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, Gryffin,

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, Celeste, Majid Jordan, John Summit,

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, Milky Chance,

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, Borgore, The 2 Bears, Party Pupils, Kylie, Ronan Keating, Morgxn,

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, Thomas Azier,

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, Laleh, Anthony Ramos, The Kolors and

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Overview

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referred to Gary Go as "my favourite new artist this year" after performing a rendition of " Just Dance", inspired by his cover of the song.
Skope Magazine "Lady Gaga Is Crazy For Gary Go" Gaga then invited Go to join her on her European tour.
Popdirt "Gary Go on tour with Lady Gaga" Tours with Mika (singer), MIKA and

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followed. Gary Go went on to collaborate with electro DJ/producer

, writing and performing three consecutive #1 club records ("Close to Me", "Control" and "Cinema"). " Cinema", rose rapidly to No. 1 on the US ''Billboard'' and UK Club charts and received a

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for the remix by electronic music producer

. "Cinema" is widely recognised as a seminal dance record, included in ''Billboard'''s "Best Dance Songs of the Decade"
Billboard Magazine: Best Dance Songs Of The Decade and "Top EDM Love Songs of All Time"
Billboard Magazine: Top EDM Love Songs of All Time retrospectives. Artist and producer

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referred to it as "one of the greatest works of art ever made".
Relentless Beats: Cinema & the almighty Kanye West As a solo artist, Go went on to release ''Now Was Once the Future'' (2012),
GrimyGoods: Hot New Music, NWOTF Review a videotape and original soundtrack, and ''Love Lost Freedom Found'' (2020), a live museum exhibit and accompanying soundtrack album,
DailyStar: Pop supremo talks life-affirming new album inspired by the Museum of Broken Relationships. ''Earmilk'' referred to the album as a "visceral narrative that explores the cavernous depths of human relationships."
Earmilk: LOVE LOST FREEDOM FOUND Gary Go composed the original scores for two feature films by German filmmaker Simon Verhoeven; the hit cultural comedy ''Wilkommen bei den Hartmanns''
The Guardian: Refugee comedy is German box office sensation and the cyber-horror '' Friend Request'' (included in ''

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'''s "Ten Horror Soundtracks to Scare Your Pants Off!" feature).
Metal Hammer: Ten Horror Soundtracks To Scare Your Pants Off!

Innovation

Gary Go has gained publicity and media attention for his use of technology and

social media Social media are interactive technologies that facilitate the Content creation, creation, information exchange, sharing and news aggregator, aggregation of Content (media), content (such as ideas, interests, and other forms of expression) amongs ...

tools. He was the first artist to use Twitter as a tool for collaborative songwriting
The Guardian: 140 Letters at a time and an early adopter of integrating the iPhone into studio and live applications.
Mashable: Top 10 iPhone performances

Works

Artist discography

*2020 , , "Love Lost Freedom Found" (album/exhibit) *2018 , , " Cinema (Benny Benassi song), Cinema - Acoustic" (single) *2015 , , "Crying Sound" (audiovisual) *2014 , , "Through the Walls" (audiovisual) *2012 , , "Now Was Once the Future" (audiovisual EP) *2009 , , " Of Youth/Of Beauty" (album) *2009 , , " Wonderful" (single) *2005 , , "The Diary of Rodney Harvey" (EP) *2005 , , ''"So So..."'' (EP)

Songwriter discography

(π Also producer) (∆ Also featured vocalist) *2025 , , "Nightlife ft. Koates" - Klingande *2024 , , "I Love You, Bye" -

*2024 , , "Undo ft. Koates" - John Summit *2024 , , "Trapdoor", "Islands" - Ava Lily *2024 , , "Heat" - Remme *2023 , , "My Revival", "Fading" - MORGXN *2023 , , "The Veldt Cinema" ∆ -

*2023 , , "Invisible" - Thomas Azier *2022 , , "It Is What It Is" - Milky Chance *2022 , , "London Bridge" - Dave Rowntree *2022 , , "Good Tonight" - Anthony Ramos (OST '' "The Bad Guys"'' , Dreamworks)
Variety: Classic Heist Score *2022 , , "Come With Me" - Yola (singer), Yola (Opening titles - '' "Green Eggs & Ham"'' Season 2 ,

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)
NetflixLife: Green Eggs & Ham - The Second Serving *2022 , , "Sad Party", "Happy Switch", "Tight Fit" π - Ava Lily *2022 , , "Ain't Me Without You" - WEISS (musician), WEISS *2021 , , "Hold On Til We Get There" -

*2021 , , "Tape Over It" - Nathan Ball *2021 , , "Believe" π -

- (End titles - '' "The Rescue"'' ,

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) *2021 , , "Japanese Trees" π - Koates *2021 , , "Waves of Blue",
Headline Planet: Pop Radio's Most Added Song "Forget About The Party", "Life Worth Living" - Majid Jordan *2021 , , "Cinema" ∆ - Galantis
We Rave You: Galantis funk with Cinema *2020 , , " Little Runaway (song), Little Runaway"
Clash Magazine: Little Runaway 'A Crisis of Faith' - Celeste *2020 , , "Wonder" - MORGXN,

, Roy English, Jagwar Twin *2020 , , "West Coast Tears" ∆ - Party Pupils *2020 , , "Get Older", "Bittersweet", "Lose Touch", "The Moment", "Ghosts" - Remme *2020 , , "Cry ft. John Martin" - Gryffin *2020 , , "Map Of Your Loneliness" - Thomas Azier *2017 , , "The Last Spark" - Jamie Lawson *2016 , , " Love My Life" π -

*2015 , , " Towards The Sun" π -

(OST '' "Home"'' , Dreamworks) *2015 , , "

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" ∆ -

*2015 , , "Your Body ft.

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" - Kylie *2015 , , "School Daze" - Borgore *2014 , , "Boom" - Laleh *2014 , , "Let In The Sun", "Into The Wild" -

*2014 , , "Not This Time" - The 2 Bears *2014 , , "Let This Last Forever" ∆ -

*2014 , , "Open Heart" ∆ - (OST '' Just Before I Go'') *2013 , , "Adrenaline" ∆ - Sam LaMore *2012 , , "Marcel Marcel (The Arrangement)" -

*2012 , , "Guilty Pleasure" ∆ -

*2012 , , "Wasted Light" - Ronan Keating *2012 , , "The Song I Sang Before I Met You - Sylvie Lewis (OST '' "Echo Park"'') *2011 , , " Cinema", "Close To Me", "Control" ∆ -

*2011 , , "Magic" ∆, "The Prize" π, "R.O.Y.L" -

*2010 , , "It's Not Right" -

*2009 , , "Backseat" -

*2007 , , "Sing" ∆ - (OST '' Freefonix'' ,

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) *2007 , , "Come To You" -

Composer

*2023 , , ''Panta Rhei , パンタ・レイ − 世界が存在する限り'' , , Digital Media , , Composer & Live Performance *2020 , , ''U R OK'' , , Digital Media Series , , Composer *2016 , , '' Wilkommen bei den Hartmanns'' , , Feature , , Composer *2016 , , '' Friend Request'' , , Feature , , Composer *2011 , , '' Männerherzen 2'' , , Feature , , Additional Score *2007 , , ''Reflections Of A Skyline'' , , Short , , Composer

Print

*2011 , , ''My First Twook'' , , Illustrated book of Gary Go's tweets ''(illustrations by Flo Chaplin)'' , , Author

References

External links

Gary Go - Spotify Profile

Gary Go - Apple Music Profile

Gary Go - Official Youtube Channel

Gary Go - IMDb Profile
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