Performance · Production
Mike Needle
Mike Needle is credited on 42 releases across 37 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 2015–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
42
Pressings credited
37
Albums
2
Decades active
40
In collections
Biography
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".
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
42 releases · 37 albums · active 2015–2025
- Performance · 45
- Production · 7
Studios: Larrabee Sound Studios · Metropolis Studios · Pierce Rooms · Club Ralph
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- One Direction
- Rag'n'Bone Man
- Various
- Emin
- Westlife
- James Blunt
- Liam Payne
- Michael Patrick Kelly
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