Rick Nowels

Rick Nowels is an American Grammy/Ivor Novello award-winning songwriter and record producer. He is a multi-instrumentalist and has written with, or had his songs recorded by: Lana Del Rey, Lykke Li, Jamie xx, Brandon Flowers, Madonna, Cee-Lo Green, Robyn, Marina and the Diamonds, Jason Mraz, Sia, New Radicals, Dido, Nelly Furtado, John Legend / Andre 3000, Ellie Goulding, Santigold, Anita Baker, Texas, Tiesto, Santana, Tupac Shakur, Belinda Carlisle, Stevie Nicks, Weezer, and Charli XCX. Nowels is represented by Stephen Budd in the UK and Europe, and Tim McDaniel in the US.

Selected discography

• Loud Places (Feat. Romy) – Jamie xx
• I Can Fly (From "Big Eyes") – Lana Del Rey
• Shades of Cool – Lana Del Rey
• West Coast – Lana Del Rey
• Black Beauty – Lana Del Rey
• Is This Happiness – Lana Del Rey
• Guns and Roses – Lana Del Rey
• Sad Girl – Lana Del Rey
• Gunshot – Lykke Li
• Love Me Like I'm Not Made of Stone – Lykke Li
• I Follow Rivers – Lykke Li
• Sadness Is A Blessing – Lykke Li
• Young and Beautiful (From "The Great Gatsby") – Lana Del Rey
• Summertime Sadness – Lana Del Rey
• Body Electric – Lana Del Rey
• Dark Paradise – Lana Del Rey
• Shooting Arrows at the Sky (From "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire") – Santigold
• Green Light – John Legend feat. Andre 3000
• Dance The Pain Away – Benny Benassi feat. John Legend
• Bubblegum Bitch – Marina & The Diamonds
• Hypocrates – Marina & The Diamonds
• State of Dreaming – Marina & The Diamonds
• Valley of the Dolls – Marina & The Diamonds
• The World As I See It – Jason Mraz
• Living in the Moment – Jason Mraz
• You Get What You Give – New Radicals
• White Flag – Dido
• Sand in My Shoes – Dido
• Here With Me – Dido
• No Freedom – Dido
• Hunter – Dido
• Don't You Trust Me – Tupac Shakur feat. Dido
• Fallin' For You- Colbie Caillat
• Cry Baby – Cee Lo Green
• The Power of Goodbye – Madonna
• Little Star – Madonna
• Soon We'll Be Found – Sia
• The Game of Love – Santana feat. Michelle Branch
• Standing Still – Jewel
• In Love with the World – Aura Dione
• Who Wants To Be Alone – Tiesto feat. Nelly Furtado
• In God's Hands – Nelly Furtado
• Believers – Nelly Furtado
• I Drive Myself Crazy – 'N Sync
• Tears From The Moon – Conjure One feat. Sinéad O'Connor
• Falling into You – Celine Dion
• Inner Smile – Texas
• Scream If You Wanna Go Faster – Geri Halliwell
• I Turn to You – Melanie C
• Northern Star – Melanie C
• If That Were Me – Melanie C
• Closer – Melanie C
• Feel the Sun – Melanie C
• Life Is A Rollercoaster – Ronan Keating
• Body and Soul – Anita Baker
• A Prayer for Everyone – Belinda Carlisle
• In Too Deep – Belinda Carlisle
• Remember September – Belinda Carlisle
• My Heart Goes Out to You – Belinda Carlisle
• Love in the Key of C – Belinda Carlisle
• California – Belinda Carlisle
• Emotional highway – Belinda Carlisle
• You're nothing without me – Belinda Carlisle
• I plead insanity – Belinda Carlisle
• Do You Feel Like I Feel? – Belinda Carlisle
• Live Your Life Be Free – Belinda Carlisle
• Whatever It Takes – Belinda Carlisle
• (We Want) The Same Thing – Belinda Carlisle
• La Luna – Belinda Carlisle
• Summer Rain – Belinda Carlisle
• Vision of You – Belinda Carlisle
• Runaway Horses – Belinda Carlisle
• Leave a Light On – Belinda Carlisle
• We Can Change – Belinda Carlisle
• Love never dies – Belinda Carlisle
• Circle in the Sand – Belinda Carlisle
• Heaven Is A Place on Earth – Belinda Carlisle

• Love Is Holy – Kim Wilde
• I Won't Change The Way That I Feel Kim Wilde
• A Miracle's Coming Kim Wilde
• Rooms on Fire – Stevie Nicks
• I Can't Wait – Stevie Nicks
• Fuoco nel fuoco – Eros Ramazzotti
• One and One – Robert Miles

Awards and nominations

• 2014: Satellite award for Best Original Song "Young And Beautiful" Lana Del Rey
• 2014: Grammy Nomination for Best Song Written for Visual Media "Young And Beautiful" Lana Del Rey
• 2011: ASCAP award for "Fallin' For You" Colbie Caillat
• 2008: Grammy Nomination for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration "Green Light" John Legend/Andre 3000
• 2005: ASCAP award for "White Flag" Dido
• 2004: Ivor Novello International Song of Year Award for "White Flag" Dido
• 2004: ASCAP song of the year for "The Game of Love" Santana ft. Michelle Branch
• 2004: ASCAP award for "The Game of Love" Santana ft. Michelle Branch
• 2000: ASCAP award for "You Get What You Give" New Radicals
• 2000: Ivor Novello nomination for "I Turn to You" Mel C
• 1996: ASCAP award for "Body and Soul" Anita Baker
• 1996: Grammy Award for Album of the Year "Falling into You"^[1]
• 1996: Grammy nomination for Best R and B Single "Body and Soul" Anita Baker^[2]
• 1990: ASCAP award for "Rooms on Fire" Stevie Nicks
• 1988: ASCAP award for "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" Belinda Carlisle
• 1988: Grammy nomination for Best Pop Vocal "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" Belinda Carlisle

References

External links

• Rick Nowels' Official website
• Rick Nowels MySpace
• Rick Nowels at the Internet Movie Database
• British Hit Songwriters site: Rick Nowels
• Rick Nowels discography at Discogs