Jimmy Napes

Jimmy Napes
Jimmy Napes
Birth name	James Napier
Born	September 18, 1984; London, United Kingdom
Genres	R&B; pop; house;
Occupation(s)	Record producer; songwriter; singer;
Years active	2012–present
Labels	Method
Associated acts	Steve Fitzmaurice; Clean Bandit; Disclosure; Sam Smith; Taylor Swift;

James Napier, known professionally as Jimmy Napes, is an English songwriter and record producer. He has won a number of awards, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe award, 3 Grammy Awards, and 2 Ivor Novello awards. Napes is best known for his work with Sam Smith ("Stay With Me", "Writing's On The Wall", "Lay Me Down", "Too Good At Goodbyes", "Dancing With A Stranger"), Disclosure ("Latch", "You & Me", "White Noise", "Magnets"), Clean Bandit ("Rather Be")‚ Stormzy ("Crown") and Taylor Swift ("Christmas Tree Farm"). Napes also has songwriting and producer credits with artists including Alicia Keys, Khalid, Kano, Dave, Rita Ora, Ellie Goulding, Mary J Blige, Madonna, James Bay and more.[1]

Life

The son of John Napier, a British theatre designer, and Donna King, an American dancer and actress, Napes grew up in England.[2]

In 2010, he worked with Eliza Doolittle on her album of the same name. Since then, he has written for (and co-written with) several other artists, including Disclosure, Sam Smith, Clean Bandit and Mary J. Blige.[3] In 2015, he earned a Grammy Award for Song of the Year for his work on Smith's "Stay with Me", co-written with Smith and Tourist.[4] In the same year, Napes also won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Contemporary Song for co-writing Clean Bandit's "Rather Be".

Napes released his debut EP as a singer, The Making of Me, on Method Records in March 2015.[5] For co-writing "Writing's on the Wall" with Sam Smith, Napes won the Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Original Song.

Discography

Extended plays

The Making of Me (2015)

Songwriting and Production Credits

Year	Artist	Song	Album
2010	Eliza	"So High"	Eliza Doolittle
2012	Disclosure	"Latch" feat. Sam Smith	Settle
2013	Sam Smith	"Lay Me Down"	Nirvana EP
	Disclosure	"White Noise" feat. AlunaGeorge	Settle
	Jessie Ware	"Imagine It Was Us"	Devotion
	Disclosure	"You & Me" feat. Eliza Doolittle	Settle
	Naughty Boy	"La La La" feat. Sam Smith	Hotel Cabana
	Disclosure	"Voices" feat. Sasha Keable	Settle
	Clean Bandit	"Dust Clears" feat. Noonie Bao	New Eyes
	Sam Smith	"Nirvana"	Nirvana EP
	Disclosure	"Together" with Sam Smith and Nile Rodgers	Settle
2014	Clean Bandit	"Rather Be" feat. Jess Glynne	New Eyes
	Sam Smith	"Stay with Me"	In the Lonely Hour
	Tourist	"I Can't Keep Up" feat. Will Heard	Patterns EP
	Clean Bandit	"Extraordinary" feat. Sharna Bass	New Eyes
	Sam Smith	"Leave Your Lover"	In the Lonely Hour
		"I'm Not the Only One"
		"I've Told You Now"
		"Like I Can"
		"Lay Me Down" (re-release)
		"Restart"
		"Latch"
		"Make It to Me"
	Mary J. Blige	"Therapy"	The London Sessions
	Gorgon City	"Unmissable" feat. Zak Abel	Sirens
	Ella Henderson	"Billie Holliday"	Chapter One
	Jessie Ware	"Pieces"	Tough Love
	Jessie Ware	"The Way We Are"	Tough Love
	Mary J. Blige	"Right Now"	The London Sessions
		"Not Loving You"
		"When You're Gone"
		"Nobody But You"
		"Follow" with Disclosure
		"Worth My Time"
	Madeon	"You're On" feat. Kyan	Adventure
2015	Chasing Grace	"Lost Time"	Nowhere Near Old Enough
	Madonna	"Best Night"	Rebel Heart
	Disclosure	"Holding On" feat. Gregory Porter	Caracal
		"Omen" feat. Sam Smith
		"Jaded"
		"Willing and Able" feat. Kwabs
	Låpsley	"Hurt Me"	Long Way Home
	Disclosure	"Hourglass" feat. Lion Babe	Caracal
	Kwabs	"Cheating on Me"	Love + War
	Disclosure	"Magnets" feat. Lorde	Caracal
	Sam Smith	"Writing's on the Wall"	Spectre OST
	Disclosure	"Nocturnal" feat. The Weeknd	Caracal
		"Good Intentions" feat. Miguel
		"Superego" feat. Nao
		"Echoes"
		"Masterpiece" feat. Jordan Rakei
		"Molecules"
		"Moving Mountains" feat. Brendan Reilly
		"Afterthought"
	Ellie Goulding	"Heal"	Delirium
	Sam Smith	"Drowning Shadows"	In the Lonely Hour: Drowning Shadows Edition
		"Love Is a Losing Game"
		"How Will I Know"
		"Omen"
		"Stay with Me" (Darkchild Remix) feat. Mary J. Blige
		"I'm Not the Only One" feat. ASAP Rocky
		"Lay Me Down" feat. John Legend
2016	Alicia Keys	"Hallelujah"	Here
	Dillon Francis	"Anywhere" feat. Will Heard	Non-album single
	Liv Dawson	"Reflection"	Open Your Eyes EP
2017	Liv Dawson	"Searching"	Non-album single
	Isaac Gracie	"Reverie"	Isaac Gracie
	Frances	"Cloud 9"	Things I've Never Said
	Frances	"It Isn't Like You"	Things I've Never Said
	Ardyn	"Together"	Bloom EP
	Ray BLK	"Doing Me"	Non-album single
	Tourist	"We Stayed Up All Night" feat. Ardyn	Wash EP
	Ardyn	"Throwing Stones"	Bloom EP
	Sam Smith	"Too Good at Goodbyes"	The Thrill of It All
		"Pray" solo / feat. Logic
		"Burning"
		"Say It First"
		"One Last Song"
		"Midnight Train"
		"Baby, You Make Me Crazy"
		"No Peace" feat. Yebba
		"Nothing Left for You"
		"The Thrill of It All"
		"One Day at a Time"
	Liv Dawson	"Hush"	Non-album single
	Liv Dawson	"Last Time"	Non-album single
2018	Albin Lee Meldau	"Before & After"	About You
	Isaac Gracie	"Telescope"	Isaac Gracie
	James Bay	"I Found You"	Electric Light
	Paul the PSM	"Lord Give Me Strength"	Secret Life of a Bad Man EP
	Lily Moore	"I Know I Wanna Be with You"	I Will Never Be EP
	Rita Ora	"Velvet Rope"	Phoenix
2019	Sam Smith	"Dancing with a Stranger" with Normani	TBA
	Tori Kelly	"Change Your Mind"	Inspired By True Events
	Mae Muller	"Anticlimax"	Non-album single
	Avicii	"Freak"	TIM
	Stormzy	"Crown"	Heavy is the Head
	Tori Kelly	"Sorry Would Go a Long Way"	Inspired By True Events
	Tori Kelly	"Language"	Inspired By True Events
	Icona Pop	"Next Mistake"	Non-album single
	Mabel	"I Belong to Me"	High Expectations
	Tori Kelly	"Coffee"	Inspired By True Events
		"8/28/1997"
		"Kid I Used to Know"
		"Pretty Fades"
		"3/2/1991"
		"Actress"
		"Until I Think of You"
		"3/26/1994"
		"Your Words"
		"Before the Dawn"
		"Until Forever"
		"Minute to Myself"
	Kano	"Got My Brandy, Got My Beats" feat. Lil Silva	Hoodies All Summer
	Kano	"SYM"	Hoodies All Summer
	Mae Muller	"Dick"	Non-album single
	Celine Dion	"For the Lover That I Lost"	Courage
	Taylor Swift	"Christmas Tree Farm"	Non-album single
2020	Khalid	"Know Your Worth" with Disclosure	Energy
	Sam Smith	"To Die For"	TBA
	Mae Muller	"I Don't Want Your Money"	Non-album single

References

Cliff, Aimee (29 October 2014). "Meet The Singer Who's Secretly Behind The UK's American Pop Takeover". The Fader. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
Donna King biography at donnakingdame.com, accessed 7 April 2018
"SESAC's James Napier Named Billboard's No.1 Writer". SESAC. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
Jonze, Tim (8 February 2015). "Grammys 2015 – Sam Smith's Stay With Me wins song of the year". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
"Jimmy Napes shares title track from debut EP". DIY. Retrieved 8 March 2015.

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[fader-1] Cliff, Aimee (29 October 2014). "Meet The Singer Who's Secretly Behind The UK's American Pop Takeover". The Fader. Retrieved 10 February 2015.

[2] Donna King biography at donnakingdame.com, accessed 7 April 2018

[sesac-3] "SESAC's James Napier Named Billboard's No.1 Writer". SESAC. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2015.

[guardian-4] Jonze, Tim (8 February 2015). "Grammys 2015 – Sam Smith's Stay With Me wins song of the year". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 February 2015.

[diymag-5] "Jimmy Napes shares title track from debut EP". DIY. Retrieved 8 March 2015.