Paul Keenan is a

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 producer based in

Dumbarton Dumbarton (; also sco, Dumbairton; ) is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on the north bank of the River Clyde where the River Leven flows into the Clyde estuary. In 2006, it had an estimated population of 19,990. Dumbarton was the ca ...

, near

Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...

. He is best known for co-founding the successful UK dance act

Uniting Nations Uniting Nations are a British dance music act formed in Liverpool in 2004. They achieved chart success across Europe. The act was originally made up of Paul Keenan and Daz Sampson as band members, songwriters and producers. After their 2005 hi ...

along with its other co-founding member

Daz Sampson Darren "Daz" Sampson (born 28 November 1974) is a British professional football manager/scout, music producer and broadcaster. Sampson is known for his commercial dance music as part of several groups and his television appearances. He has had n ...

, Together they had four hit singles, "

Out of Touch "Out of Touch" is a song by American duo Hall & Oates from their twelfth studio album ''Big Bam Boom'' (1984). The song was released as the lead single from ''Big Bam Boom'' on Thursday, October 4, 1984, by RCA Records. This song was their last ...

", " You and Me", "

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" and "Do It Yourself". In addition co-founder, producer and songwriter of 2020 established synthwave projec
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he has released popular singles such as the Haddaway collaboration 'Part Of You', 'Crucifix Of Light', which contains a chorus sample from the 1987 released 'Cry Little Sister (Theme from The Lost Boys)'. Furthermore original singles such as 'Mirror' and 'Beg For More'.

Discography

Albums

;as part of

*2005 '' One World''

Singles

;as part of Uniting Nations

References

Living people Officers in Scottish police forces Scottish police officers Scottish record producers Scottish male songwriters 1976 births {{songwriter-stub