David Jost
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = David Jost
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|08|12}}
| birth_place = Hamburg, West Germany
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| genre = Pop, rock, dance, electronica
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| occupation = Music producer, singer-songwriter, DJ
| website = {{URL|davidjost.com}}
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David Jost (born August 12, 1972) is a German music producer, singer-songwriter, and DJ born in Hamburg.{{cite web|title=Hamburger Morgenpost Article "Hamburgs Hit-Macher"|url=http://www.mopo.de/news/david-jost-hamburgs-hit-macher,5066732,5347474.html|accessdate=5 July 2013|archive-date=10 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111210125502/http://www.mopo.de/news/david-jost-hamburgs-hit-macher,5066732,5347474.html|url-status=dead}} His career has a track record of 74 platinum, 108 gold records, and 14 No. 1 hits.{{cite web|title=Kobalt Music Publishing|url=http://www.kobaltmusic.com/doc/kobalt-spring-newsletter.pdf|publisher=Kobaltmusic.com|accessdate=2 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130812225833/http://kobaltmusic.com/doc/kobalt-spring-newsletter.pdf|archive-date=12 August 2013|url-status=dead}} He's worked with artists like Lady Gaga, Chris Brown, Tokio Hotel,{{cite web|title=BILD Newspaper Article|date=4 June 2011 |url=http://www.bild.de/unterhaltung/musik/tokio-hotel/500000-euro-fuer-10-minuten-auftritt-18212726.bild.html|accessdate=27 February 2012}}{{cite web|title=Starflash Magazine Article|url=http://www.starflash.de/bildergalerie/die-erfolgreichsten-stars-tokio-hotel-5370.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110410003338/http://www.starflash.de/bildergalerie/die-erfolgreichsten-stars-tokio-hotel-5370.html|archive-date=10 April 2011|accessdate=27 February 2012}} Limp Bizkit, Selena Gomez, Nelly Furtado, Keri Hilson, Aura Dione, and Adam Lambert. For his work as a songwriter, Jost was named Germany's best songwriter (Rock & Pop) by the GEMA (the German equivalent to the ASCAP/BMI).{{cite web|title=Official GEMA Blog Entry "Deutscher Musikautoren Preis 2010"|url=http://blog.gema.de/blog/beitrag/nachlese-deutscher-musikautorenpreis-2010|accessdate=27 February 2012|archive-date=7 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100807220852/http://blog.gema.de/blog/beitrag/nachlese-deutscher-musikautorenpreis-2010/|url-status=dead}} For Tokio Hotel, Jost has composed, produced, and mixed six No. 1 singles and three No. 1 albums.{{cite web|title=Focus Magazine Article|url=http://www.focus.de/kultur/musik/musik-ess-briingt-miisch-oumm_aid_262692.html|accessdate=27 February 2012|archive-date=22 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822144210/http://www.focus.de/kultur/musik/musik-ess-briingt-miisch-oumm_aid_262692.html|url-status=dead}}
Even though Jost managed several careers as a big media artist, he rarely answers interviews for the press and is known for principally never giving TV interviews.{{cite web|title=David Jost - Hit-Maker|url=http://www.mopo.de/news/david-jost-hamburgs-hit-macher,5066732,5347474.html|publisher=www.mopo.de|accessdate=25 March 2012|archive-date=10 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111210125502/http://www.mopo.de/news/david-jost-hamburgs-hit-macher,5066732,5347474.html|url-status=dead}} Jost is working in Los Angeles as of 2012.{{cite web|title=EMI Publishing Press release: Tokio Hotel Produzent DAVID JOST erreicht mit dem Hit "I LIKE", von Keri Hilson Goldstatus|url=http://www.ahuispr.de/EMI-Presse/Pressetext_EMI-Music-Publ_david_jost_3.pdf|publisher=EMI Publishing|accessdate=27 February 2012}}{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|title=David Jost brings Pop Siren into the charts|url=http://www.mopo.de/promi---show/hamburgs-erfolgreichster-produzent--david-jost-hievt-pop-sirene-aura-dione-in-die-charts,5067148,11055390.html|publisher=Hamburger Morgenpost|accessdate=27 February 2012|archive-date=10 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111210232739/http://www.mopo.de/promi---show/hamburgs-erfolgreichster-produzent--david-jost-hievt-pop-sirene-aura-dione-in-die-charts,5067148,11055390.html|url-status=dead}}
Early life
At the age of 12, Jost started breakdancing, DJing, and painting graffiti. In the 1990s, he worked in collaboration with several German musicians, such as Franz Plasa,{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Marlon - Hallo Liebes Leben (2002, CD)|url=http://www.discogs.com/Marlon-Hallo-Liebes-Leben/release/2193857|accessdate=8 July 2013|website=discogs.com}} Michel Van Dyke,{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Michel Van Dyke|url=http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/artist/Michel+VanDyke/a/albums.htm|accessdate=7 July 2013|website=cduniverse.com}} Stefan Knoess,{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Patrick Nuo - Be Careful Not To Be Too Careful|url=http://www.austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Patrick+Nuo&titel=Be+Careful+Not+To+Be+Too+Careful&cat=s|accessdate=7 July 2013|website=austriancharts.at}} and Andreas Herbig,{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Neil Hickethier – Erstmal Für Immer|url=http://www.discogs.com/Neil-Hickethier-Erstmal-Für-Immer/release/4459368|accessdate=8 July 2013|website=discogs.com}} on several projects like Neil Hickethier's Glass,{{cite web|last=|first=|date=20 March 2007|title=glass - out of nowhere|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QauFu5_D88o|accessdate=2 July 2013|website=YouTube.com}} Bed and Breakfast,{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Bed & Breakfast – Deep In My Mind|url=http://www.discogs.com/Bed-Breakfast-Deep-In-My-Mind/release/951594|accessdate=8 July 2013|website=discogs.com}} and Ian O'Brien-Docker's{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Ian O'Brien-Docker – ..Sometimes I Wish I Had A Terrible Childhood So That At Least I'd Have An Excuse...|url=http://www.discogs.com/Ian-OBrien-Docker-Sometimes-I-Wish-I-Had-A-Terrible-Childhood-So-That-At-Least-Id-Have-An-Excuse/release/1121646|accessdate=2 July 2013|website=discogs.com}} (Totally Alright{{cite web|last=|first=|date=30 March 2007|title=Ian O'Brien-Docker "Totally Alright"|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIiUxLWO96Q|accessdate=7 July 2013|website=YouTube.com}}).
Together with Dave Roth, Jost produced remixes for Faith Hill, The Doors, The Corrs, Mötley Crüe, and Jewel.{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Tokio Hotel - Scream album review|url=http://www.hybridmagazine.com/reviews/1007/tokiohotel.shtml|accessdate=7 July 2013|website=hybridmagazine.com|archive-date=21 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130721014818/http://www.hybridmagazine.com/reviews/1007/tokiohotel.shtml|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Kobalt Publishing "Kobalt publishing press release"|url=http://www.kobaltmusic.com/page-news-detail.php?id=WN147|accessdate=7 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130916132829/http://kobaltmusic.com/page-news-detail.php?id=WN147|archive-date=16 September 2013|url-status=dead}} Furthermore, Jost and Roth wrote the song "Undone" performed by Swiss singer Patrick Nuo,{{cite web|title= Youtube.com "Music video for Undone"| website=YouTube | date=5 July 2006 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1lztTrLJhk|accessdate=7 July 2013}}{{cite web|title= Discogs.com "CD credits Undone"|website=Discogs |url=http://www.discogs.com/Patrick-Nuo-Undone/release/3210618|accessdate=8 July 2013}} as well as the song "Joyride"{{cite web|title= Youtube.com "Veltins campaign spot including song "Joyride""| website=YouTube | date=7 February 2009 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5rsPnWfqr0|accessdate=7 July 2013}} used for a TV commercial of the German beer brand Veltins.{{cite web|title= Top.de "Article featuring Jost's work for Veltins"|url=http://top.de/stars/64iV-david-jost|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121208022320/http://top.de/stars/64iV-david-jost|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 December 2012|accessdate=7 July 2013}}
Career
=Songwriter, producer and remixer=
Jost wrote Selena Gomez's song "Love Will Remember",{{cite web|title= All Music News "Love Will Remember"|website=AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/love-will-remember-mt0047501121|accessdate=5 July 2013}} which reached No. 1 of the American Billboard charts in August 2013.{{cite web|title=Selena Gomez Knocks Jay Z From Top of Billboard 200 With First No. 1 Album|url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/chart-alert/5317207/selena-gomez-knocks-jay-z-from-top-of-billboard-200-with-first|publisher=Billboard.com|accessdate=2 August 2013}} Jost wrote the song together with his production partners Rock Mafia and Gomez herself. Jost continued collaborating with Rock Mafia, co-writing Gomez's song "Love Will Remember" for her 2013 release Stars Dance. For Chris Brown, Jost wrote and co-produced the song "Nobody's Perfect"{{cite web|title=Discogs|website=Discogs |url=http://www.discogs.com/Chris-Brown-Nobodys-Perfect/release/4295155|accessdate=6 July 2013}} which is featured on Brown's album X. He co-wrote and co-produced the song "Summertrain" from Greyson Chance's album Hold On 'til the Night.
Together with Neue Deutsche Welle artists{{cite news|title= Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Article "2Raumwohnung das Gute an der Neuen Deutschen Welle"|newspaper=Faz.net |url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/interview-inga-humpe-2raumwohnung-das-gute-an-der-neuen-deutschen-welle-171858.html|accessdate=3 July 2013}} Inga Humpe and Tommi Eckart, Jost wrote and produced "Bei dir bin ich schön", which became the lead single of indie-electro band 2Raumwohnung's{{cite web|title=Monsters And Critics "2raumwohnung – Musiker"|url=http://www.monstersandcritics.de/archiv/people.php/2raumwohnung|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090807181702/http://www.monstersandcritics.de/archiv/people.php/2raumwohnung|archive-date=7 August 2009|accessdate=3 July 2013}} following album.{{cite web|title=HR Radio Online News "2raumwohnung – Bei dir bin ich schön VÖ: 16. August 2013"|url=http://www.hr-online.de/website/radio/hr3/index.jsp?rubrik=55577&key=standard_document_48868671|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130707000037/http://www.hr-online.de/website/radio/hr3/index.jsp?rubrik=55577&key=standard_document_48868671|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 July 2013|accessdate=3 July 2013}} Jost also co-wrote two more songs off their Achtung fertig album ("Ein neues Gefuhl" and "Bye Bye Bye"). Jost co-wrote "Wenn du liebst" for Adel Tawil's first solo album Lieder, released in 2013. Jost is credited co-writer on Marlon Roudette's song "Hearts Pull" from Roudette's 2014 album Electric Soul. For Keri Hilson, Jost composed and produced the hit single "I Like",{{cite web|title=BILD Article "Tokio-Hotel-Manager schrieb Zweiohrküken-Hit"|date=10 December 2009 |url=http://www.bild.de/unterhaltung/musik/tokio/tokio-hotel-produzent-david-jost-und-keri-hilson-verantwortlich-10775372.bild.html|publisher=Bild.de|accessdate=27 February 2012}} which became Hilson's first No. 1 hit in Germany.{{cite web|title=Keri Hilson new Single-Charts No.1|url=http://www.gfk-entertainment.com/news/keri-hilson-neue-nummer-1-der-single-charts.html|publisher=Gfk Media Control|accessdate=27 February 2012}} For Lady Gaga, he produced the "Born This Way (Jost & Naaf Remix)",{{cite web|title=Tokio Hotel discoverer writes Hit for Lady Gaga|date=15 April 2011 |url=http://www.bild.de/regional/hamburg/lady-gaga/schreibt-song-fuer-lady-gaga-17453452.bild.html|publisher=Bild.de|accessdate=27 February 2012}} which was included as the only remix on the international version of Gaga's album Born This Way.{{cite web|title=Lady Gaga Album Born this Way International Version: Tracklist and credits|url=http://www.discogs.com/Lady-Gaga-Born-This-Way/master/338175|publisher=Discgos.com|accessdate=27 February 2012}}
In 2011, Jost produced a radio mix of Lady Gaga's single "Marry the Night (David Jost Twin Radio Mix)".{{cite web|title=Lady Gaga Marry The Night track list|url=http://www.discogs.com/Lady-Gaga-Marry-The-Night/release/3262284|publisher=Discogs.com|accessdate=27 February 2012}} Shortly after, he produced a remix for Limp Bizkit's single "Shotgun". He composed, produced and mixed the hit single "Geronimo" with Aura Dione and Joacim Persson;{{cite web|title=Aura Dione Geronimo Credits and track list|url=http://www.discogs.com/Aura-Dione-Geronimo/master/385816|publisher=Discogs.com|accessdate=27 February 2012}}{{cite web|title=Article Joacim Persson: Nu är det dags att byta attityd Robyn|date=December 2011 |url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/article14015528.ab|publisher=Afton Bladet Sweden|accessdate=17 May 2012}} the song reached the No. 1 in the radio charts for several weeks. Dione's second single "Friends" from her album Before the Dinosaurs was written by Jost and Dione, and produced by Jost and Rock Mafia; the single reached the official German radio charts No. 1.[http://www.universal-music.de/aura-dione/news/detail/article:206541/friends-hat-platz-1-der-deutschen-radiocharts-erobert "Universal Music Press Release"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918071500/http://www.universal-music.de/aura-dione/news/detail/article%3A206541/friends-hat-platz-1-der-deutschen-radiocharts-erobert|date=18 September 2012}}; retrieved 24 April 2012 Heidi Klum selected Jost's composition "Girls Beautiful"{{cite web|title=Music: Bullmeister singing for pretty girls|url=http://www.focus.de/kultur/musik/musik-bullmeister-singen-fuer-die-schoenen-maedchen_aid_605471.html|publisher=Focus.de|accessdate=27 February 2012|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084201/http://www.focus.de/kultur/musik/musik-bullmeister-singen-fuer-die-schoenen-maedchen_aid_605471.html|url-status=dead}} as the title song for the sixth season of Germany's Next Topmodel.
Together with Tokio Hotel's lead singer Bill Kaulitz, Jost composed the single "Monsoon", as well as producing and mixing it. "Monsoon" was awarded multiple times worldwide, including winning "Best Song of the Year" at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica.{{cite news|title=Spiegel online Article "Bester Song Tokio Hotel siegen bei MTV-Latino-Awards"|newspaper=Der Spiegel |date=17 October 2008 |url=http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/leute/0,1518,584699,00.html|accessdate=27 February 2012}} Jost produced five more No. 1 singles by Tokio Hotel, as well as Tokio Hotel's No. 1 album Scream,{{cite web|title=Tokio Hotel Album Scream credits and tracklist|url=http://www.discogs.com/Tokio-Hotel-Scream/master/127750|publisher=Discogs.com|accessdate=27 February 2012}}{{cite web|title=Tokio Hotel Album Schrei credits and tracklist|url=http://www.discogs.com/Tokio-Hotel-Schrei/release/717640|publisher=Discgos.com|accessdate=27 February 2012}} and two more No. 1 platinum-awarded international albums{{cite web|title=Overview of all relevant Tokio Hotel releases|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Tokio+Hotel|publisher=Discogs.com|accessdate=27 February 2012}} for the band.
=Soundtracks=
Jost also contributed songs for film soundtracks. The song "Strange", co-written by Jost and performed by Tokio Hotel and Kerli, was included on the album Almost Alice, a concept album of various artists' music inspired by Tim Burton's film Alice in Wonderland.{{cite web|title=Tokio Hotel, Avril Lavigne Confirmed For 'Alice In Wonderland' Soundtrack|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1629515/tokio-hotel-avril-lavigne-confirmed-alice-wonderland-soundtrack.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111206202222/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1629515/tokio-hotel-avril-lavigne-confirmed-alice-wonderland-soundtrack.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 December 2011|publisher=mtv.com|accessdate=28 February 2012}} He also co-wrote the song "By Your Side"{{cite web|title=Tokio Hotel – Scream|url=http://www.discogs.com/Tokio-Hotel-Scream/release/3082098|publisher=www.discogs.com|accessdate=25 March 2012}} which was featured on the soundtrack of the film Prom Night.{{cite web|title=Soundtracks for Prom Night|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0926129/soundtrack|publisher=www.imdb.com|accessdate=25 March 2012}} The song "I Like", sung by Keri Hilson and co-written by Jost, became the title song of Til Schweiger's{{cite web|title=Til Schweiger films "Zweiohrküken"|url=http://www.focus.de/kultur/diverses/film-til-schweiger-dreht-und132zweiohrkuekenund147_aid_407422.html|publisher=focus.de|accessdate=28 February 2012|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054438/http://www.focus.de/kultur/diverses/film-til-schweiger-dreht-und132zweiohrkuekenund147_aid_407422.html|url-status=dead}} feature film Zweiohrküken.{{cite web|title=Tokio Hotel manager wrote "Zweiohrküken"-Hit|date=10 December 2009 |url=http://www.bild.de/unterhaltung/musik/tokio/tokio-hotel-produzent-david-jost-und-keri-hilson-verantwortlich-10775372.bild.html|publisher=bild.de|accessdate=28 February 2012}} The song "Half a Dream Away" performed by Blind was used in the soundtrack of the German film Gangs (2009).{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1294712/soundtrack|title=Gangs (2009) - IMDb|via=www.imdb.com}} For the German film {{ill|Break Up Man|de|Schlussmacher}}{{cite web|title= Stern Article on Schlussmacher Movie|date=8 January 2013 |url=http://www.stern.de/kultur/film/kinostart-von-der-schlussmacher-matthias-schweighoefer-bricht-herzen-als-beruf-1951381.html|publisher=Stern|accessdate=3 August 2013}} by Matthias Schweighöfer,{{cite news|title= NY Times Article Featuring Matthias Schweihöfer's work|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2012/11/30/movies/what-a-man-by-matthias-schweighofer.html?_r=0|accessdate=1 August 2013 | work=The New York Times|first=Andy|last=Webster|date=29 November 2012}} Jost co-wrote the title song Hurt Lovers for the British band Blue.{{cite web|title=Discgogs Credits 'Hurt Lovers'|website=Discogs |url=http://www.discogs.com/Blue-Hurt-Lovers/release/4235309|accessdate=3 August 2013}} Jost also composed music for TV campaigns of various brands including BMW, Mercedes, Veltins{{cite web|title=Kobalt Publishing International Press Release|url=http://www.kobaltmusic.com/news_press_releases.php?id=173|accessdate=28 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001210247/http://www.kobaltmusic.com/news_press_releases.php?id=173|archive-date=1 October 2011|url-status=dead}} and Verizon/Motorola. His composition "Human Connect to Human" was selected for Verizon's US campaign to introduce their Motorola Droid phone.{{cite web|title=Motorola Droid Commercial - Human?|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMElOHEwfUA|publisher=youtube.com|accessdate=28 February 2012}}
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