Captain Cuts
Captain Cuts is a songwriting, record production and remix team based in Los Angeles.[1][2] The trio is composed of Ben Berger, Ryan McMahon and Ryan Rabin, drummer and producer of the band Grouplove. Collectively they have produced and co-written songs for artists such as Walk the Moon ("Shut Up and Dance"), Bebe Rexha ("I Got You"), Halsey, The Chainsmokers, Grouplove, Tove Lo, Keith Urban, and Marina, among others.[3][4][5]
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Origin | Los Angeles, California, US |
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Years active | 2011–present |
Labels | Epic |
Website | captaincutsmusic |
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In December 2013, they signed a joint venture deal with Warner Bros Records to form Cuts Records, a record label through which to sign, produce and develop new artists.[2]
In 2016, they signed a record deal with Epic Records as artists and released their first single "Love Like We Used To" on October 14.[6]
Background and career
Berger, McMahon and Rabin grew up in Los Angeles, going to the same high school and involved in the music scene.[7] They first wrote together several years later, and when their creative dynamic felt natural after the first song, they continued working together, eventually forming Captain Cuts and becoming long-term collaborators.[2] Captain Cuts began performing DJ sets on a recurring basis at Emo Nite LA in 2016.[8]
The team was a featured artist on the 2018 NOTD and Felix Jaehn single "So Close", with a music video starring Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover girl Camille Kostek.[9][10]
Discography
As lead artist
- "Love Like We Used To" (2016) (featuring Nateur)
- "Cocaina" (2017) (featuring Rich the Kid and Daniels)
- "House Party" (2017) (with The Knocks)
- "Do You Think About Me" (2018) (with Zookeper featuring Georgia Ku)
- "Summertime Love" (2019) (with Digital Farm Animals)[11]
- "Heat" (2019)[12] (featuring Parson James)
- "Stuck in My Head" (2020)[13] (featuring AJ Mitchell)
As featured artist
- "So Close" (2018) (NOTD and Felix Jaehn featuring Captain Cuts and Georgia Ku)
Singles
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
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US |
US Alt |
US Pop |
US Hot AC |
US Rock |
US Dance |
US Dance Club |
AUS |
CAN |
NZ |
SWE |
UK | |||
2011 | "Colours" (Grouplove) |
— | 15 | — | — | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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"Tongue Tied" (Grouplove) |
42 | 1 | 21 | 18 | 3 | — | — | 33 | 90 | — | — | 84 | ||
2012 | "Itchin' on a Photograph" (Grouplove) |
— | 10 | — | — | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
2013 | "To the End of the Earth" (Jessica Mauboy) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | — | — | — | — |
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"Ways to Go" (Grouplove) |
120 | 2 | — | — | 18 | — | — | 60 | — | — | — | — |
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"Shark Attack" (Grouplove) |
— | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2014 | "Dreaming" (Smallpools) |
— | 23 | — | — | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
"Different Kind of Love" (Third Degree) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | — | — | — | — | ||
2015 | "Shut Up and Dance" (Walk the Moon) |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 4 | |
2016 | "Welcome to Your Life" (Grouplove) |
— | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
"What We Live For" (American Authors) |
— | — | — | 24 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Love Like We Used To" (Captain Cuts) |
— | — | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"I Got You" (Bebe Rexha) |
43 | — | 17 | — | — | — | 1 | 73 | 38 | — | 29 | 91 | ||
2017 | "One Foot" (Walk the Moon) |
65 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
2018 | "Kamikaze" (Walk the Moon) |
— | 6 | — | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
"Be Somebody" (Steve Aoki & Nicky Romero ft. Kiiara) |
— | — | — | — | — | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Party for One" (Carly Rae Jepsen) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 100 | 19 | — | — | ||
"So Close" (NOTD and Felix Jaehn featuring Captain Cuts and Georgia Ku) |
— | — | 27 | — | — | 10 | 1 | 45 [22] | — | 31 | 77 | — | ||
2019 | "Kissing Other People" (Lennon Stella) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 60 | — | — | — | |
"Go Easy" (Matt Maeson) |
— | 15 | — | — | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2020 | "Sad Tonight" (Chelsea Cutler) |
— | — | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Full discography
Year | Artist | Album | Details |
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2011 | Grouplove | Never Trust a Happy Song | Producer, co-writer, co-mixer ("Itchin' on a Photograph", "Tongue Tied", "Lovely Cup", "Colours", "Slow", "Naked Kids", "Spun", "Betty's a Bomb Shell", "Chloe", "Love Will Save Your Soul", "Cruel and Beautiful World", "Close Your Eyes and Count to Ten") |
2012 | The Knocks | The Feeling (single) | Co-writer, additional production ("The Feeling") |
Marina and the Diamonds | Electra Heart | Producer, co-writer ("Lonely Hearts Club") | |
2013 | Eddie Gomez | No | Producer, co-writer, mixer ("Someday", "Figure It Out", "Backseat", "Monsters", "Little Bit Of Candy", "I Want You") |
Grouplove | Spreading Rumours | Producer, co-writer, co-mixer ("I'm With You", "Borderlines and Aliens", "Schoolboy", "Ways to Go", "Shark Attack", "Sit Still", "Hippy Hill", "What I Know", "Didn't Have to Go", "Bitin' the Bullet", "News to Me", "Raspberry", "Save the Party", "Girl", "Flowers", "Beans on Pizza") | |
Jessica Mauboy | Beautiful | Producer, co-writer ("To the End of the Earth")[25] | |
Grouplove & Manchester Orchestra | Make It to Me (single) | Producer, co-writer ("Make It to Me") | |
The Mowgli's | Waiting for the Dawn | Producer, co-writer ("Clean Light")[26] | |
2014 | Tegan and Sara | Endless Love (soundtrack) | Producer, mixer ("Don't Find Another Love") |
Strange Talk | Cast Away | Producer, co-writer ("Young Hearts") | |
Third Degree | Different Kind of Love (single) | Producer, co-writer, mixer ("Different Kind of Love")[27] | |
Walk the Moon | Talking Is Hard | Co-writer ("Shut Up and Dance"), Co-producer, co-writer ("Up 2 U") | |
Tove Lo | Queen of the Clouds | Producer, co-writer ("Crave") | |
2015 | Smallpools | Lovetap! | Producer, co-writer ("American Love", "Killer Whales", "Dreaming", "Street Fight", "Mason Jar", "Over & Over", "Lovetap!", "What's That a Picture Of?", "Dyin' to Live", "Admission to Your Party", "9 To 5", "No Story Time", "Submarine") |
The Mowgli's | Kids in Love | Producer, co-writer ("I'm Good", "Through the Dark", "Bad Dream")[28] | |
Fancy Reagan | Knock Me Out (single) | Producer, co-writer ("Knock Me Out") | |
Say Lou Lou | Lucid Dreaming | Co-writer ("Angels Above Me") | |
Sabrina Carpenter | Eyes Wide Open | Producer, co-writer, mixer ("Two Young Hearts") | |
Tigertown | Papernote (single) | Producer, co-writer, mixer ("Papernote") | |
Waters | What's Real | Producer, co-writer, mixer ("Got to My Head", "I Feel Everything", "The Avenue", "What's Real", "Breakdown", "Over It") | |
Lucas Nord | Voices (single) | Co-writer ("Voices")[29] | |
R5 | Sometime Last Night | Producer, co-writer ("All Night") | |
Halsey | Badlands | Producer, co-writer ("Roman Holiday") | |
The Score | Where Do You Run | Producer, co-writer ("Something New"), Additional production ("Livin' Right") | |
Third Eye Blind | Dopamine | Producer ("Rites of Passage") | |
Us the Duo | Slow Down Time (single) | Producer, co-writer ("Slow Down Time") | |
2016 | Cardiknox | Portrait | Co-producer, co-writer ("Into the Night")[30] |
St. Lucia | Matter | Co-producer, co-writer ("Physical", "Game 4 U")[31] | |
American Authors | What We Live For | Producer, co-writer ("What We Live For", "Right Here Right Now")[32][33] | |
Broods | Conscious | Producer, co-writer ("Are You Home")[34] | |
The Knocks | 55 | Vocal producer ("Kiss the Sky") | |
Grouplove | Big Mess | Producer, co-writer (“Welcome to Your Life”, “Do You Love Someone”, ”Standing in the Sun”, “Enlighten Me”, “Good Morning”, “Spinning”, “Cannonball”, “Traumatized”, “Heart of Mine”, “Don't Stop Making It Happen”, “Hollywood”) | |
Captain Cuts ft. Nateur | Love Like We Used To (single) | Producer, co-writer, artist ("Love Like We Used To") | |
2017 | Bebe Rexha | All Your Fault Pt. 1 | Producer, co-writer ("I Got You", "F.F.F. ft. G-Eazy") |
SoMo | The Answers | Producer, co-writer ("Over") [35] | |
Audien ft. MAX | One More Weekend (single) | Co-producer, co-writer ("One More Weekend") [36] | |
The Chainsmokers | Memories...Do Not Open | Co-producer, co-writer ("Break Up Every Night") [37] | |
Captain Cuts ft. Rich The Kid & Daniels | Cocaina (single) | Producer, co-writer, artist ("Cocaina") | |
Neon Trees | Feel Good (single) | Producer ("Feel Good") | |
Walk the Moon | What If Nothing | Co-producer, co-writer ("One Foot", "Surrender", "Kamikaze") | |
Rozes | Famous (single) | Producer, co-writer ("Famous") | |
The Knocks & Captain Cuts | House Party (single) | Producer, co-writer, artist ("House Party") | |
2018 | The Night Game | Bad Girls Don't Cry (single) | Co-writer ("Bad Girls Don't Cry") |
What So Not | Beautiful (single) | Co-writer, vocal producer ("Beautiful") | |
Amy Shark, Julia Michaels | Love, Simon (soundtrack) | Co-producer, co-writer ("Sink In") | |
Keith Urban | Graffiti U | Co-producer, co-writer ("Love The Way It Hurts (So Good)") | |
TOMI | Coming Around (single) | Producer, co-writer ("Coming Around") | |
Half The Animal | Too Late (single) | Producer, co-writer ("Too Late") | |
The Vamps | Night & Day | Producer, co-writer ("What Your Father Says") | |
lovelytheband | Finding It Hard To Smile | Co-writer ("Your Whatever") | |
Captain Cuts & Zookëper ft. Georgia Ku | Do You Think About Me? (single) | Co-producer, co-writer, artist ("Do You Think About Me?") | |
Half The Animal | Magic (single) | Producer, co-writer ("Magic") | |
Steve Aoki & Nicky Romero ft. Kiiara | Be Somebody (single) | Co-producer, co-writer, ("Be Somebody") | |
Allie X | Little Things (single) | Co-producer, co-writer ("Little Things") | |
Léon | Baby Don't talk (single) | Producer, co-writer ("Baby Don't Talk") | |
Nightly | Who Am I To You (single) | Co-producer, co-writer ("Who Am I To You") | |
NOTD, Felix Jaehn & Captain Cuts ft. Georgia Ku | So Close (single) | Co-producer, co-writer, artist ("So Close") | |
Carly Rae Jepsen | Party For One (single) | Co-producer ("Party For One") | |
Whethan ft. Bipolar Sunshine | Life Of A Wallflower Vol. 1 | Co-producer, co-writer ("Top Shelf") | |
Loren Gray | Queen (single) | Producer, co-writer ("Queen") | |
2019 | Carly Rae Jepsen | Now That I Found You (single) | Producer, Co-writer ("Now That I Found You") |
Marina | Love + Fear | Co-producer, co-writer ("Superstar", "Karma") | |
Léon | Léon | Producer, co-writer ("Better In The Dark") | |
Justin Jesso, Nina Nesbitt | Let It Be Me (EP) | Co-producer, co-writer ("Let it Be Me") | |
Dreamers | Launch Fly Land | Co-producer, co-writer ("Someway, Somehow") | |
Matt Maeson | Bank On The Funeral | Co-producer, co-writer ("Go Easy", "Tread On Me") | |
Loren Gray | Options/Lie Like That | Producer, co-writer ("Options", "Lie Like That") | |
Jai Wolf | The Cure To Loneliness | Co-writer ("Still Sleeping") | |
The Head and The Heart | Living Mirage | Producer, co-writer ("Up Against the Wall") | |
Georgia Ku | What Do I Do? (single) | Co-writer ("What Do I Do?") | |
Blink-182 | Generational Divide (single) | Co-writer ("Generational Divide") | |
Captain Cuts, Digital Farm Animals | Summertime Love (single) | Co-producer, co-writer, artist ("Summertime Love") | |
Lennon Stella | Kissing Other People (single) | Co-producer, co-writer ("Kissing Other People") | |
Captain Cuts ft. Parson James | Heat (single) | Co-producer, co-writer, artist ("Heat") | |
Bearson ft. JRM & Georgia Ku | All In (single) | Co-producer, co-writer ("All In") | |
2020 | Chelsea Cutler | How To Be Human | Producer, co-writer ("Sad Tonight") |
Marina | To All The Boys: P.S. I Still Love You | Producer, co-writer ("About Love") | |
Conan Gray | Kid Krow | Producer, co-writer ("Little League") | |
Lennon Stella | Three. Two. One. | Co-producer, co-writer ("Kissing Other People", "Older Than I Am") | |
Matoma & Captain Cuts ft. Georgia Ku | RYTME | Co-producer, co-writer, artist ("Beside You") | |
Kygo with Jamie N Commons | Golden Hour | Co-writer ("Feels Like Forever") | |
DAHL | After Ours (single) | Producer, co-writer ("After Ours") | |
Keith Urban | The Speed of Now Part 1 | Co-producer, co-writer ("Superman") | |
Cash Cash ft. Georgia Ku | Love You Now (single) | Co-writer ("Love You Now") | |
Captain Cuts ft. AJ Mitchell | Stuck In My Head (single) | Producer, co-writer, artist ("Stuck In My Head") | |
Remixes
- Walk the Moon - "One Foot"
- Grouplove – "Colours"
- Icona Pop – "Manners"
- Superhumanoids – "Mirrors" (Captain Cuts & Grouplove Remix)
- Britney Spears – "I Wanna Go"
- Ellie Goulding – "Lights"
- Foster the People – "Pumped Up Kicks" (Captain Cuts & Grouplove Remix)
- Young The Giant – "Apartment"
- Marina and the Diamonds – "Radioactive"
- Outasight – "Tonight Is the Night"
- We Barbarians – "Headspace" (Captain Cuts & Grouplove Remix)
- Imagine Dragons – "Radioactive" (Captain Cuts & Grouplove Remix)[38]
- American Authors – "Believer"[39]
- Icona Pop – "All Night"[40]
- The Wombats – "Your Body Is a Weapon" (Grouplove & Captain Cuts Remix)
- The Rubens – "My Gun" (Grouplove & Captain Cuts Remix)
- Grouplove – "Ways to Go"[41]
- Smallpools – "Mason Jar" (Grouplove & Captain Cuts Remix)
- Gold Fields – "Dark Again" (Captain Cuts & Grouplove Remix)[42]
Awards and nominations
Year | Organization | Nominated work | Award | Result | Ref. |
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2015 | Teen Choice Awards | "Shut Up and Dance" | Choice Music: Party Song | Nominated | [43] |
MTV Video Music Awards | Best Rock Video | Nominated | [44] | ||
2016 | iHeartRadio Music Awards | Song of the Year | Nominated | [45] | |
Alternative Rock Song of the Year | Nominated | [45] | |||
Billboard Music Awards | Top Rock Song | Won | [46] | ||
Top Radio Song | Won | [46] | |||
2018 | CMA Awards | Album of the Year | Nominated | [47] | |
2020 | iHeartRadio Music Awards | Dance Song Of The Year | Nominated | [48] |
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