Blonde are an English deep house production duo from Bristol, consisting of Jacob Manson and Adam Englefield.[1] They are signed to Parlophone.[2]
Blonde | |
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| Origin | Bristol, England |
| Genres | Deep house |
| Years active | 2012–2019 |
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Musical career
editBlonde premiered the track "It's You" via Englefield's dance music YouTube channel Eton Messy in July 2013.[3] In May 2014, Blonde released their debut single "Foolish", which features vocals from Ryan Ashley. In July 2014, they released their second single "Higher Ground", which features vocals from Charli Taft. They came to prominence in the UK after BBC Radio 1 playlisted their single "I Loved You", which the station named their track of the day in October 2014[4][5] and was heavily praised by Radio 1 DJ Greg James on his dance anthems programme.[6] "I Loved You", which features reggae and pop singer Melissa Steel, and received favourable coverage in Clash and Heat magazines.[7][8] The song entered the UK Singles Chart at number seven and the Scottish Singles Chart at number ten.
Blonde released a fourth single, "All Cried Out", featuring vocals from Glee actor Alex Newell; it reached number four in the UK.[9] The duo's fifth single, "Feel Good (It's Alright)", features Karen Harding.
When it came into 2016, they collaborated with returning record producer and star to the music industry Craig David on the song "Nothing Like This". It was part of David's collaborative period which included artists such as Big Narstie, Katy B and Kaytranada and is also a single off of his sixth studio album, entitled Following My Intuition.
Blonde also featured as well as co-written Imani Williams's debut single, entitled "Don't Need No Money", alongside rising house record producer and DJ Sigala. Together, they took part in first ever major featured project as independent musicians. Imani got the inspiration of the track after she exploded into the music industry with Sigala on his 2016 single "Say You Do", alongside drum and bass music producer DJ Fresh.
They also co-wrote the Rudimental and Ed Sheeran song "Lay It All on Me" with Johnny Harris and James Newman. The song was originally conceived in a session between Blonde, Harris and Newman before being pitched to Rudimental. Ed Sheeran was later brought in on the track and re-wrote the break of the song.
Discography
editSingles
editAs lead artist
edit| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [10] |
UK Dance [10] |
AUT [11] |
BEL (FL) [12] |
GER [13] |
IRE [14] |
SCO [15] |
SWI [16] | ||||
| "Foolish" (featuring Ryan Ashley) |
2014 | — | — | — | 82 | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Higher Ground" (featuring Charli Taft) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "I Loved You" (featuring Melissa Steel) |
7 | 5 | 60 | 31 | 25 | 65 | 10 | 56 | |||
| "All Cried Out" (featuring Alex Newell) |
2015 | 4 | 1 | — | 59 | — | 74 | 4 | — |
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| "Feel Good (It's Alright)" (featuring Karen Harding) |
76 | 19 | — | 99 | — | — | 50 | — | |||
| "Nothing Like This" (with Craig David) |
2016 | 15 | 5 | — | 94 | — | 34 [18] |
10 | — |
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Following My Intuition |
| "Just for One Night" (featuring Astrid S) |
2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Me, Myself & I" (featuring Bryn Christopher)[19] |
2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Good Life" (with Elderbrook) |
2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||
Under the "Eton Messy" label
edit| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Talk To You" |
2012 | Non-album singles |
| "Be Mine" |
2013 | |
| "It's You" | ||
| "Cast A Spell" (with Pianoman) |
2015 |
As featured artist
edit| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [10] |
AUS [20] |
AUT [21] |
IRE [22] |
ITA [23] |
NLD [24] |
NZ [25] |
SCO | SWE [26] |
SWI [27] | ||||||||||
| "Don't Need No Money" (Imani Williams featuring Sigala and Blonde) |
2016 | 67 | — | — | 77 | — | — | — | 49 | — | — | Non-album single | |||||||
| "—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||||||
Songwriting and production credits
edit| Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album | Contributed Member(s) |
Credits | Written with | Produced with |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Real"[28] | 2015 | Brayton Bowman | The Update EP | Jacob Manson | Co-writer/Producer | Brayton Bowman, Uzoechi Emenike, Ryan Campbell | MNEK |
| "Lay It All on Me" (featuring Ed Sheeran)[29] |
Rudimental | We the Generation | Jacob Manson, Adam Englefield | Co-writer | Amir Izadkhah, Piers Aggett, Kesi Dryden, James Newman, Edward Sheeran, Gavin Slate, Leon "DJ Locksmith" Rolle, Lasse Petersen, Maxwell McElligott, Jonathan Harris, James Luke Wood | - | |
| "Don't Need No Money" (featuring Sigala & Blonde)[30] |
2016 | Imani Williams | Non-album single | Jacob Manson | Featured artist/Co-writer/Producer | Imani Williams, Bruce Fielder, Patrizia Helander, Hampus Lindvall | Sigala, TROSS |
| "Don't Ask"[31] | 2017 | Matt Terry | Trouble | Co-writer | Matthew Terry, Duck Blackwell, Andrew Jackson | - | |
| "Somebody Like Me" (featuring AJ Tracey) |
2018 | Craig David | The Time is Now | Co-writer/Producer | Craig David, Che Grant | - | |
| "Answerphone"[32] (with Ella Eyre featuring Yxng Bane) |
Banx & Ranx | Non-album single | Co-writer | Zacharie Raymond, Yannick Rastogi, Ella McMahon, Shakka Philip, Guystone Menga | - | ||
| "Used to Love You" | Anne-Marie | Speak Your Mind | Producer | - | Fraser T Smith, LostBoy, Jennifer Decilveo | ||
| "Hooked"[33] | Why Don't We | 8 Letters | Co-writer/Producer | Philip Plested | - | ||
| "Just My Type"[34] | The Vamps | Night & Day (Day Edition) | Connor Ball, Tristan Evans, James McVey, Bradford Simpson, Alexander James, Iain Farquharson, James Abrahart, Philip Plested, Tobias Tripp, Dale Anthoni | - | |||
| "Talk Later"[35] | Connor Ball, Tristan Evans, James McVey, Bradford Simpson, Richard Boardman, Pablo Bowman, Sarah Blanchard | Bradford Simpson | |||||
| "Loyal"[36] | Paloma Faith | The Architect: Zeitgeist Edition |
Paloma Faith, Jamie Miller, Max Wolfgang | Chris Loco | |||
| "Getaway"[28] | Syn Cole | Non-album single | Co-writer | Rene Pais, Nicholas Gale, Gina Kushka, Edward Drewett | - | ||
| "Lotta Love" | 2019 | Jack & Jack | A Good Friend Is Nice | Co-writer/Producer | Andrew Jackson, Adam Argyle | Jussifer | |
| "I Don't Belong in This Club" (with Macklemore) |
Why Don't We | TBA | Zak Zilesnick, Maxwell Wolfgang, Benjamin Haggerty | - | |||
| "The Road" | Leo Kalyan | Non-album single | Kashif Siddiqui, Uzoechi Emenike | Leo Kalyan | |||
| "Brixton" | Jelani Blackman | Jelani Blackman | - | ||||
| "Too Hot" | Jason Derulo | Jason Desrouleaux | - | ||||
| "Long Way to Go" | Four of Diamonds | Amy Allen, Scott Friedman | - | ||||
| "F It Up" | Jason Derulo | 2Sides (Side 1) | Jason Desreuloux, Johnny Mitchell, Rosina Russell | - | |||
| "Talk About Us" (featuring Stefflon Don) |
Jason Desreuloux, Johnny Mitchell, Rosina Russell, Stephanie Allen | - | |||||
| "Modern Anxiety" | Josef Salvat | TBA | Producer | - | Josef Salvat, Rich Cooper, Banx & Ranx | ||
| "Alone" | - | Josef Salvat, Rich Cooper | |||||
| "Houdini" (featuring Swarmz and Tion Wayne) |
2020 | KSI | Dissimulation | Co-writer/Producer | Olajide Olatunji, Brandon Scott, Dennis Odunwo, Emmanuel Isong, AJ | AJ |
References
edit- ^ New Noise Blonde, Wonderland Magazine, Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ^ Blonde sign with Parlophone Archived 21 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Parlophone.co.uk, retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ^ "Blonde - "It's You"". Hillyfilly.com.
- ^ BBC Radio One Twitter feed, retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^ BBC Radio 1 playlist, BBC, retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^ BBC Radio One's Dance Anthems Friday 17 October Music Playlist, BBC, retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ^ Blonde's Bonfire Night Bangers, Clash Magazine, retrieved 21 November 2014,
- ^ Sarah's Shiny New Thing : Blonde - I Loved You, Heat Magazine. Retrieved 21 November 2014
- ^ "OMI's Cheerleader tops Official Singles Chart for a second week". Officialcharts.com.
- ^ a b c Peaks in the UK:
- All except noted: "Artist Search > Blonde". Officialcharts.com/. Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014.
- "Don't Need No Money": "CHART: CLUK Update 23.07.2016 (wk29)". Official Charts Company. Zobbel.de. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
- ^ Austriancharts.at – Blonde feat. Melissa Steel – I Loved You Archived 23 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
- ^ Ultratop.be – Blonde feat. Melissa Steel – I Loved You Ultratop 50. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
- ^ Officialcharts.de – Blonde feat. Melissa Steel – I Loved You GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
- ^ "GFK Chart-Track". Archived from the original on 22 January 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
- ^ Archive Chart: 2014-12-13 Scottish Singles Top 40. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- ^ Swisscharts.com – Blonde feat. Melissa Steel – I Loved You Archived 19 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- ^ a b c "BRIT Certified - bpi". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ^ "GFK Chart-Track". Chart-track.co.uk. Archived from the original on 25 August 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^ "Me, Myself & I (feat. Bryn Christopher) – Single by Blonde on iTunes". iTunes Store (US). 6 July 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Sigala". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung). Archived from the original on 15 March 2016.
- "Give Me Your Love": Ryan, Gavin (21 May 2016). "ARIA Singles: Drake 'One Dance' Stays at No 1". Noise11. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
- ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Sigala". Austrian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung). Archived from the original on 17 November 2015.
- ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Sigala". Irish Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung). Archived from the original on 24 June 2016.
- ^ Hung, Steffen. "italiancharts.com - Italian charts portal".
- ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Sigala". Dutch Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung). Archived from the original on 24 February 2016.
- ^ Hung, Steffen. "charts.nz - New Zealand charts portal".
- ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Sigala". Swedish Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
- ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Sigala". Swiss Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung). Archived from the original on 2 October 2015.
- ^ a b "GEMA - Members - Repertoire Search". Online.gema.de.
- ^ "Lay It All on Me (feat. Ed Sheeran)". YouTube. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
- ^ "Don't Need No Money". YouTube. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
- ^ "Don't Ask". YouTube. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
- ^ "Answerphone (feat. Yxng Bane)". YouTube. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
- ^ "Hooked". YouTube. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
- ^ "Just My Type". YouTube. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
- ^ "Talk Later". YouTube. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
- ^ "Loyal". YouTube. Retrieved 5 February 2020.