List of songs by Matty Healy
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File:The_1975,_MainSquare_Festival_2014,_Arras,_France_(14597634051).jpg performing in France in 2014]]
English singer-songwriter Matty Healy has written and produced songs delving on themes like the millennial generation, masculinity, internet culture, social and political issues as well as his own life and relationships. His work has been praised throughout the music industry and the public, making him a recipient of four Brit Awards,{{cite magazine |title=Brit Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7697649/brit-awards-2017-winners-list |magazine=Billboard}}{{cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46837246 |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=BBC}}{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 January 2023 |title=Mo Gilligan returning to host 2023 BRIT Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mo-gilligan-returning-to-host-2023-brit-awards-3377776 |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=NME}} and two Ivor Novello Awards including Songwriter of the Year.{{cite web |title=2019 nominees and winners |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/#nominees |accessdate=29 May 2019 |website=ivorsacademy.com}} He has also been nominated twice for the Mercury Prize{{cite news |date=4 August 2016 |title=Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36952108}}{{cite web |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mercury prize 2019: The 1975, Dave, Cate Le Bon and Idles shortlisted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/25/mercury-prize-2019-1975-dave-foals-idles-shortlisted |accessdate=29 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}} and Grammy Awards.{{Cite web |title=Matthew Healy - Grammy Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/matthew-healy/19766 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Grammys}}
He has written, produced and performed tracks on all of the 1975's EPs — Facedown (2012), Sex (2012), Music for Cars (2013), IV (2013) — and studio albums — The 1975 (2013), I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It (2016), A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships (2018), Notes on a Conditional Form (2020), Being Funny in a Foreign Language (2022). Healy makes the 1975's music together with bandmate George Daniel. He works on the lyrics and melody, serving as primary songwriter and creative director, while Daniel serves as the primary producer who designs the sound.{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |author-link=Jia Tolentino |date=29 May 2023 |title=Who Is Matty Healy? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/who-is-matty-healy |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |access-date=29 May 2023}}{{cite news |date=12 August 2020 |title=Episode 190: The 1975 |work=Song Exploder |url=https://songexploder.net/the-1975 |access-date=1 June 2023}} NPR noted that Healy "has long treated writing songs for the 1975 as his diary".{{Cite web |last1=Greene |first1=David |last2=Tidmarsh |first2=Kevin |title=The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174714/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/670820177/the-1975s-matty-healy-negotiates-with-the-world |archive-date=13 April 2021 |access-date=15 April 2023 |website=NPR}} He has also written and produced music for other artists.
The lyricism of Healy is known for its wit, humour, and self-awareness. His musical eclecticism{{Cite web |title=9 Times The 1975 Shook Up Genre With Their Music |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ey5hqw/matt-healy-1975-genres-interview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402054027/https://www.mtv.com/news/ey5hqw/matt-healy-1975-genres-interview |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 2, 2023 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=MTV |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=2018-10-11 |title=Can a Quote-Unquote Band Drag Rock Into the Future? The 1975 Is Trying Its Hardest |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/11/arts/music/the-1975-matty-healy-interview.html |access-date=2023-06-19 |issn=0362-4331}} is accompanied by lyrics that are "complex, clever, [and] catchy" streams of consciousness and tongue-twisters,{{Cite web |title=Interview: Matty Healy of The 1975 |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2022/11/14/interview-matty-healy-of-the-1975 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2020-05-22 |title=The best lyrics from The 1975's Notes On A Conditional Form |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-lyrics |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2018-11-30 |title=The 1975's most genius lyrics |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}} in addition to being "topical, explicit, and relentlessly self-referential."{{Cite web |title=Every The 1975 song ranked from worst to best {{!}} Gigwise |url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3427219/every-the-1975-song-ranked-from-worst-to-best |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.gigwise.com}} Healy has been called by Consequence as "rock's poet laureate of heartbreak, growing up, and fucking up,"{{Cite web |last=Melis |first=Matt |date=2020-05-23 |title=10 Matty Healy Lyrics Every 1975 Fan Knows by Heart |url=https://consequence.net/2020/05/10-matty-healy-lyrics-every-1975-fan-knows-by-heart/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117165911/https://consequence.net/2020/05/10-matty-healy-lyrics-every-1975-fan-knows-by-heart/ |archive-date=17 January 2023 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}} with NME stating that he is "undoubtedly, one of this generation's finest wordsmiths."{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=2018-11-30 |title=The 1975's most genius lyrics |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924012057/https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/1975-best-lyrics-2414472 |archive-date=24 September 2020 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=NME |language=en-GB}} Rolling Stone stated that in the music world, Healy is the "spokesperson for the millennial generation", while The Telegraph called him "the millennial Jim Morrison" and "the Bob Dylan of raising your blood pressure".{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=2023-05-31 |title=Is Matty Healy the most offensive man in pop? Or the most interesting? |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/matty-healy-taylor-swift-ice-spice-controvery/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}}{{Cite news |last=Vincent |first=Alice |date=2020-02-22 |title=The 1975, O2 Arena review: the millennial Jim Morrison is back – and trying to save the world |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/1975-o2-arena-review-millennial-jim-morrison-back-trying-save/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |issn=0307-1235}} The New York Times described him as "one of the best contemporary writers — especially outside of rap — on the process of consumption, whether it's drugs or culture or goods".{{cite magazine |last=Huff |first=Lauren |date=December 6, 2019 |title=Taylor Swift releases new song 'Christmas Tree Farm' with home video montage — watch now |url=https://ew.com/music/2019/12/06/taylor-swift-christmas-tree-farm/ |url-status=live |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206060501/https://ew.com/music/2019/12/06/taylor-swift-christmas-tree-farm/ |archive-date=December 6, 2019 |access-date=December 6, 2019}}
Released songs
File:The_1975_-_Southside_Festival_2023_-_DSC04719.jpg's discography]]
File:The_1975_-_2019159000322_2019-06-07_Rock_am_Ring_-_1774_-_B70I9074_(Cropped).jpg is the primary producer of the band’s music while Healy is the principal songwriter|196x196px]]
File:Greta_Thunberg_4.jpg has given a climate change speech on "The 1975" from Notes on a Conditional Form|220x220px]]
File:Phoebe_Bridgers_-_Haldern_Pop_Festival_2018-5.jpg is the most prominent collaborator on Notes on a Conditional Form (2022)]]
File:FKA Twigs 2015.jpg lent her operatic vocals to "If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)" and "What Should I Say"|220x220px]]
File:Cutty Ranks 2021.png' vocals featured in "Shiny Collarbone" on Notes on a Conditional Form{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=2020-05-16 |title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing |access-date=2023-06-06 |issn=0261-3077}}|220x220px]]
File:Travi$_Scott_2014_February.jpg's "Don't Play"]]
File:Pale_Waves_-_MuseBristol_050619-5_(48035850028).jpg' second single "Television Romance" and directed its music video{{cite web |title=Television Romance by Pale Waves |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Television-Romance/dp/B074N2GMXV |access-date=22 April 2018 |website=Amazon (UK)}}{{cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Dan |date=20 October 2017 |title=The 1975 and Pale Waves: Matty Healy introduces your favourite new pop band |url=https://www.nme.com/features/pale-waves-1975-matty-healy-interview-2151614 |access-date=16 November 2017 |work=NME}}|180x180px]]
File:Beabadoobee_@_The_Fonda_11_21_2021_(51782737102)_(cropped).jpg has produced and written tracks for Beabadoobee's EP and second album.{{Cite web |date=24 March 2021 |title=beabadoobee Announces 1975-Produced EP, Shares New Song "Last Day on Earth" |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327154854/https://pitchfork.com/news/beabadoobee-announces-1975-produced-ep-shares-new-song-last-day-on-earth-listen/ |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=26 May 2021 |website=Pitchfork}}{{Cite web |date=24 March 2021 |title=Beabadoobee shares new track 'Last Day On Earth' and announces 'Our Extended Play' EP |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-new-song-ep-the-1975-last-day-on-earth-listen-2907211 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526152237/https://www.nme.com/news/music/beabadoobee-new-song-ep-the-1975-last-day-on-earth-listen-2907211 |archive-date=26 May 2021 |access-date=26 May 2021 |website=NME}}]]
File:The_Japanese_House_at_the_Phoenix_in_Toronto.jpg was introduced to Healy in 2012, and he has since produced her two EPs and collaborated on the song "Sunshine Baby"{{Cite web |last=Barlow |first=Eve |date=March 2019 |title=The Japanese House Is Ready to Sweep You Off Your Feet |url=https://www.gq.com/story/the-japanese-house-profile |access-date=13 January 2020 |website=GQ |language=en}}]]
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Unreleased songs
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| scope="row"|"28"
| The 1975 |Matthew Healy |
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| scope="row" |"Au Bord De La Mer"
|Matthew Healy | |
| scope="row" |"And Then The Sand We Sink In"
| |{{Cite web |last=Black |first=Truman |title=Truman Black Website |url=https://truman-black.com/ |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=}}{{Citation |title=And Then The Sand We Sink In |url=https://soundcloud.com/matty-452970975/and-then-the-sand-we-sink-in |access-date=2023-08-08 |language=en}} |
| scope="row" |"Clean"
|Matthew Healy | |
| scope="row" |"Depth"
|Matthew Healy | |
| scope="row" |"Forward"
|Matthew Healy | |
| scope="row" |"Foreword"
|Matthew Healy | |
| scope="row" |"Ghosts"
|Matthew Healy |
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| scope="row" |"I Can’t Believe We’re Back on Emerald Hill"
|Matthew Healy | |
| scope="row" |"Jump.Start.Souxie."
|Matthew Healy | |
| scope="row" |"Kobra Kai Never Dies"
|Matthew Healy | |
| scope="row" |"Liu Kang vs. Ryu"
|Matthew Healy | |
| scope="row" |"Loads of Crisps"
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| scope="row" |"Lost Boys"
|Matthew Healy | |
| scope="row" |"Make It Happen"
|Matthew Healy | |
| scope="row" | "Moon"
| Matthew Healy | |
| scope="row" |"More Than You"
|Matthew Healy | |
| scope="row" |"Nice Sweater (thank you means a lot)"
|Matthew Healy | |
| scope="row" |"Penelope"
|Matthew Healy | |
| scope="row" |"Plastic Boyfriend"
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| scope="row" |"Scary Monsters"
|Matthew Healy | |
| scope="row" |"Take Out Your Air Guns, They’ll Come"
|Matthew Healy | |
| scope="row" |"Shoot Out at the University Fair"
|Matthew Healy | |
| scope="row" |"The Go"
|Matthew Healy | |
| scope="row" | "This Feeling"
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| scope="row" |"Unreleased Midnights song"
|Matthew Healy | |
| scope="row" |"Unreleased Lewis Capaldi song"
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| scope="row" |"We Are The Streetfighters"
|Matthew Healy | |
| scope="row" |"Wolves"
|Matthew Healy | |
| scope="row" |"Youth Collective"
|Matthew Healy | |
References
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