Jacob Manson
British songwriter and record producer
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Jacob Manson is a British songwriter, record producer and DJ. He is best known as one half of the electronic music duo Blonde, whose singles "I Loved You" (featuring Melissa Steel) and "All Cried Out" (featuring Alex Newell) charted in the UK top 10 and received BPI Platinum certification.[1][2]
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Manson in 2015 | |
| Background information | |
| Also known as | Blonde (duo) |
| Born | Jacob Manson |
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| Years active | 2013–present |
| Formerly of | Blonde (duo) |
| Alma mater | University of Leeds (BA) |
As a songwriter and producer outside Blonde, Manson has contributed to 9 top 10 records and has credits with artists including Ed Sheeran, David Guetta and Jason Derulo, as well as frequent collaborations with Elderbrook and Nines.[3][4] In July 2025, he co-wrote "Dior" by MK featuring Chrystal, which reached number one on the UK Singles Chart for two weeks as well as an 11 week stay in the top 10.[5][6] In 2024, "Messy in Heaven" by venbee and Goddard.—which Manson co-produced— charted at #3 in the UK and was nominated for the BRIT Award for Song of the Year with Mastercard.[7][8]
Discography
With Blonde
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||
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| UK [9] |
UK Dance [9] |
AUT [10] |
BEL (FL) [11] |
GER [12] |
IRE [13] |
SCO [14] |
SWI [15] | ||||
| "Foolish" (featuring Ryan Ashley) |
2014 | — | — | — | 82 | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Higher Ground" (featuring Charli Taft) |
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| "I Loved You" (featuring Melissa Steel) |
7 | 5 | 60 | 31 | 25 | 65 | 10 | 56 | |||
| "All Cried Out" (featuring Alex Newell) |
2015 | 4 | 1 | — | 59 | — | 74 | 4 | — |
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| "Feel Good (It's Alright)" (featuring Karen Harding) |
76 | 19 | — | 99 | — | — | 50 | — | |||
| "Nothing Like This" (with Craig David) |
2016 | 15 | 5 | — | 94 | — | 34 [17] | — | — |
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Following My Intuition |
| "Don't Need No Money" (Imani featuring Sigala and Blonde) |
2016 | 67 | 22 | — | — | — | 77 | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Just for One Night" (featuring Astrid S) |
2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Me, Myself & I" (featuring Bryn Christopher) |
2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||
Select Production and Songwriting Discography
| Title | Year | Artist(s) | Credits | Produced With | Peak Chart Position (UK) | Certification | Album |
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| "Lay It All on Me" (ft. Ed Sheeran) | 2015 | Rudimental | Co-writer | 12 | BPI: Platinum, RIAA Platinum, ARIA 2× Platinum | We the Generation | |
| "Just My Type" | 2018 | The Vamps | Co-writer/Producer | - | Night & Day | ||
| "Answerphone" (ft. Ella Eyre & Yxng Bane) | Banx & Ranx | Co-writer | 5 | BPI: Platinum | Non-album single | ||
| "Somebody Like Me" (ft. AJ Tracey) | Craig David | Co-writer/Producer/Mixer | - | The Time Is Now | |||
| "Used to Love You" | Anne-Marie | Co-Producer | Fraser T. Smith, Lostboy | - | Speak Your Mind | ||
| "Hooked" | Why Don't We | Co-writer/Producer | - | 8 Letters | |||
| "I Don't Belong In This Club (ft. Macklemore)" | 2019 | - | RIAA: Gold | TBA | |||
| "Too Hot" | Jason Derulo | Co-writer/Producer | - | Non-album single | |||
| "F It Up" | Co-writer/Producer | - | "2Sides (Side 1)" | ||||
| "Talk About Us (ft. Stefflon Don" | Co-writer/Producer | - | |||||
| "Walls" | 2020 | Louis Tomlinson | Co-writer | - | Walls | ||
| "Houdini" (ft. Swarmz and Tion Wayne) | KSI | Co-writer/Producer | AJProductions | 6 | BPI: Silver | Dissimulation | |
| "Numb" | Elderbrook | Additional Production | - | Why Do We Shake in the Cold? | |||
| "Why Do We Shake in the Cold?" | Co-Producer/Mixer | Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs | - | ||||
| "All My Love" | Co-Writer/Producer | - | |||||
| "I'm A Fool" | Co-Writer/Co-Producer | Joel Pott, Elderbrook | - | ||||
| "Down By The Bay" | Co-Writer/Producer/Mixer | - | |||||
| "Take A Minute" | Co-Producer | - | |||||
| "Back To My Bed" | Co-Producer | - | |||||
| "Set Fire To My Gun" | Co-Producer | - | |||||
| "Next December" | Co-Writer/Producer | - | |||||
| "Kein Hunger (ft. Ufo361))" | Loredana | Co-Producer/Co-Writer | 9 (Germany) | Medusa | |||
| "Interest (ft. Ms Banks & Oxlade)” | 2021 | Dolapo | Co-producer | AJProductions | 9 (U.K. Afrobeats Chart) | TBA | |
| "Manchester Super Reds No.1 Fan” | Don Broco | Co-Writer/Co-Producer | - | Amazing Things | |||
| "Frost” | Tomorrow X Together | Co-Writer/Producer | - | TBA | |||
| "Gang Gang (ft. Jay1 & Deno (singer))” | KSI | Co-Writer/Producer | 40 | All Over the Place | |||
| "Wasted (Digga D song) (ft. ArrDee)” | Digga D | Co-Writer/Producer | 6 | BPI: Gold | TBA | ||
| “BMW" | 2022 | Bad Boy Chiller Crew | Additional Production | 7 | BPI: Gold | TBA | |
| “Come & Go” | ArrDee | Production | 16 | “Pier Pressure” | |||
| “Fuego” | Aitch (rapper) | Co-Production/Co-Writer | Whyjay | Close to Home | |||
| “The Palm” | Whyjay & Litek | ||||||
| “Messy in Heaven” | Venbee & Goddard | Co-Production | 3 | BPI: Platinum | TBA | ||
| “ILY2” | NewDad | Producer | TBA | ||||
| "I Need You" | 2023 | Elderbrook | Co-Writer/Producer | Little Love | |||
| “Calendar” | Nines | Co-Producer/Co-Writer | Crop Circle 2 | ||||
| “Only One ft. Skrapz & OURAA” | Crop Circle 3 | ||||||
| “Toxic ft. Bad Boy Chiller Crew” | |||||||
| “Never Be Me ft. Blade Brown” | |||||||
| “I Do ft. Tunde & Mugzz” | |||||||
| “Good Morning” | |||||||
| “Could of Been ft. Miraa May” | |||||||
| “Devil's Rejects ft. Skrapz & George The Poet” | |||||||
| “When We Were Young (The Logical Song) ft. Kim Petras” | David Guetta | Co-Writer | 51 | TBA | |||
| "Places ft. Shimza" | 2024 | Elderbrook | Co-Writer/Producer | Another Touch | |||
| “Shallow Water” | |||||||
| “Afters” | |||||||
| “How Long” | |||||||
| “Going Crazy” | Nines | Producer/Co-Writer | Quit While You're Ahead | ||||
| “Champagne Problems ft. Skrapz” | |||||||
| "Dior ft. Chrystal" | 2025 | MK | Co-Writer/Producer | 1 | BPI Platinum | - | |
| “Turn It Up” | Marlon Hoffstadt | Producer & Co-Writer | TBA |