Jack Peñate

Peñate was born in London on 2 September 1984, the son of an English mother and a Spanish father.^[2] His maternal grandfather was author Mervyn Peake.^[3] He attended Alleyn's School in Dulwich alongside Jessie Ware, The Maccabees, and Florence Welch.^[4]

Peñate released his debut album Matinée in 2007 under XL Recordings. A young and then-unknown Adele provided the backing vocals for the song, "My Yvonne". Peñate's second album Everything Is New was released in 2009.^[5][6] In June 2015, Peñate stated he was working on new material, releasing his first new music in five years in 2018.^[7] After a decade without an album,^[8] he released his third album After You in 2019.^[9][10][11]

Since 2021, Peñate has collaborated with Inflo and the musical collective Sault across several albums, including 11 which in May 2023 won the Ivor Novello Award for "Best Album".^[12] Peñate, alongside producer Inflo and vocalists Cleo Sol and Chronixx, were joint recipients of the award.

In November 2023, Sault announced their first live performance, teasing that they would play an unreleased album of material. The tour began on 14 December in London, with Peñate featuring as a guest performer. The show included songs from then-unreleased album Acts of Faith.^[13]

In June 2024, Peñate appeared on stage playing guitar with Little Simz at the 2024 Glastonbury Festival.^[14]

Beyond his music career, Jack is also part of the creative collective Group of Humans. ^[15]

Albums

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Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		UK [16]	UK Indie [16]
Matinée	Released: 8 October 2007 Label: XL	7	1
Everything Is New	Released: 22 June 2009 Label: XL	16	2
After You	Released: 29 November 2019[17] Label: XL	—	15
Wondrous Strange	Released: 7 January 2024[18] Label: 77	—	—

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Singles

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Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Album
		UK [16]	UK Indie [16]
"Second, Minute or Hour"	2006	17	1	Matinée
"Spit at Stars"[19][20]		—	—
"Torn on the Platform"	2007	7	1
"Have I Been a Fool"		73	3
"Tonight's Today"	2009	23	1	Everything Is New
"Be the One"		35	3
"Pull My Heart Away"		99	—
"Prayer"	2019	—	—	After You
"Not Enough"	2020	—	—	Non-album singles
"No Law"		—	—
"No One Died"		—	—
"Remember in New York"		—	—
"Crumbs"	2021	—	—
"Scars"	2022	—	—

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Songwriting and production credits

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Title	Year	Artist	Album	Songwriter	Producer
					Primary	Secondary
"Bitter Streets"	2021	Sault	Nine	Y
"Fear"	2021	Sault	Nine	Y
"Above the Sky"	2022	Sault	Today & Tomorrow	Y
"Heal the World"	2022	Sault	Today & Tomorrow	Y
"In the Beginning"	2022	Sault	Today & Tomorrow	Y
"Lion"	2022	Sault	Today & Tomorrow	Y
"Money"	2022	Sault	Today & Tomorrow	Y
"Run"	2022	Sault	Today & Tomorrow	Y
"The Greatest Smile"	2022	Sault	Today & Tomorrow	Y
"The Jungle"	2022	Sault	Today & Tomorrow	Y
"The Plan"	2022	Sault	Today & Tomorrow	Y
"The Return"	2022	Sault	Today & Tomorrow	Y
"Fields"	2022	Sault	Earth	Y
"Life We Rent But Love Is Rent Free"	2022	Sault	Untitled (God)	Y
"Love Will Free Your Mind"	2022	Sault	Untitled (God)	Y
"We Are Gods"	2022	Sault	Untitled (God)	Y
"Angel"	2022	Sault	Angel	Y
"Envious"	2022	Sault	11	Y
"Fear No One"	2022	Sault	11	Y
"Fight for Love"	2022	Sault	11	Y
"Glory"	2022	Sault	11	Y
"Higher"	2022	Sault	11	Y
"In the Air"	2022	Sault	11	Y
"Jack’s Gift"	2022	Sault	11	Y
"Morning Sun"	2022	Sault	11	Y
"River"	2022	Sault	11	Y
"The Circle"	2022	Sault	11	Y
"Together"	2022	Sault	11	Y
"Intro"	2023	Jayda G	Guy	Y		Y
"Blue Lights"	2023	Jayda G	Guy	Y		Y
"Heads or Tails"	2023	Jayda G	Guy	Y		Y
"Scars"	2023	Jayda G	Guy	Y		Y
"Interlude: I Got Tired of Running"	2023	Jayda G	Guy	Y		Y
"Lonely Back in O"	2023	Jayda G	Guy	Y		Y
"Your Thoughts"	2023	Jayda G	Guy	Y		Y
"Interlude: It Was Beautiful"	2023	Jayda G	Guy	Y		Y
"Meant to Be"	2023	Jayda G	Guy	Y		Y
"Circle Back Around"	2023	Jayda G	Guy	Y		Y
"When She Dance"	2023	Jayda G	Guy	Y		Y
"Sapphires of Gold"	2023	Jayda G	Guy	Y		Y
"15 Foot"	2023	Jayda G	Guy	Y		Y
"Airplane"	2023	Cleo Sol	Heaven	Y
"Love Will Lead You There"	2023	Cleo Sol	Heaven	Y
"Movie Love"	2023	Dead Mary	Single	Y	Y
"No Time" (feat. Jack Peñate)	2023	Django Django	Off Planet	Y
"Lover, You Should've Come Over"	2023	Elmiene	Single		Y
"If We Only Knew" (from the documentary film Blue Carbon)	2024	Jayda G	Single	Y		Y
"Highwood House"	2024	Sam Morton	Daffodils & Dirt	Y		Y
"Purple Yellow"	2024	Sam Morton	Daffodils & Dirt	Y		Y
"Cry Without End"	2024	Sam Morton	Daffodils & Dirt	Y		Y
"Sharing My Body"	2024	Treanne	20/20			Y
"It's Ur Birthday"	2024	Treanne	20/20			Y
"Please"	2024	Treanne	20/20	Y		Y
"Reasons"	2024	Treanne	20/20	Y		Y
"A Cloud Never Dies"	2024	Plum Village Band	A Cloud Never Dies	Y		Y
"A Prayer for Land"	2024	Plum Village Band	A Cloud Never Dies	Y		Y
"Interlude"	2024	Plum Village Band	A Cloud Never Dies	Y		Y
"Invocation"	2024	Plum Village Band	A Cloud Never Dies	Y		Y
"Convocation"	2024	Plum Village Band	A Cloud Never Dies	Y		Y
"Thay Ol"	2024	Plum Village Band	A Cloud Never Dies	Y		Y
"Arrived"	2024	Plum Village Band	A Cloud Never Dies	Y		Y
"Don't Wait"	2024	Plum Village Band	A Cloud Never Dies	Y		Y
"Recommendation"	2024	Plum Village Band	A Cloud Never Dies	Y		Y
"Paradise State of Mind"	2024	Foster the People	Paradise State of Mind	Y

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