Jeremy "Jem" Godfrey (born 6 October 1971) is a British music

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and

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. In the early 1990s he was a producer at BBC Radio 1, working with many talented producers, before going back to Virgin Radio (where he had had his initial break) to head up the production department. He subsequently worked at Capital Radio before ultimately ending up at Wise Buddhah. Godfrey was responsible, with Bill Padley at Wisebuddah music, for many UK number one hits including

Atomic Kitten Atomic Kitten is an English girl group formed in Liverpool in 1998, whose current members are Liz McClarnon, Jenny Frost and Natasha Hamilton. The group was founded by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) members Andy McCluskey and Stua ...

's platinum-selling single, "

Whole Again "Whole Again" is a song by British girl group Atomic Kitten for their debut studio album, ''Right Now'' (2000). It was co-written by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark members and Atomic Kitten founders Andy McCluskey and Stuart Kershaw, along ...

", which earned the pair two

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nominations (shared with the other writers including

Andy McCluskey George Andrew McCluskey (born 24 June 1959) is an English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. He is best known as the lead singer and bass guitarist of the electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), which he founded ...

and

Stuart Kershaw Stuart Kershaw is an English songwriter and musician who performs as drummer of English electronic group Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD). Kershaw has worked with the band in various capacities since 1991, and in 2015, became the full-t ...

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), and the production and remixing of the international hit version of " Kiss Kiss" by

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. He won an Ivor Novello on 25 May 2006 for the best selling single of 2005, "

That's My Goal "That's My Goal" is the debut single by British singer Shayne Ward, the winner of the second series of ''The X Factor''. It was released as his winner's single on 21 December 2005. Ward was the first ''X Factor'' winner to release an original ...

", for

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Shayne Ward Shayne Thomas Ward (born 16 October 1984) is an English actor and singer. He rose to fame as the winner of the second series of ''The X Factor''. His debut single, "That's My Goal", was released in the United Kingdom on 21 December 2005 an ...

. "That's My Goal", was released in the UK on Wednesday, 21 December 2005 and after selling 742,000 copies in the first week (including 313,000 on its first day), it became the Christmas number one single of 2005, held the top spot for four weeks and stayed in the top 75 until June 2006, which was a 21-week run. It therefore became (at that time) the fourth fastest selling UK single of all time, beaten by Elton John's "Candle in the Wind", Will Young's "Anything Is Possible/Evergreen", and Gareth Gates' "Unchained Melody" which sold 685,000, 403,000 and 335,000 copies in their first days of sale respectively). To date, "That's My Goal" has sold 1,080,000 copies. In 2004, Godfrey formed the progressive rock group Frost* who to date have released four studio albums and a live album. In the autumn of 2010, Godfrey was contacted by ex-Frank Zappa guitarist Mike Keneally and asked to play keys for Joe Satriani on tour. Godfrey toured for a week with the band before playing the Glasgow and Birmingham shows in the UK while Keneally went to Europe to play piano at Vai-Fest with Steve Vai. In the summer of 2012, Godfrey toured again with Satriani as well as Steve Vai, playing keys for the entire European leg of their G3 Tour. In July 2012, Radio 2 introduced new jingles created by Godfrey, who appeared briefly on the Chris Evans breakfast show to talk about them. In 2013, Godfrey mixed and co-produced the second album by LOSERS, signed to Gung Ho! Recordings and featuring XFM's Eddy Temple-Morris and Tom Bellamy from The Cooper Temple Clause. The single "Turn Around" was used as the backing music for the trailer for the fourth season of US television series Game of Thrones, while their single "Azan" was used on the trailer for film Hercules. In February 2015, Godfrey mixed and co-produced 4 songs with

Gary Barlow Gary Barlow (born 20 January 1971) is an English singer, songwriter, record producer, and television personality. He is the lead singer of the British pop group Take That. Barlow is one of the United Kingdom's most successful songwriters, havi ...

for the soundtrack album of the Broadway Musical "Finding Neverland" for Zendaya, Jennifer Lopez and

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and

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. Later that year Godfrey again worked with Barlow on 4 songs for the album "Fly" (inspired by the new Eddie The Eagle film) for

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, Taron Egerton,

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, Paul Young, and Tony Hadley.

Discography

Single composer

* ''Bye Bye Boy'' – Jennifer Ellison * ''Girl's Mind'' –

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* ''I Must Not Chase the Boys'' –

* ''(Some words in the song) Tide Is High (Get the Feeling)'' –

* ''Whole Again'' –

* ''That's My Goal'' –

* "What's Your Name" –

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Other compositions

* Best in Me –

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* If It Takes All Night –

* Love R.I.P. –

* Body to Body –

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* Confessions –

* Number 1 – Cherie * Absolutely –

Gareth Gates Gareth Paul Gates (born 12 July 1984) is an English singer-songwriter and actor. He was the runner-up in the first series of the ITV talent show '' Pop Idol'' in 2002. As of 2008, Gates had sold over 3.5 million records in the UK. He i ...

* Whole Again –

* Miracle in Me – Rik Waller * Joy and Pain –

Ronan Keating Ronan Patrick John Keating (born 3 March 1977) is an Irish singer. He debuted in 1993 alongside Keith Duffy, Michael Graham, Shane Lynch, and Stephen Gately, as the co-lead singer (with Gately) of Irish pop group Boyzone. His solo career s ...

* Where Does It End Now? –

Samantha Mumba Samantha Tamania Anne Cecilia Mumba (born 18 January 1983) is an Irish singer-songwriter, dancer, actress, fashion model and TV presenter. In 2000, at the age of 17, she shot to fame with the release of her debut single " Gotta Tell You", which ...

* Body to Body – XYP * Confessions – XYP

Producer

– All Rise (2002, Programming, Instrumentation) *

– Destination (2002, Arranger, Producer, Instrumentation) *

– Feels So Good (2002, Arranger, Programming, Producer, Instrumentation) *

– Footprints (2002, Arranger, Programming, Multi Instruments, Producer, Mixing) *

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– Together (2002, Arranger, Programming, Producer, Instrumentation) *

– Don't Stop the Music (2004, Producer, Instrumentation) *

– Go Your Own Way (2004, Producer, Mixing, Instrumentation) * Cherie – No. 1, Pt. 2 (2004, Producer, Instrumentation) * Jennifer Ellison – Bye Bye Boy (2004, Producer, Mixing, Musician) * Frost* – Experiments in Mass Appeal (2008, Keyboards, Vocals, Moose Whispering, Producer) * Frost* – The Philadelphia Experiment (2009, Keyboards, Vocals) * Losers – And So We Shall Never Part (2013, Keyboards, Vocals, Production)

References

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