David Kreuger is a
Swedish
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Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically:
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songwriter
A songwriter is a musician who professionally composes musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music gen ...
and music producer.
Career
David Kreuger began at
Cheiron Studios
Cheiron Studios () was a recording studio located in the Kungsholmen district of Stockholm, Sweden. Founded in 1992 by Denniz PoP and Tom Talomaa, it was famous for being the place where popular music acts of the late 1990s/early 2000s such a ...
in the spring of 1993. During the period 1993-1997, he worked with
Per Magnusson
Per Magnusson (born 30 May 1969) is a Swedish music producer and songwriter. His musical career took off in 1994 as one of the original team members of the now-legendary Cheiron Productions, meeting great international success working with Boyzo ...
on several projects. Together, they produced and wrote songs for Swedish artists such as
E-Type and
Leila K
Laila El Khalifi ( ar, ليلى الخليفي; born 6 September 1971) better known by her stage name Leila K, is a Swedish Eurodance singer and rapper of Moroccan descent.
Early life
El Khalifi's parents decided to send her to a school in Moro ...
, but also for international groups such as
Solid Harmonie
Solid Harmonie (stylised as Solid HarmoniE, also known as SHE) are a British-American pop girl group. The group was moderately successful, releasing five singles and a self-titled album, before disbanding in 2000. They had the most success in ...
and
Lyte Funkie Ones. Kreuger, Magnusson, and
Jörgen Elofsson
Kjell Åke Jörgen Elofsson (born 14 January 1962) is a Swedish songwriter.
He was one of the writers of the songwriter-team at Cheiron Studios in Stockholm (along with Denniz PoP, Max Martin, Kristian Lundin, Andreas Carlsson, Rami Yacoub, Per ...
worked with
Boyzone
Boyzone were an Irish boy band, created in 1993 by talent manager Louis Walsh. Before even recording any material, Boyzone made an appearance on RTÉ's '' The Late Late Show''. Their most successful line-up was composed of Keith Duffy, Steph ...
on their album ''
Where We Belong'' in 1997, and Britney Spears's debut studio album in 1999.
He also co-produced
Leah Haywood
Leah Jacqueline Cooney, known professionally as Haywood (formerly Leah Haywood), is an Australian record producer, songwriter and singer.
Born in New Zealand, she grew up in Perth, Western Australia, and recorded a top 40 album, ''Leah'', re ...
's debut single
We Think It's Love
"We Think It's Love" is a song by Australian singer Leah Haywood, released as her debut single in early 2000. It is Haywood's biggest hit off her debut album, ''Leah'', peaking at number seven on the Australian Singles Chart and spending 18 wee ...
, which was a top ten single in Australia. Kreuger also co-wrote the second #1 hit, "
If I Let You Go
"If I Let You Go" is a song by Irish boy band Westlife. It was released in the United Kingdom on 9 August 1999 as the second single from their self-titled debut album (1999). It became the second number-one hit, spending 11 weeks on the UK Singl ...
", by
Westlife
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.
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ...
national finals entries
;
Melodifestivalen
Melodifestivalen (; literally "the Melody Festival") is an annual song competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television (SVT) and Sveriges Radio (SR). It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song ...
entries (Sweden)
;
Krajowe Eliminacje
Krajowe Eliminacje ("National Qualification") was the name of the show that selects Poland's entry to the Eurovision Song Contest. The first Krajowe Eliminacje was held in 2010. Between 2003 and 2004, the national selection was named ''Krajowe E ...
entries (Poland)
External links
Official A Side Productions website
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Swedish songwriters
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