Today twenty years ago, on October 31, 2000, Westlife released ”My Love”. The song went straight to number one on the UK Top 40. Additionally, it won the Record of the Year award.
Written by Jörgen, Per Magnusson, David Kreuger and Pelle Nylén, the song was taken from the band’s second album ”Coast to Coast”. It too charted at number one in the UK, as well as in Ireland, Scotland and Malaysia.
However, ”My Love” was not the premier Westlife UK Top 40 number one single written by Jörgen, Per and David. The first, ”If I Let You Go”, hit the top spot on August 21, 1999, the second one, ”Fool Again”, on April 8, 2000. All three songs were recorded at the legendary Cheiron Studios in Stockholm.
Jörgen also co-wrote a fourth Westlife UK number one song, ”Unbreakable” which landed atop of the chart on November 16, 2002. This particular song would eight years later lead to a surprising telephone call from… Well, that is another story…
Written By Jörgen Elofsson: 30 Selected Songs in One Playlist
Rhys’ debut album “Stages”, all songs written together with Jörgen, was released on September 28, 2018. Today it celebrates its first 100 million streams on Spotify.
Full album on Spotify
Did you know?
Rhys’ song ”The World is a Beautiful Place”, solely written by Jörgen, appears only on the soundtrack of the 2017 Swedish movie ”Vilken Jävla Cirkus”:
Danish Songwriters Guild (DPA) visited Stockholm last Friday, and I’d been asked to be the speaker at their members’ camp.
Together with really talented songwriters, obviously, I sat down for three and a half hours of Q&As, discussing how to write songs reaching the top of the international charts.
Thanks guys for listening, hopefully I could contribute with some pieces of advice. I’m really looking forward to meeting you again.
DPA (Danske Populær Autorer) is a nonprofit organization, democratically governed by its more than 700 auteurs among Denmark’s very best and most professional within all known popular genres of music.
Prior to Christmas Eve in 2009, neither wrapping gifts or for hours monitoring the turkey in the oven were my top priorities. Instead, I spent all my time in the music studio putting the finishing touches to the song ”When You Tell the World You’re Mine”, composed exclusively for the upcoming Royal Wedding of H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria and H.R.H. Prince Daniel.
Well, on Christmas Day, after working on it for more than a year, the song was finally completed. I opened the studio door and asked if I might get a slice of that turkey. (I did.)
Agnetha Fältskog’s new album ”A” was released worldwide last week. Now chart positions from some countries have started coming in. (Continously updated…)
Charts Peak Position (Top 20)
Denmark #2 Sweden #2 Switzerland #2 Australia #3 Germany #3 Norway #3 Scotland #5 Belgium (Flanders) #6 UK* #6 Austria #8 Holland #14 Finland #15 Ireland #18
The 61st annual BMI Awards were held at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles last night. The awards honor the songwriters and music publishers behind the past year’s most performed pop songs.
One of the evening’s award-winning songs was Kelly Clarkson’s ”Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”, co-written by Jörgen and Ali Tamposi, signed to Jörgen’s music publishing company Perfect Storm Music Group. This far Jörgen has received a total of six BMI Pop Awards.
In the picture above, from left: Robin Godfrey Cass, Jörgen’s manager and CEO of Perfect Storm Music Group, Donna Casaine, Senior Vice President U.S./International Creative Affairs Universal Music Publishing Group, Jörgen and Zach Horowitz, Chairman/CEO Universal Music Publishing Group.
Jörgen and Ali receiving the award.
With BMI Senior Vice President Writer/Publisher Relations Phil Graham and manager Robin Godfrey Cass.
Signed to Jörgen’s music publishing company Perfect Storm Music Group in 2011, Los Angeles based songwriter Ali Tamposi here tells how it all got started.
On Saturday night Agnetha made a special appearance at London’s biggest gay nightclub, ”Heaven”. At around 1 AM, and accompanied by the presenter and moreover the club’s owner, Jeremy Joseph’s, dog, Agnetha entered the stage…
Attention: Before you push the play button, please prepare yourself for some serious roaring!
”Denniz Pop Awards is an initiative by former Cheiron members, co-workers, friends and family. The idea of the Award is to help new songwriters, producers and artists continue the legacy Denniz once started. We would also like to recognize the Swedish international success-of-the-year, through the Grand Prize Award.”
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”Denniz Pop Awards is an initiative by former Cheiron members, co-workers, friends and family. The idea of the Award is to help new songwriters, producers and artists continue the legacy Denniz once started. We would also like to recognize the Swedish international success-of-the-year, through the Grand Prize Award.”
