American record producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Greg Kurstin has written, produced, engineered, and performed on albums and tracks for a wide range of recording artists, spanning from pop, rock, to indie, jazz and Christmas music. In addition, he has written and produced records as Action Figure Party and as part of the musical duos Geggy Tah and the Bird and the Bee. He has won 8 Grammy Awards, including Producer of the Year in 2017 and 2018.
Immediately after graduating from The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York City, Kurstin relocated to his hometown of Los Angeles and collaborated with singer-songwriter Tommy Jordan to form Geggy Tah. In 1993, I Geggy Tah signed to David Byrne's Luaka Bop label. They released three studio albums:Grand Opening (1994), Sacred Cow (1996), and Into the Oh (2001). In 1999, Kurstin was signed to Verve Records and released an eponymous album under a pseudonymous name, Action Figure Party. He formed The Bird and the Bee in 2006 with Inara George. They have released four albums and seven EPS since their 2007 debut.
In the early 2000s, Kurstin began to write and produce tracks for recording artists and bands including Peaches, All Saints, P!nk, the Flaming Lips, Kylie Minogue and Lily Allen. He won three Ivor Novello Awards for his work on Allen's double-platinum It's Not Me, It's You in 2010. He has since been nominated for 14 Grammy Awards, including Producer of the Year (in 2010 and 2014), Record of the Year and Song of the Year (for Kelly Clarkson's "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" (2011), and Record of the Year for Sia's "Chandelier" in 2014. In addition to his Producer of the Year wins in 2017 and 2018, he has won Grammys for Song of the Year, Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Best Engineered Album, and Best Alternative Music Album.
Kurstin has worked with artists including Adele, Beck, Foo Fighters, Liam Gallagher, Kendrick Lamar, Paul McCartney, and Tegan and Sara as well as Clarkson, P!nk, and Sia. He co-wrote and produced three songs on the Adele album 25, including its first single,"Hello," released in 2015. He teamed up again with Adele in 2021, co-writing and producing "Easy on Me", the debut single from her album 30.
Written and produced songs 2000 to 2006 + Name of song, featured performers, originating album, year released and specified role. Year Title Artist Album Songwriter Producer Primary Secondary Additional Vocal 1982 "Crunchy Water" Dweezil Zappa 2003 "Bring the Funk" Ben Harper Diamonds on the Inside "Mix It Up" Willie Jones III Vol. 2...Don't Knock the Swing 2005 "There is No Alternative" Tina Sugandh Ice Princess OST "Get Me Out of Here" Marion Raven Here I Am "Waiting Game" Rachel Stevens 2006 "Haven't Got a Clue" The Flaming Lips At War with the Mystics "Centerfold" P!nk I'm Not Dead "Anti-Hero" Rin' Inland Sea "Dancing Diva (舞孃)" Jolin Tsai Dancing Diva "A Public Affair" Jessica Simpson A Public Affair "Downtown" Peaches Impeach My Bush "Tent in Your Pants" "Make Me" "Everything's Just Wonderful" Lily Allen Alright, Still "Not Big" "Alfie" "U Killed It" "Chelsea" Stefy The Orange Album "If You Were Mine" Jessica Simpson A Public Affair "Cover Up" Stefy The Orange Album "Backass" Karen O Jackass Number Two OST "Utopía" Belinda Utopía "Never Enough" "Rhapsody in Joshua Tree" Bob Forrest Modern Folk and Blues: Wednesday "Rock Steady" All Saints Studio 1 "On and On" "Not Eazy" "One Me and U" "Headlock" "In It to Win It"
2007 to 2011 + Name of song, featured performers, originating album, year released and specified role. Year Title Artist Album Songwriter Producer Primary Secondary Additional Vocal 2007 "Catch You" Sophie Ellis-Bextor Trip the Light Fantastic "Redlight District" Porcelain Black Porcelain and the Tramps "Backyard" Natasha Bedingfield N.B. "You're Out" Dead Disco "Competition" Dragonette Galore "True Believer" "Black Limousine" "No More Rain" Kylie Minogue X "Wow" "Magnetic Electric" "King or Queen" "Carried Away" "Do It Again" 2008 "Death by Chocolate" Sia Some People Have Real Problems "Stamp Your Feet" Donna Summer Crayons "Crayons" "Drivin' Down Brazil" "Aciiid!" Jem Down to Earth "Professional Suicide" Ladyhawke Ladyhawke "Rock Me In" Britney Spears Circus 2009 "The Fear" Lily Allen It's Not Me, It's You "Everyone's at It" "Not Fair" "22" "I Could Say" "Back to the Start" "Never Gonna Happen" "Fuck You" "Who'd Have Known" "Chinese" "Him" "He Wasn't There" "Kabul Shit" "Fag Hag" "Straight to Hell" War Child presents Heroes "Why" "Don't Shoot (I'm a Man)" Devo Something for Everybody "The Sea is On Fire" Stardeath and WhiteDwarfs The Birth "New Heat" "Keep Score" "The Birth" "Those Who Are Far from the SunReturn to the Sun" "I Can't Get Away" "The Age of the Freak" "Country Ballad" "The March" "Smoking Pot Makes Me Not Wantto Kill Myself" "Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh)" Pixie Lott Turn It Up "Earthquakes" Little Boots Hands "New in Town" "Stuck on Repeat" "Meddle" "Mathematics" "Catch 22" "Romance is Dead" Paloma Faith Do You Want the Truth orSomething Beautiful? "Tall Boy" Har Mar Superstar Dark Touches "Before We Come Undone" Kris Allen Kris Allen "You've Changed" Sia We Are Born 2010 "Animal" Kesha Animal "Heartbroken" Meaghan Smith The Cricket's Orchestra "Oh No!" Marina and the Diamonds The Family Jewels "Fresh" Devo Something for Everybody "Superman" Gabriella Cilmi Ten "Clap Your Hands" Sia We Are Born "Charlie" Miranda Cosgrove Sparks Fly "Rather Be Your Lover" Debi Nova Luna Nueva "Ring Round" Jackie Q Get Him to the Greek OST "What We Do" Devo Something for Everybody "Please Baby Please" "Mind Games" "Human Rocket" "Later is Now" "No Place Like Home" "March On" "The Fight" Sia We Are Born "Stop Trying" "Be Good to Me" "Bring Night" "Hurting Me Now" "Never Gonna Leave Me" "Cloud" "I'm in Here" "The Co-Dependent" "Big Girl Little Girl" "Oh Father" "Hold Me Down" "Déjà Vu" 3OH!3 Streets of Gold "I Know How to Say" "I'm Not the One" "Nobody" Eliza Doolittle Eliza Doolittle "Empty Hand" "Save Your Goodbye" Mike Posner 31 Minutes to Takeoff "Synthesizer" "Falling" "Glamour Puss" KT Tunstall Tiger Suit "(Still a) Weirdo" "Replace Your Heart" The Wanted The Wanted "Superstar" James Blunt Some Kind of Trouble 2011 "Bittersweet" Panic! at the Disco Vices & Virtues "Sex Rules" Sky Ferreira As If! EP "99 Tears" "Sayonara" Miranda Cosgrove High Maintenance EP "Revolution" Sophie Ellis-Bextor Make a Scene "Homewrecker" "Miles" Christina Perri Lovestrong "Helena Beat" Foster the People Torches "Waste" "Miss You" "Warrant" "Whiplash" Selena Gomez andthe Scene When the Sun Goes Down "Different" Ximena Sariñana Ximena Sariñana "The Bid" "Echo Park" "Bringing Us Down" "Tomorrow" "Common Ground" "Love Again" "Wrong Miracle" "Stay Alive" Hard-Fi Killer Sounds "Sweat" "Sally I Can See You" Kimbra Vows "Posse" "Say Something Now" James Morrison The Awakening "Beautiful Life" "5 O'Clock" T-Pain Revolver "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" Kelly Clarkson Stronger "Dark Side" "Honestly" "Poisoned with Love" Neon Hitch "Pretty Ugly" Parade Parade "Don't Kick the Chair" Dia Frampton Red
2012 to 2017