Eg White
Birth nameFrancis Anthony White
Born (1966-11-22) 22 November 1966
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • songwriter
  • producer
Instrument(s)Vocals

Francis Anthony "Eg" White (born 22 November 1966) is a British musician, songwriter and producer. He started his career in the cowpunk band Yip Yip Coyote in the 1980s and then formed Brother Beyond with his brother, David White, in the late 1980s. In 1990, Eg White recorded the pop album 24 Years of Hunger, and then in 1992 he produced the debut, self-titled album by Kinky Machine. He turned to songwriting in 1997, winning the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically in 2004. In 2008 White worked with Adele on three tracks. In 2009 White was awarded his second Ivor Novello Award for 'Songwriter of the Year'[1] and in 2010 he had a second UK number 1 with the Diana Vickers single "Once", a song he wrote with Cathy Dennis.[2] White started his own record label in 2009.

Biography

Eg White started his career in the band Yip Yip Coyote and then formed Brother Beyond[3] with his brother, David White, in the late 1980s, leaving the latter when they became involved with the songwriting team of Stock, Aitken and Waterman, just prior to their chart successes.

In 1990, Eg White collaborated with London model and BMX champion Alice Temple to record the pop album 24 Years of Hunger, which was released in 1991 under the name Eg and Alice and failed to chart.[4] Lack of commercial success did not deter the taste-makers, however, and 24 Years of Hunger was described by Allmusic as "one of the finest, most refined and fully realized recordings of the era, employing a much more sophisticated and romantic style than anything else out of England at the time".[5]

In 1992, White produced the debut, self-titled album by Kinky Machine,[6] then disappeared from the music industry until 1996 when he released his debut solo album Turn Me On, I'm a Rocket Man,[7] which was unsuccessful.[7]

He turned to songwriting in 1997, providing instrumentation for the sessions of Suggs' solo album The Three Pyramids Club, but it was in 1999 that his career began to take off as he became a songwriter, musician and producer in hot demand. His collaborative relationship with Alice Temple continued, the results of which can be heard on her solo debut album Hang Over. He also worked with Icelandic-Italian singer Emiliana Torrini on her debut album Love in the Time of Science and produced British singer-songwriter Mark Abis' album Changing Inside.

White's song "Leave Right Now" was recorded by Will Young in 2003, and reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart. In recognition, White won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically in 2004. He has since enjoyed enduring chart success with acts including Duffy, James Morrison and Joss Stone.

In 2008, White worked with Adele on three tracks which appeared on her first album 19, including the second single "Chasing Pavements". White is known in the industry for his pace of work and ability to reach the core of the intent of the artist he is working with, saying "Sometimes I get two hours. Someone comes over at three, we have a cup of tea, chew the cud for a bit, go: 'All right, shall we write a song?' And by six, they've gone home and we've...done it. Chasing Pavements, that took two or three hours."[8]

In 2009, White was awarded his second Ivor Novello Award for 'Songwriter of the Year',[9] and in 2010 he had a second UK number 1 with the Diana Vickers single "Once", a song he wrote with Cathy Dennis.[2] Also in 2010, White reprised his collaborative role with Adele, and with her wrote "Take It All", which appears on her number one album 21.

White started his own record label imprint, Spilt Milk Records, in 2009 – making Lauren Pritchard its first signing, and then signing an exclusive license deal with Island Records to release the album Wasted in Jackson in 2010. The album features collaborations with White, Ed Harcourt and Marcus Mumford (of the band Mumford & Sons). He signed a recording contract with Parlophone Records and released a second album entitled Adventure Man on 18 May 2009. The instrumental version of the lead single, "Broken" was used as the incidental music to the BMW PGA Championship 2009 and played during the closing credits of BBC's coverage of England's final game in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

White has worked with Adele, Kylie Minogue, Lennon Stella, Natalie Imbruglia, Florence and the Machine, Dua Lipa, Tom Odell, Sam Smith, Will Young, James Morrison, Linkin Park, Pink, Joss Stone, Matt Cardle, Maverick Sabre and Rebecca Ferguson.

Songwriting and production

Title Year Artist Album Songwriter Producer
Primary Secondary Additional Vocal
"Last Train" 1984 Yip Yip Coyote Non-album single check
"I Should Have Lied" 1986 Brother Beyond Get Even check
"Say Hello" 1990 Breathe Peace of Mind check
"I Hear You're Doing Fine" check
"Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" check
"Got to Get By" check
"Shockaholic" 1993 Kinky Machine Kinky Machine check
"Candy Deceit" check
"Monkey on a String" check
"Glitter Bullets" check
"Clever?" check
"Sister Magpie" check
"Blue Polythene" check
"10 Second Bionic Man" 1994 Bent check
"Cut It Down" check
"Gooseberry Fool" check
"Dolly Mixture Kid" check
"Nosebleed" check
"Lounge Dummy" check
"Pissing in the Snow" check
"Alsatians" check
"Wet Cigarettes" check
"Christopher" check
"Chemical Lobby" check
"Last Song" check
"Chained" 1998 Richie Sambora Undiscovered Soul check
"Same Again" Suggs Non-album single check
"Dead Things" 1999 Emiliana Torrini Love in the Time of Science check
"To Be Free" check
"Unemployed in Summertime" check
"Easy" check
"Fingertips" check
"Tuna Fish" check
"Sea People" check check
"Nothing Else on Her Mind" 2001 Slippry Feet Freak Time Viewing check
"You Might Be Wrong" Nicole Russo Through Your Eyes check check
"Slowly Walk Away" check
"Better Day" check check
"How D'ya Think She'd Feel About It" check check
"Through My Eyes" check check
"Stride On" check
"Don't Wanna Let You Go" check
"Phoney" check
"Stop Trying To" check check
"Nice n' Easy" check check
"Say It" 2002 Alison Moyet Hometime check
"Sugarhigh" Jade Anderson Dive Deeper check
"Promises" 2003 Baz Psychedelic Love check
"Surrender (Your Love)" Javine Surrender check check
"Leave Right Now" Will Young Friday's Child check
"Going My Way" check check
"Out of My Mind" check
"Legend" 2004 Tamyra Gray The Dreamer check
"U've Only Got 1" check
"Promise" Javine Surrender check check
"Millions" check check
"Think Twice" check check
"Messin'" check check
"Missing You" check check
"How Do You Think" The Brand New Heavies Allabouthefunk check
"Fisherman's Woman" 2005 Emiliana Torrini Fisherman's Woman check
"Shiver" Natalie Imbruglia Counting Down the Days check
"Slow Down" check check
"The Message" Nate James Set the Tone check check
"Universal" check check
"Call My Name" Charlotte Church Tissues and Issues check check
"Crazy Stranger"
(with Harel Shachal)		 Nicklodemus Non-album single check
"Baby I'm a Fool" Jo O'Meara Relentless check check
"Keep On" Will Young Keep On check
"Who Am I" check
"Save Yourself" check check
"Think About It" check
"Give In" 2006 Tina Dico In the Red check
"Use Me" check
"What Are We Waiting For?" Duncan James Future Past check check
"You Can" check check
"You Give Me Something" James Morrison Undiscovered check check
"Wonderful World" check
"Call the Police" check
"Go" Jamelia Walk with Me check
"Mancunian Way" Take That Beautiful World check
"No Man's Land" 2007 Beverley Knight Music City Soul check check
"Just a Little Bit" Mutya Buena Real Girl check check
"Choke" Nate James Kingdom Falls check check
"The Sun is Always Behind Me" Darren Hayes This Delicate Thing We've Made check check
"I'll Take Everything" James Blunt All the Lost Souls check
"Friday Night" Craig David Trust Me check
"Cosmic" Kylie Minogue X check check
"Chasing Pavements" 2008 Adele 19 check check
"Tomorrow" Duffy Non-album single check
"Je realise"
(featuring James Blunt)		 Sinik Le Toit Du Monde check
"Warwick Avenue" Duffy Rockferry check
"Hanging on Too Long" check
"Delayed Devotion" check
"Melt My Heart to Stone" Adele 19 check check
"Tired" check check
"Jones" Brian McFadden Set in Stone check
"Alice in Wonderland" check check
"Waiting for Time" Sam Sparro Sam Sparro check check
"Hot Mess" check check
"Sad, Sad World" Amy Studt My Paper Made Men check
"One Last Cigarette" check
"You Think I Don't Care" Jack McManus Either Side of Midnight check check
"Rising Up" Amanda Jenssen Killing My Darlings check
"Begger's Prayer" Emiliana Torrini Me and Armini check check
"What You Look For" Sam Beeton No Definite Answer check
"Changes" Will Young Let It Go check check
"Tell Me the Worst" check
"I Won't Give Up" check check
"Let It Go" check check
"Everything" Murs Murs for President check
"One Foot Wrong" P!nk Funhouse check check
"Could've Had Everything" check check
"Love, Love, Love" James Blunt All the Lost Souls check check
"Water and a Flame"
(featuring Adele)		 2009 Daniel Merriweather Love & War check check
"Giving Everything Away for Free" check check
"Not Now" Little Boots Illuminations EP check
"Hurricane Drunk" Florence and the Machine Lungs check check
"Dream on Hayley" James Morrison Songs for You, Truths for Me check check
"Bring it Back" Kris Allen Kris Allen check check
"Once" 2010 Diana Vickers Songs from the Tainted Cherry Tree check
"You Don't Know Me" Alan Pownall True Love Stories check
"Not the Drinking" Lauren Pritchard Wasted in Jackson check check
"if Time is All I Have" James Blunt Some Kind of Trouble check
"Turn Me On" check check
"Recover" Natasha Bedingfield Strip Me check
"Yeah Right"
(featuring Diggy Simmons)		 2011 Dionne Bromfield Good for the Soul check
"Two" Lenka Two check check
"Here to Stay" check check
"This Love Again" James Blunt Non-album single check check
"Treading Water" Alex Clare The Lateless of the Hour check
"Foolin'"
(featuring Lil Twist)		 Dionne Bromfield Good for the Soul check
"Hands Are Clever" Alex Clare The Lateless of the Hour check check
"Sadness is Coming" Alice Gold Seven Rainbows check
"End of the World" check
"Forever" James Morrison The Awakening check
"All for Nothing" Matt Cardle Letters check check
"Slowly" check check
"What the Water Gave Me" Florence and the Machine Ceremonials check
"Nothing's Real but Love" Rebecca Ferguson Heaven check check
"Shoulder to Shoulder" check check
"Fairytale (Let Me Live My Life This Way)" check check
"Fighting Suspicions" check check
"Too Good to Lose" check check
"I Used to Have It All" 2012 Maverick Sabre Lonely Are the Brave check check
"Black & Blue" Paloma Faith Fall to Grace check
"Beauty of the End" check
"Chaos & Piss" P!nk The Truth About Love check check
"The Fire" Matt Cardle The Fire check
"Habit" Tulisa The Female Boss check check
"Worth Your While" 2013 Jamie N Commons Rumble and Sway EP check check
"No Strings" Chloe Howl Chloe Howl check check
"Hold Me" Tom Odell Long Way Down check check
"Nothing" Josh Krajcik Blindly, Lonely, Lovely check
"When You Go" check
"Don't Make Me Hopeful" check
"No Man's Land" Leanne Mitchell Leanne Mitchell check
"Sense" Tom Odell Long Way Down check check
"You My Everything" Ellie Goulding Halcyon Days check check
"Water and a Flame" Celine Dion Loved Me Back to Life check check
"Didn't Know Love" check check
"Fake Smile" Rebecca Ferguson Freedom check check
"My Freedom" check check
"Girls and Boys" 2014 Chloe Howl Chloe Howl check check
"Good Thing" Sam Smith In the Lonely Hour check check
"I've Told You Now" check check
"Disappointed" Chloe Howl Chloe Howl check check
"Sugar Lies"
(featuring Ben Weinman)		 Kimbra The Golden Echo check
"The Magic Hour" check
"Baby, Happy Birthday" Train Bulletproof Picasso check check
"Therapy" Mary J Blige The London Sessions check check
"Takes Me a Long Time" Chloe Howl Chloe Howl check check
"When You're Gone" Mary J Blige The London Sessions check
"See You Again" 2015 Elle King Love Stuff check check
"No More You (Interlude)" Alexandra Burke Renegade EP check
"Fight for Love" Kwabs Love + War check
"I Am" Leona Lewis I Am check check
"You Knew Me When" check
"Stay Like This" James Morrison Higher Than Here check
"We Can" check
"Easy Love" check
"Purple Hearts (Soldier of Love)" CeeLo Green Heart Blanche check check
"Only Water" 2016 Lawson Perspective check
"For Julian" Dua Lipa Non-album single check check
"Pay for It" Rebecca Ferguson Superwoman check
"How Can I Blame You" John Legend Darkness and Light check
"Blindside" 2017 Aquilo Silhouettes check check
"Words with Friends" Fountaineer Greater City, Greater Love check
"Choice" Charlotte OC Careless People check
"The Cricketers" Fountaineer Greater City, Greater Love check
"One More Light" Linkin Park One More Light check
"Deserve to Be Loved" Zak Abel Only When We're Naked check check
"Blind Eye" Sam Smith The Thrill of It All check check
"Lost and Lonely" Paloma Faith The Architect check check
"Tonight's Not the Only Night" check check
"Not That Special" 2018 Lily Moore Not That Special EP check
"Raining Glitter" Kylie Minogue Golden check check
"Sepia" Plan B Heaven Before All Hell Breaks Loose check
"Brake Lights"
(featuring Nao)		 Cosha R.I.P. Bonzai check
"Fast Forward" You Me at Six VI check check
"Aboard" Tom Grennan Lighting Matches check check
"Solid Gold" Alex Hepburn If You Stay check check
"I Will Never Be" Lily Moore I Will Never Be EP check check
"Like Everybody Else" Lennon Stella Non-album single check
"It's the Weekend" Kovacs Cheap Smell check check
"Midnight Medicine" check check
"Do This for Me" Lily Moore I Will Never Be EP check check
"Losing You" You Me at Six VI check check
"Got My Own" Ray BLK Empress check
"A Life Like This" Nao Saturn check
"Between the Words"
(with Matt Maeson)		 Devault Stay EP check
"Loyal" 2019 Jasmine Thompson Colour EP check check
"Take Care" check check
"Power" James Morrison You're Stronger Than You Know check check
"Slowly" check
"Cross the Line" check
"Into Hope" Maverick Sabre When I Wake Up check check
"More" Jasmine Thompson Colour EP check check
"Hurt Me Once" Ben Platt Sing to Me Instead check check
"Some People" Jasmine Thompson Colour EP check check
"Colour (Amen)" check check
"This is What We Wanted" Izzy Bizu Glita EP check check
"I Will Be Stronger" Céline Dion Courage check check
"Better Than I Am" 2020 Keith Urban The Speed of Now Part 1 check check check
"Moving On" Sea Girls Open Up Your Head check

Awards and nominations

Year Institution Award
Winner
2009 Ivor Novello Awards Songwriter of the Year[3]
2004 Ivor Novello Awards Best Song Musically and Lyrically ("Leave Right Now")[10]
Year Institution Award
Nominated
2009 Grammy Awards Song of the Year & Record of the Year ("Chasing Pavements")[11]

Eg and Alice discography

Singles
  • "Indian" c/w "Crosstown and Bobby and Holly" (WEA 1991) - did not chart
  • "Doesn't Mean That Much to Me" (WEA 1991) - did not chart
Album

Solo discography

Singles

  • 1995: "Stay Home" (WEA)
  • 1997: "Made My Baby Cry" (WEA)
  • 2009: "Broken" (Parlophone Records)
  • 2015: "You Fooled Me" (Lakeshore Records)

Albums

  • Turn Me On, I'm a Rocket Man (WEA, 1996)

First review found at Daily Music Guide.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "2009 Ivor Novello awards: The winners". BBC News. 21 May 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  2. 1 2 Sexton, Paul (17 May 2011). "AC/DC's 'Iron Man 2' Powers To U.K. No. 1". Billboard. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  3. 1 2 McCormick, Neil (21 May 2009). "Francis 'Eg' White interview: the craftsman behind pop's perfect songs". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 26 October 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  4. ↑ Allen, Liam (22 May 2009). "Songwriter White craves stage". BBC News. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  5. ↑ Swihart, Stanton. "Eg & Alice - biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  6. ↑ "Kinky Machine - Kinky Machine : Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  7. 1 2 "CAN EG WHITE FINALLY CRACK THE CHARTS?". Daily Express. 17 May 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  8. ↑ "Write me a hit by teatime: the world of professional songwriters". The Guardian. 21 May 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  9. ↑ "2009 Ivor Novello awards: The winners". BBC News. 21 May 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  10. ↑ Burrows, Robin. "Eg White - Adventure Man Album Review". contactmusic.com. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  11. ↑ "Grammy Scorecard". Los Angeles Times. 3 December 2008. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  12. ↑ Spencer, David (26 April 2009). "Eg White - Adventure Man (Parlophone)". dailymusicguide.com. Archived from the original on 26 February 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
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