeather , Tara Lee , Cathy Newell and Ciara Newell and a fifth-member named Paula O'Neill. They mostly performed pop and adult contemporary music...
– "Breathe" (unreleased) - Christina AguileraChristina AguileraChristina María Aguilera is an American recording artist and actress. Aguilera first appeared on national television in 1990 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The Mickey Mouse Club from 1993–1994...
- "My Delirium" (unreleased) - Dannii MinogueDannii MinogueDanielle Jane "Dannii" Minogue is an Australian singer-songwriter, actress, television personality, radio personality, fashion designer and model...
– "Hey! (So What)" and "Come and Get It" – from the album Neon NightsNeon NightsNeon Nights is the fourth studio album by Australian dance-pop singer Dannii Minogue. It was released by London Records on 17 March 2003 and was primarily produced by Ian Masterson, Korpi & Blackcell, Neïmo and Terry Ronald...
(2003) - Dannii Minogue – "No Romeo" – from the album UnleashedUnleashed (Dannii Minogue album)Originally planned in 2006 by Minogue's former label Warner Bros. Records as part of a series of back catalogue compilations released for other artists on their roster, this album was cancelled at the last minute due to interference from Minogue's management...
(2007) - Dannii Minogue – "Feel Like I Do" and "You Won't Forget About MeYou Won't Forget About Me"You Won't Forget About Me" is a pop and dance song performed by Australian singer Dannii Minogue released in the Autumn of 2004...
" – from the album Club DiscoClub DiscoClub Disco is the fifth studio album by Australian dance-pop singer Dannii Minogue. It was released by All Around the World as a digital download on 5 November 2007. A double disc was released in Australia on 27 May 2008 which included a bonus CD of remixes and "Touch Me Like That" as the first track...
(2007) - Emma BuntonEmma BuntonEmma Lee Bunton is an English pop singer/songwriter and TV and radio presenter. She was a member of the 1990s girl group, the Spice Girls, in which she was known as Baby Spice as she was the youngest member. In 2010, she joined the judging panel on ITV's Dancing on Ice...
– "I Wasn't Looking (When I Found Love)" from the album Life In MonoLife in MonoLife in Mono is the third studio album by British pop singer Emma Bunton. The album was originally set for a November release in the UK, however it was later pushed back to the December 4, 2006. Life In Mono, much like her previous album, Free Me, experimented with elements of 1960s pop music...
(2007) - Geri HalliwellGeri HalliwellGeraldine Estelle "Geri" Halliwell is an English pop singer-songwriter, author and actress. After coming to international prominence in the late 1990s as Ginger Spice, a member of the girl group the Spice Girls, Halliwell launched her solo career in 1998 and released her album Schizophonic...
– "There's Always Tomorrow", "Love Never Loved Me", and "Let Me Love You More" – from the album PassionPassion (Geri Halliwell album)Passion is the third album by English pop singer Geri Halliwell, released on 6 June, 2005) in Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Canada. Two singles were released from the album, "Ride It" and "Desire", which both made the UK top 30...
(2005) - JameliaJameliaJamelia Niela Davis , best known mononymously as Jamelia, is an English singer-songwriter, model, entertainer, television presenter and actress. She is most famous for her use of a cappella and prolific work in the R&B genre...
– "Got It So Good", "Ain't A Love", "Window Shopping", "Do Me Right", "Hustle" – from the album Walk With Me (2006) - Jamelia – "Real Love" – B-side to "Beware of the Dog" single (2007)
- Katie – "Girl Next Door" (2008)
- Kylie MinogueKylie MinogueKylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...
– "Can't Beat the Feeling" – from the album Aphrodite (2010) - LadyhawkeLadyhawkeLadyhawke is a 1985 fantasy film directed by Richard Donner, starring Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer and Michelle Pfeiffer. The film marked the second 20th Century Fox film to be co-produced and co-released by Warner Bros.. The first was The Towering Inferno; this time Warner got the U.S...
- "My DeliriumMy Delirium"My Delirium" is a New Wave song performed by New Zealander musician Ladyhawke. The third track on Ladyhawke's eponymous debut album, the song was released as a single on 8 December 2008...
" and "Dusk Till Dawn" (2008) - Liberty XLiberty XLiberty X were a British pop vocal group formed by the five contestants eliminated from the final ten qualifiers from the 2001 ITV show Popstars. The group consisted of Tony Lundon, Kevin Simm, Michelle Heaton, Kelli Young and Jessica Taylor...
– "Everybody CriesEverybody Cries"Everybody Cries" is the third and final single released from British pop-group Liberty X's second studio album, Being Somebody. The single was released in the UK in January 2004, charting and peaking at number 13 on the Official UK Singles Chart. It spent only a further 2 weeks on the UK Top 40,...
" – from the album Being SomebodyBeing SomebodyBeing Somebody is the second studio album released by British pop vocal group Liberty X. The album was released in the UK on November 3, 2003. The album featured the singles "Being Nobody", "Jumpin", "Everybody Cries" and "Fresh", which only appeared on versions of the album released in France,...
(2003) - No AngelsNo AngelsThe No Angels are an all-female pop trio from Germany, consisting of band members Lucy Diakovska, Sandy Mölling, and Jessica Wahls. Critically acclaimed, the band has won dozen of awards and prizes since their establishment in the early 2000s, including three ECHOs, a World Music Awards, a NRJ...
– "Misguided Fool" – from DestinyDestiny (No Angels album)Destiny is the fourth studio album by German pop group No Angels, released by Polydor Records and Universal Music Domestic on April 13, 2007...
(2007) - Rachel StevensRachel StevensRachel Lauren Stevens is an English singer-songwriter, actress, presenter, dancer, television personality and model. She is a former member of the successful pop group S Club, and launched a solo recording career in 2003, releasing seven singles and two albums in the UK between 2003 and 2005...
– "So Good", "Crazy Boys", "I Will Be There" and "Some GirlsSome Girls (Rachel Stevens song)"Some Girls" is a synthpop song written by Richard X and Hannah Robinson for British singer Rachel Stevens. It is included in the 2004 re-release of Stevens' debut album Funky Dory and her second studio album Come and Get It...
" – from the album Come and Get It (2005) - Rachel Stevens – "Never Go Back" – B-side to the single So Good (2005)
- Rachel Stevens – "Waiting Game – B-side to the single I Said Never Again (But Here We Are)I Said Never Again (but Here We Are)"I Said Never Again " is the third and final single taken from Rachel Stevens's second album Come and Get It, released on October 3 in 2005. The song peaked at number 12 in the UK charts just missing the top ten giving Steven's her second single to miss the top ten...
(2005) - S Club 8S Club 8S Club 8, previously known as S Club Juniors, was a spin-off of the UK pop group S Club 7. The group's members, Jay Asforis, Daisy Evans, Calvin Goldspink, Stacey McClean, Aaron Renfree, Hannah Richings, Rochelle Wiseman and Frankie Sandford, were all in their early teens or younger when they were...
– "Sail on Through" and "Searching For Perfection" – from the album SundownSundown (S Club 8 album)Sundown is the second album by British pop group S Club 8. The album was released in 2003 and went to #13 on the UK album charts.Songwriters and producers who contributed to the album include Korpi & Blackcell, Jewels & Stone, Yak Bondy, Hannah Robinson and former Dead or Alive members Tim Lever...
(2003) - S Club Juniors – "Only You" – from the album TogetherTogether (S Club Juniors album)Together was the debut album by S Club Juniors. It was released in 2002 and went to #5 on the UK album charts. The album as sold 600,000+ making it x2 Platinum....
(2002) - Saint EtienneSaint Etienne (band)Saint Etienne are an English Pop group comprising Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs. They are named after the French football team AS Saint-Étienne.-History:Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs were childhood friends and former music journalists...
– "Method of Modern LoveMethod of Modern Love (Saint Etienne song)- CD: Heavenly / HVN185CD :- CD: Heavenly / HVN185CDR :- CD: Heavenly / CDR :* UK promo.- Download: Heavenly / HVN 185DIG :* The Heartbreaks Remix was sold as a bundle, together with the 7"/CD1/CD2 set at Recordstore.co.uk....
" (2009) - Sophie Ellis-BextorSophie Ellis-BextorSophie Michelle Ellis-Bextor is an English singer, songwriter, model and occasional DJ. She first came to prominence in the late 1990s, as the lead singer of the indie rock band Theaudience. After the group disbanded, Ellis-Bextor went solo, achieving widespread success in the early 2000s...
– "China Heart", "What Have We Started?" and "Me and My ImaginationMe and My Imagination"Me and My Imagination" is a pop song written by Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Hannah Robinson and Matt Prime for Ellis-Bextor's third album, Trip the Light Fantastic. The song was released as the album's second single in May 2007, reaching number twenty-three on the UK singles chart. The song reached...
" – from the album Trip the Light Fantastic (2007) - Sophie Ellis-BextorSophie Ellis-BextorSophie Michelle Ellis-Bextor is an English singer, songwriter, model and occasional DJ. She first came to prominence in the late 1990s, as the lead singer of the indie rock band Theaudience. After the group disbanded, Ellis-Bextor went solo, achieving widespread success in the early 2000s...
– "BittersweetBittersweet (Sophie Ellis-Bextor song)"Bittersweet" is a song by British singer-songwriter Sophie Ellis-Bextor, written by James Wiltshire, Russell Small, Richard Stannard, Hannah Robinson and Sophie Ellis-Bextor for Ellis-Bextor's fourth studio album Make a Scene The song was released as the album's third single on 3 May 2010,...
", "StarlightStarlight (Sophie Ellis-Bextor song)"Starlight" is a pop song released by British singer-songwriter Sophie Ellis-Bextor as the sixth overall single from her fourth studio album, Make a Scene. It was released on 5 June 2011, in the United Kingdom as a digital download, a week before the release of the album. Ellis-Bextor apeared on...
", "Under Your Touch", "Magic" and "Dial My Number" - from the album Make a Scene (2011) - SugababesSugababesThe Sugababes are an English pop girl group based in London, consisting of members Heidi Range, Amelle Berrabah and Jade Ewen. The Sugababes were formed in 1998 with founding members Siobhán Donaghy, Mutya Buena and Keisha Buchanan. Their debut album, One Touch, was released in 2000 under London...
– "Down Down" – B-side to Too Lost in YouToo Lost in You"Too Lost in You" is a pop/R&B song covered by British girl group Sugababes from their third studio album Three . The song was released on 15 December, 2003 as the album's second single. It was written by Diane Warren and co-produced by Andy Bradfield and Rob Dougan...
(2003) - The SaturdaysThe SaturdaysThe Saturdays are a British and Irish pop girl group based in London, United Kingdom. The group consists of five members Una Healy, Mollie King, Frankie Sandford, Vanessa White and Rochelle Wiseman. In 2007 the band were formed through Fascination Records which gave them an instant record deal with...
– "I Can't Wait" – B-side to Forever Is OverForever Is Over"Forever Is Over" is a single by British-Irish girl group The Saturdays. The track was released by digital download on October 3, 2009, and CD single the following day. The song was written by, Louis Biancaniello, Sam Watters, James Bourne and produced by The Runaways...
(2009)
See also
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart