Jack Patterson (songwriter)
British musician
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Jack Patterson is a British musician, songwriter, producer and director who co-founded the electronic music group Clean Bandit. He produced and wrote all four of their number-one singles on the UK Official Singles Chart — "Rather Be" (featuring Jess Glynne), "Symphony" (featuring Zara Larsson), "Rockabye" (featuring Sean Paul and Anne-Marie), and "Solo" (featuring Demi Lovato).[1]
- Musician
- producer
- songwriter
- director
- Keyboards
- bass
- guitar
- saxophone
- vocals
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| Born | Birkenhead, England |
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| Years active | 2008–present |
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Besides his work with Clean Bandit, Patterson has also co-written songs for other artists, including Jess Glynne's "Hold My Hand" (2015), and Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello's "Señorita" (2019), both of which also reached number one on the chart.[2][3]
Early life
Patterson was born in Birkenhead, United Kingdom.[4] He has younger brother Luke, who is also in Clean Bandit.[4] He attended Calday Grange Grammar School and went on to study architecture at Jesus College, Cambridge.[5][6]
Career
He co-founded Clean Bandit with fellow Jesus College, Cambridge undergraduates Grace Chatto and Neil Amin-Smith in 2008, with brother Luke Patterson as the fourth member.[7]
Patterson co-wrote and produced all of Clean Bandit's songs, and directed most of their music videos. Clean Bandit have received 8 Brit Award nominations, a VMA nomination, and won a Grammy for their song "Rather Be".[8][9][10] They have released two studio albums.
Patterson has also written and produced songs for other artists, including Camila Cabello, Shawn Mendes, Marina Diamandis, Becky Hill, Jess Glynne and Ellie Goulding.[11][12][13][14][15] He has won two Ivor Novello awards.[16]
Personal life
Patterson split from his longtime girlfriend, singer Marina Diamandis, in 2021.[17]
Discography
Clean Bandit
- New Eyes (2014)
- What is Love? (2018)