Stuart Crichton
Quick Facts
Biography
Stuart Crichton is a Scottish music producer and songwriter based in Los Angeles, California.
Career
In the mid-1990s, Crichton and Andy Morris formed the electronic/house music duo Narcotic Thrust, which is an anagram of Crichton's name. They released several singles, including "Safe From Harm", which reached number 1 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart in 2002, and "I Like It", which reached number 16 on the chart in 2004. At this time, Crichton was primarily producing dance tracks, releasing music on early progressive house labels such as FFRR, ZTT and Mushroom, and helping make Limbo Records a big part of the early '90s progressive house scene.
Crichton has since written for and produced artists in a variety of genres, including Kylie Minogue, Delta Goodrem, Pet Shop Boys, Selena Gomez, Brian McFadden, Sugababes, Guy Sebastian and Ferras. He produced three songs on Stan Walker's 2010 album From the Inside Out, including the singles "Homesick" and "Choose You" (which he also co-wrote). He co-wrote and co-produced Kesha's single "Learn to Let Go", from her 2017 album Rainbow, as well as the track "Let 'em Talk" featuring Eagles of Death Metal. The album debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.
Crichton relocated to Australia in 2009, and later to Los Angeles, California. He is published by Native Tongue for the world, and managed by Lucas Keller and Peter Coquillard at Milk & Honey.
Awards
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
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2004 | APRA Music Award | Most Performed Dance Work | "Tonight" by Amiel | Nominated |
International Dance Music Award | Best Pop Dance Track | "I Like It" by Narcotic Thrust | Won | |
2015 | APRA Music Award | Country Work of the Year | "Here's To You and I" by The McClymonts | Nominated |
Discography
Singles
Title | Artist | Year | Peak positions |
---|---|---|---|
US Dance | |||
"Cry India" | Umboza | 1995 | 16 |
"Funky Acid Baby" | Narcotic Thrust | 1996 | — |
"Happy Day" (featuring Wayne Allen) | S.J.C. | 1998 | — |
"Safe From Harm" (feat. Yvonne John Lewis) | Narcotic Thrust | 2002 | 1 |
"I Like It" | 2004 | 16 | |
"When the Dawn Breaks" | — | ||
"Waiting For You" | 2006 | — |
Writing and producing credits
Year | Artist | Album | Song | Credit |
---|---|---|---|---|
1993 | Kirsty MacColl | Titanic Days | Producer, remixer | |
Apollo 440 | Astral America | Producer | ||
1994 | Single Gun Theory | Flow, River of My Soul | Producer | |
1995 | Keoki | All Mixed Up | "Justice Justice" | Writer, producer |
1996 | Right Said Fred | Smashing! | Producer | |
1999 | Apollo 440 | "Stop the Rock" | Producer | |
Andy White | Andywhite.compilation | Producer | ||
2001 | Christine Anu | Come My Way | Writer, producer, keyboards, vocals | |
Andy White | Andy White | "Understand" | Producer, writer | |
"Coz I’m Free" | Producer, writer | |||
2002 | Sugababes | "Round Round" | Producer | |
Pet Shop Boys | Release | Producer | ||
Kylie Minogue | Fever | "Love at First Sight" | Producer | |
2003 | Sugababes | Three | "Whatever Makes You Happy" | Writer, producer |
"Million Different Ways" | Writer, producer | |||
Pet Shop Boys | PopArt | "Miracles" | Producer | |
"Flamboyant" | Producer | |||
Apollo 440 | Dude Descending a Staircase | "Hustler Groove" | Writer, producer, keyboards, cello | |
Andy White | Boy 40 | "Tell My Why" | Writer, producer | |
"Can't Hold Back" | Writer, producer | |||
2006 | Jamelia | Walk with Me | "No More" | Writer, producer |
"Beware of the Dog" | Writer, producer | |||
Pet Shop Boys | Fundamental | "Minimal" | Producer, mixer | |
2007 | Delta Goodrem | Delta | "Believe Again" | Writer, producer |
"In This Life" | Writer, producer | |||
"You Will Only Break My Heart" | Writer, producer | |||
"The Guardian" | Writer, producer | |||
"One Day" | Writer, producer | |||
"Angels in the Room" | Writer, producer | |||
2008 | Brian McFadden | Set in Stone | "Twisted" | Writer, producer |
"Room to Breathe" | Writer, producer | |||
"Forgive Me Twice" | Writer, producer | |||
2009 | Kylie Minogue | Boombox | Producer | |
Natalie Bassingthwaighte | 1000 Stars | "Why Do I" | Writer, producer | |
2010 | Stan Walker | From the Inside Out | "Homesick" | Writer, producer |
"Choose You" | Writer, producer | |||
"The One" | Writer, producer | |||
Guy Sebastian | Like It Like That | Producer | ||
2011 | Koreen Perry | Turning Point | "Don’t Bring Me Down" | Writer |
Damien Leith | Roy: A Tribute to Roy Orbison | Producer | ||
2012 | Chimène Badi | Laisse les Dire | "Laisse les Dire" | Writer |
2013 | Tina Arena | Reset | "Love You Less" | Writer |
Selena Gomez | Stars Dance | "Lover in Me" | Writer | |
2015 | Gin Wigmore | Blood to Bone | "Black Parade" | Writer, producer |
"Written in the Water" | Writer, producer | |||
"DFU" | Writer, producer | |||
Jamie McDell | Ask Me Anything | "Falling" | Writer, producer | |
"This Time" | Writer, producer | |||
"Back of My Mind" | Writer, producer | |||
"Moon Shines Red" | Writer, producer | |||
"Crash" | Writer, producer | |||
"Six Miles" | Writer, producer | |||
"My Old Hands" | Writer, producer | |||
2016 | Ferras | "Closer" | Writer, producer | |
"Medicine" | Writer, producer | |||
Havana Brown | "Like Lightning" | Writer, producer | ||
tyDi & Olivia Somerlyn | "Only" | Writer, producer | ||
Guy Sebastian | Part 1 (EP) | "Set in Stone" | Writer, producer | |
Sweet California | 3 | "Hum" | Writer, producer | |
2017 | Kesha | Rainbow | "Learn to Let Go" | Writer, producer |
"Let 'em Talk" (feat. Eagles of Death Metal) | Writer, producer |