Mike Needle
English musician (born 1986)
Mike Needle (born 4 June 1986) is an English songwriter, producer and singer.
He has co-written songs for artists such as One Direction, Rita Ora, Tom Grennan, Niall Horan, Rag'n'Bone Man, Alan Walker, James TW & JP Cooper, and has vocal-produced for artists such as Ella Henderson, One Direction, Christina Perri & Westlife.
Notable songs written by Needle include "This Town" by Niall Horan, "Skin" by Rag'n'Bone Man, "Tired" by Alan Walker, and "Little Bit of Love" by Tom Grennan.
Needle's composition "Little Bit of Love" by Tom Grennan received a nomination for Song Of The Year at the 2022 Brit Awards.
Needle's songwriting debut 'What a Feeling" from One Direction's album 'Made in the A.M.' topped Rolling Stone's Readers' Poll as the best track One Direction ever released.
Needle has contributed to eleven Top10 Albums in the US & UK, and three Top10 Singles. Human by Rag'n'Bone Man, Evering Road by Tom Grennan, and Flicker by Niall Horan all achieved No.1 in the US/UK.
In 2022, Needle was nominated for an Ivor Novello Award for his composition "Little Bit of Love".
01Songwriting Discography
As per Tidal Credits
| Year | Artist | Album | Song | Songwriter | Producer | Vocal Prod |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Paula Stellar | Girl My Age | ✓ | |||
| Loi & David Puentez | Golden Summer | ✓ | ||||
| Take That | Sweet July | ✓ | ||||
| Jack Dean | Mercy | ✓ | ||||
| Tom Gregory | How It Was Before | ✓ | ||||
| ADMT | From Good to Bad and Then Back Again | The Door That Never Opens | ✓ | |||
| Wish You Good | ✓ | |||||
| Moss Kena | Rhythm Unknown | ✓ | ||||
| Paula Stellar | LOVESICK | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Pedro Santos | I Don't Know Me | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| 2025 | Loi | Red Eyes | ✓ | |||
| Wes Nelson | 11:11 | ✓ | ||||
| Matteo Bocelli | Lost This Christmas | ✓ | ||||
| Calum Scott | Avenoir | Lost Myself | ✓ | |||
| ISAAK | PAPER PLANE | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Jack Dean | Tears Won't Save You | ✓ | ||||
| Chanin | Whisper | ✓ | ||||
| Michael Patrick Kelly | Run Free | ✓ | ||||
| Will Linley | Don't Cry Because It's Over | Quite Like Us... | ✓ | |||
| Tom Grennan | Everywhere I Went, Led Me to Where I Didn't Want to Be | Shadows On The Ceiling | ✓ | |||
| Somewhere Only We Go | ✓ | |||||
| I Won't Miss A Thing | ✓ | |||||
| Loi | Get Lucky | ✓ | ||||
| Jack Dean | Rumours | ✓ | ||||
| Tom Grennan | Everywhere I Went, Led Me to Where I Didn't Want to Be | Full Attention | ✓ | |||
| Zachary Gordon | Days With You | ✓ | ||||
| Jack Dean | Church In The Morning | ✓ | ||||
| Tom Grennan | Everywhere I Went, Led Me to Where I Didn't Want to Be | Boys Don't Cry | ✓ | |||
| Medun ft. René Miller | Crystal Eyes | ✓ | ||||
| 2024 | Loi | Left In Your Love | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| NCT Dream | Dreamscape | Heavenly | ✓ | |||
| dearALICE | Best Day Of Our Lives | ✓ | ||||
| Rag'n'Bone Man | What Do You Believe In? | Put A Little Hurt On Me | ✓ | |||
| Wreckage | ✓ | |||||
| Clock Clock | Dreamers | Pretty Eyes | ||||
| Calum Scott | Roots | |||||
| Tom Gregory | Glow In The Dark | |||||
| Cheat Codes, Jason Derulo, Galantis, De la Ghetto | Morning | |||||
| Liam Payne | Teardrops | |||||
| 2023 | Faul & Wad, Dubdogz | The Way You Lie | ||||
| Mimi Webb | Back Home For Christmas | |||||
| Zoe Wees | Therapy | Broke | ||||
| James Blunt | Who We Used to Be | A Thousand Lives | ||||
| When You're Gone | ||||||
| Glow | ||||||
| Some Kind Of Beautiful | ||||||
| Tom Grennan | What Ifs & Maybes | Before You | ||||
| This Side Of The Room | ||||||
| Someone I Used To Know | ||||||
| Unbreak A Broken Love | ||||||
| Niall Horan | The Show | The Show | ||||
| Science | ||||||
| Nico Santos | Ride | Real Love | ||||
| City Nights | ||||||
| René Miller | Wrong Places | |||||
| 2022 | Tom Grennan | You Are Not Alone | ||||
| Sam Ryder | There's Nothing but Space, Man! | Crashing Down | ||||
| Ewan Mainwood | Leave Me Lonely | |||||
| Gryffin ft. Matt Maeson | Alive | Lose Your Love | ||||
| Tom Gregory | Forget Somebody | |||||
| Joel Corry, Tom Grennan | Lionheart (Fearless) | |||||
| René Miller | Concrete Heart | |||||
| Sam Feldt, Gavin James | Better | |||||
| René Miller | Out Of Goodbyes | |||||
| Tom Grennan | All These Nights | |||||
| Gavin James | Kingdom | |||||
| René Miller | Standing In His Shoes | |||||
| JP Cooper | She | Kids | ||||
| She | ||||||
| Need You Tonight | ||||||
| 2021 | Sam Feldt ft. Rita Ora | Follow Me | ||||
| Michael Patrick Kelly | BOATS | Blurry Eyes | ||||
| Tom Gregory | Things I Can't Say Out Loud | Careless War | ||||
| Camylio | Unbreak | |||||
| Westlife | Wild Dreams | Starlight | ||||
| Calvin Harris ft Tom Grennan | By Your Side | |||||
| Into The Ark | The Show | |||||
| Sophie and the Giants | Don't Ask Me To Change | |||||
| Declan J Donovan | Into The Fire | |||||
| Bow Anderson | Hate That I Fell In Love With You | |||||
| Etham | Somebody Else To Love | |||||
| Into The Ark | Olivia | |||||
| Rebecca Ferguson & Nile Rodgers | No Words Needed | |||||
| Bow Anderson | New Wave EP | New Wave | ||||
| Black Heart | ||||||
| Tom Grennan | Evering Road | Little Bit of Love | ||||
| 2020 | Duncan Laurence | Small Town Boy | Loves You Like I Couldn't Do | |||
| Bow Anderson | Island | |||||
| Bobby Bazini | Move Away | Love & Alcohol | ||||
| Bow Anderson | Heavy | |||||
| Gavin James | Boxes | |||||
| Niall Horan | Heartbreak Weather | Small Talk | ||||
| Arms Of A Stranger | ||||||
| Still | ||||||
| Robinson | Watching You EP | Watching You | ||||
| Elias | Need You Now | |||||
| JP Cooper | In These Arms | |||||
| 2019 | Niall Horan | Heartbreak Weather | Put a Little Love on Me | |||
| Westlife | Spectrum | Another Life | ||||
| New Rules | New Rules EP | 24 Hours | ||||
| Night Like This | ||||||
| Jack Vallier | Copenhagen | |||||
| Michael Schulte | Highs & Lows | Someone | ||||
| Danny Jones | $igns | Talk In The Morning | ||||
| $igns | ||||||
| James TW | Chapters | 'Incredible' | ||||
| Milow | Break The Silence | 'Help' | ||||
| 'She' | ||||||
| 'Break The Silence' | ||||||
| 2018 | Gavin James | Only Ticket Home | 'Tired' | |||
| 'Faces' | ||||||
| Liv Dawson | Bedroom EP | 'Good Intentions' | ||||
| Leo Stannard | Maratea | '5 Years Later' | ||||
| Emma Jensen | 'Rush' | |||||
| Royal Wood | Ever After The Farewell | 'Made of Gold' | ||||
| 'King & Queen' | ||||||
| 'Midnight Hour' | ||||||
| 'Nowhere to be Found' | ||||||
| 'Old Young Love' | ||||||
| Liv Dawson | 'Talk' | |||||
| 2017 | Michael Patrick Kelly | iD | 'Roundabouts' | |||
| Niall Horan | Flicker | 'Mirrors' | ||||
| River Matthews | Imogen | 'Feels Like Morning' | ||||
| 'Over' | ||||||
| 'Undo Ordinary' | ||||||
| 'Light The Way' | ||||||
| Alan Walker | 'Tired' | |||||
| Rag'n'Bone Man | Human | 'Skin' | ||||
| 2016 | Niall Horan | Flicker | 'This Town' | |||
| The Beach | 'Geronimo' | |||||
| 2015 | One Direction | Made in the A.M. | 'What A Feeling' | |||
| 'Home' | ||||||
| Ella Henderson | Chapter One | 'Missed' | ||||
| 'All Again' | ||||||
| Luhan | Reloaded | 'Medals' |
02Awards and nominations
- Ivor Novello Award
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Little Bit Of Love | PRS For Music Award | Nominated |
Sources and credits
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