Blonde (duo)

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Blonde

| origin = Bristol, England

| genre = Deep house

| years_active = {{start date|df=yes|2012}}–2019

| label = {{hlist|FFRR|Parlophone|Eton Messy}}

| current_members = * Jacob Manson

Adam Englefield

}}

Blonde are an English deep house production duo from Bristol, consisting of Jacob Manson and Adam Englefield.[http://www.wonderlandmagazine.com/2014/05/new-noise-blonde/ New Noise Blonde, Wonderland Magazine], Retrieved 21 November 2014. They are signed to Parlophone.[http://www.parlophone.co.uk/news/blonde-sign-with-parlophone/ Blonde sign with Parlophone] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221174756/http://www.parlophone.co.uk/news/blonde-sign-with-parlophone/ |date=21 December 2014 }}, Parlophone.co.uk, retrieved 21 November 2014.

Musical career

Blonde premiered the track "It's You" via Englefield's dance music YouTube channel Eton Messy in July 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.hillydilly.com/2013/07/blonde-its-you/|title=Blonde - "It's You"|website=Hillyfilly.com}} In May 2014, Blonde released their debut single "Foolish", which features vocals from Ryan Ashley. In July 2014, they released their second single "Higher Ground", which features vocals from Charli Taft. They came to prominence in the UK after BBC Radio 1 playlisted their single "I Loved You", which the station named their track of the day in October 2014[https://twitter.com/BBCR1/status/528105384582471681 BBC Radio One Twitter feed], retrieved 22 November 2014.[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/playlist BBC Radio 1 playlist], BBC, retrieved 22 November 2014. and was heavily praised by Radio 1 DJ Greg James on his dance anthems programme.[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04kzs9h BBC Radio One's Dance Anthems Friday 17 October Music Playlist], BBC, retrieved 21 November 2014. "I Loved You", which features reggae and pop singer Melissa Steel, and received favourable coverage in Clash and Heat magazines.[http://www.clashmusic.com/news/playlist-blondes-bonfire-night-bangers Blonde's Bonfire Night Bangers], Clash Magazine, retrieved 21 November 2014, [http://www.heatworld.com/2014/09/sarah-s-shiny-new-thing-blonde-i-loved-you#.VG_VuF743Ro Sarah's Shiny New Thing : Blonde - I Loved You], Heat Magazine. Retrieved 21 November 2014 The song entered the UK Singles Chart at number seven and the Scottish Singles Chart at number ten.

Blonde released a fourth single, "All Cried Out", featuring vocals from Glee actor Alex Newell; it reached number four in the UK.{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/omi-s-cheerleader-tops-official-singles-chart-for-a-second-week__9216/|title=OMI's Cheerleader tops Official Singles Chart for a second week|website=Officialcharts.com}} The duo's fifth single, "Feel Good (It's Alright)", features Karen Harding.

When it came into 2016, they collaborated with returning record producer and star to the music industry Craig David on the song "Nothing Like This". It was part of David's collaborative period which included artists such as Big Narstie, Katy B and Kaytranada and is also a single off of his sixth studio album, entitled Following My Intuition.

Blonde also featured as well as co-written Imani Williams's debut single, entitled "Don't Need No Money", alongside rising house record producer and DJ Sigala. Together, they took part in first ever major featured project as independent musicians. Imani got the inspiration of the track after she exploded into the music industry with Sigala on his 2016 single "Say You Do", alongside drum and bass music producer DJ Fresh.

They also co-wrote the Rudimental and Ed Sheeran song "Lay It All on Me" with Johnny Harris and James Newman. The song was originally conceived in a session between Blonde, Harris and Newman before being pitched to Rudimental. Ed Sheeran was later brought in on the track and re-wrote the break of the song.

Discography

=Singles=

==As lead artist==

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scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year

! scope="col" colspan="8"| Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certifications

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| UK
Peaks in the UK:

All except noted: {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/search-results-artist/_/Blonde |title=Artist Search > Blonde |publisher=Official Charts Company |work=Officialcharts.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221182404/http://www.officialcharts.com/search-results-artist/_/Blonde |archive-date=21 December 2014 }}
"Don't Need No Money": {{cite web|url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/160723cluk.txt |title=CHART: CLUK Update 23.07.2016 (wk29) |publisher=Official Charts Company. Zobbel.de |access-date=1 August 2016 }}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| UK Dance

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| AUT
[http://www.austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Blonde+feat.+Melissa+Steel&titel=I+Loved+You&cat=s Austriancharts.at – Blonde feat. Melissa Steel – I Loved You] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323060915/http://www.austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Blonde%20feat.%20Melissa%20Steel&titel=I%20Loved%20You&cat=s |date=23 March 2015 }} Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 11 February 2015.

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| BEL
(FL)
[http://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/144790/Blonde-feat.-Melissa-Steel-I-Loved-You Ultratop.be – Blonde feat. Melissa Steel – I Loved You] Ultratop 50. Retrieved 11 February 2015.

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| GER
[https://web.archive.org/web/20150402121753/http://www.officialcharts.de/song.asp?artist=Blonde+feat.+Melissa+Steel&title=I+Loved+You&cat=s&country=de Officialcharts.de – Blonde feat. Melissa Steel – I Loved You] GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 9 February 2015.

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| IRE
{{Cite web |url=http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2015&year=2015&week=3 |title=GFK Chart-Track |access-date=4 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122041853/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2015&year=2015&week=3 |archive-date=22 January 2015 |url-status=dead }}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| SCO
[http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/20141207/41 Archive Chart: 2014-12-13] Scottish Singles Top 40. Retrieved 7 December 2014.

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| SWI
[http://www.swisscharts.com/song/Blonde-feat.-Melissa-Steel/I-Loved-You-1329040 Swisscharts.com – Blonde feat. Melissa Steel – I Loved You] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219080309/http://www.swisscharts.com/song/Blonde-feat.-Melissa-Steel/I-Loved-You-1329040 |date=19 February 2015 }} Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

scope="row"| "Foolish"
(featuring Ryan Ashley)

| rowspan="3"| 2014

| — || — || — || 82 || — || — || — || —

| rowspan="5" {{n/a|Non-album singles}}

scope="row"| "Higher Ground"
(featuring Charli Taft)

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

scope="row"| "I Loved You"
(featuring Melissa Steel)

| 7 || 5 || 60 || 31 || 25 || 65 || 10 || 56

BPI: Platinum{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-certified/|title=BRIT Certified - bpi |publisher=British Phonographic Industry|access-date=30 August 2019}}

scope="row"| "All Cried Out"
(featuring Alex Newell)

| rowspan="2"| 2015

| 4 || 1 || — || 59 || — || 74 || 4 || —

BPI: Platinum

scope="row"| "Feel Good (It's Alright)"
(featuring Karen Harding)

| 76 || 19 || — || 99 || — || — || 50 || —

scope="row"| "Nothing Like This"
(with Craig David)

| 2016

| 15 || 5 || — || 94 || — || 34
{{cite web|url=http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p/musicvideo/music/latest/index_test.jsp&ct=240001|title=GFK Chart-Track|website=Chart-track.co.uk|access-date=23 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150825072818/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p/musicvideo/music/latest/index_test.jsp&ct=240001|archive-date=25 August 2015|url-status=dead}} || 10 || —

BPI: Platinum

| Following My Intuition

scope="row"| "Just for One Night"
(featuring Astrid S)

| 2017

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

| rowspan="3" {{n/a|Non-album singles}}

scope="row"| "Me, Myself & I"
(featuring Bryn Christopher){{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/me-myself-i-feat-bryn-christopher-single/1399076913|title=Me, Myself & I (feat. Bryn Christopher) – Single by Blonde on iTunes|work=iTunes Store (US)|date=6 July 2018 |access-date=6 July 2018}}

| 2018

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

scope="row"| "Good Life"
(with Elderbrook)

| 2023

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

colspan="12" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

== Under the "Eton Messy" label ==

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Title

!Year

!Album

scope="row"| "Talk To You"

| rowspan="1"| 2012

| rowspan="4" {{n/a|Non-album singles}}

scope="row"| "Be Mine"

| rowspan="2" |2013

scope="row"| "It's You"

scope="row"| "Cast A Spell"
(with Pianoman)

| rowspan="1"| 2015

==As featured artist==

scope="col" rowspan="2"\| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"\| Year ! scope="col" colspan="10"\| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"\| Certifications ! scope="col" rowspan="2"\| Album
class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"\| UK ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"\| AUS {{cite web \|url=http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Sigala \|title=Discography Sigala \|publisher=Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung) \|last=Hung \|first=Steffen \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315231229/http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Sigala \|archive-date=15 March 2016 \|df=dmy }} "Give Me Your Love": {{cite web \|url=http://www.noise11.com/news/aria-singles-drake-one-dance-stays-at-no-1-20160521 \|title=ARIA Singles: Drake 'One Dance' Stays at No 1 \|publisher=Noise11 \|last=Ryan \|first=Gavin \|date=21 May 2016 \|access-date=21 May 2016 }} ! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:85%;"\| AUT {{cite web\|url=http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Sigala \|title=Discographie Sigala \|publisher=Austrian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung) \|last=Hung \|first=Steffen \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117031058/http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Sigala \|archive-date=17 November 2015 \|df=dmy }} ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"\| IRE {{cite web\|url=http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Sigala \|title=Discography Sigala \|publisher=Irish Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung) \|last=Hung \|first=Steffen \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624020416/http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Sigala \|archive-date=24 June 2016 \|df=dmy }} ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"\| ITA {{cite web\|url=http://www.italiancharts.com/search.asp?search=Sigala&cat=s\|title=italiancharts.com - Italian charts portal\|first=Steffen\|last=Hung}} ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"\| NLD {{cite web\|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Sigala \|title=Discografie Sigala \|publisher=Dutch Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung) \|last=Hung \|first=Steffen \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160224074749/http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Sigala \|archive-date=24 February 2016 \|df=dmy }} ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"\| NZ {{cite web\|url=https://charts.nz/search.asp?search=Sigala&cat=s\|title=charts.nz - New Zealand charts portal\|first=Steffen\|last=Hung}} ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"\| SCO ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"\| SWE {{cite web\|url=http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Sigala\|title=Discography Sigala\|publisher=Swedish Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung)\|last=Hung\|first=Steffen}} ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"\| SWI {{cite web\|url=http://hitparade.ch/song/Sigala/Easy-Love-1449691 \|title=Discographie Sigala \|publisher=Swiss Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung) \|last=Hung \|first=Steffen \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002171023/http://www.hitparade.ch/song/Sigala/Easy-Love-1449691 \|archive-date=2 October 2015 \|df=dmy }}
scope="row"\| "Don't Need No Money" (Imani Williams featuring Sigala and Blonde) \| 2016 \| 67 \|\| — \|\| — \|\| 77 \|\| — \|\| — \|\| — \|\| 49 \|\| — \|\| — \|\| \| {{n/a\|Non-album single}}
colspan="20" style="font-size:85%"\| "—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Songwriting and production credits

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scope="col" style="width:160px;"| Title

! scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Artist(s)

! scope="col" style="width:180px;"| Album

! scope="col" | Contributed
Member(s)

! scope="col" | Credits

! scope="col" | Written with

! scope="col" | Produced with

scope="row"| "Real"{{Cite web|url=https://online.gema.de/werke/search.faces|title=GEMA - Members - Repertoire Search|website=Online.gema.de}}

| rowspan="2"| 2015

| Brayton Bowman

| The Update EP

| Jacob Manson

| Co-writer/Producer

| Brayton Bowman, Uzoechi Emenike, Ryan Campbell

| MNEK

scope="row"| "Lay It All on Me"
{{small|(featuring Ed Sheeran)}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byGsijfLrCg|title=Lay It All on Me (feat. Ed Sheeran)|publisher=YouTube|access-date=5 February 2020}}

| Rudimental

| We the Generation

| Jacob Manson, Adam Englefield

| Co-writer

| Amir Izadkhah, Piers Aggett, Kesi Dryden, James Newman, Edward Sheeran, Gavin Slate, Leon "DJ Locksmith" Rolle, Lasse Petersen, Maxwell McElligott, Jonathan Harris, James Luke Wood

| -

scope="row"| "Don't Need No Money"
{{small|(featuring Sigala & Blonde)}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw9LUS6sIQw|title=Don't Need No Money|publisher=YouTube|access-date=5 February 2020}}

| 2016

| Imani Williams

| {{n/a|Non-album single}}

| rowspan="21"| Jacob Manson

| Featured artist/Co-writer/Producer

| Imani Williams, Bruce Fielder, Patrizia Helander, Hampus Lindvall

| Sigala, TROSS

scope="row"| "Don't Ask"{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwDwogZEPZo|title=Don't Ask|publisher=YouTube|access-date=5 February 2020}}

| 2017

| Matt Terry

| Trouble

| Co-writer

| Matthew Terry, Duck Blackwell, Andrew Jackson

| -

scope="row"| "Somebody Like Me"
{{small|(featuring AJ Tracey)}}

| rowspan="8"| 2018

| Craig David

| The Time is Now

| Co-writer/Producer

| Craig David, Che Grant

| -

scope="row"| "Answerphone"{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BBpGZ9VeD4|title=Answerphone (feat. Yxng Bane)|publisher=YouTube|access-date=5 February 2020}}
{{small|(with Ella Eyre featuring
Yxng Bane)}}

| Banx & Ranx

| {{n/a|Non-album single}}

| Co-writer

| Zacharie Raymond, Yannick Rastogi, Ella McMahon, Shakka Philip, Guystone Menga

| -

scope="row"| "Used to Love You"

| Anne-Marie

| Speak Your Mind

| Producer

| -

| Fraser T Smith, LostBoy, Jennifer Decilveo

scope="row"| "Hooked"{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-SqoSNk3vI|title=Hooked|publisher=YouTube|access-date=5 February 2020}}

| Why Don't We

| 8 Letters

| rowspan="4"| Co-writer/Producer

| Philip Plested

| -

scope="row"| "Just My Type"{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fixh0ixT-9U|title=Just My Type|publisher=YouTube|access-date=5 February 2020}}

| rowspan="2"| The Vamps

| rowspan="2"| Night & Day (Day Edition)

| Connor Ball, Tristan Evans, James McVey, Bradford Simpson, Alexander James, Iain Farquharson, James Abrahart, Philip Plested, Tobias Tripp, Dale Anthoni

| -

scope="row"| "Talk Later"{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTOu-w_WD_4|title=Talk Later|publisher=YouTube|access-date=5 February 2020}}

| Connor Ball, Tristan Evans, James McVey, Bradford Simpson, Richard Boardman, Pablo Bowman, Sarah Blanchard

| Bradford Simpson

scope="row"| "Loyal"{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJiQyJXjDUw|title=Loyal|publisher=YouTube|access-date=5 February 2020}}

| Paloma Faith

| The Architect: Zeitgeist
Edition

| Paloma Faith, Jamie Miller, Max Wolfgang

| Chris Loco