List of songs written by Emeli Sandé

Sandé at the NRJ Music Awards ceremony in Cannes, France, held in January 2013

Scottish singer-songwriter Emeli Sandé has written and recorded songs for her debut studio album, Our Version of Events (2012), and has written songs for other singers.^{[note 1]} She worked with Naughty Boy (credited as a songwriter with his legal name Shahid Khan) for the majority of the songs the album, including writing "Where I Sleep" and "River" together.^[1] He appears as a featured artist on the single "Daddy", which was co-written by Grant Mitchell, James Murray and Mustafa Omar.^[1] Sandé and Naughty Boy collaborated with Harry Craze, Hugo Chegwin and Mike Spencer on the album's lead single "Heaven", which peaked at number one on the UK Dance Chart.^[1][2] The song was conceptualised when she had a "deep conversation about religion" with Naughty Boy, and she stated that it was written very quickly.^[3] Sandé co-wrote the song "My Kind of Love" with Grammy Award winning producer Emile Haynie, and co-wrote the song "Hope" with American singer-songwriter Alicia Keys.^[1][4] In August 2011, record executive Simon Cowell named Sandé his "favourite songwriter" of the moment.^[3]

Aside from writing material for her debut album, Sandé has worked with a multitude of singers on songs that have been included on their albums. She reunited with Keys for the latter's fifth studio album Girl on Fire (2012). The pair wrote "101", "Not Even the King" and "Brand New Me".^[5] "Brand New Me" was released as the second single from Girl on Fire; the collaborative process of writing with Sandé was described by Keys as being "instant magic".^[6] Sandé wrote the song "Half of Me" alongside Naughty Boy and production team Stargate, which was included on Rihanna's seventh studio album, Unapologetic (2012).^[7] The singer also contributed to several songs on Leona Lewis' third studio album Glassheart (2012), including the lead single "Trouble", "I to You" and "Sugar".^[8] Sandé appeared as a guest vocalist on Professor Green's song "Read All About It" and Labrinth's song "Beneath Your Beautiful".^[9][10] Both songs were co-written by herself and both peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart and UK R&B Chart.^{[11][12][13][14]}

Songs

Sandé co-wrote three songs with Alicia Keys (pictured) for the latter's fifth studio album, Girl on Fire (2012), including "Brand New Me".

Sandé wrote three songs included on Leona Lewis' (pictured) third studio album Glassheart (2012), including "I to You" and "Trouble".

Alongside production team Stargate, Sandé co-wrote the song "Half of Me" for Rihanna's (pictured) seventh studio album, Unapologetic (2012).

Key

	Indicates single release
	Indicates promotional single release
	Indicates song written solely by Sandé

Song	Artist(s)	Writer(s)	Album	Year	Ref.
"101"	Keys Alicia !Alicia Keys	Alicia Keys Emeli Sandé	Girl on Fire !Girl on Fire	2012	[5]
"A Z"	N/A	Ashton Millard Emeli Sandé Paul Hermon	N/A	Unknown	[15]
"Abide with Me"	N/A	Emeli Sandé Rick Smith Traditional	N/A	Unknown	[16]
"Astronaut"	Green Professor !Professor Green	Emeli Sandé Ludovico Einaudi Shahid Khan Stephen Manderson	At Your Inconvenience	2011	[9]
"Avalon"	Green Professor !Professor Green featuring Sierra Kusterbeck	Emeli Sandé James Murray Luke Juby Mustafa Omar Stephen Manderson	At Your Inconvenience	2011	[9]
"Babys Eyes"	N/A	Emeli Sandé	N/A	Unknown	[17]
"Back to Life"	N/A	Emeli Sandé Wayne Hector Steve Robson	N/A	Unknown	[18]
"Bad Again"	N/A	Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan	N/A	Unknown	[19]
"Beneath Your Beautiful"	Labrinth featuring Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Timothy McKenzie Mike Posner	Electronic Earth and Our Version of Events	2012	[10]
"Best Friend"	N/A	Emeli Sandé	N/A	Unknown	[20]
"Bestest Friend"	N/A	Ashton Millard Emeli Sandé Paul Hermon Prince R. Nelson	N/A	Unknown	[21]
"Better"	N/A	Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan	N/A	Unknown	[22]
"Big City Type Distractions"	N/A	Emeli Sandé Sam Frank	N/A	Unknown	[23]
"Booty Call"	N/A	Emeli Sandé	N/A	Unknown	[24]
"Boys"	Cole Cheryl !Cheryl Cole	Emeli Sandé James Murray Mustafa Omer Shahid Khan	3 Words – The B-Sides EP	2010	[25]
"Brainwashed"	Devlin featuring Milena Sanchez	Emeli Sandé James Devlin Pontus Hjelm	Bud, Sweat and Beers	2010	[26]
"Brand New Me"	Keys Alicia !Alicia Keys	Alicia Keys Emeli Sandé	Girl on Fire !Girl on Fire	2012	[5]
"Breaking the Law"	Sandé Emeli !Emeli Sandé	Ben Harrison Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan	Our Version of Events	2012	[1]
"Clown"	Sandé Emeli !Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Grant Mitchell Shahid Khan	Our Version of Events	2012	[1]
"Colour Blind"	Amber Riley	Claude Kelly Emeli Sandé Steve Mac	N/A	Unknown	[27]
"Coming From a Man"	N/A	Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan	N/A	Unknown	[28]
"Daddy"	Sandé Emeli !Emeli Sandé featuring Naughty Boy	Emeli Sandé Grant Mitchell James Murray Mustafa Omer Shahid Khan	Our Version of Events	2012	[1]
"Diamond Rings"	Chipmunk !Chipmunk featuring Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Jahmaal Fyffe Shahid Khan	I Am Chipmunk	2009	[29]
"Dirty Jeans and Sweater"	N/A	Emeli Sandé	N/A	Unknown	[30]
"Distractions"	N/A	Emeli Sandé Sam Frank	N/A	Unknown	[31]
"Dreamer"	N/A	Benjamin Harrison Emeli Sandé James Devlin Shahid Khan	N/A	Unknown	[32]
"Easier in Bed"	Sandé Emeli !Emeli Sandé	Chris Loco Emeli Sandé	Our Version of Events	2012	[1]
"Ego"	N/A	Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan	N/A	Unknown	[33]
"Enough"	N/A	Amund Bjorkland Emeli Sandé Espen Lind	N/A	Unknown	[34]
"Falling Down"	N/A	Cleopatra Humphrey Emeli Sandé James Murray Margaret Bakosi Mustafa Omer	N/A	Unknown	[35]
"Find a Boy"	N/A	Aminata Kabba Emeli Sandé Rocky Takalobighashi Shahid Khan	N/A	Unknown	[36]
"Fireworks"	Alessandra Amoroso	Christopher Crowhurst Emeli Sandé	Amore puro	2013	[37]
"Fix Me"	N/A	Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan	N/A	Unknown	[38]
"Free "	N/A	Amir Izadkhah Emeli Sandé Kesi Dryden Piers Sean Aggett	N/A	Unknown	[39]
"Give Me a Minute"	N/A	Emeli Sandé J. Velard	N/A	Unknown	[40]
"Go Lover"	N/A	Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan	N/A	Unknown	[41]
"Golden"	N/A	Chris Braide Emeli Sandé	N/A	Unknown	[42]
"Half of Me"	Rihanna	Emeli Sandé Mikkel S. Eriksen Shahid Khan Tor Erik Hermansen	Unapologetic !Unapologetic	2012	[7]
"Heaven"	Sandé Emeli !Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Harry Craze Hugo Chegwin Mike Spencer Shahid Khan	Our Version of Events	2012	[1]
"Helicopters and Planes"	N/A	Anthony L. Jones Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan Sheraaz Amin	N/A	Unknown	[43]
"Here It Comes"	N/A	Emeli Sandé Rick Smith	N/A	Unknown	[44]
"Hollywood"	N/A	Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan	N/A	Unknown	[45]
"Hope"	Sandé Emeli !Emeli Sandé	Alicia Keys Emeli Sandé	Our Version of Events	2012	[1]
"Hotel Cabana"	N/A	Emeli Sandé Patrick Okogwu Shahid Khan	N/A	Unknown	[46]
"I'm Not Sorry"	N/A	Anthony John McLean Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan	N/A	Unknown	[47]
"I to You"	Lewis Leona !Leona Lewis	Christopher Crowhurst Emeli Sandé Leona Lewis	Glassheart	2012	[8]
"It Takes Two"	Perry !Katy Perry	Katy Perry Benjamin Levin Emeli Sandé Mikkel Storleer Eriksen & Tor Erik Hermansem	Prism	2013	[48]
"Just a Boy"	N/A	Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan	N/A	Unknown	[49]
"Kids that Love to Dance"	N/A	Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan Steven Marsden	N/A	Unknown	[50]
"Kill the Boy"	N/A	Emeli Sandé	N/A	Unknown	[51]
"Let Go"	Tempah Tinie !Tinie Tempah featuring Emeli Sandé	Ben Harrison Emile Hayne Shahid Khan Patrick Okogwu Emeli Sandé	Disc-Overy !Disc-Overy	2010	[52]
"Let It Rain"	Tinchy Stryder featuring Melanie Fiona	Emeli Sandé Kwasi Danquah III Melanie Fiona	Third Strike	2011	[53]
"Lifetime"	Sandé Emeli !Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Glyn Aikins Luke Juby Shahid Khan Steve Mostyn	Our Version of Events	2012	[1]
"Lifted"	N/A	Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan	N/A	Unknown	[54]
"Lola"	N/A	Emeli Sandé Kaywan Qazzaz Louis Christopher Bryn Said Saif Haider Naqui Syed Shabi Haider Nagvi	N/A	Unknown	[55]
"Looks Can Be Deceiving"	N/A	Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan	N/A	Unknown	[56]
"Maybe"	Sandé Emeli !Emeli Sandé	Ash Millard Emeli Sandé Paul Hermon	Our Version of Events	2012	[1]
"Mountains" [note 2]	Sandé Emeli !Emeli Sandé / Leona Lewis	Luke Juby Shahid Khan James Murray Mustafa Omer Emeli Sandé	Our Version of Events	2012	[1] [57]
"Moving"	N/A	Emeli Sandé	N/A	Unknown	[58]
"Mr Officer"	N/A	Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan	N/A	Unknown	[59]
"My Heart" Wiley	Christopher Crowhurst Emeli Sandé Karim Kharbouch Richard Kylea Cowie	N/A	Unknown	[60]
"My Kind of Love"	Sandé Emeli !Emeli Sandé	Emile Haynie Emeli Sandé	Our Version of Events	2012	[1]
"New World"	N/A	Emeli Sandé J Velard	N/A	Unknown	[61]
"Next to Me"	Sandé Emeli !Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Hugo Chegwin Harry Craze	Our Version of Events	2012	[1]
"Not Even the King"	Keys Alicia !Alicia Keys	Alicia Keys Emeli Sandé	Girl on Fire !Girl on Fire	2012	[5]
"Nothing Left to Lose"	N/A	Dave Tozer Emeli Sandé	N/A	Unknown	[62]
"Oh La La"	N/A	Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan	N/A	Unknown	[63]
"Patchwork"	N/A	Emeli Sandé	N/A	Unknown	[64]
"Pluto"	N/A	Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan	N/A	Unknown	[65]
"Push It All Away"	N/A	Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan	N/A	Unknown	[66]
"Radio"	Dixon Alesha !Alesha Dixon	Ben Scarr Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan	The Entertainer	2010	[67]
"Radio" (Klass Remix Edit)	Dixon Alesha !Alesha Dixon featuring Wiley	Ben Scarr Emeli Sandé Richard Cowie Shahid Khan	"Radio" Digital EP	2010	[68]
"Read All About It (Part III)"	Sandé Emeli !Emeli Sandé	Ben Kohn Emeli Sandé Iain James Peter Kelleher Stephen Manderson Tom Barnes	Our Version of Events	2012	[1]
"Read All About It"	Green Professor !Professor Green featuring Emeli Sandé	Ben Kohn Emeli Sandé Iain James Peter Kelleher Stephen Manderson Tom Barnes	At Your Inconvenience	2011	[9]
"Recovery"	N/A	Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan	N/A	Unknown	[69]
"Reebok Song"	N/A	Emeli Sandé	N/A	Unknown	[70]
"River"	Sandé Emeli !Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan	Our Version of Events	2012	[1]
"Run Away"	N/A	Emeli Sandé Kaywan Qazzaz Louis Christopher Bryn Said Saif Haider Naqui Syed Shabi Haider Nagvi	N/A	Unknown	[71]
"Side Effects of You"	Barrino Fantasia !Fantasia Barrino	Benjamin Harrison Claudia Brent Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan	Side Effects of You	2013	[72]
"Silent"	N/A	Emeli Sandé	N/A	Unknown	[73]
"So Sentimental"	N/A	Emeli Sandé Kaywan Qazzaz Syed Shabi Haider Nagvi	N/A	Unknown	[74]
"SoopaDoopaLova"	N/A	Emeli Sandé	N/A	Unknown	[75]
"Started With a Kiss"	N/A	Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan	N/A	Unknown	[76]
"Stay Awake"	N/A	Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan Steve Mostyn	N/A	Unknown	[77]
"Still Standing"	N/A	Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan Wayne Hector	N/A	Unknown	[78]
"Sugar"	Lewis Leona !Leona Lewis	Alexander Shuckburg Emeli Sandé	Glassheart	2012	[8]
"Suitcase"	Sandé Emeli !Emeli Sandé	Ben Harrison Emeli Sandé Luke Juby	Our Version of Events	2012	[1]
"Taking the Radio"	N/A	Emeli Sandé Richard W. Nowells Jr.	N/A	Unknown	[79]
"Talk to Me"	N/A	Amir Izadkhah Emeli Sandé Kesi Dryden Piers Sean Aggett	N/A	Unknown	[79]
"This Will Be the Year"	Susan Boyle	Emeli Sandé Josh Kear Shahid Khan	Someone to Watch Over Me	2011	[67]
"Tiger"	Sandé Emeli !Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan	Our Version of Events	2012	[1]
"Til the End"	N/A	Emeli Sandé Kwasi Esono Danquah Shahid Khan	N/A	Unknown	[80]
"Trouble"	Lewis Leona !Leona Lewis featuring Childish Gambino	Emeli Sandé Fraser T Smith Hugo Chegwin Harry Craze James Murray Leona Lewis Musta Omer Shahid Khan	Glassheart	2012	[8]
"Underdog Law"	N/A	Emeli Sandé Jermaine Scott	N/A	Unknown	[81]
"Untouchable"	N/A	Emeli Sandé Marcus Allen Melvin Joe Sparkman	N/A	Unknown	[82]
"Very Little Good"	N/A	Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan P. Pelsted	N/A	Unknown	[83]
"Where I Sleep"	Sandé Emeli !Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan	Our Version of Events	2012	[1]
"Wonder"	Naughty Boy featuring Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Hugo Chegwin Harry Craze Shahid Khan	Hotel Cabana and Our Version of Events	2012	[1]
"Your Song"	N/A	Emeli Sandé	N/A	Unknown	[84]

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