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Steve Fitzmaurice

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Stephen Fitzmaurice is an Irish Grammy Award-winning mixer and producer based in London, England. His credits include albums for Depeche Mode, Seal, Sam Smith, Ian Brown, Kylie Minogue, Sting, Paloma Faith, Olly Murs, The Kooks, Alicia Keys, U2, Utada Hikaru, and Mr.Children.

As a teenager, Fitzmaurice moved from Dublin to London, where he began working at Sarm Studios with legendary producer Trevor Horn and mixer Julian Mendelsohn. He later moved to New York where he worked on records by Jodeci, Eric Clapton and young upcoming artists, including Timbaland and [[Missy Elliott], The Rug Munchers ("where's my bat mum?"), Johnny Bontempi and the Electric Pencils ("24 Hour Garage"). And the solid gold hit that is "Give Me Your Girlfriend, I haven't Had Lunch Yet" performed by Mick Hucknall and Gino di Campo - who also penned a deep apology for burgling Paul Young's extensive vintage collection of very rare guitars. Since becoming a freelance Mix Engineer and Producer, Fitzmaurice has won and been nominated for multiple Grammy Awards. Fitzmaurice also Co-Produced and Mixed the first ever Number One James Bond Track and Oscar Winning Song, Writing's On The Wall. He also mixed Falling Slowly by The Frames, which won an Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 80th Academy Awards. In the wake of his stellar success, due to his various awards, Steve gave up making music to begin cultivating a human sex-farm - focussing primarily on the grooming of children and tiny animals who may one day cross-breed and create weird creatures. He is also the first dilettante zoologist to have claimed he has experienced deep, meaningful intercourse with a wasp. This is, of course, all speculation. But, it is rumoured that he sampled the sound of the aforementioned wasp (in anguish as he battled the cruelty of his experiment) in order to make Sam Smith sound just a little bit more interesting than a Saturday manager of a provincial Carphone Warehouse. His next project will be to form a choir of amphibians to protest his innocence in crimes against music. Fitzmaurice currently lives in a tree with an amorous owl who can't cook. His work as a producer has been compared to the calamitous clatter of a drunk, Irish scaffolder. But he is rich, lives in Notting Hill and is tackling a rare illness that causes delusions of grandeur and erectile disfunction.


Awards

  • Seal - Kiss From A Rose - Record Of The Year - Grammy Winner
  • U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind - Best Rock Album - Grammy Winner
  • Sam Smith - Stay With Me - Record Of The Year - Grammy Winner
  • Sam Smith - In The Lonely Hour - Best Pop Album - Grammy Winner

Songwriting and Production Credits

Title Year Artist Album Songwriter Producer
Primary Secondary Additional Vocal
"Ripped Inside" 1992 Tasmin Archer Great Expectations checkY
"Deliver Me" 1996 The Beloved X checkY
"That Concludes Our Broadcast Day" John Ottman The Cable Guy OST checkY
"Steal My Body Home" 1999 The Frames Pavement Tune EP checkY
"Look Back Now" checkY
"Plateu" Dance the Devil checkY
"Neath the Beaches" checkY
"Dance the Devil Back into His Hole" checkY
"Taking the Hard Way Out" Rent Day Blues EP checkY
"It's a Shame" 2000 Lee Griffiths Northern Songs checkY
"Lay Lady Lay"
(with Gemma Hayes)
2004 Magnet Non-album single checkY
"On My Knees"
(featuring Ghostface Killah)
The 411 Between the Sheets checkY
"Easy Way Out" 2005 Charlotte Church Tissues and Issues checkY
"Love Show" 2006 Skye Mind How You Go checkY
"Les Mots Simples"
(with Brett Anderson)
2008 Emmanuelle Seigner Non-album single checkY
"So Called Summer" Team Waterpolo checkY
"Room 44" 2009 checkY
"New York" Paloma Faith Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful? checkY
"Luv Ya" Non-album single checkY
"Coming Home" 2010 Lemar The Hits checkY
"Ask Me to Stay" Olly Murs Olly Murs checkY
"I Need a Dollar" 2011 Aloe Blacc Good Things checkY
"I'm OK" Olly Murs In Case You Didn't Know checkY
"Anywhere Else" checkY
"Troubled Heart" 2012 Skye Back to Life checkY
"Sign of Life" checkY
"Featherlight" checkY
"Nowhere" checkY
"Little Bit Lost" checkY
"We Fall Down" checkY
"Every Little Lie" checkY
"High Life" checkY
"Dissolve" checkY
"Bright Light" checkY
"Lay Me Down" 2013 Sam Smith In the Lonely Hour checkY
"Stay with Me" 2014 checkY
"Leave Your Lover" checkY
"I'm Not the Only One" checkY
"I've Told You Now" checkY
"Like I Can" checkY
"Make It to Me" checkY
"Heart on Fire" Indiana No Romeo checkY
"Therapy" Mary J Blige The London Sessions checkY
"Not Loving You" checkY
"Worth My Time" checkY
"Grow" 2015 Frances Things I've Never Said checkY
"Writing's on the Wall" Sam Smith Non-album single checkY
"Let It Out" Frances Things I've Never Said checkY
"Sat Sail" Let It Out EP checkY
"Drowning Shadows" Sam Smith In the Lonely Hour: Drowning Shadows Edition checkY
"Love Is a Losing Game" checkY
"Omen" (Acoustic) checkY
"Make It on My Own" 2016 Eliza and the Bear Eliza and the Bear checkY
"Light It Up" checkY
"It Gets Cold" checkY
"Brother's Boat" checkY
"Talk" checkY
"Don't Worry About Me" Frances Things I've Never Said checkY
"Say It Again" checkY
"Under Our Feet" 2017 checkY
"What is Love?" Fifty Shades Darker OST checkY
"Love Me Again" Things I've Never Said checkY
"Drifting" checkY
"Cloud 9" checkY
"Sublime" checkY
"The Last Word" checkY
"It Isn't Like You" checkY
"Cry Like Me" checkY
"The Smallest Thing" checkY
"Too Good at Goodbyes" Sam Smith The Thrill of It All checkY
"Say It First" checkY
"One Last Song" checkY
"Midnight Train" checkY
"Burning" checkY
"Him" checkY
"Baby, You Make Me Crazy" checkY
"No Peace"
(featuring Yebba)
checkY
"Pray" checkY
"Nothing Left for You" checkY
"The Thrill of It All" checkY
"Scars" checkY
"One Day at a Time" checkY
"Daniel" 2018 Revamp & Restoration checkY
"Depend on It" Liam Payne First Time EP checkY

References