Gary Baker, known professionally as Gary Go, is a British songwriter, producer, composer and media artist. He has written and produced songs performed by artists including Rihanna, Robbie Williams, Steve Angello, Benny Benassi, Skrillex, deadmau5, Gryffin, Take That, Celeste, Majid Jordan, John Summit, Aloe Blacc, Rag'n'Bone Man, Matoma, Sara Bareilles, Chiiild, Milky Chance, The Knocks, Ruby Rose, Borgore, The 2 Bears, Party Pupils, Seeb, Kylie, Ronan Keating, Morgxn, Simply Red, Katharine McPhee, Joseph Arthur, Thomas Azier, Carina Round, Laleh, Anthony Ramos, The Kolors and Juliette Lewis.
Overview His debut artist album Of Youth/Of Beauty spawned the international hit single "Wonderful". Upon the album's release, Lady Gaga referred to Gary Go as "my favourite new artist this year" after performing a rendition of "Just Dance", inspired by his cover of the song. Skope Magazine "Lady Gaga Is Crazy For Gary Go" Gaga then invited Go to join her on her European tour. Popdirt "Gary Go on tour with Lady Gaga" Tours with MIKA and Snow Patrol followed.
Gary Go went on to collaborate with electro DJ/producer Benny Benassi, writing and performing three consecutive #1 club records ("Close to Me", "Control" and "Cinema"). "Cinema", rose rapidly to No. 1 on the US Billboard and UK Club charts and received a Grammy Award for the remix by electronic music producer Skrillex. "Cinema" is widely recognised as a seminal dance record, included in Billboard's "Best Dance Songs of the Decade" Billboard Magazine: Best Dance Songs Of The Decade and "Top EDM Love Songs of All Time" Billboard Magazine: Top EDM Love Songs of All Time retrospectives. Artist and producer Kanye West referred to it as "one of the greatest works of art ever made". Relentless Beats: Cinema & the almighty Kanye West
As a solo artist, Go went on to release Now Was Once the Future (2012), GrimyGoods: Hot New Music, NWOTF Review a videotape and original soundtrack, and Love Lost Freedom Found (2020), a live museum exhibit and accompanying soundtrack album, DailyStar: Pop supremo talks life-affirming new album inspired by the Museum of Broken Relationships. Earmilk referred to the album as a "visceral narrative that explores the cavernous depths of human relationships." Earmilk: LOVE LOST FREEDOM FOUND
Gary Go composed the original scores for two feature films by German filmmaker Simon Verhoeven; the hit cultural comedy Wilkommen bei den Hartmanns The Guardian: Refugee comedy is German box office sensation and the cyber-horror Friend Request (included in Metal Hammer's "Ten Horror Soundtracks to Scare Your Pants Off!" feature). Metal Hammer: Ten Horror Soundtracks To Scare Your Pants Off!
Innovation Gary Go has gained publicity and media attention for his use of technology and social media tools. He was the first artist to use Twitter as a tool for collaborative songwriting The Guardian: 140 Letters at a time and an early adopter of integrating the iPhone into studio and live applications. Mashable: Top 10 iPhone performances
Works Artist discography 2020 || "Love Lost Freedom Found" (album/exhibit) 2018 || "Cinema – Acoustic" (single) 2015 || "Crying Sound" (audiovisual) 2014 || "Through the Walls" (audiovisual) 2012 || "Now Was Once the Future" (audiovisual EP) 2009 || "Of Youth/Of Beauty" (album) 2009 || "Wonderful" (single) 2005 || "The Diary of Rodney Harvey" (EP) 2005 || "So So..." (EP)
Songwriter discography (π Also producer) (∆ Also featured vocalist)
2025 || "Too Far" - Remme 2025 || "Be Like That" – Seeb, JP Cooper 2025 || "Goodlife" – Rag'n'Bone Man, WizTheMC (OST "The Bad Guys 2" | DreamWorks) 2025 || "Nightlife ft. Koates" – Klingande 2024 || "I Love You, Bye" – Matoma 2024 || "Undo ft. Koates" – John Summit 2024 || "Trapdoor", "Islands" – Ava Lily 2024 || "Heat" – Remme 2023 || "My Revival", "Fading" – MORGXN 2023 || "The Veldt Cinema" ∆ – deadmau5, Benny Benassi 2023 || "Invisible" – Thomas Azier 2022 || "It Is What It Is", "Glass of Wine" – Milky Chance 2022 || "London Bridge" – Dave Rowntree 2022 || "Good Tonight" – Anthony Ramos (OST "The Bad Guys" | DreamWorks) Variety: Classic Heist Score 2022 || "Come With Me" – Yola (Opening title song – "Green Eggs & Ham" Season 2 | Netflix) NetflixLife: Green Eggs & Ham – The Second Serving 2022 || "Sad Party", "Happy Switch", "Tight Fit" π – Ava Lily 2022 || "Ain't Me Without You" – WEISS 2021 || "Hold On Til We Get There" – Chiiild 2021 || "Tape Over It" – Nathan Ball 2021 || "Believe" π – Aloe Blacc – (End titles – "The Rescue" | National Geographic) 2021 || "Japanese Trees" π – Koates 2021 || "Waves of Blue", Headline Planet: Pop Radio's Most Added Song "Forget About The Party", "Life Worth Living" – Majid Jordan 2021 || "Cinema" ∆ – Galantis We Rave You: Galantis funk with Cinema 2020 || "Little Runaway" Clash Magazine: Little Runaway 'A Crisis of Faith' – Celeste 2020 || "Wonder" – MORGXN, Sara Bareilles, Jagwar Twin 2020 || "West Coast Tears" ∆ – Party Pupils 2020 || "Get Older", "Bittersweet", "Lose Touch", "The Moment", "Ghosts" – Remme 2020 || "Cry ft. John Martin" – Gryffin 2020 || "Map Of Your Loneliness" – Thomas Azier 2017 || "The Last Spark" – Jamie Lawson 2016 || "Love My Life" π – Robbie Williams 2015 || "Towards The Sun" π – Rihanna (OST "Home" | DreamWorks) 2015 || "Prisoner" ∆ – Steve Angello 2015 || "Your Body ft. Giorgio Moroder" – Kylie 2015 || "School Daze" – Borgore 2014 || "Boom" – Laleh 2014 || "Let In The Sun", "Into The Wild" – Take That 2014 || "Not This Time" – The 2 Bears 2014 || "Let This Last Forever" ∆ – Benny Benassi 2014 || "Open Heart" ∆ – (OST Just Before I Go) 2013 || "Adrenaline" ∆ – Sam LaMore 2012 || "Marcel Marcel (The Arrangement)" – Carina Round 2012 || "Guilty Pleasure" ∆ – Ruby Rose 2012 || "Wasted Light" – Ronan Keating 2012 || "The Song I Sang Before I Met You – Sylvie Lewis (OST "Echo Park") 2011 || "Cinema", "Close To Me", "Control" ∆ – Benny Benassi 2011 || "Magic" ∆, "The Prize" π, "R.O.Y.L" – The Knocks 2010 || "It's Not Right" – Katharine McPhee 2009 || "Backseat" – Carina Round 2007 || "Sing" ∆ – (OST Freefonix | BBC) 2007 || "Come To You" – Carina Round
Composer 2023 || Panta Rhei | パンタ・レイ − 世界が存在する限り || Digital Media || Composer & Live Performance 2020 || U R OK || Digital Media Series || Composer 2016 || Wilkommen bei den Hartmanns || Feature || Composer 2016 || Friend Request || Feature || Composer 2011 || Männerherzen 2 || Feature || Additional Score 2007 || Reflections Of A Skyline || Short || Composer
Print 2011 || My First Twook || Illustrated book of Gary Go's tweets (illustrations by Flo Chaplin) || Author
References
External links Gary Go – Spotify Profile Gary Go – Apple Music Profile Gary Go – Official Youtube Channel Gary Go – IMDb Profile