Jon Levine
Jon Levine is a Canadian record producer, songwriter, and former keyboardist and songwriter for the Philosopher Kings.[1] He has co-written and produced songs for artists such as Dua Lipa, Drake, Alessia Cara, The Struts, Kesha, Aloe Blacc, Little Mix, Becky G, Andra Day, Little Mix, Rachel Platten, Nelly Furtado, Andy Grammer, T-Boz, Avril Lavigne, Bono, Selena Gomez, Bebe Rexha, Drake.
Jon Levine | |
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Born | Toronto, Ontario, Canada Birth date january 11 1967 |
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Years active | 1996-present |
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Biography
Jon Levine is a Toronto-born, LA-based, former major label artist-turned producer. Jon developed Rachel Platten, producing her years before she signed to Columbia and remains her core collaborator. He is the sole producer on her Gold-selling album Wildfire that includes 7x Platinum “Fight Song” and 1x Platinum “Stand By You.” Jon cowrote and produced Dua Lipa’s “Blow Your Mind (Mwah!)”, her first worldwide single that is one of Primary Wave’s most synced contemporary songs to this day. Jon wrote and produced the bulk of The Struts’ 2018 YOUNG&DANGEROUS including the single “Body Talks” ft. Kesha which is the band’s highest-grossing song with twenty sync uses. Jon wrote and produced the band’s new album Strange Days which included collabs with Tom Morello, Albert Hammond Jr, and Robbie Williams.
Jon has assumed the role as Alessia Cara’s producer. This role encompasses producing and writing her EP “This Summer”, creating an original Christmas song “Make It To Christmas,” producing a song for Netflix’s The Willoughbys, and making acoustic and live versions of the EP. Jon produced and wrote three tracks on Avril Lavigne’s new album Head Above Water. Jon produced Andy Grammer’s album Magazines and Novels and has two cuts on Andy’s new album including the single “I Found You” ft. Cash Cash. Jon has produced singles for Bebe Rexha, Lea Michele, Aloe Blacc, Alessia Cara, and Faouzia. He has album cuts on Avril Lavigne, Drake, Celine Dion, Little Mix, Sabrina Carpenter, Leona Lewis, Andra Day, Nelly Furtado, and Selena Gomez. Jon’s Dua Lipa "Blow Your Mind (Mwah!)" song was synced with Revlon in 2018,[2] The Struts song was synced with Harley Davidson in 2019 and Budweiser in 2020, and his Bebe Rexha song was synced with Walgreens in 2020.
Jon produced “Lean On Me” performed by Justin Bieber, Michael Buble, and Avril Lavigne to benefit the Canadian Red Cross. Jon produced “What The World Needs Now” performed by Smokey Robinson, Tori Kelly, Sam Fischer, and Leona Lewis to benefit the American Red Cross.[3]
Selected discography
Year | Artist | Title | Album | Label | Details |
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2019 | Avril Lavigne | "Souvenir" | Head Above Water | BMG Rights Management | Producer |
"Bigger Wow" | Producer, Writer | ||||
"Love Me Insane" | |||||
2018 | Rozzi | "Never Over You" | Single | Columbia Records | Producer |
Andy Grammer | "The Good Parts" | The Good Parts | S-Curve Records | Producer | |
"85" | Producer, Writer | ||||
2017 | Rachel Platten | "Hands" | Waves | Columbia Records | Producer |
"Without You" | |||||
"Wild" | Producer, Writer | ||||
"Keep Up" | |||||
"Good Life" | |||||
Lea Michele | "Anything's Possible" | Places | Columbia Records | Producer | |
Charlotte OC | "Medicine Man" | Careless People | Harvest Records | Producer, Writer | |
Needtobreathe ft. Andra Day | "Hard Love" | Hard Love | Atlantic Records | Producer | |
Lindsey Stirling ft. Becky G | "Christmas C'Mon" | Warmer in the Winter | Lindseystomp Records | Writer | |
Shawn Hook ft. Serena Ryder | "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" | Single | Hollywood Records | Producer, Writer | |
2016 | Rachel Platten | Album Producer | Wildfire | Columbia | Producer, Writer |
Drake | "Weston Road Flows" | Views | OVO Sound Young Money Entertainment Cash Money Republic Records | Writer | |
Dua Lipa | "Blow Your Mind" | Dua Lipa | Warner Bros. Records | Producer, Writer | |
Needtobreathe | "When I Sing" | Hard Love | Atlantic Records | Producer | |
Fleur East | "Sax" | Love, Sax and Flashbacks | Syco | Additional production | |
Thirdstory | "G-Train" | Searching EP | Verve Records | Writer | |
2015 | Kat Dahlia | "I Think I'm in Love" | My Garden |
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Producer, Writer |
Bebe Rexha | "I'm Gonna Show You Crazy" | I Don't Wanna Grow Up | Warner Bros. Records | Producer, Writer | |
Buffy Sainte Marie | Multiple tracks | Power In The Blood | True North Records | Producer | |
Sabrina Carpenter | "Seamless" | Eyes Wide Open | Hollywood Records | Producer, Writer | |
Marina Kaye ft. Lindsey Stirling | "Sounds Like Heaven" | Fearless | Capitol Records (France) | Producer, Writer | |
Katherine McPhee | "Damage Control" | Hysteria | eOne | Writer | |
Rachel Platten | "Stand By You" | Wildfire | Columbia | Producer, Writer | |
"Fight Song" | Producer | ||||
Samantha Jade | "Always" | Nine | Sony Australia | Producer, Writer | |
Armour | Shake That B-side | ||||
Hedley | "Man Killer" | Hello | Universal Canada | Producer, Writer | |
2014 | Andy Grammer | "Honey, I'm Good", "Back Home", "Pushing", "Forever", "Holding Out", "Remind You", "Masterpiece", "Sinner", "Red Eye", Kiss You Slow", "Co-Pilot" | Magazines Or Novels | S-Curve Records | Producer |
"Blame it on the Stars" | Producer, Writer | ||||
These Kids Wear Crowns | "Love This City" | Single | Universal Canada | Producer, Writer | |
Melissa Etheridge | Multiple tracks | This Is M.E. | Caroline Distribution | Producer, Writer | |
Karise Eden | "Black Heart" | Things I've Done | Island Records Australia | Producer, Writer | |
2013 | Emblem3 | "3000 Miles"[4] | Nothing to Lose | Syco Music | Producer, Writer |
My Name Is Kay | "Ain't Gonna Cry" | My Name Is Kay | Last Gang/Universal | Producer, Writer | |
Leona Lewis | "Your Hallelujah" | Christmas, With Love | Syco | Writer | |
2012 | Juliet Simms | "Wild Child" | Single | Universal Republic | Producer, Writer[5] |
Serena Ryder | "Fall", "Heavy Love", "Mary Go Round", "Please", "Circle of the Sun", "For You", | Harmony | EMI Music Canada | Producer, Writer[6] | |
Little Mix featuring T-Boz | "Red Planet"[7] | DNA | Syco Music | Producer, Writer | |
Cher Lloyd | "Behind the Music", "Riot"[8] | Sticks & Stones (US edition) | Epic/Syco Music | Producer, Writer | |
Chris Rene | "Chains"[9] | I'm Right Here | Epic/Syco Music | Producer, Writer | |
K'Naan | "Bulletproof Pride"[10] | Country, God, or the Girl | A&M/Octone | Producer, Writer | |
Shawn Hook | Album Producer | Cosmonaut and The Girl[11] | EMI Music Canada | Producer, Writer | |
2011 | Anjulie | "Stand Behind The Music" | Universal Republic | Producer, Writer | |
2010 | Selena Gomez | Trust in Me (The Python's Song)[12] | Disneymania 7 | Walt Disney | Producer |
Fefe Dobson | "Didn't See You Coming", "Set Me Free" | Joy | Island Records | Producer, Writer | |
2009 | Anjulie | Various tracks[13] | Anjulie | Hear Music | Producer |
2008 | Kreesha Turner | Various tracks | Passion | EMI/Capitol | Producer, Writer |
2007 | Serena Ryder | "Calling to Say"[14] | A Canadian Christmas, Vol 4 | Universal Distribution | Producer, Writer |
2001 | Sugar Jones | "How Much Longer" | Sugar Jones | Universal Music Canada | Producer, Writer |
Jelleestone | Jelleestone Thirteen | Warner Bros. Records | Producer[15] | ||
2000 | Nelly Furtado | "Well, Well"[16] | Whoa, Nelly! | DreamWorks | Producer, Writer |
Solo work
Levine's solo work can be heard on his debut album Ground Tied, which was released in November 2009 and which is available through a number of online outlets, including iTunes.
References
- Ankeny, Jason. "Biography: The Philosopher Kings". AMG. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7WjD5G5ZuY
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jCLS3C8DdM. Missing or empty
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(help) - "Nothing to Lose album credits". Retrieved 2013-07-29.
- "Wild Child credits". Retrieved 2012-12-12.
- Stevenson, Jane. "Serena Ryder Makes a Welcome Return". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 2012-11-30.
- "D.N.A. (Album)". Retrieved 2012-11-14.
- Corner, Lewis. "Cher Lloyd unveils new track 'Behind the Music' credits". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2012-10-05.
- "Chris Rene, I'm Right Here credits". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2012-10-05.
- Bliss, Karen. "K'Naan: From the Political to the (Somewhat) Personal". SOCAN. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
- https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/cosmonaut-and-the-girl/id721214622
- "Disneymania 7". ArtistDirect. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
- "AllMusic: Jon Levine". Retrieved 2012-08-20.
- "A Canadian Christmas 4". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
- "Moguls in the making: Toronto's Jelleestone, Swollen Members from Vancouver vie for Canada's hip-hop crown". Edmonton Journal, February 8, 2002.
- "UK-Charts.com". Retrieved 2012-08-20.