# Jacob Manson

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**Jacob Manson** is a British songwriter, record producer and DJ. He is best known as one half of the electronic music duo [Blonde](/source/Blonde_(duo)), whose singles "I Loved You" (featuring Melissa Steel) and "All Cried Out" (featuring Alex Newell) charted in the UK top 10 and received BPI Platinum certification.[1][2]

As a songwriter and producer outside Blonde, Manson has contributed to 9 top 10 records and has credits with artists including [Ed Sheeran](/source/Ed_Sheeran), [David Guetta](/source/David_Guetta) and [Jason Derulo](/source/Jason_Derulo), as well as frequent collaborations with [Elderbrook](/source/Elderbrook) and [Nines](/source/Nines_(rapper)).[3][4] In July 2025, he co-wrote "Dior" by MK featuring Chrystal, which reached number one on the UK Singles Chart for two weeks as well as an 11 week stay in the top 10.[5][6] In 2024, "Messy in Heaven" by venbee and Goddard.—which Manson co-produced— charted at #3 in the UK and was nominated for the [BRIT Award for Song of the Year with Mastercard](/source/Brit_Award_for_Song_of_the_Year).[7][8]

## Discography

### With [Blonde](/source/Blonde_(duo))

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album UK [9] UK Dance [9] AUT [10] BEL (FL) [11] GER [12] IRE [13] SCO [14] SWI [15] "Foolish" (featuring Ryan Ashley) 2014 — — — 82 — — — — rowspan="5" "Higher Ground" (featuring Charli Taft) — — — — — — — — "I Loved You" (featuring Melissa Steel) 7 5 60 31 25 65 10 56 BPI: Platinum[16] "All Cried Out" (featuring Alex Newell) 2015 4 1 — 59 — 74 4 — BPI: Platinum[16] "Feel Good (It's Alright)" (featuring Karen Harding) 76 19 — 99 — — 50 — "Nothing Like This" (with Craig David) 2016 15 5 — 94 — 34 [17] — — BPI: Platinum[16] Following My Intuition "Don't Need No Money" (Imani featuring Sigala and Blonde) 2016 67 22 — — — 77 — — "Just for One Night" (featuring Astrid S) 2017 — — — — — — — — "Me, Myself & I" (featuring Bryn Christopher) 2018 — — — — — — — — "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

### Select Production and Songwriting Discography

Title Year Artist(s) Credits Produced With Peak Chart Position (UK) Certification Album "Lay It All on Me" (ft. Ed Sheeran) 2015 Rudimental Co-writer 12 BPI: Platinum, RIAA Platinum, ARIA 2× Platinum We the Generation "Just My Type" 2018 The Vamps Co-writer/Producer - Night & Day "Answerphone" (ft. Ella Eyre & Yxng Bane) Banx & Ranx Co-writer 5 BPI: Platinum "Somebody Like Me" (ft. AJ Tracey) Craig David Co-writer/Producer/Mixer - The Time Is Now "Used to Love You" Anne-Marie Co-Producer Fraser T. Smith, Lostboy - Speak Your Mind "Hooked" rowspan="2” | Why Don't We rowspan="2” | Co-writer/Producer - 8 Letters "I Don't Belong In This Club (ft. Macklemore)" 2019 - RIAA: Gold "Too Hot" Jason Derulo Co-writer/Producer - "F It Up" Co-writer/Producer - "2Sides (Side 1)" "Talk About Us (ft. Stefflon Don" Co-writer/Producer - "Walls" rowspan="12” | 2020 Louis Tomlinson Co-writer - Walls "Houdini" (ft. Swarmz and Tion Wayne) KSI Co-writer/Producer AJProductions 6 BPI: Silver Dissimulation "Numb" Elderbrook Additional Production - Why Do We Shake in the Cold? "Why Do We Shake in the Cold?" Co-Producer/Mixer Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - "All My Love" Co-Writer/Producer - "I'm A Fool" Co-Writer/Co-Producer Joel Pott, Elderbrook - "Down By The Bay" Co-Writer/Producer/Mixer - "Take A Minute" Co-Producer - "Back To My Bed" Co-Producer - "Set Fire To My Gun" Co-Producer - "Next December" Co-Writer/Producer - "Kein Hunger (ft. Ufo361))" Loredana Co-Producer/Co-Writer 9 (Germany) Medusa "Interest (ft. Ms Banks & Oxlade)” rowspan="5” | 2021 Dolapo Co-producer AJProductions 9 (U.K. Afrobeats Chart) "Manchester Super Reds No.1 Fan” Don Broco Co-Writer/Co-Producer - Amazing Things "Frost” Tomorrow X Together Co-Writer/Producer - "Gang Gang (ft. Jay1 & Deno (singer))” KSI Co-Writer/Producer 40 All Over the Place "Wasted (Digga D song) (ft. ArrDee)” Digga D Co-Writer/Producer 6 BPI: Gold “BMW" rowspan="6” | 2022 Bad Boy Chiller Crew Additional Production 7 BPI: Gold “Come & Go” ArrDee Production 16 “Pier Pressure” “Fuego” rowspan="2” | Aitch (rapper) rowspan="2” | Co-Production/Co-Writer Whyjay rowspan="2” | Close to Home “The Palm” Whyjay & Litek “Messy in Heaven” Venbee & Goddard Co-Production 3 BPI: Platinum “ILY2” NewDad Producer "I Need You" rowspan="10” | 2023 Elderbrook Co-Writer/Producer Little Love “Calendar” rowspan="8” | Nines rowspan="8” | Co-Producer/Co-Writer Crop Circle 2 “Only One ft. Skrapz & OURAA” rowspan="7” | Crop Circle 3 “Toxic ft. Bad Boy Chiller Crew” “Never Be Me ft. Blade Brown” “I Do ft. Tunde & Mugzz” “Good Morning” “Could of Been ft. Miraa May” “Devil's Rejects ft. Skrapz & George The Poet” “When We Were Young (The Logical Song) ft. Kim Petras” David Guetta Co-Writer 51 "Places ft. Shimza" rowspan="6” | 2024 rowspan="4” | Elderbrook rowspan="4” | Co-Writer/Producer rowspan="4” | Another Touch “Shallow Water” “Afters” “How Long” “Going Crazy” rowspan="2” | Nines rowspan="2” | Producer/Co-Writer rowspan="2” | Quit While You're Ahead “Champagne Problems ft. Skrapz” "Dior ft. Chrystal" rowspan="2” | 2025 MK Co-Writer/Producer 1 BPI Platinum - “Turn It Up” Marlon Hoffstadt Producer & Co-Writer

## References

1. ["I LOVED YOU – BLONDE FT MELISSA STEEL"](https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/blonde-ft-melissa-steel-i-loved-you/). *Official Charts Company*. Retrieved 16 January 2026.

1. ["ALL CRIED OUT – BLONDE FT ALEX NEWELL"](https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/blonde-ft-alex-newell-all-cried-out/). *Official Charts Company*. Retrieved 16 January 2026.

1. ["Dior – MK & CHRYSTAL (song credits)"](https://music.apple.com/gb/song/dior/1811551953). *Apple Music*. Retrieved 16 January 2026.

1. ["messy in heaven – venbee & goddard. (song credits)"](https://music.apple.com/gb/song/messy-in-heaven/1698754423). *Apple Music*. Retrieved 16 January 2026.

1. ["DIOR – MK FT CHRYSTAL"](https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/mk-ft-chrystal-dior/). *Official Charts Company*. Retrieved 16 January 2026.

1. ["MK achieves first ever Official Number 1 Single with Dior ft Chrystal"](https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/mk-achieves-first-ever-official-number-1-single-with-dior-featuring-chrystal/). *Official Charts Company*. 11 July 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2026.

1. ["The nominations for Song of the Year with Mastercard have been announced"](https://www.brits.co.uk/news/2024/the-nominations-for-song-of-the-year-with-mastercard-have-been-announced-1/). *The BRIT Awards*. Retrieved 16 January 2026.

1. ["messy in heaven – venbee & goddard. (Production & Engineering credits)"](https://music.apple.com/gb/song/messy-in-heaven/1698754423). *Apple Music*. Retrieved 16 January 2026.

1. Peaks in the UK: * All except noted: ["Artist Search > Blonde"](https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/48104/blonde/). *Officialcharts.com*. [Official Charts Company](/source/Official_Charts_Company) * "Don't Need No Money": ["Artist Search > Imani Williams"](https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/49868/imani-williams-sigala-blonde/). *Officialcharts.com*. [Official Charts Company](/source/Official_Charts_Company)

1. [Austriancharts.at – Blonde feat. Melissa Steel – I Loved You](http://www.austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Blonde+feat.+Melissa+Steel&titel=I+Loved+You&cat=s) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20150323060915/http://www.austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Blonde%20feat.%20Melissa%20Steel&titel=I%20Loved%20You&cat=s) 23 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 11 February 2015.

1. [Ultratop.be – Blonde feat. Melissa Steel – I Loved You](http://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/144790/Blonde-feat.-Melissa-Steel-I-Loved-You) Ultratop 50. Retrieved 11 February 2015.

1. [Officialcharts.de – Blonde feat. Melissa Steel – I Loved You](https://web.archive.org/web/20150402121753/http://www.officialcharts.de/song.asp?artist=Blonde+feat.+Melissa+Steel&title=I+Loved+You&cat=s&country=de) GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 9 February 2015.

1. [Chart Track: Week 3, 2015](https://web.archive.org/web/20150122041853/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2015&year=2015&week=3) Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 15 January 2015.

1. [Archive Chart: 2014-12-13](http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/20141207/41) Scottish Singles Top 40. Retrieved 7 December 2014.

1. [Swisscharts.com – Blonde feat. Melissa Steel – I Loved You](http://www.swisscharts.com/song/Blonde-feat.-Melissa-Steel/I-Loved-You-1329040) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20150219080309/http://www.swisscharts.com/song/Blonde-feat.-Melissa-Steel/I-Loved-You-1329040) 19 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

1. ["BPI Certified Awards > Search"](https://web.archive.org/web/20170801142929/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards/Search.aspx). [British Phonographic Industry](/source/British_Phonographic_Industry). Archived from [the original](http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards/search.aspx) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 2015-02-14.

1. ["GFK Chart-Track"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150825072818/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p/musicvideo/music/latest/index_test.jsp&ct=240001). Archived from [the original](http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p/musicvideo/music/latest/index_test.jsp&ct=240001) on 2015-08-25. Retrieved 2020-05-23.

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