Robert John "Mutt" Lange ( ; born 11 November 1948) is a South African record producer. He is known for his work in

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as well as co-writing and producing various songs for

Shania Twain Eilleen Regina "Shania" Twain ( ; born August 28, 1965) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She has sold over 100 million records, making her one of the List of best-selling music artists, best-selling music artists of all time and the best-sel ...

, his ex-wife. Her 1997 album ''

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'', which Lange produced, is the best-selling country music album, the best-selling studio album by a female act, the best-selling album of the 1990s, and the ninth best-selling album from the United States. He has either been a producer for or worked for artists including

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, the Michael Stanley Band,

the Boomtown Rats The Boomtown Rats are an Irish rock/ new wave band originally formed in Dublin in 1975. Between 1977 and 1985, they had a series of Irish and UK hits including " Like Clockwork", " Rat Trap", " I Don't Like Mondays" and " Banana Republic". T ...

, Foreigner,

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Bryan Adams Bryan Guy Adams (born November 5, 1959) is a British and Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, and photographer. He is estimated to have sold between 75 million and more than 100 million album, records and Single (music), si ...

Huey Lewis and the News Huey Lewis and the News (formerly known as Huey Lewis & The American Express) are an American rock band based in San Francisco, California. They had a run of hit singles during the 1980s and early 1990s, eventually achieving 19 top ten singl ...

Billy Ocean Leslie Sebastian Charles (born 21 January 1950), known professionally as Billy Ocean, is a Trinidadian-born British singer and songwriter. Between 1976 and 1988, he had a series of hit songs in the UK and internationally. After releasing sev ...

Celine Dion Céline Marie Claudette Dion (born 30 March 1968) is a Canadian singer. Referred to as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Queen of Power Ballads", Dion's powerful, technically skilled vocals and commercially successful works have had ...

Britney Spears Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American singer. Often referred to as the "Princess of Pop", she has sold over 150 million records worldwide, making her one of the world's best-selling music artists. Cultural impact of Brit ...

the Corrs The Corrs are an Irish family band consisting of siblings Andrea (lead vocals, tin whistle, mandolin, ukulele), Sharon (violin, keyboards, vocals), Caroline (drums, percussion, piano, bodhrán, vocals) and Jim (guitar, piano, keyboards, v ...

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, and

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Early life

Robert John Lange was born in

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(today

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), and grew up in

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. His parents are

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. His mother came from a prosperous family and his father was a mining engineer. Nicknamed "Mutt" at an early age, he grew up a fan of country music, in particular the singer

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. While studying at Belfast High School in what is now

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province, he started a band in which he played rhythm guitar and sang harmonies.

Career

After his

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(1966–1967), Lange formed the band Sound Reason in 1969, together with James Borthwick, a South African TV, stage, and film actor. In 1971, Lange began the group Hocus, recording one album and releasing five singles. In 1978, Lange wrote and produced Ipswich Town's

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single "Ipswich Get That Goal", his connection with the club due to their South Africa-born player

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. The song is derived from a previous recording, "Give That Thang to Me" by Paul Jones (1977), with some parts rearranged and new lyrics. Beginning production work in 1976, his first major hits came in October 1978 with the UK No. 1 single " Rat Trap" for

, followed in July 1979 with

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album '' Highway to Hell'' (No. 8 UK, No. 17 US). He produced a total of five albums for UK band City Boy from 1976 to 1979. He produced two more albums with AC/DC, including ''

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'' (1980) which is, , the second-best-selling album of all time. He also worked with rock group Foreigner on '' 4'', and with

on their hit albums, ''

High 'n' Dry ''High 'n' Dry'' is the second studio album by the English rock band Def Leppard, released on 6 July 1981. ''High 'n' Dry'' was Pete Willis' last full-time album with Def Leppard. It charted at No. 38 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and No. 26 on th ...

'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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'', co-writing most of the songs. After ''Hysteria'', Lange bowed out of working with Def Leppard. In 1999, he returned to working with them in a more limited role, co-writing three tracks for their album ''

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'', which spawned the single " Promises", a Number 1 hit on the mainstream rock charts. In 1991,or 1993 he produced

's '' Waking Up the Neighbours'', including co-writing "

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" for the

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film '' Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'' which – with 16 consecutive weeks at the top from 7 July to 26 October 1991 – holds the record for the longest number of consecutive weeks at Number 1 in the UK singles chart. Lange produced the single " Make You" from the album ''Great Escape'' by Irish singer Tara Blaise which was released in May 2008. In the 2001 television film ''Hysteria – The Def Leppard Story'', actor

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portrayed Lange.

Personal life

Lange is a strict

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and a follower of the

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teachings of

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. He has not given an interview for decades and prefers to live a secluded life, primarily in

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, Switzerland. Lange met Stevie Vann when the two attended the same school in

in the early 1960s, and the two reconnected a few years later while attending Belfast High School in South Africa. They played together in a short-lived band named Hocus, and later married and emigrated to the United Kingdom in the 1970s. The marriage broke down in the 1970s. While married, Lange started a five-year relationship with Oonagh O'Reilly, an Irish-born co-worker. In 1979, he married actress Olga Anthony. After hearing

's music, he got in touch with her and they spent many hours on the phone. They finally met six months after the initial contact and were married on 28 December 1993. Lange is a

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and, as a result, they had non-alcoholic champagne at their wedding. Lange had the song "

" performed as a sign of his dedication to Twain. In August 2001, their son was born. On 15 May 2008, a spokesman for his employer Mercury Nashville announced that Twain and Lange were separating, after Lange had an affair with Twain's then-best friend and secretary Marie-Anne Thiébaud, with whom he reportedly continued the relationship and moved to Switzerland. Lange and Twain divorced in June 2010. On 1 January 2011, Twain married Frédéric Thiébaud, the former husband of Marie-Anne. In 2011, Lange purchased Coronet Peak Station located on the mountain and ski field of the same name in

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. In 2014, he protected of his land as Queen Elizabeth II National Trust covenant; this is the largest private conservation covenant in New Zealand.

Discography

Produced albums

Albums on which Lange produced a majority of the tracks: * Hocus – "The Swan"/"He", 1972 * Richard Jon Smith – ''Superstar Smith'', 1974 * Spider – ''Spider'', 1975 * City Boy – '' City Boy'', 1976 * City Boy – ''Dinner at the Ritz'', 1976 *

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– ''In Living Black and White'', 1976 *

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– ''In a Different Climate'', 1976 *

Graham Parker Graham Thomas Parker (born 18 November 1950) is an English singer-songwriter, who is best known as the lead singer of the British band Graham Parker & the Rumour. Life and career Early career (1960s–1976) Parker was born in Hackney, East L ...

– ''

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'', 1976 *

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– ''Local Lads Make Good'', 1976 *

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– '' 1'', 1977 * City Boy – ''

Young Men Gone West ''Young Men Gone West'' is the third album by British band City Boy. It was released in 1977 on Vertigo Records in Europe and on Mercury Records in the United States and Canada. Critical reception ''The New Rolling Stone Record Guide'' wrote t ...

'', 1977 *

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– ''Love on the Wire'', 1977 * Clover – ''Unavailable'', 1977 *

– ''Horizontal Refreshment'', 1977 *

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– ''

'', 1977 *

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– ''Max'', 1977 * Savoy Brown – ''Savage Return'', 1978 * Michael Stanley Band – ''Cabin Fever'', 1978 * City Boy – ''Book Early'', 1978 * Outlaws – '' Playin' to Win'', 1978 * The Boomtown Rats – '' A Tonic for the Troops'', 1978 *

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– ''English Boys/Working Girls'', 1978 * City Boy – ''The Day the Earth Caught Fire'', 1979 *

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– ''Shades in Bed'', 1979 * Supercharge – ''Body Rhythm'', 1979 * The Boomtown Rats – '' The Fine Art of Surfacing'', 1979 *

– '' Highway to Hell'', 1979 *

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– Tycoon, 1979 * Broken Home – ''Broken Home'', 1980 * AC/DC – ''

'', 1980 * Foreigner – '' 4'', 1981 *

– ''

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'', 1981 * AC/DC – ''

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'', 1981 * Def Leppard – ''

'', 1983 *

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– '' Heartbeat City'', 1984 * Def Leppard – ''

'', 1987 *

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– ''

'', 1988 *

– '' Tear Down These Walls'', 1988 *

– '' Waking Up the Neighbours'', 1991 * Def Leppard – ''

'' (executive producer), 1992 *

– '' The One Thing'', 1993 * Stevie Vann – ''Stevie Vann'', 1995 *

– '' The Woman in Me'', 1995 * Bryan Adams – '' 18 til I Die'', 1996 * Shania Twain – ''

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'', 1997 *

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– '' In Blue'', 2000 * Shania Twain – '' Up!'', 2002 * Shania Twain – ''

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'', 2004 *

– ''

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'', 2008 *

– '' Hands All Over'', 2010 *

– '' Drones'', 2015 * Ashley Clark – ''Ashley Clark'', 2015

Produced album tracks

Albums on which Lange produced at least one track: * Jessica Jones – "Sunday, Monday, Tuesday", 1972 * Stephen – "Right On Running Man", 1974/5 * Graham Parker and the Rumour – '' The Parkerilla'', 1978 *

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– "This Is Pop" (single version), 1978 * Roman Holliday – ''Fire Me Up'' (executive producer), 1984 *

– '' Suddenly'' (executive producer), 1984 * Billy Ocean – '' Love Zone'' (executive producer), 1986 * Billy Ocean – ''Greatest Hits'', 1989 *

– '' So Far So Good'', 1993 *

Tina Turner Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939 – May 24, 2023) was a singer, songwriter, actress, and author. Dubbed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Queen of Rock 'n' Roll", her vocal prowess, raspy voice, and electrifyin ...

– ''

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'', 1993 *

– ''

'', 1995 *

– '' All the Way... A Decade of Song'', 1999 *

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– ''

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'', 1997 * Backstreet Boys – ''

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'', 1999 * Bryan Adams – '' The Best of Me'', 1999 *

– '' Oops!... I Did It Again'', 2000 * Celine Dion – ''

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'', 2002 * Bryan Adams – ''

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'', 2004 * Various artists – '' Music from and Inspired by Desperate Housewives'', 2005 *

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– '' Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends'', 2007 * Bryan Adams – '' 11'', 2008 * Tara Blaise – '' Great Escape'', 2008 *

– '' Born This Way'', 2011 * Zander Bleck – ''Bring It On'', 2012 *Bryan Adams – '' So Happy It Hurts'', 2022

Album tracks written or co-written

– " Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know" from '' Oops!...I Did It Again'', 2000 *

– "I Will Always Return", "You Can't Take Me" and "This Is Where I Belong" from '' Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron'', 2002 * Bryan Adams – "So Far So Good" from ''

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'', 2005 * Bryan Adams and

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– "Don't Let Go" from '' Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron'', 2002 * Bryan Adams,

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, and Sting – " All for Love" from ''The Three Musketeers: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'', 1993 *Bryan Adams – " So Happy it Hurts" from So Happy It Hurts, 2021 *Bryan Adams – "

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" from So Happy It Hurts, 2021 *Bryan Adams – "Kick Ass" from ''So Happy It Hurts'', 2021 *

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– "I'll Take Your Heart" from '' Heart Shaped World'', 1999 *

– "If You Want It to Be Good Girl (Get Yourself a Bad Boy)" from ''

'', 1997 * Backstreet Boys – "It's Gotta Be You" from ''

'', 1999 * Blackhawk – " I'm Not Strong Enough to Say No" from '' Strong Enough'', 1995 *

– "Only a Woman Like You" from '' Only a Woman Like You'', 2002 * Michael Bolton – " Said I Loved You...But I Lied" from '' The One Thing'', 1993 *

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– "Stop, Stop, Stop" and "Without Your Love I Can't Live" from ''Bordeaux Rosé'', 1978 * Clout – "Don't Stop" from ''Substitute'', 1978 *

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– " Only God (Could Stop Me Loving You)" from '' Storm in the Heartland'', 1994 *

– " If Walls Could Talk", from: " All the Way... A Decade of Song", 1999 * Dana – "Without Your Love (I Can't Live)" – track produced by

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from ''The Girl Is Back'', 1979 *

– All songs on ''

'', 1983 * Def Leppard – All songs on ''

'', 1987 * Def Leppard – "Ring of Fire" and "I Wanna Be Your Hero" from ''

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'', 1993 * Def Leppard – " Promises", "All Night" and "It's Only Love" from ''

'', 1999 *

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– "Without Your Love" – track produced by

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from '' Finder of Lost Loves'', 1985 * Dobie Gray – "All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You" from Dobie's self titled album, 1979 * Girls Next Door – "Without Your Love" from ''What a Girl Next Door Could Do'', 1987 *

– " All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You" and "Wild Child" from ''

Brigade A brigade is a major tactical military unit, military formation that typically comprises three to six battalions plus supporting elements. It is roughly equivalent to an enlarged or reinforced regiment. Two or more brigades may constitute ...

'', 1990 * Heart – " Will You Be There (In the Morning)" from ''

Desire Walks On ''Desire Walks On'' is the eleventh studio album by American rock band Heart, released on November 16, 1993, by Capitol Records. The majority of the album was co-written by lead members Ann and Nancy Wilson. It is Heart's final studio album t ...

'', 1993 *

– " Do You Believe in Love" from '' Picture This'', 1982 * Huey Lewis and the News – " It Hit Me Like a Hammer" from '' Hard at Play'', 1991 *

Lonestar Lonestar (formerly known as Texassee) is an American country music band from Nashville, Tennessee. The band consists of Drew Womack (lead vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar), Michael Britt (lead guitar, background vocals), Dean Sams (key ...

– " You Walked In" from ''

Crazy Nights ''Crazy Nights'' is the fourteenth studio album by American rock band Kiss, recorded from March to June 1987 and released on September 21, 1987, by Mercury worldwide and Vertigo in the UK. This was the second album to feature the line-up of Ge ...

'', 1997 *

Loverboy Loverboy is a Canadian Rock music, rock band formed in Calgary, Alberta in 1979. Loverboy's hit singles, particularly "Turn Me Loose (Loverboy song), Turn Me Loose" and "Working for the Weekend", have become arena rock staples and are still hear ...

– " Lovin' Every Minute of It" from '' Lovin' Every Minute of It'', 1985 *

Reba McEntire Reba Nell McEntire ( ; born March 28, 1955), or simply Reba, is an American country music, country singer and actress. Dubbed "Honorific nicknames in popular music, The Queen of Country", she has sold more than 75 million records worldwide. Sin ...

– "I'll Take Your Heart" from '' Moments and Memories: The Best of Reba'', 1998 *

Miss Willie Brown Miss Willie Brown was an American country music duo consisting of Amanda Watkins and Kasey Buckley, who are respectively natives of West Virginia and Texas but met in California. They are signed to A&M/Octone Records, to which they were the fir ...

– "You're All That Matters to Me", 2012 * PJ Powers – "(Let That) River Roll" from ''Thandeka Talk to Me'', 2001 *

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– "I Didn't Mean to Stay All Night" from ''

Love Among the Cannibals ''Love Among the Cannibals'' is the third album, released in 1989, by rock band Starship. It was the first album after Grace Slick's departure from the band, and their last full-length studio release until '' Loveless Fascination'' in 2013. The ...

'', 1989 *

Carrie Underwood Carrie Marie Underwood (born March 10, 1983) is an American singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence after winning the fourth season of ''American Idol'' in 2005, returning as a judge beginning with the twenty-third season. Underwood's f ...

– "Who Are You" from '' Blown Away'', 2012 * Celtic Woman – "Walk Beside Me", 2015 * Romeos Daughter – "Don't Break My Heart", "I Cry Myself to Sleep at Night", "Wild Child", "Heaven in the Backseat", 1988 * Eddie Money – "Heaven in the Backseat", 1991 * The Corrs – "Breathless", 2000 * Shania Twain – All songs on ''The Woman in Me'' (except "Leaving Is the Only Way Out"), ''Come on Over'', and ''Up!'' * Zander Bleck – "Bring It On", 2012 * Radioactive – "Move It", 2022 * Leah Martin-Brown - "Boys", 2024

Grammy Awards

* 1991 – "

" by

– Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television * 1995 – '' The Woman in Me'' by

– Best Country Album * 1998 – "

You're Still the One "You're Still the One" is a song recorded by Canadian singer Shania Twain for her third studio album ''Come On Over'' (1997). The song was inspired by criticism of Twain's relationship with her then-husband and producer Robert John "Mutt" Lan ...

" by Twain– Best Country Song * 1999 – "

" by Twain – Best Country Song * 2016 – '' Drones'' by

– Best Rock Album

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