Michael James Down

Michael James Down
Michael James Down
Background information
Also known as	Michael James
Born	(1988-07-15) July 15, 1988 Belfast, Northern Ireland
Genres	Pop
Years active	2011 -
Associated acts	Rūta Ščiogolevaitė Marie Picasso Birgitta Haukdal MAX

Michael James Down is a songwriter and singer from Belfast, Northern Ireland.^[1] He is best known as a composer and lyricist of several pop songs performed by other artists, most of them in national pre-selections of the Eurovision Song Contest,^[2] as well as having released a few songs of his own. As Michael James he released his first digital single "Take My Body Close" in 2014, later followed by a videoclip.^[1] He was also featured on the 2014 summer single "Summer Sun" by Royo & B.O.X ^[3]

Discography

Singles

• 2013: "It's Not Impossible"
• 2014: "Take My Body Close"
• 2014: "Summer Sun" (Royo and B.O.X feat. Michael James)
• 2014: "Boom!"
• 2015: "Wrong Answers"

Songwriting

Entries in national Eurovision pre-selections

2012

• "This Must Be Love" by Ana Mardare (Romania 2012), 13th place

2013

• "Meðal Andanna" by Birgitta Haukdal (Iceland 2013), 3rd place
• "Hullócsillag" by Mónika Hoffmann (Hungary 2013), eliminated (semifinal)
• "I Need a Hero" by Samanta Tina (Latvia 2013), 2nd place
• "One" by Niko (Latvia 2013), winner of semi-final and competition finalist
• "Paralyzed" by Andrei Leonte (Romania 2013), 12th place in final
• "I Believe In Love" by Diana Hetea (Romania 2013), 12th place (semifinal)
• "Runaways" by Boris Covali (Moldova 2013), 2nd place
• "Freaky Thong" by Nicoleta Gavriliţă (Moldova 2013), 6th place
• "A Brighter Day" by Tatiana Heghea (Moldova 2013), 8th place
• "Celebrate" by Cristina V. & Glam Girls (Moldova 2013), 12th place
• "Coma" by Margarita Ciorici (Moldova 2013), eliminated (semifinal)
• "In My Head" by Alexandru Şendrea (Moldova 2013), eliminated (semifinal)

2014

• 'It's Not Impossible" by Michael James (Switzerland SRF internet candidates 2014)
• "Somebody Like You" by Daria Kinzer (Switzerland SRF internet candidates 2014)
• "My Little Honey Bee" by Dennis Fagerström (Finland 2014), eliminated (semifinal)
• "Love Will Take Me Home" by Franklin Calleja (Malta 2014), 7th place
• "Waterfall" by Joni (Hungary 2014), eliminated (semifinal)

2015

• "Boom!" by Michael James (Switzerland RTS qualifiers 2015)

2016

• "Wrong Answers" by Michael James (Switzerland SRF internet candidates 2016)
• "Alive" by Jasmine Abela (Malta 2016), 6th place
• "All Around the World" by Deborah C (Malta 2016), 11th place
• "United" by Rūta Ščiogolevaitė (Lithuania 2016), 3rd place
• "Good Enough" by Annica Milán & Kimmo Blom (Finland 2016), 5th place
• "Don't Wake Me Up" by Tuuli Okkonen (Finland 2016), 9th place

2017

• "Let's Come Together" by NAPOLI (Belarus 2017), Joint 4th place
• "Tonight" by Deborah C & Josef Tabone (Malta 2017), 7th place
• "Sacrifice" by Mia (Lithuania 2017), 5th place (quarterfinal)
• "Þú hefur dáleitt mig"/"Hypnotised" by Aron Brink (Iceland 2017), 4th place
• "I Won't Surrender" by MIHAI (Romania 2017), 2nd place

Other notable songs

• "Heartbreaker" by MAX
• "Me Anticipo" by La Pelopony
• "OMG" by La Pelopony
• "Latino Love" by TWiiNS

References