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Steve McEwan

Steve McEwan is a multi Grammy award-winning British songwriter, artist, and musician. His songs have been recorded by country music artists including Chris Stapleton, Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood, Faith Hill, and Keith Urban. Outside of country, he has also written with rock and pop stars such as Kylie Minogue, Roger Daltrey, David Archuleta, James Morrison, James Blunt, Jackson Browne, James Bay, and James Arthur as well as rapper Eminem. His song "Cry" with Jon Batiste won best American Roots song and Best Performance at the 2022 Grammys and he also won overall Best Album for "We Are". In 2024 he won the Grammy for Best Song for Social Change for "Refugee" with the artist K'naan.

Early career

Steve first began playing music at the age of 10 when his family relocated from Scotland to South Africa. He was just 17 when Miriam Makeba, the queen of African music, recorded his song "I Still Long for You". Lucky Dube then recorded "Khululeka" which he had co-written in an African band called Friends First. Steve then moved to London and joined World Party led by the influential Karl Wallinger. After a year-long tour, he signed his own deal with Arista. He also worked with pop star Robbie Williams, playing guitar and singing on Robbie's 1997, 1998 and 2000 albums, as well as Joe Cocker's No Ordinary World.

In 2000, Steve formed his own band called UnAmerican. The group recorded its Universal/Estupendo debut album in Memphis and went on the road opening for Neil Young and Crazy Horse (band) and The Who. During that time, Steve co-wrote songs with The Who's lead singer Roger Daltrey. He produced one of the songs called "A Second Out" which appeared on Daltrey's solo CD in 2004. UnAmerican then signed with Lost Highway and recorded their second album but it was never released.

Songwriting career

In 2001, Steve had the opportunity to write with country songwriter Craig Wiseman in London. He was then invited to a writer retreat in Nashville put together by BMG music publishing. That was where Steve, Craig and Naoise Sheridan co-wrote "Young", which became a huge hit for Kenny Chesney the following year. During that same visit to Nashville, Steve's UnAmerican songs came to the attention of Faith Hill, who recorded "If This Is the End" and "Wicked" for her three million selling CD Cry of 2002. From there Steve continued to have successful singles on country radio: Tim McGraw's "My Old Friend" and Brooks and Dunn's "That's What It's All About". "Summertime" soon followed and was another massive Kenny Chesney hit co-written by Steve, and then came the No. 1 single "Just A Dream" by artist Carrie Underwood. His regular trips to Nashville have resulted in four number 1 singles and cuts on more than 50 million albums worldwide.

Steve never left his pop/rock roots as his success writing for that genre continued. He co-wrote four songs on pop/R&B sensation James Morrison's 2007 release called Undiscovered. He also wrote "One of the Brightest Stars" with James Blunt for the 2007 All the Lost Souls album and had two songs on pop star David Archuleta's debut album in 2008.

Steve has co-written Keith Urban's No. 1 single "Only You Can Love Me This Way". Three of Steve's songs can be found on Carrie Underwood's 3 November 2009 release Play On, as well as other 2009 releases on Leslie Mendelson (Rykodisc), Brooke White (June Baby Records), Jesse James (IDJ/Mercury) and Foreigner (Rhino Entertainment).

In 2010, McEwan co-wrote the track "Space Bound" for Eminem and also sang the hook. The song is the fourth single off the Recovery album.

Currently, Steve is working on projects with Steve Aoki, K'Naan, and Jon Batiste to be released in early 2021.

Steve McEwan is administered by SONGS of Kobalt Music Group.

Discography

2023 - “Trust” - Chris Stapleton<br> 2023 - “Refugee” - K’naan<br> 2023 - “Love Come Back To Me” - Phillip Phillips<br> 2022 - "True Blood" - James Arthur<br> 2022 - "Mood Swings" - Emma Klein<br> 2021 - "Cry" - Jon Batiste<br> 2020 - "If You Can't Say Anything Nice" - Leslie Mendelson<br> 2020 - "Fall With You" - Emma McGrath<br> 2019 - "A Human Touch" - Jackson Browne and Leslie Mendelson<br> 2019 - "Sulwe's Song" - Lupita Nyong’o<br> 2019 - "You Got This" - Kelsey Waters<br> 2018 - Change For The Good" - The Wandering Hearts<br> 2018 - Without You" - Anderson East<br> 2018 - "Don't Stop" - Jon Batiste<br> 2018 - "Low Blow" - Kylie Minogue<br> 2018 - "Golden" - Kylie Minogue<br> 2018 - "Stop Me from Falling" - Kylie Minogue<br> 2018 - "Dancing" - Kylie Minogue<br> 2017 - "I Don't Trust Myself" - Sara Evans<br> 2017 - "Diving In Deep" - Sara Evans<br> 2017 - "Careless Love" - Kimock<br> 2017 - "Satellite City" - Kimock<br> 2017 - "Jericho" - Leslie Mendelson<br> 2017 - "Love You Tonight" - Leslie Mendelson<br> 2017 - "I Know You Won't" - Rascal Flatts<br> 2017 - "Forever"- Kat Edmonson<br> 2016 - "Sober"- James Arthur<br> 2016 - "If Only" -James Arthur<br> 2016 - "Love And Hate" - Arrow Benjamin<br> 2016 - "Everybody Wants To Be Loved" - Martina McBride<br> 2016 - "Strangers" - Bobby Bazini<br> 2016 - "Hole In The World" - Nashville Soundtrack<br> 2016 - "Bombshell" - Ashley Monroe<br> 2015 - "Washington State Fight Song" - Matt Nathanson<br> 2015 – "First Flight Out" – The Shires<br> 2015 – "If You Ever Want To Be in Love" – James Bay<br> 2014 – "It's Not Like Me" – The Mastersons<br> 2013 – "Blue on Blue" – James Blunt<br> 2013 – "Trust" – Alfie Boe<br> 2013 – "Never Like This" – Danielle Bradbery<br> 2013 – "All Cried Out" – Kree Harrison<br> 2012 – "Time Flies" – Kenny Chesney<br> 2012 – "No One Will Ever Love You" – <br> 2012 – "Keep Coming Back" – Haley Reinhart<br> 2012 – "Wake Up (Dreaming of You) – Mark Haze<br> 2011 – "Grace" – Nerina Pallot<br> 2011 – "Kiss Goodbye" – Little Big Town<br> 2011 – "Tell Me I'm Not Dreaming" – Katherine Jenkins<br> 2011 – "Stairway to the Stars" – Dia Frampton<br> 2011 – "She's a Wildflower" – Lauren Alaina<br> 2011 – "Tupelo" – Lauren Alaina<br> 2011 – "Grace" – Nerina Pallot<br> 2010 – "Space Bound" – Eminem<br> 2009 – "I Know You Better Than That" – Leslie Mendelson<br> 2009 – "Easy Love" – Leslie Mendelson<br> 2009 – "I See Myself With You" – Leslie Mendelson<br> 2009 – "So Far So Bad" – Leslie Mendelson<br> 2009 – "If I Don't Stop Loving You" – Leslie Mendelson<br> 2009 – "No Easy Way Out" – Leslie Mendelson<br> 2009 – "Hit The Spot" – Leslie Mendelson<br> 2009 – "Goodnight" – Leslie Mendelson<br> 2009 – "The Rest of London" – Leslie Mendelson<br> 2009 – "Out of the Ashes" – Brooke White<br> 2009 – "Be Careful" – Brooke White<br> 2009 – "Inevitable" – Jesse James<br> 2009 – "I Can't Give Up" – Foreigner<br> 2009 – "Lonely" – Foreigner<br> 2009 – "What Can I Say" – Carrie Underwood<br /> 2009 – "This Time" – Carrie Underwood<br /> 2009 – "Someday When I Stop Loving You" – Carrie Underwood<br /> 2009 – "Touch My Hand" – David Archuleta<br /> 2009 – "Barriers" – David Archuleta<br /> 2009 – "Only You Can Love Me This Way" – Keith Urban<br /> 2009 – "Love Is the Lesson" – Billy Ray Cyrus<br /> 2008 – "I'm All for Love" – Serena Ryder<br /> 2008 – "My Hallelujah Song" – Julianne Hough<br /> 2008 – "Found" – Josh Gracin<br /> 2008 – "Just a Dream" – Carrie Underwood<br /> 2007 – "Get Out of This Town" – Carrie Underwood<br /> 2007 – "I Know You Won't" – Carrie Underwood<br /> 2007 – "The More Boys I Meet" – Carrie Underwood<br /> 2007 – "One of the Brightest Stars" – James Blunt<br /> 2007 – "If I Had Your Name" – Martina McBride<br /> 2007 – "Comin' Home" – Tim McGraw<br /> 2007 – "Under the Influence" – James Morrison<br /> 2007 – "The Last Goodbye" – James Morrison<br /> 2007 – "How Come" – James Morrison<br /> 2006 – "Stronger" – Robert Randolph<br /> 2006 – "Gotta Keep Moving" – Kellie Pickler<br /> 2006 – "God Made Woman" – Keith Urban<br /> 2005 – "We're Young and Beautiful" – Carrie Underwood<br /> 2004 – "A Second Out" – Roger Daltrey<br /> 2005 – "Summertime" – Kenny Chesney<br /> 2005 – "My Old Friend" – Tim McGraw<br /> 2004 – "That's What It's All About" – Brooks & Dunn<br /> 2002 – "Young" – Kenny Chesney<br /> 2002 – "Wicked" – Faith Hill<br /> 2002 – "If This Is the End" – Faith Hill<br /> 2000 – "If This Is the End" – UnAmerican<br /> 2000 – "Wicked" – UnAmerican<br /> 2000 – "I Was Wrong" – UnAmerican<br /> 2000 – "Make Up Your Mind" – UnAmerican<br /> 2000 – "She's a Bomb" – UnAmerican<br /> 1991 – "Eyes on Tomorrow" – Miriam Makeba<br /> 1991 – "I Still Long For You" – Miriam Makeba

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