James Flannigan (songwriter)

James Flannigan is a platinum selling British songwriter, producer and multi instrumentalist.^[1]

Career

Flannigan is best known as a member of pop band Stiff Dylans^[2] (as featured in teen film Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging). Since then Flannigan has since gone on to write and produce with artists including Kodaline,^[3] Andrew McMahon,^[4] Lena Meyer-Landrut, Lucy Spraggan,^[5] Alex Vargas and Bo Bruce.^[6]

He has also had his music feature in TV shows and film, including The Fault in Our Stars,^[7] Kick-Ass 2,^[8] Grey's Anatomy, Justin and the Knights of Valour^[9] and Red Band Society.

Lucy Spraggan’s single "Lighthouse"^[5] was used in the Morrisons supermarket campaign in 2014.^[10] The song was co-written with Spraggan and The Ordinary Boys frontman Preston. Spraggan's album Join the Club, produced by Flannigan and Preston, reached 7 in the charts in the UK, and the single reached 26.

Flannigan also collaborated with South Korean boy band Shinhwa on their 11th studio album entitled The Classic. He co-wrote the lead single, "This Love" which peaked at 3 in the Gaon Weekly Top 200 chart.^[11]

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