Mark Mueller (born July 11, 1957) is an American songwriter. A two-time winner of the

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Pop Award for writing one of the Most Performed Songs of the year, he has had three ''

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Top Ten singles and one #1

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hit. He co-wrote #1 hits " Crush" by

Jennifer Paige Jennifer Paige ( Scoggins; born September 3, 1973) is an American singer best known for her international number one pop hit " Crush" (1998), as well as other charted songs including " Sober" (1999) and " Always You" (1999), from her debut alb ...

and "

That's What Love Is For "That's What Love Is For" is a song by Christian music/pop music-crossover singer Amy Grant. It was written by three-time Grammy-Award winner Michael Omartian, Mark Mueller and Amy Grant and produced by Omartian. It was the third Billboard Hot ...

" by

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and wrote both words and music for the Top 10 hit " Nothin' At All" by

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. Songs he has written have been featured on

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-certified gold and platinum records in four consecutive decades: the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2010s; and on the Billboard Top 10 charts for 30 years. For his work in television, Mueller is the recipient of two

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nominations, both in the category of ''Outstanding Achievement in Music and Lyrics''. Mueller wrote the words and music for the theme songs of both the original

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's ''

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'' and ''

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'' animated TV series as well as the 2017 ''

'' reboot. In 2022, Mueller's ''Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers'' theme song was performed by rapper and singer

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for the

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movie version of '' Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers'' and also appears on the soundtrack. Mueller and his ''DuckTales'' theme song were the focus of a '' Vanity Fair'' magazine profile chronicling his pop music career and his experience writing the song. Born in the Bay Area and a graduate of

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, he now lives and works in Los Angeles, California.

Chart history

" Crush", recorded by

, was #3 on the

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Chart for 4 weeks. It spent 17 weeks in the Top 10 and 25 weeks overall on the chart. "Crush" also reached the #2 position on the R&R CHR airplay chart. "Crush" was a #1 single in Canada, Spain, New Zealand and Australia. In the UK, "Crush" reached #1 on the airplay chart and #4 on the BPI singles chart, where it spent 3 weeks in the Top 10. In 2016, "Crush" returned to the ''

'' Top 10 when it peaked at #5 on the magazine's

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Airplay chart in a cover by jazz keyboardist John Novello. His version features R&B saxophone artist

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on the chorus. It spent a total of 19 weeks in the Top 30. "

" by

was #1 on the ''Billboard''

chart for 3 weeks (13 weeks in the Top 10 and 32 weeks on the chart overall), reached #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (4 weeks in the Top 10) and peaked at #4 on the R&R CHR chart. " Nothin' at All" by

reached #10 on the

and spent 16 weeks on the chart overall. It was #6 on the ''Billboard''

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for two weeks and stayed in the Top 10 for 4 weeks. Mueller wrote both words and music for the Pop/Rock song. Mueller's

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single " I Am Blessed" made the UK Top Ten on the BPI singles chart, peaking at #7 during its 3 weeks in the Top 10. "Someone" performed by

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made the Top 20 ''Billboard''

chart and peaked at #20, where it spent two weeks. Overall, it stayed on the magazine's Adult Contemporary Chart for 13 weeks as well as 9 weeks on the

. It was co-written with 2-time

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-winner

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and singer

Robbie Nevil Robert S. Nevil (born October 2, 1958) is an American pop singer, songwriter, producer, and guitarist who had five ''Billboard'' top 40 hits including his songs "C'est la Vie" (#2, 1986), "Dominoes" (#14, 1987), and " Wot's It to Ya" (#10, 1987 ...

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recorded "You & I", a single Mueller co-wrote with singer

that was a ''Billboard''

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Top 30 hit in 1987, reaching #29.

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's Agnetha Faltskog recorded Mueller's "

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", which was a Top 20 hit in 1988, reaching #19 on the ''Billboard'' Adult Contemporary Chart. It was a duet with

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, former lead singer of the band

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. Co-written with Aaron Zigman, the song also spent time in the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #93.

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's "No One Emotion", which Mueller co-wrote with

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, was released as a single in the UK in 1985 where it reached #76 on the Official British Pop Chart. "Just Because I Love You" by

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reached #27 on the ''Billboard''

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Chart hit in 1996. It spent 8 weeks in the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #78. Mueller's first ''Billboard'' chart hit was "I Don't Want To Be Lonely'", performed by

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. It reached #23 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart and spent 13 weeks on that chart and 5 weeks on the magazine's

Gold and Platinum Records

Mueller's work in the U.S. has been featured on

-certified platinum and gold records by artists including:

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featuring

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Lea Michele Lea Michele Sarfati (; born August 29, 1986) is an American actress, singer, songwriter, and author. She began her career as a child actress on Broadway (theatre), Broadway, appearing in productions of ''Les Misérables (musical), Les Misérab ...

(on the '' Glee: The Music, Volume 2'' Soundtrack),

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(on the Billboard #1 ''

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''). His theme song for ''

'' is featured on the platinum-selling record '' The Music of Disney: A Legacy in Song''. Internationally, Mueller's songs have been on the UK's BPI-certified platinum and gold records by artists including:

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featuring

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, Steps and Australia's ARIA-certified gold records including:

('' Glee: The Music, Volume 2'') and lead singer of

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's solo album '' Age of Reason'', which went 11 x platinum.

Television and Film

Mueller received his two

nominations for his work as a lyricist on the ABC-TV series '' Life Goes On'' and the NBC-TV series ''

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''. He wrote both words and music for the title song of Disney's animated series ''

'' (performed by

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) and ''

'' (performed by Pescetto on the series and The Jets on the ''Disney Afternoon'' album). He also wrote the theme song for 1991 film ''

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''. Mueller co-wrote the title song, the lyrics and the script for an all-sung CBS-TV musical pilot he executive produced titled ''

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''. The show starred

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and

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. The ''

'' theme was performed live twice on the ''

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'' in 2018. In March 2018, it was sung by Brendan Urie of

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after being selected from the "Audience Suggestion Box." In September 2018

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sang a brief, spontaneous duet of the ''DuckTales'' theme with Jimmy Fallon after telling him it was one of her young son's favorite songs. The ''DuckTales'' theme was played live on ABC-TV's ''

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'' in September 2016 on the second episode of the show's 23rd season, with a performance by the show's Season 20 champion

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and

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Gold Medalist

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. " Crush" was featured on the "Ballad" episode of ''

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'' in 2009, when it was covered by

. Her version of the song is also featured on the soundtrack album '' Glee: The Music, Volume 2'', which peaked at #1 on the Billboard Soundtrack Chart, #3 on the Billboard Hot 200 Album Chart in December 2009 and was certified as a gold record by the RIAA in January 2010. "Crush" was also prominently used in a special TV-movie-length episode of ABC-TV's ''

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'' set in Rome. Mueller wrote the song "Babysitting Blues", performed by actress

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, Blues legend

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and the cast of ''

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'' in Chicago-area nightclub Fitzgerald's. The scene was shot over the course of three days and takes place during a pivotal chase sequence. For the NBC-TV musical comedy series ''

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,'' Mueller wrote new comedic lyrics for existing hit songs from the '50s and '60s that were featured in most episodes of both seasons of the show. He also wrote the lyrics to the show's theme song. With

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, Mueller co-wrote all songs featured in the original film musical ''Berlin Blues'', starring

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. Mueller's songs have been featured in films including: ''

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'', '' Pokémon: The First Movie'', '' Money Talks'', ''

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'', ''National Lampoon's

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'', ''

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'', ''

'', '' Simply Irresistible'', ''

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'' and ''

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''..

Stage

Mueller wrote the lyrics and co-wrote the book of an original musical titled ''Butterfly'', which was directed by

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and performed at the

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performed the song "The Next Dream" from the musical on the

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TV variety show ''

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''. Mueller also created an original musical, ''How The Hell Did I Get Here?'', with

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star and

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-winning actress Lesley Nicol. Mueller, who accompanies Nicol on piano onstage, first performed the show in 2017 at Nicol's alma mater, London's

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and in

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at the historic

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. ''How The Hell Did I Get Here?'' opened in Chicago in March, 2022 and made its New York City

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debut in April, 2022. The show received an Off Broadway Alliance Award nomination in the category of best Solo Performance in May. The show was scheduled to be a part of the

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2022 season at the

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but was initially postponed due to Covid and later to a death in Nicol's family. The autobiographical musical is directed by Luke Kernaghan and produced by Pemberley Productions.

Awards

Primetime Emmy Awards

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1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal ente ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mueller, Mark Living people American lyricists Place of birth missing (living people) Songwriters from California 1957 births American male songwriters 20th-century American composers 20th-century American male musicians 21st-century American composers 21st-century American male musicians