Eg White

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' and in 2010 he had a second UK number 1 with the Diana Vickers single "Once", a song he wrote with Cathy Dennis. White started his own record label in 2009. In 2024, White won his third Ivor Novello award.

• Name — Eg White • Birth Name — Francis Anthony White • Born — 22 November 1966 • Instrument — Bass • Genre — * Pop • rock • Occupation — * Musician • songwriter • producer • Years Active — 1984-present

Eg White started his career in the band Yip Yip Coyote and then formed Brother Beyond 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 and Alice and failed to chart. 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". In 1992, White produced the debut, self-titled album by Kinky Machine, then disappeared from the music industry until 1996 when he released his debut solo album Turn Me On, I'm a Rocket Man, which was unsuccessful. 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 a songwriter, musician and producer. 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 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". In 2009, White was awarded his second Ivor Novello Award for 'Songwriter of the Year', and in 2010 he had a second UK number 1 with the Diana Vickers single "Once", a song he wrote with Cathy Dennis. 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. In 2024, White won his third Ivor Novello award (this time for "Best Song Musically and Lyrically", his second in that category), alongside Jonny Lattimer and Victoria Canal, for Canal's song 'Black Swan'. 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.

• Title — Year — Artist — Album — Songwriter — Producer • "Last Train" — 1984 — Yip Yip Coyote — Non-album single • "I Should Have Lied" — 1986 — Brother Beyond — Get Even • "Say Hello" — 1990 — Breathe — Peace of Mind • "I Hear You're Doing Fine" • "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" • "Got to Get By" • "Shockaholic" — 1993 — Kinky Machine — Kinky Machine • "Candy Deceit" • "Monkey on a String" • "Glitter Bullets" • "Clever?" • "Sister Magpie" • "Blue Polythene" • "10 Second Bionic Man" — 1994 — Bent • "Cut It Down" • "Gooseberry Fool" • "Dolly Mixture Kid" • "Nosebleed" • "Lounge Dummy" • "Pissing in the Snow" • "Alsatians" • "Wet Cigarettes" • "Christopher" • "Chemical Lobby" • "Last Song" • "Chained" — 1998 — Richie Sambora — Undiscovered Soul • "Same Again" — Suggs — Non-album single • "Dead Things" — 1999 — Emiliana Torrini — Love in the Time of Science • "To Be Free" • "Unemployed in Summertime" • "Easy" • "Fingertips" • "Tuna Fish" • "Sea People" • "Nothing Else on Her Mind" — 2001 — Slippry Feet — Freak Time Viewing • "You Might Be Wrong" — Nicole Russo — Through Your Eyes • "Slowly Walk Away" • "Better Day" • "How D'ya Think She'd Feel About It" • "Through My Eyes" • "Stride On" • "Don't Wanna Let You Go" • "Phoney" • "Stop Trying To" • "Nice n' Easy" • "Say It" — 2002 — Alison Moyet — Hometime • "Sugarhigh" — Jade Anderson — Dive Deeper • "Promises" — 2003 — Baz — Psychedelic Love • "Surrender (Your Love)" — Javine — Surrender • "Leave Right Now" — Will Young — Friday's Child • "Going My Way" • "Out of My Mind" • "Legend" — 2004 — Tamyra Gray — The Dreamer • "U've Only Got 1" • "Promise" — Javine — Surrender • "Millions" • "Think Twice" • "Messin'" • "Missing You" • "How Do You Think" — The Brand New Heavies — Allabouthefunk • "Fisherman's Woman" — 2005 — Emiliana Torrini — Fisherman's Woman • "Shiver" — Natalie Imbruglia — Counting Down the Days • "Slow Down" • "The Message" — Nate James — Set the Tone • "Universal" • "Call My Name" — Charlotte Church — Tissues and Issues • "Crazy Stranger" (with Harel Shachal) — Nicklodemus — Non-album single • "Baby I'm a Fool" — Jo O'Meara — Relentless • "Keep On" — Will Young — Keep On • "Who Am I" • "Save Yourself" • "Think About It" • "Give In" — 2006 — Tina Dico — In the Red • "Use Me" • "What Are We Waiting For?" — Duncan James — Future Past • "You Can" • "You Give Me Something" — James Morrison — Undiscovered • "Wonderful World" • "Call the Police" • "Go" — Jamelia — Walk with Me • "Mancunian Way" — Take That — Beautiful World • "No Man's Land" — 2007 — Beverley Knight — Music City Soul • "Just a Little Bit" — Mutya Buena — Real Girl • "Choke" — Nate James — Kingdom Falls • "The Sun is Always Blinding Me" — Darren Hayes — This Delicate Thing We've Made • "I'll Take Everything" — James Blunt — All the Lost Souls • "Friday Night" — Craig David — Trust Me • "Cosmic" — Kylie Minogue — X • "Chasing Pavements" — 2008 — Adele — 19 • "Tomorrow" — Duffy — Non-album single • "Je realise" (featuring James Blunt) — Sinik — Le Toit Du Monde • "Warwick Avenue" — Duffy — Rockferry • "Hanging on Too Long" • "Delayed Devotion" • "Melt My Heart to Stone" — Adele — 19 • "Tired" • "Jones" — Brian McFadden — Set in Stone • "Alice in Wonderland" • "Waiting for Time" — Sam Sparro — Sam Sparro • "Hot Mess" • "Sad, Sad World" — Amy Studt — My Paper Made Men • "One Last Cigarette" • "You Think I Don't Care" — Jack McManus — Either Side of Midnight • "Rising Up" — Amanda Jenssen — Killing My Darlings • "Begger's Prayer" — Emiliana Torrini — Me and Armini • "What You Look For" — Sam Beeton — No Definite Answer • "Changes" — Will Young — Let It Go • "Tell Me the Worst" • "I Won't Give Up" • "Let It Go" • "Everything" — Murs — Murs for President • "One Foot Wrong" — P!nk — Funhouse • "Could've Had Everything" • "Love, Love, Love" — James Blunt — All the Lost Souls • "Water and a Flame" (featuring Adele) — 2009 — Daniel Merriweather — Love & War • "Giving Everything Away for Free" • "Not Now" — Little Boots — Illuminations EP • "Hurricane Drunk" — Florence and the Machine — Lungs • "Dream on Hayley" — James Morrison — Songs for You, Truths for Me • "Bring it Back" — Kris Allen — Kris Allen • "Once" — 2010 — Diana Vickers — Songs from the Tainted Cherry Tree • "You Don't Know Me" — Alan Pownall — True Love Stories • "Not the Drinking" — Lauren Pritchard — Wasted in Jackson • "if Time is All I Have" — James Blunt — Some Kind of Trouble • "Turn Me On" • "Recover" — Natasha Bedingfield — Strip Me • "Yeah Right" (featuring Diggy Simmons) — 2011 — Dionne Bromfield — Good for the Soul • "Two" — Lenka — Two • "Here to Stay" • "This Love Again" — James Blunt — Non-album single • "Treading Water" — Alex Clare — The Lateless of the Hour • "Foolin'" (featuring Lil Twist) — Dionne Bromfield — Good for the Soul • "Hands Are Clever" — Alex Clare — The Lateless of the Hour • "Sadness is Coming" — Alice Gold — Seven Rainbows • "End of the World" • "Forever" — James Morrison — The Awakening • "All for Nothing" — Matt Cardle — Letters • "Slowly" • "What the Water Gave Me" — Florence and the Machine — Ceremonials • "Nothing's Real but Love" — Rebecca Ferguson — Heaven • "Shoulder to Shoulder" • "Fairytale (Let Me Live My Life This Way)" • "Fighting Suspicions" • "Too Good to Lose" • "I Used to Have It All" — 2012 — Maverick Sabre — Lonely Are the Brave • "Black & Blue" — Paloma Faith — Fall to Grace • "Beauty of the End" • "Chaos & Piss" — P!nk — The Truth About Love • "The Fire" — Matt Cardle — The Fire • "Habit" — Tulisa — The Female Boss • "Worth Your While" — 2013 — Jamie N Commons — Rumble and Sway EP • "No Strings" — Chloe Howl — Chloe Howl • "Hold Me" — Tom Odell — Long Way Down • "Nothing" — Josh Krajcik — Blindly, Lonely, Lovely • "When You Go" • "Don't Make Me Hopeful" • "No Man's Land" — Leanne Mitchell — Leanne Mitchell • "Sense" — Tom Odell — Long Way Down • "You My Everything" — Ellie Goulding — Halcyon Days • "Water and a Flame" — Celine Dion — Loved Me Back to Life • "Didn't Know Love" • "Fake Smile" — Rebecca Ferguson — Freedom • "My Freedom" • "Girls and Boys" — 2014 — Chloe Howl — Chloe Howl • "Good Thing" — Sam Smith — In the Lonely Hour • "I've Told You Now" • "Disappointed" — Chloe Howl — Chloe Howl • "Sugar Lies" (featuring Ben Weinman) — Kimbra — The Golden Echo • "The Magic Hour" • "Baby, Happy Birthday" — Train — Bulletproof Picasso • "Therapy" — Mary J Blige — The London Sessions • "Takes Me a Long Time" — Chloe Howl — Chloe Howl • "When You're Gone" — Mary J Blige — The London Sessions • "See You Again" — 2015 — Elle King — Love Stuff • "No More You (Interlude)" — Alexandra Burke — Renegade EP • "Fight for Love" — Kwabs — Love + War • "I Am" — Leona Lewis — I Am • "You Knew Me When" • "Stay Like This" — James Morrison — Higher Than Here • "We Can" • "Easy Love" • "Purple Hearts (Soldier of Love)" — CeeLo Green — Heart Blanche • "Only Water" — 2016 — Lawson — Perspective • "For Julian" — Dua Lipa — Non-album single • "Pay for It" — Rebecca Ferguson — Superwoman • "How Can I Blame You" — John Legend — Darkness and Light • "Blindside" — 2017 — Aquilo — Silhouettes • "Words with Friends" — Fountaineer — Greater City, Greater Love • "Choice" — Charlotte OC — Careless People • "The Cricketers" — Fountaineer — Greater City, Greater Love • "One More Light" — Linkin Park — One More Light • "Deserve to Be Loved" — Zak Abel — Only When We're Naked • "Blind Eye" — Sam Smith — The Thrill of It All • "Lost and Lonely" — Paloma Faith — The Architect • "Tonight's Not the Only Night" • "Not That Special" — 2018 — Lily Moore — Not That Special EP • "Raining Glitter" — Kylie Minogue — Golden • "Sepia" — Plan B — Heaven Before All Hell Breaks Loose • "Brake Lights" (featuring Nao) — Cosha — R.I.P. Bonzai • "Fast Forward" — You Me at Six — VI • "Aboard" — Tom Grennan — Lighting Matches • "Solid Gold" — Alex Hepburn — If You Stay • "I Will Never Be" — Lily Moore — I Will Never Be EP • "Like Everybody Else" — Lennon Stella — Non-album single • "It's the Weekend" — Kovacs — Cheap Smell • "Midnight Medicine" • "Do This for Me" — Lily Moore — I Will Never Be EP • "Losing You" — You Me at Six — VI • "Got My Own" — Ray BLK — Empress • "A Life Like This" — Nao — Saturn • "Between the Words" (with Matt Maeson) — Devault — Stay EP • "Don't Beg For Love" — Sheridan Smith — A Northern Soul • "Cruel" — Monica Martin — Cruel • "Power" — 2019 — James Morrison — You're Stronger Than You Know • "Slowly" • "Cross the Line" • "Into Hope" — Maverick Sabre — When I Wake Up • "Hurt Me Once" — Ben Platt — Sing to Me Instead • "Some People" — Jasmine Thompson — Colour EP • "Loyal" • "Take Care" • "More" • "Colour (Amen)" • "This is What We Wanted" — Izzy Bizu — Glita EP • "I Will Be Stronger" — Céline Dion — Courage • "Best Of All" • "Get Me Dancing" — Will Young — Lexicon • "I Bet You Call" • "Eyes Closed" — Mads Langer — Eyes Closed • "If We Can Get Through This" — James Arthur — You • "Someday" — Zucchero Fornaciari — D.O.C • "Vittime Del Cool" • "Didn't Make It To The Moon" — Milky Chance — Mind The Moon • "Better Than I Am" — 2020 — Keith Urban — The Speed of Now Part 1 • "Moving On" — Sea Girls — Open Up Your Head • "Against The Water" — Kita Alexander — Against The Water • "Crosswords" — Olivia Dean — Crosswords • "What Am I Going To Do On Sundays" — Live At the Jazz Café • "Speaking Of The End" — Lapsley — Through Water • "Weakness" — Lennon Stella — Three. Two. One • "Oh Please" — Tom Grennan — Evening Road • "Last 100" — Tom Misch — What Kinda Music • "Tidal Wave" • "Festival" • "The Real" • "Nothing Left But Family" — Rebecca Ferguson — Nothing Left But Family • "Little Things" — Bobby Bazini — Move Away • "Are you Satisfied?" — Andrew Roachford — Twice In A Lifetime • "Give It Up, Let It Go" • "Cherry In Tacoma" — 2021 — Benjamin Frances Leftwich — To Carry A Whale • "Every Time I See A Bird Released" • "Anything Could Happen" — Dylan Cartlidge — Hope Above Adversity • "Hang My Head" • "Dare To Dream" • "Houdini" • "Family" • "Pluto" — Jake Wesley Rogers — Pluto • "Bad 4 Ur Health" — Don Broco — Amazing Things • "Not Sorry" — Natalie Imbruglia — Firebird • "On My Way" • "Foolish Love" — James Gillespie — Live at St Pancras Old Church • "When You Were Mine" — Joy Crookes — Skin • "Closer Than You Know" — Mads Langer — Where Oceans Meet • "White Noise" • "Stop Me" • "End Of A Dark Age" — Amy Allen — AWW! • "Sister 2 Sister" — 2022 — Ibeyi — Spell 31 • "Downright" — Pip Millett — When Everything Is Better, I'll Let You Know • "This Stage" • "My Way" • "Apple Juice" — Gretel Hanlyn — Slugeye • "In The Water" • "Headlights" — Daniel Briskin — Headlights • "Want Me" — Morgan Harper Jones — While You Lay Sound Asleep • "Llorale A tu Madre" — Jesse & Joy — Clichés • "Always Will" — Seeb — Always Will • "Happy Birthday" — Jeremy Loops — Heard You Got Love • "Who Likes" — Skinny Living — Who Likes • "Attendez-moi" — Mentissa — La vingtaine • "Prends-moi la tête" • "What Do You Mean?" — Gabe Coulter — What Do You Mean? • "Onassis" — James Gillespie — The Death Of A Troubadour • "I Feel Like Dancing" — 2023 — Jason Mraz — Mystical Magical Rhythmical Radical Ride • "Poor Baby" — Elli Ingram — Bad Behaviour • "When You're Here" — Albin Lee Meldau — Discomforts • "Hold Your Head Up" (with Jack Savoretti) • "Lovers" • "What Is This" • "Forget About Us" • "Into the Cold" • "Sinking Like a Stone" • "Discomforts" • "Girlfriend" • "Show Me" • "If You Ever Change Your Mind" • "Mainly Disappointed" • "Elvis, I Love You" • "User Lost" • "Loss" • "Black Swan" — Victoria Canal — WELL WELL • "Don't Wait" — Bakermat — From A Bakermat Point Of View • "Phenomenal" • "Graveyard" — Lucy Blue — Unsent Letters • "Dark Horse" — Lusaint — Self Sabotage • "Digging For Gold" — Rebecca Ferguson — Heaven, Pt. II • "I'm Going To Love You" • "You Don't Have To Leave" • "From Now On" • "Exhausted" — Michael Aldag — sorry for everything • "Girlfriends" • "iaw" — iaw • "December" — December • "Run For Your Life" — Sipho — PRAYERS & PARANOIA • "Prayers" • "Paranoia" • "Smoking Lessons" — Bea And Her Business — Introverted Extrovert • "History In Our Hearts" — 2024 — Richard Fairlie — History In Our Hearts • "Powerless" — MRCY — Volume 1 • "Purple Canyon" • "Wish It Was Me" — Cat Burns — Early Twenties • "When You're Here" (Acoustic Version) — Albin Lee Meldau — Discomforts • "Elvis I Love You" • "Elvis I Love You" (Acoustic Version) • "Sinking Like A Stone" • "Sinking Like A Stone" (Acoustic Version) • "Show Me" • "Royalty" — Livingston — Royalty • "Rocking My Boat" — MT Jones — Rocking My Boat • "Think For Yourself" — I Am Roze — Think For Yourself • "Sunburnt Shoulders" — Bea And Her Business — Me Vs. Me • "Numbers" — The Indien — The Indien • "Goodthing" — Bette Smith — Goodthing • "Thank You For Making Me Feel Good" — Skinny Living — Day By Day • "Won't Be Long" • "No Means No" — Aquilo — A Quiet Invitation To A Hard Conversation • "Miss U" — Goddard — Miss U • "California Sober" — Victoria Canal — California Sober • "Cake" — Cake • "I Can't Go There" — Ruthven — I Can't Go There

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

• Turn Me On, I'm a Rocket Man (WEA, 1996) • Adventure Man (Spilt Milk, 2009) – featuring Louis Eliot, Aret Komlosy, Neil Hannon, Ricky Ross, Matt Marston, Alice Temple, and Jack Hues First review found at Daily Music Guide.