List of songs written by Cathy Dennis
Cathy Dennis is a British singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. After a moderately successful international solo career, Dennis later received great success as a writer of pop songs, scoring eight UK number ones and winning five Ivor Novello Awards .[ 1]
This is a list of released singles , songs and album tracks, recorded by other artists, that have been written or co-written by Cathy Dennis.
Below is a round-up of the chart positions achieved around the world by singles released featuring the writing credits of Cathy Dennis.
Songwriting career
Dennis has achieved critical and commercial success as a songwriter, winning a number of award-winning songs and penning many international hit singles. She has also contributed backing vocals to many of these recordings. Dennis has provided songs for Simon Fuller acts such as the Spice Girls , S Club 7 and the Idol franchise contestants where she co-wrote "Bumper to Bumper", the B-side to the Spice Girls' first hit single "Wannabe ".
Her highest-selling composition, "Can't Get You Out of My Head " (recorded by Kylie Minogue ), spent four weeks at number one in Britain while also rekindling interest in Minogue in America (where it hit #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 ). Can't Get You Out of My Head sold over three million copies worldwide to become the world's second highest selling single in 2001. Her co-written single "I Kissed a Girl " by Katy Perry also hit No. 1 in the USA.
"Can't Get You Out of My Head" also won Dennis an Ivor Novello Award as 2001's most performed composition. She won the same award in 2003 for "Anything Is Possible". In the US, Dennis has received awards from Billboard, Grammy for compositions with Kylie Minogue and Britney Spears .
Dennis co-wrote the Pop Idol theme (re-used for numerous international remakes of the show, including American Idol ), and many Idol contestants have recorded her songs, including Will Young , Gareth Gates , Kelly Clarkson , and Clay Aiken . Clarkson's single "Before Your Love" (a double a-side with "A Moment Like This ") was Dennis' first US No. 1.[ 2]
In 2011, Cathy had a cut on the soundtrack for the remake of the film Arthur starring Russell Brand , the song was called "Can't Buy You" and was produced by Mark Ronson . In 2014, she co-wrote a track on Chris Brown 's album "X " which debuted at number 2 on the US Billboard 200 chart.
Most recently, Cathy has co-written 3 tracks on the Galantis album "Pharmacy ", one of which, "Runaway (U & I) " reached No. 1 in the UK Dance chart and No. 9 in the US Dance chart.
Full discography of songs written by Cathy Dennis
International singles and certifications
All credited contributions
indicates a background vocal contribution.
indicates an un-credited vocal contribution.
Year
Artist
Album
Song
Co-written with
1991
Liu Xiaohui
In Your Dreams
"Lover in the Stars"
Danny Poku
1992
Priscilla Chan
Return
"Moon"
Michael Leeson, Terence Britten
Dannii Minogue
Get into You
"Love's on Every Corner "
Danny Poku , Paul Taylor
1993
Lirian
Am I Really in Love?
"Senior Love Home"
Shep Pettibone , Tony Shimkin
1994
Liu Xiaohui
Change to Select
"Lover in the Stars"
Danny Poku
Linda Wong
Boundless Moment
"Emotional Ensemble"
Terence Britten
1996
Spice Girls
Non-album single
"Bumper to Bumper"
Melanie Brown , Emma Bunton , Melanie Chrisholm , Geraldine Horner , Paul "Pablo" Wilson , Andy Watkins
1998
Phil Roy
As Good As It Gets OST
"Under Stars"
Phil Roy , Heitor Pereira
1999
21st Century Girls
21st Century Girls
"Teenage Attack"
Leanne Garner , Fiona Garner , Katelyn Turney , Meriam Mohammad , Charlotte Fendek , Todrick Allen
"Drive"
Leanne Garner , Fiona Garner , Katelyn Turney , Meriam Mohammad , Charlotte Fendek
S Club 7
S Club
"Two in a Million "
Simon Ellis
"Viva La Fiesta"
Hallegir Rustan, Mikkel Eriksen , Tor Hermansen
"I Really Miss You"
Eliot Kennedy , Patrick Lincoln
"Hope for the Future"
Danny Poku
"So Right"
Danny Poku
2000
7
"Reach "
Andrew Todd
"Natural "
Norma Ray, Jean Fredenucci, Andrew Todd
"I'll Keep Waiting"
Simon Ellis
"All in Love Is Fair"
Simon Ellis
"Love Train"
Andrew Todd
"I'll Be There"
Danny Poku
"Never Had a Dream Come True "
Simon Ellis
Non-album single
"If It's Love"
Simon Ellis
Hooverphonic
The Magnificent Tree
"Jackie Cane"
Alexander Callier
S Club 7
Non-album single
"Perfect Christmas"
Simon Ellis
2001
A-Teens
Teen Spirit
"Heartbreak Lullaby "
Jan Kask, Peter Mansson
Kylie Minogue
Fever
"Can't Get You Out of My Head "
Robert Davis
"Come into My World "
Robert Davis
"Dancefloor"
Steve Anderson
S Club 7
Sunshine
"Have You Ever "
Andrew Frampton , Christopher Braide
"Boy Like You"
Lauren Christy
"Sunshine"
Joanne O'Meara , Paul Cattermole , Bradley McIntosh , Tina Barrett , Hannah Spearritt , Rachel Stevens , Jonathan Lee , Yak Bondy
"Dance, Dance, Dance"
Julian Gingell, Barry Stone
"Right Guy"
Bradley McIntosh
Hear'Say
Everybody
"Suddenly"
Oskar Paul
"Home Again"
Simon Ellis
2002
Will Young
From Now On
"Anything Is Possible "
Christopher Braide
S Club 8
Together
"One Step Closer "
Michael Percy, Timothy Lever
Allstars
Allstars
"Back When "
Michael Percy, Timothy Lever
Kelly Clarkson
Non-album single
"Before Your Love "
Gary Burr , Desmond Child
Will Young
From Now On
"Lover Won't You Stay"
Guy Chambers
"Lovestruck"
William Young
"What's in Goodbye"
Burt Bacharach
"Cruel to Be Kind"
William Young
S Club 8
Together
"Wherever You Are"
Simon Ellis
"Anytime Anywhere"
Andrew Todd
Gareth Gates
What My Heart Wants to Say
"Tell Me One More Time"
Oskar Paul, Andrew Fromm
S Club 7
Seeing Double
"Do It Till We Drop"
John Lisners
"Who Do You Think You Are?"
John Lisners
2003
Jason Prince
The Collection
"Evergreen"
Christopher Braide
Gareth Gates
Go Your Own Way
"Dance Again"
Steve McCutcheon
Celine Dion
One Heart
"Reveal"
Greg Wells
Delta Goodrem
Innocent Eyes
"Throw It Away"
Gary Barlow , Eliot Kennedy
Ronan Keating
Non-album single
"This is It"
Ronan Keating , Christopher Braide
S Club 7
Best: The Greatest Hits of S Club 7
"Say Goodbye "
Christopher Braide
Amy Studt
False Smiles
"Seconds Away"
Amy Studt
Thalía
Thalía
"Misbehavin'"
David Siegel , Steven Morales
Rachel Stevens
Funky Dory
"Sweet Dreams My LA Ex "
Christian Karlsson , Pontus Winnberg , Henrik Jonback
"Glide"
Christian Karlsson , Pontus Winnberg , Henrik Jonback
"Heaven Has to Wait"
Anders Bagge, Arnthor Birgisson
"Little Secret"
Guy Chambers
S Club 8
Sundown
"Drawn to You"
Ian Allan, Kieron Bass, Mark Bass, Nathan Bass
Clay Aiken
Measure of a Man
"Measure of a Man"
Steven Morales, David Siegel
Britney Spears
In the Zone
"Showdown"
Britney Spears , Christian Karlsson , Pontus Winnberg , Henrik Jonback
"Toxic "
Christian Karlsson , Pontus Winnberg , Henrik Jonback
Kylie Minogue
Body Language
"After Dark"
Christopher Braide
Will Young
Non-album single
"Ticket to Love"
William Young
Hooverphonic
Sit Down and Listen To
"The Last Thing I Need is You"
Alexander Callier , Paul Campbell
2004
TEARs
Non-album single
"I Found Love"
Robert Davis
Emma Bunton
Free Me
"Lay Your Love on Me"
Emma Bunton
Janet Jackson
Damita Jo
"Island Life"
Janet Jackson , Scott Storch
Jentina
Jentina
"French Kisses "
Jentina Chapman , Greg Wells
Delta Goodrem
Mistaken Identity (single)
"How a Dream Looks"
Guy Chambers
Delta Goodrem
Mistaken Identity
"Analyst"
Delta Goodrem , Guy Chambers
"Electric Storm"
Delta Goodrem , Guy Chambers
"Sanctuary"
Delta Goodrem , Guy Chambers
2005
JamX
Non-album single
"Blue Monday" (with DeLeon featuring Bernard Sumner )
Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Paul Harris, Bernard Sumner , Robert Davis
Sugababes
"Like the Weather"
Mutya Buena , Keisha Buchanan , Heidi Range , Guy Sigsworth
Taller in More Ways
"Bruised"
Mutya Buena , Keisha Buchanan , Heidi Range , Guy Sigsworth
2006
P!nk
I'm Not Dead
"Centerfold"
Greg Kurstin
Emma Bunton
Life in Mono
"Mischievous"
Emma Bunton , Greg Kurstin
2007
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Trip the Light Fantastic
"Catch You "
Greg Kurstin , Rhys Barker
Melanie C
This Time
"Protected"
Melanie Chisholm , Guy Chambers
David Guetta
Pop Life
"Baby When the Light "(featuring Cozi )
Pierre Guetta , Joachim Garraud , Steve Angello
Sugababes
Change
"About You Now "
Lukasz Gottwald
"Surprise"
Lukasz Gottwald
"Open the Door"
Keisha Buchanan , Heidi Range , Lukasz Gottwald
Róisín Murphy
Non-album single
"Sunshine"
Róisín Murphy , Dean Honer, Richard Barrett
Carrie Underwood
Carnival Ride
"You Won't Find This"
Thomas Shapiro
Nana Tanimura
Non-album single
"Jealous Girl"
Richard Nowels Jr.
Jordin Sparks
Jordin Sparks
"Young and in Love"
Christian Karlsson , Pontus Winnberg , Henrik Jonback
Kylie Minogue
X
"Sensitized"
Serge Gainsbourg , Guy Chambers
2008
Leon Jean-Marie
Bent Out of Shape
"Bed of Nails"
Leon Jean-Marie, Mark Ronson , Johnny Pearson
Katy Perry
One of the Boys
"I Kissed a Girl "
Katheryn Hudson , Lukasz Gottwald , Benjamin Levin
Vanessa Hudgens
Identified
"Identified"
Lukasz Gottwald , Karl Sandberg
"First Bad Habit"
Lukasz Gottwald
"Don't Ask Why"
Lukasz Gottwald , Beau Dozier
"Amazed"(featuring Lil Mama )
Lukasz Gottwald , Benjamin Levin , Niatia Kirland
David Cook
David Cook
"Heroes"
David Cook , Raine Maida
2009
Jonas Brothers
Lines, Vines and Trying Times
"Paranoid "
Nicholas Jonas , Joseph Jonas , Kevin Jonas II , John Fields
Daniel Merriweather
Love & War
"Chainsaw"
William Hawkshaw
2010
Belinda Peregrin
Carpe Diem
"Duele"
Belinda Peregrin , Nacho Peregrin, Christopher Braide
Livvi Franc
Non-album single
"Automatik "
Olivia Waithe , Evan Kidd Bogart , Nadir Khayat
Diana Vickers
Songs from the Tainted Cherry Tree
"Once "
Francis White
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Non-album single
"Sophia Loren"
Christopher Rojas
Pixie Lott
Turn It Up Louder
"Doing Fine (Without You)"
Victoria Lott , Christopher Braide
The Wanted
The Wanted
"Replace Your Heart"
Kasia Livingston, Greg Kurstin
Hooverphonic
The Night Before
"Identical Twin"
Alexander Callier
Mark Ronson & The Business Intl.
Record Collection
"Somebody to Love Me " (featuring Boy George and Andrew Wyatt )
Mark Ronson , Anthony Rossomando , Andrew Wyatt , Alexander Greenwald , Jason Sellards , Keinan Warsame , Nicholas Movshon
Christina Aguilera
Bionic
"So What You Got"(recorded but unreleased) [ 31]
Christina Aguilera , Dr Luke
2011
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Make a Scene
"Revolution"
Sophie Ellis-Bextor , Greg Kurstin
"Off & On "
Róisín Murphy , Adam Wiles
Hitomi
Spirit
"Sweet & Honey"
James Nosanow
Jake Zyrus
Infinity
"Lost the Best Thing"
Carsten Schack , Sean Hurley
Pixie Lott
Young Foolish Happy
"Come Get It Now"
Victoria Lott , Benjamin Hudson McIldowie , Robin French
2012
Little Mix
DNA
"Case Closed"
Perrie Edwards , Jessica Nelson , Leigh-Anne Pinnock , Jade Thirlwall , Bobbie Lamond, Darren Lewis, Iylola Babalola
2013
Mark Knight
Non-album single
"Your Love"
Mark Knight, Andrew Meecham, Dean Meredith, Robert Davis
Diane Birch
Speak a Little Louder
"Love and War"
Diane Birch , James Nosanow
Kelly Clarkson
Wrapped in Red
"4 Carats"
Kelly Clarkson , Olivia Waithe , Greg Kurstin
2014
Galantis
Galantis EP
"Help"
Christian Karlsson , Linus Eklow , Jimmy "Svidden" Koitzsch , Salem Al Fakir , Vincent Pontare
"Friend (Hard Times)"
Christian Karlsson , Linus Eklow , Jimmy "Svidden" Koitzsch , Seinabo Sey , Magnus Lidehäll
Dreabb
Non-album single
"La Mia Divinita"
Christian Karlsson , Pontus Winnberg , Henrik Jonback
Chris Brown
X
"Don't Be Gone Too Long"
Christopher Brown , Michael McHenry, Ryan Buendia, Kyle Edwards, Jean-Baptiste Kouame, Scott Hoffman , Clarence Coffee Jr.
Galantis
Pharmacy
"Runaway (U & I) "
Christian Karlsson , Linus Eklow , Jimmy "Svidden" Koitzsch , Julia Karlsson, Anton Rundberg
AlunaGeorge
Non-album single
"Supernatural"
Aluna Francis , George Reid , Scott Hoffman
2015
Galantis
Pharmacy
"Gold Dust "
Christian Karlsson , Linus Eklow , Jimmy "Svidden" Koitzsch , Vincent Pontare
"Louder, Harder, Better"
Christian Karlsson , Linus Eklow , Jimmy "Svidden" Koitzsch
2016
Santigold
99¢
"Banshee"
Santi White , Patrik Berger, John Hill , Sarah Hudson
AlunaGeorge
I Remember
"Heartbreak Horizon"
Aluna Francis , George Reid
Galantis
The Aviary
"Love on Me "(with Hook n Sling )
Christian Karlsson , Linus Eklow , Jimmy "Svidden" Koitzsch , Henrik Jonback , Anthony Maniscalco , Laura White , Richard Boardman, Sarah Blanchard
2017
Liv Dawson
Non-album single
"Searching"
Olivia Dawson , Howard Lawrence , Guy Lawrence , James Napier , Christian Karlsson , Pontus Winnberg , Henrik Jonback
Cashmere Cat
9
"Plz Don't Go"(featuring Jhene Aiko )
Magnus August Hoiberg , Benjamin Levin , Jhene Chilombo , Daniella Vidmar
EXO
Universe EP
"Stay"
Robert Gerongco, Samuel Gerongco, Terence Lam
2018
Fairlane
Non-album single
"Uncover You"(featuring Ilsey )
Nina Woodford-Wells , Ilsey Juber , Andrew Goldstein
Galantis
"Mama Look at Me Now"
Christian Karlsson , Linus Eklow , Jimmy "Svidden" Koitzsch , Henrik Jonback , Carl Lehman
"Emoji"
Christian Karlsson , Linus Eklow , Jimmy "Svidden" Koitzsch , Henrik Jonback
2019
Church
"Holy Water"
Christian Karlsson , Linus Eklow , Jimmy "Svidden" Koitzsch , Pontus Winnberg , Henrik Jonback
2020
"Steel"
Christian Karlsson , Henrik Jonback , Salem Al Fakir , Vincent Pontare , Jan Postma, Jordi Fluiter
"Unless It Hurts"
Christian Karlsson , Henrik Jonback , Salem Al Fakir , Vincent Pontare , Jan Postma, Jordi Fluiter
"Stella"
Christian Karlsson , Henrik Jonback , Jan Postma, Jordi Fluiter
"F*** Tomorrow Now"
Christian Karlsson , Henrik Jonback , Jan Postma, Jordi Fluiter
Agnes
Non-album single
"Goodlife "
Agnes Carlsson , Salem Al Fakir , Vincent Pontare
2022
KT Tunstall
Nut
"I Am the Pilot"
KT Tunstall , Martin Terefe
"Dear Shadow"
KT Tunstall
2023
S Club
Non-album single
"These Are the Days "
Simon Ellis , Johanne Ellis
Awards
Ivor Novello Awards 2002 – PRS Most Performed Work – "Can't Get You Out of My Head"[ 32]
Ivor Novello Awards 2002 – International Hit of the Year – "Can't Get You Out of My Head"[ 32]
Ivor Novello Awards 2002 – Ivors Dance Award – "Can't Get You Out of My Head"[ 32]
Ivor Novello Awards 2003 – Best-selling UK single – "Anything is Possible"[ 33]
Grammy Awards 2004 – Best Dance Recording – "Come into my World"[ 34]
Grammy Awards 2005 – Best Dance Recording – "Toxic"[ 34]
ASCAP Awards 2005 – Most Performed Song – "Toxic"[ 35]
Ivor Novello Awards 2005 – PRS Most Performed Work – "Toxic"[ 36]
UK Music Industry Woman of The Year Award (2006)[ 37]
ASCAP Awards 2007 – TV Theme – American Idol[ 38]
Honorary Doctorate of Music, University of East Anglia (2012)[ 39]
Grammy Awards 2016 – Best Dance Recording – "Runaway (U & I)" (Nominated)[ 34]
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