Savan Kotecha

Personal life

Kotecha is of Indian Gujarati descent.

Notable songs

Some of the artists for whom Kotecha has co-written notable songs include:

• Lizzo ("2 Be Loved")
• Ariana Grande ("Problem", "Break Free", "Love Me Harder", "One Last Time", "Focus", "Into You", "Side to Side", "Bang Bang", "No Tears Left to Cry", "God Is a Woman", "Breathin", "Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored")
• Katy Perry ("Rise")
• Emblem3 ("Chloe (You're the One I Want)")
• Westlife ("Obvious", "Amazing", "Us Against the World", "Beautiful in White")
• The Weeknd ("Can't Feel My Face", "In The Night")
• Ellie Goulding ("Love Me like You Do", "On My Mind", "Close to Me")
• Usher ("DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love")
• Maroon 5 ("One More Night")
• Britney Spears ("I Wanna Go", "If U Seek Amy")
• One Direction ("What Makes You Beautiful", "One Thing")
• Jessie J, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj ("Bang Bang")
• Christina Aguilera ("Your Body")
• Demi Lovato ("Confident", "Cool For the Summer")
• Shayne Ward ("No U Hang Up", "Breathless")
• JLS ("The Club Is Alive")
• Vanessa Hudgens ("Say OK")
• Liam Payne ("Sunshine")
• Ed Sheeran ("Sapphire, "Symmetry")
• December 10 (‘’Run My Way’’)

Discography

• "If I Had You" (US CHR #15)
• "Evil in the Night"
• "The Original High"
• "Things I Didn't Say"

• "Start Without You" (UK #1)
• "What Happens on the Dance Floor"
• "Broken Heels" (UK #8)
• "The Silence" (UK #16)
• "Dumb"
• "Gotta Go"

• "Friday I'll Be Over U"
• "Just Like You"

• "Focus" (US #7) (UK #10)
• "Problem" (featuring Iggy Azalea) (US #2) (UK #1)
• "Break Free" (featuring Zedd) (US# 4) (UK #16)
• "One Last Time" (US #13) (UK #2)
• "Love Me Harder" (featuring The Weeknd) (US #7) (UK #48)
• "Bang Bang" (with Jessie J and Nicki Minaj) (US #3) (UK #1)
• "Santa Tell Me" (US Holiday Song Chart #1) (US #9) (UK #8)
• "Into You" (US #13) (UK #14)
• "Side to Side" (featuring Nicki Minaj) (US #4) (UK #4)
• "Everyday" (featuring Future) (US #55) (UK #123)
• "Greedy"
• "Sometimes"
• "Bad Decisions"
• "Touch It"
• "They Don't Know"
• "No Tears Left To Cry" (US #3) (UK #2)
• "God Is a Woman" (US #8) (UK #4)
• "Everytime" (US #62)
• "Breathin" (US #12) (UK #8)
• "Bloodline" (US #22)
• "Bad Idea" (US #27)
• "Ghostin" (US #25)
• "Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored" (US #2) (UK #1)
• "Don't Call Me Angel" (US #13) (UK #2)
• "Bad to You" (with Normani and Nicki Minaj)
• "Nobody" (with Chaka Khan)
• "How I Look on You"
• "Bye" (US #25)
• "Don't Wanna Break Up Again" (US #28)
• "Saturn Returns Interlude"
• "Yes, And?" (US #1)
• "We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)" (US #1)
• "I Wish I Hated You" (US #39)
• "Imperfect for You" (US #37)
• "Twilight Zone" (US #18)
• "Dandelion" (US #38)
• "Past Life" (US #53)
• "Hampstead" (US #54)

• "Sunset Jesus"

• "In a World Like This"

• "I’ll Survive You"

• "I Wanna Go" (US #7) (US POP/CHR #1)
• "Up n’ Down"
• "If U Seek Amy" (US #19)

• "All That Comes Out Of My Mouth"

• "Quitter"
• "Inside Your Heaven" (US #1)

• "Easier To Lie"

• "Eyes on Me"
• "Let Your Heart Decide"

• "Want U Back" (UK #25) (US #12)
• "Grow Up (feat. Busta Rhymes)"
• "Over The Moon"
• "Dirty Love"
• "With Ur Love" (UK #4)
• "I Wish" (feat. T.I.) (US #117)
• "M.F.P.O.T.Y"
• "Killing It"
• "Alone With Me"

• "Empty Cups"

• "Love2Baby"

• "Your Body" (US #34) (UK #16)
• "Let There Be Love"

• "Love Fight"
• "Vibe On"

• "Speakers" (#29 Hot AC)

• "I Can't Break It to My Heart" (AUS #13)

• "Really Don't Care" (feat. Cher Lloyd) (US #26) (US Top 40 #7)
• "Something That We're Not"
• "Shouldn't Come Back"
• "Cool for the Summer" (UK #7) (US #11)
• "Confident" (US #21)
• "Stars"

• "Love Me Like You Do" (UK #1) (US #3)
• "On My Mind" (UK #5) (US #13)
• "Codes"
• "Don't Need Nobody"
• "Army"
• "Close to me"

• "Ring My Bells"

• "Chloe (You're the One I Want)" (US #93)
• "Spaghetti"
• "Teenage Kings"

• "Better Together"

• "Saw It Coming"

• "Ride It" (UK #4)

• "Loser like Me" (US #6)
• "Light Up the World" (US #33)

• "All About You" (US Mainstream Top 40 - #38)

• "Sempre Sempre"
• "Una Noche"
• "Mama"

• "First Love" (US CHR: 20)

• "I Look So Good (Without You)" (US CHR #43)
• "Burn It Up"

• "Bang Bang" (with Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj)

• "The Club Is Alive" (UK #1)

• "36 Tricks of Love" (爱情三十六計) (Taiwan #1) (Taiwan Radio #1) (China #1)

• "My Shoes" (Radio Disney #11)

• "Beauty and a Beat" (featuring Nicki Minaj) (US #5)

• "Rise" (US #11)
• "Witness"

• "All That Matters (The Beautiful Life)"

• "One by One"

• "I Got You" (UK #14)
• "Brave"
• "Naked"
• "Outta My Head"

• "Psycho B**ch"

• "Sunshine"

• "2 Be Loved"

• "Disconnected"
• "Symptoms Of You"

iCarly Soundtrack

• "Stay My Baby" (Radio Disney #19)
• "Oh Oh"

• "Devil Pray"
• "Addicted"
• "Borrowed Time"

• "Tu Vecina" (featuring Ty Dolla Sign)

• "Feel"
• "If Not For You"

• "One More Night" (US #1)

• "Release You"

• "Forever Until Tomorrow"

• "Around the World" (featuring Fetty Wap)

• "Under You"

• "Motivation" (US #33) (UK #27)
• "Bad to You" (with Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj)

• "Back It Up" (feat. Pitbull) (US #98) (Grammy Nominated)

• "Live While We're Young" (US #3) (UK #3)
• "What Makes You Beautiful" (US #4) (UK #1)
• "Na Na Na"
• "I Wish"
• "Up All Night"
• "Save You Tonight"
• "Kiss You" (UK #9) (US #19)
• "One Thing" (UK #9)
• "Heart Attack"
• "Last First Kiss"
• "Back For You"
• "Nobody Compares"
• "Still The One"
• "Change My Mind"
• "Magic"
• "Happily"
• "Vas Happenin Boys"

• "Mamma"

• "Roll The Credits" (US CHR #37)

• "Would You Mind"
• "Teacher"
• "Open Arms"
• "No More"
• "Me Necesita" (feat. CNCO)

• "Let's Not Be Alone Tonight"

• "Back Together" (feat. Nicki Minaj)

• "Good Thing" (US #78)

• "How Do You Sleep?" (US #24) (UK #7)

• "If That's OK with You" (UK #2)
• "No U Hang Up" (UK #2)
• "Breathless" (UK #6)
• "Damaged"
• "Some Tears Never Dry"
• "Until You"
• "Melt the Snow"
• "U Got Me So"
• "You Make Me Wish"
• "Stand by Me" (UK #14)
• "Something Worth Living For"
• "A Better Man"

• "T Shirt" (US #36) (UK #6)

• "Lions"
• "Calm Down"

• "Pointless Relationship" (AUS #5)
• "Whatever Will Be" (AUS #13)
• "Almost Me"

• "Somebody To You" (UK #4)

• "Nobody Love" (US #60)
• "Expensive"
• "California Lovers"

• "Sexy, Naughty, Bitchy"
• "Call Him Mine"

• "DJ Got Us Falling In Love" (US #4)
• "Scream" (US #9) (UK #5)

• "Beggin' on Your Knees" (US #58)
• "Best Friend's Brother" (US #86)

• "Say OK" (US #61)
• "Whatever Will Be" (Tammin Sursok cover)

• "Can't Feel My Face" (US #1)
• "In the Night" (US #12)
• "Shameless"
• "Rockin'"
• "Love to Lay"
• "A Lonely Night"
• "Ordinary Life"

• "Where We Are"
• "No More Heroes"
• "Us Against the World" (UK #8)
• "Something Right"
• "The Easy Way"
• "Pictures In My Head"
• "Amazing" (UK #4)
• "Colour My World"
• "Hit You With The Real Thing"
• "Maybe Tomorrow"
• "Miss You When I’m Dreaming"
• "Still Here"
• "Obvious" (UK #3)
• "Heal"
• "When a Woman Loves a Man"
• "I Get Weak"

Awards and nominations

Kotecha has been the recipient of nine BMI Awards, 23 ASCAP Awards and two Billboard Music Awards, among others.

References

External links

• Official web site