Martin Harrington

{{short description|British musician}} {{Multiple issues| {{Notability|1=Biographies|date=April 2023}} {{BLP one source|date=April 2023}} }} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Martin Harrington | image = | caption = | image_size = | birth_date = | alias = | origin = United Kingdom | genre = | occupations = Songwriter, record producer and music publisher | years_active = | label = | past_member_of = | website = }} '''Martin Harrington''' is a British songwriter, record producer and music publisher. He has written songs for artists including Emma Bunton, Five, Celine Dion, Natalie Imbruglia and Blue.{{citation needed|date= April 2023}} The song "Love at First Sight" by Kylie Minogue, of which he was one of the co-writers, was nominated for both Grammy and Ivor Novello awards<ref name="Sinclair2004">{{cite book|last=Sinclair|first=David|title=Wannabe: how the Spice Girls reinvented pop fame|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UeGVatY5WzIC&pg=PA57|accessdate=24 September 2010|date=15 June 2004|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=978-0-7119-8643-5|page=57}}</ref> and was the most played song on UK radio in 2002. The song "Shiver" by Natalie Imbruglia, of which he was one of the co-producers,<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Counting Down the Days|title-link=Counting Down the Days|year=2005|type=Australian CD album booklet|publisher=Brightside Recordings|id=82876679672}}</ref> was the most played song on UK radio in 2005.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/1354051/imbruglias-shiver-tops-ppl-most-used-chart|title=Imbruglia's 'Shiver' Tops PPL 'Most Used' Chart|last=Sexton|first=Paul|magazine=Billboard|date=25 May 2006|access-date=13 October 2021}}</ref>

==Ed Sheeran lawsuit== In June 2016, Harrington and Thomas Leonard filed a $20 million lawsuit against Ed Sheeran, alleging that his song "Photograph" copied elements from their 2009 composition "Amazing," performed by Matt Cardle. The case was settled in 2017 under undisclosed terms.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ed Sheeran is being sued for $20m by two songwriters over his track Photograph |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-36486648 |work=BBC News |date=9 June 2016}}</ref>

==Discography== * What Took You So Long? - Emma Bunton (2001) * Everybody - Hear'Say (2001) * Love at First Sight - Kylie Minogue (2002) * Come On Over - Kym Marsh (2003) * If You Come to Me - Atomic Kitten (2003) * Don't Look Back - Thalía (2004) * Mad World / If You Come to Me (2004) * Amazing - Matt Cardle (2012)

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==External links== *[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1491573/ IMDb entry]

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