Captain Cuts
Captain Cuts | |
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Origin | Los Angeles, CA, USA |
Occupation(s) | Record producers, songwriters |
Years active | 2011–present |
Labels | Cuts Records/Warner Bros |
Website | captaincutsmusic.com |
Members | Ben Berger Ryan McMahon Ryan Rabin |
Captain Cuts is a multi-platinum selling songwriting, record production, and remix team based in Los Angeles.[1][2] The trio is composed of Ben Berger, Ryan McMahon and Ryan Rabin, drummer and producer of the band Grouplove. Together they have produced and written songs for artists such as Walk The Moon ("Shut Up And Dance"), Grouplove ("Tongue Tied"), Tove Lo, Smallpools, Halsey, and Marina and the Diamonds, among others.[3][4][5]
In December 2013, they signed a joint venture deal with Warner Bros Records to form Cuts Records, a record label through which to sign, produce and develop new artists.[2]
Contents
Background and career
Berger, McMahon and Rabin grew up in Los Angeles, going to the same high school and involved in the music scene.[6] They first wrote together several years later, and when their creative dynamic felt natural after the first song, they continued working together, eventually forming Captain Cuts and becoming long-term collaborators.[2]
Production discography
Singles
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
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US |
US Alt |
US Pop |
US Hot AC |
US Rock |
AUS |
CAN |
UK |
NZ |
SWE |
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2011 | "Colours" (Grouplove) |
— | 15 | — | — | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | |
"Tongue Tied" (Grouplove) |
42 | 1 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 33 | 90 | 84 | — | — | ||
2012 | "Itchin' on a Photograph" (Grouplove) |
— | 10 | — | — | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | |
2013 | "To the End of the Earth" (Jessica Mauboy) |
— | — | — | — | — | 21 | — | — | — | — |
|
"Ways To Go" (Grouplove) |
120 | 2 | — | — | 18 | 60 | — | — | — | — | ||
"Shark Attack" (Grouplove) |
— | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2014 | "Dreaming" (Smallpools) |
— | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
"Different Kind Of Love" (Third Degree) |
— | — | — | — | — | 22 | — | — | — | — | ||
2015 | "Shut Up And Dance" (Walk The Moon) |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | |
2016 | "What We Live For" (American Authors) |
— | — | — | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Full discography
Year | Artist | Album | Details |
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2011 | Grouplove | Never Trust A Happy Song | Producer, co-writer, co-mixer ("Itchin' on a Photograph", "Tongue Tied", "Lovely Cup", "Colours", "Slow", "Naked Kids", "Spun", "Betty's a Bomb Shell", "Chloe", "Love Will Save Your Soul", "Cruel and Beautiful World", "Close Your Eyes and Count to Ten") |
2012 | The Knocks | The Feeling (single) | Co-writer, additional production ("The Feeling") |
Marina And The Diamonds | Electra Heart | Producer, co-writer ("Lonely Hearts Club") | |
2013 | Eddie Gomez | No | Producer, co-writer, mixer ("Someday", "Figure It Out", "Backseat", "Monsters", "Little Bit Of Candy", "I Want You") |
Grouplove | Spreading Rumours | Producer, co-writer, co-mixer ("I'm With You", "Borderlines and Aliens", "Schoolboy", "Ways To Go", "Shark Attack", "Sit Still", "Hippy Hill", "What I Know", "Didn't Have To Go", "Bitin' the Bullet", "News to Me", "Raspberry", "Save The Party", "Girl", "Flowers", "Beans on Pizza") | |
Jessica Mauboy | Beautiful | Producer, co-writer ("To the End of the Earth")[7] | |
Grouplove & Manchester Orchestra | Make It To Me (single) | Producer, co-writer ("Make It To Me") | |
The Mowgli's | Waiting For The Dawn | Producer, co-writer ("Clean Light")[8] | |
2014 | Tegan and Sara | Endless Love soundtrack | Producer, mixer ("Don't Find Another Love") |
Strange Talk | Cast Away | Producer, co-writer ("Young Hearts") | |
Third Degree | Different Kind of Love (single) | Producer, co-writer, mixer ("Different Kind Of Love")[9] | |
Walk The Moon | Talking Is Hard | Co-writer ("Shut Up And Dance"), Co-producer, co-writer ("Up 2 U") | |
Tove Lo | Queen Of The Clouds | Producer, co-writer ("Crave") | |
2015 | Bella Thorne | TBA | Producer, co-writer, mixer ("Break Into My Heart") |
Smallpools | Lovetap! | Producer, co-writer ("American Love", "Killer Whales", "Dreaming", "Street Fight", "Mason Jar", "Over & Over", "Lovetap!", "What's That A Picture Of?", "Dyin' To Live", "Admission To Your Party", "9 To 5", "No Story Time", "Submarine") | |
The Mowgli's | Kids In Love | Producer, co-writer ("I'm Good", "Through The Dark", "Bad Dream")[10] | |
Fancy Reagan | Knock Me Out (single) | Producer, co-writer ("Knock Me Out") | |
Say Lou Lou | Lucid Dreaming | Co-writer ("Angels Above Me") | |
Sabrina Carpenter | Eyes Wide Open | Producer, co-writer, mixer ("Two Young Hearts") | |
Tigertown | Papernote (single) | Producer, co-writer, mixer ("Papernote") | |
Waters | What's Real | Producer, co-writer, mixer ("Got To My Head", "I Feel Everything", "The Avenue", "What's Real", "Breakdown", "Over It") | |
Lucas Nord | Voices (single) | Co-writer ("Voices")[11] | |
R5 | Sometime Last Night | Producer, co-writer ("All Night") | |
Halsey | Badlands | Producer, co-writer ("Roman Holiday") | |
The Score | Where Do You Run | Producer, co-writer ("Something New"), Additional production ("Livin' Right") | |
Third Eye Blind | Dopamine | Producer ("Rites of Passage") | |
Us The Duo | Slow Down Time (single) | Producer, co-writer ("Slow Down Time") | |
2016 | Cardiknox | Portrait | Co-producer, co-writer ("Into The Night")[12] |
St. Lucia | Matter | Co-producer, co-writer ("Physical", "Game 4 U")[13] | |
American Authors | What We Live For | Producer, co-writer ("What We Live For", "Right Here Right Now")[14][15] | |
Broods | Conscious | Producer, co-writer ("Are You Home")[16] |
Remixes
- Grouplove "Colours (Captain Cuts Remix)"
- Icona Pop "Manners (Captain Cuts Remix)"
- Superhumanoids "Mirrors (Captain Cuts & Grouplove Remix)"
- Britney Spears "I Wanna Go (Captain Cuts Remix)"
- Ellie Goulding "Lights (Captain Cuts Remix)"
- Foster the People "Pumped Up Kicks (Captain Cuts & Grouplove Remix)"
- Young The Giant "Apartment (Captain Cuts Remix)"
- Marina and the Diamonds "Radioactive (Captain Cuts Remix)"
- Outasight "Tonight Is The Night (Captain Cuts Remix)"
- We Barbarians "Headspace (Captain Cuts & Grouplove Remix)"
- Imagine Dragons "Radioactive (Captain Cuts & Grouplove Remix)"[17]
- American Authors "Believer (Captain Cuts Remix)"[18]
- Icona Pop "All Night (Captain Cuts Remix)”[19]
- The Wombats "Your Body Is A Weapon (Grouplove & Captain Cuts Remix)"
- The Rubens "My Gun (Grouplove & Captain Cuts Remix)"
- Grouplove "Ways To Go (Captain Cuts Remix)"[20]
- Smallpools "Mason Jar (Grouplove & Captain Cuts Remix)"
- Gold Fields "Dark Again (Captain Cuts & Grouplove Remix)"[21]
Awards and nominations
Year | Organization | Nominated work | Award | Result | Ref. |
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2015 | Teen Choice Awards | "Shut Up And Dance" | Choice Music: Party Song | Nominated | [22] |
MTV Video Music Awards | Best Rock Video | Nominated | [23] | ||
2016 | iHeartRadio Music Awards | "Shut Up And Dance" | Song of the Year | Nominated | [24] |
Alternative Rock Song of the Year | Nominated | [24] | |||
Billboard Music Awards | Top Rock Song | Won | [25] | ||
Top Radio Song | Won | [25] | |||
ASCAP Pop Music Awards | Song of the Year | Won | [26] |
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