Simon Petrén (born 14 March 1986) is a Swedish music producer, composer, songwriter and pianist. He holds a Diploma in Piano Music Performance at the Royal Schools of Music in London and a Bachelor degree in Film Scoring and Music Production at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. He is Head of Production at the Songwriting and Production company Stockholm Sound Facility. As of 2012 Petrén, is producing the album for YouTube phenomena Dirty Loops together with lead singer/keyboardist Jonah Nilsson. The band is managed by Andreas Carlsson, and the album is due for release by David Foster and Verve Records/Universal Music, USA. [1] When competing in the Swedish Eurovision 2013 with the song Breaking the Silence, Terese Fredenwall and Simon Petrén broke the record by getting the best placement ever in the Swedish Eurovision history as an artist selected by the Swedish people. With a fifth place in the semi finals they beat, among others, Army of Lovers. The song also got the yearly award for Best Lyrics.[2]
Notable Writing Credits
Notable Production Credits
| Year |
Artist |
Song |
Appearance on album |
| 2007 |
| Danny Saucedo |
"Stay" |
Heart Beats[6] |
| 2009 |
Terese Fredenwall |
"It hurts to be beautiful" |
Colors From My Heart[7] |
| "Like Perfect Art" |
| "Come" |
| "Ordinary Day" |
| "Beautiful Thing" |
| "Secret Love" |
| "Stockholm City" |
| "My Own Way" |
| "All These Phrases" |
| "I Wanna Love You So" |
| "Year of Truth" |
| "Figure Out This Life" |
| 2010 |
Terese Fredenwall |
"Säg Bara Mor" |
Närmare mig |
| "Vackrast För Varann" |
| "Somliga Dagar" |
| "Drömmen Om Att Flytta" |
| "Närmare Mig" |
| Jenny Berggren (Ace of Base) |
"Intro" |
My Story[8] |
| "Free me" |
| "Living in a Circus" |
| "Spend This Night" |
| "Dying to Stay Alive" |
| "Numb" |
| "Gotta Go" |
| "Here I am" |
| "Give me the Faith" |
| "Beat of my heart" |
| "Air of Love" |
| "Natural Superstar" |
| "Here I Am (Sthlm Sound Facility Remix)" |
| "Going Home" |
| 2011 |
Terese Fredenwall |
"You Should Be Your Friend" |
Not About The Songs[9] |
| "To You" |
| "It's Where You Go" |
| "Can't Lose You" |
| "Please forgive Me" |
| "Not about the Songs" |
| "Who Can Stop You" |
| "The Village of Pleasure" |
| "The Sound of The Dead" |
| "I'm Not A One Night Project" |
| "Fire And Delight" |
| "Lullaby" |
| 2013 |
Terese Fredenwall |
"Midnight Prayer" |
Breaking the Silence[10] |
| "Breaking the Silence" |
| "I'm Holy Ground" |
| "Drop the Fight" |
| "Your Fantasy" |
| "As Simple as This" |
| "The Others" |
| "Evelyn" |
| "Whiskey and Wine" |
| "Something More" |
| "Breaking the Silence (feat. Tommy Nilsson)" |
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References
External links
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Petrén, Simon |
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| Short description |
Swedish musician |
| Date of birth |
14 March 1986 |
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