Joel Little

Joel Little
Joel Little
Born	13 February 1983 (age 38); Auckland, New Zealand
Occupation(s)	Record producer; songwriter; musician;
Instruments	Guitar; keyboards;
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Dryden Street
Associated acts	Lorde; Taylor Swift; Broods; Sam Smith; Elliphant; Ellie Goulding; Imagine Dragons; Jarryd James; 6lack; Noah Kahan; Tove Lo; Goodnight Nurse; James Bay; Khalid; Shawn Mendes; Jonas Brothers;

Joel Little (born 13 February 1983) is a New Zealand record producer, musician and Grammy Award-winning songwriter.^[1]^[2] He is best known for his work as a writer and producer with artists Lorde, Taylor Swift, Broods, Sam Smith, Imagine Dragons, Ellie Goulding, Khalid, Elliphant, Jarryd James, Shawn Mendes, Marina Diamandis, Amy Shark and the Jonas Brothers.

Career[]

Little trained at the Music and Audio Institute of New Zealand (MAINZ) in Auckland, and began his career as singer and guitarist of the pop punk band Goodnight Nurse. The band released two studio albums, Always and Never (2006) and Keep Me on Your Side (2008) both of which peaked at number five on the New Zealand top 40 albums chart. Over the two albums, the band had five singles in the New Zealand top-40 from 2004 to 2008.^[3]

Along with Goodnight Nurse guitarist Sam McCarthy, Little produced and co-wrote the majority of the debut album by McCarthy's new group, Kids of 88.^[4] The album, Sugarpills, was released in 2010 and debuted at number two in the New Zealand album chart.^[5] It featured three hit singles, "My House", "Just a Little Bit" and "Downtown", all co-written by Little. "Just a Little Bit" went on to win Single of the Year at the 2010 New Zealand Music Awards.^[6]

In 2011, Little set up his own production studio, Golden Age, in Morningside, Auckland.^[7]

In 2012, Little co-wrote and produced, recorded and mixed The Love Club EP by Lorde at Golden Age.^[8] Singles "Royals" and "Tennis Court" both charted at number one in New Zealand in 2013,^[9] with the EP achieving gold certification in New Zealand and Platinum certification in Australia.^[10]^[11] Little also co-wrote, produced, mixed, engineered and played the instruments on the debut Lorde album, Pure Heroine, which was released worldwide on 30 September 2013.^[12]

In early September 2013, Little and co-writer Lorde were shortlisted for "Royals" in the 2013 Silver Scroll Award, which honours outstanding achievement in songwriting of original New Zealand pop music.^[13] They went on to win this award,^[14] at a ceremony on 16 October.^[1]^[2] He also won a Grammy Award on 26 January 2014, alongside Lorde, winning Song of the Year for "Royals".

Little produced Auckland-based pop duo Broods' single, "Bridges", subsequent EP, Broods, and their 2014 album, Evergreen.^[15]

In 2019, Little co-wrote and co-produced four songs with American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift for her seventh studio album Lover, including "Me!", "You Need to Calm Down", "The Man", and "Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince". Little and Swift also co-wrote and co-produced a fifth track, "Only the Young", which was left off the album and released in 2020 in conjunction with Miss Americana, a documentary on Swift's life and career which Little also appeared in.^[16]

As of 2014, Little is based in Los Angeles.^[17]

Discography[]

With Goodnight Nurse[]

Always and Never (2006) Festival Mushroom Records
Keep Me on Your Side (2008) Warner Music New Zealand

Production and writing credits[]

Year	Artist	Album	Song
2021	Tate McRae & Khalid		"Working"
	Vance Joy		"Missing Piece"
	Noah Kahan		"Part Of Me"
	Elliphant		"Notorious"
	Imagine Dragons		"Follow You"
	Elliphant		"Drunk & Angry"
	Jarryd James	P.M.	"Slow Motion"
			"Miracles"
			"Stop Me"
2020	Isaac Dunbar		"love, or the lack thereof'
	Isaac Dunbar		"Intimate Moments"
	Bishop Briggs		"Higher"
	Amy Shark	Amy Shark	"Everybody Rise"
	Lennon Stella	Three. Two. One.	"Jealous"
	Gracie Abrams	Non-album single	"21"
	Taylor Swift	Non-album single	"Only the Young"
2019	Tove Lo	Sunshine Kitty	"Mistaken"
	Bishop Briggs		"Jekyll & Hide"
	Foster The People	Pick U Up	"Pick U Up"
	Taylor Swift	Lover	"Me!" (feat. Brendon Urie of Panic! at the Disco)
			"You Need to Calm Down"
			"The Man"
			"Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince"
	Bishop Briggs	Champion	"Champion"
			"Jekyll & Hide"
			"I Tried"
	K Flay		"Sister"
	Noah Kahan	Busyhead	"False Confidence"
			"Mess"
			"Hurt Somebody (with Julia Michaels)"
			"Young Blood"
			"Cynic"
			"Save Me"
			"Sink"
			"Tidal"
	Jonas Brothers	Happiness Begins	''Happy When I'm Sad''
	James Bay		"Peer Pressure"
	Noah Kahan		"Mess"
	MARINA	Love + Fear	"Handmade Heaven"
			"To Be Human"
			"Life Is Strange"
	Terror Jr	Unfortunately, Terror Jr	"Pretty"
	Jarryd James		"Slow Motion"
	Broods	Don't Feed the Pop Monster	"Life After"
	Broods	Don't Feed the Pop Monster	"Too Proud"
2018	Lennon Stella	Love Me - EP	"La Di Da"
	Imagine Dragons	Origins	"Birds"
	NAO	Saturn	"Yellow of the Sun"
	Amy Shark	Love Monster	"Never Coming Back"
	6lack	East Atlantic Love Letter	"Switch"
	Daya		"Safe"
	Shawn Mendes	Shawn Mendes	"Youth (feat. Khalid)"
	Shawn Mendes	Shawn Mendes	"Queen"
	Mikky Ekko		"Moment"
	Robinson		"Nothing To Regret"
	Alison Wonderland	Awake	"Church"
			"No"
			"Okay"
			"Easy"
			"Cry"
			"Happy Place"
			"Awake"
	Kailee Morgue	Medusa	"Unfortunate Soul"
	Noah Kahan		"Come Down"
	Noah Kahan	Hurt Somebody	"Hurt Somebody"
			"Catastrophize"
			"Passenger"
2017	Kesha	The Greatest Showman Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	"This Is Me"
	Lorde	Melodrama	"Supercut"
	Lorde	Melodrama	"Green Light"
	Bebe Rexha	All Your Fault: Pt. 2	"The Way I Are (Dance with Somebody) (feat. Lil Wayne)"
	Imagine Dragons	Evolve	"Whatever It Takes"
	Ruth B	Safe Haven	"Mixed Signals"
			"Dandelions"
			"Unrighteous"
			"If This Is Love"
			"Young"
			"If By Chance"
			"World War 3"
			"Safe Haven"
			"In My Dreams"
			"First Time"
	Khalid	American Teen	"Young Dumb & Broke"
			"8teen"
			"Therapy"
	Noah Kahan		"Young Blood"
	Noah Kahan		"Sink"
2016	Tove Lo	Lady Wood	"Imaginary Friend"
	Brooke Fraser	A Sides	"Therapy"
	Jarryd James	High	"1000x (feat. Broods)"
			"Claim My Love"
			"How Do We Make It"
	Broods	Conscious	"Free"
			"We Had Everything"
			"Heartlines"
			"Hold the Line"
			"Freak of Nature (feat. Tove Lo)"
			"Recovery"
			"Couldn't Believe"
			"Full Blown Love"
			"Worth the Fight"
			"Bedroom Door"
			"Conscious"
	Fitz and the Tantrums	Fitz and the Tantrums	"Do What You Want"
2015	Elliphant	Living Life Golden	"Step Down"
	Elliphant	Living Life Golden	"Where Is Home (feat. Twin Shadow)"
	Ellie Goulding	Delirium	"Paradise"
	Ellie Goulding	Delirium	"The Greatest"
	Half Noise		"Inside"
	Jarryd James	Thirty One	"Do You Remember"
			"Give Me Something"
			"This Time (Serious Symptoms, Simple Solutions)"
			"Underneath"
			"Undone"
			"Regardless" (feat. Julia Stone)
			"High"
			"Sure Love"
	Daniel Johns	Aerial Love EP	"Aerial Love"
		Aerial Love EP	"Late Night Drive"
		Talk	"Aerial Love"
			"Cool On Fire"
			"Warm Hands"
			"Dissolve"
	Lorde	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	"Yellow Flicker Beat"
			"Meltdown"
			"Ladder Song"
			"Flicker (Kanye West rework)"
2014	Elliphant	One More EP	"One More (feat. MØ)"
	Priory	Weekend	"Weekend"
	Sam Smith	In the Lonely Hour: Deluxe Edition	"Reminds Me of You"
	Broods	Evergreen	"Mother & Father"
			"Everytime"
			"Killing You"
			"Bridges"
			"L.A.F"
			"Never Gonna Change"
			"Sober"
			"Medicine"
			"Evergreen"
			"Four Walls"
			"Superstar"
2013		Broods	"Never Gonna Change"
			"Pretty Thing"
			"Bridges"
			"Sleep Baby Sleep"
			"Taking You There"
			"Coattails"
	Lorde	Pure Heroine	"Tennis Court"
			"400 Lux"
			"Ribs"
			"Buzzcut Season"
			"Team"
			"Glory and Gore"
			"Still Sane"
			"White Teeth Teens"
			"A World Alone"
			"No Better"
2012		The Love Club	"Bravado"
			"Royals"
			"Million Dollar Bills"
			"The Love Club"
			"Biting Down"
	Timomatic	Timomatic	"AYO (That's What I Like)"
2010	Dane Rumble	The Experiment	"What Are You Waiting For?"

Awards and nominations[]

APRA awards[]

APRA Awards (Australia)[]

The APRA Awards (Australia) are annually held by Australasian Performing Right Association to honour outstanding music artists and songwriters of the year.^[18]


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	Ref.
2014	Ella Yelich-O'Connor and Joel Little	Outstanding International Achievement Award]]	Won	^[19]
2016	Jarryd James and Joel Little	Pop Work of the Year	Won	^[20]
2021	"Everybody Rise" by Amy Shark (Written by Shark and Joel Little)	Song of the Year	Nominated	^[21]

APRA Silver Scroll Awards (New Zealand)[]

The New Zealand APRA Awards are held by the Australasian Performing Right Association to honour the finest songwriters and composers.^[22]


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	Ref.
2013	Ella Yelich-O'Connor and Joel Little for "Royals"	APRA Silver Scroll	Won	^[14]
2014	Broods and Joel Little for "Bridges"	APRA Silver Scroll	Nominated	^[23]
	Ella Yelich-O'Connor and Joel Little for "Team"	Most Performed Work in New Zealand	Won	^[24]
	Ella Yelich-O'Connor and Joel Little for "Royals"	Most Performed Work Overseas	Won	^[24]
2015	Ella Yelich-O'Connor and Joel Little for "Yellow Flicker Beat"	APRA Silver Scroll	Nominated	^[25]
	Joel Little and Jarryd James for "Do You Remember"	APRA Silver Scroll	Shortlisted	^[26]
	Joel Little, Georgia Nott and Caleb Nott for "L.A.F."	APRA Silver Scroll	Shortlisted	^[26]
	Ella Yelich-O'Connor and Joel Little for "Royals"	Most Performed Work Overseas	Won	^[27]
2017	Ella Yelich-O'Connor, Jack Antonoff and Joel Little for "Green Light"	APRA Silver Scroll	Won	^[28]

ASCAP Pop Music Awards[]

The annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards are held by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers to honour the songwriters and publishers of the most performed pop songs in the United States.^[29] Some of his works (like those for Imagine Dragons) are controlled in the US by ASCAP's largest competitor, Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI).


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	Ref.
2014	Ella Yelich-O'Connor and Joel Little for "Royals"	Most Performed Songs	Won	^[30]
2015	Ella Yelich-O'Connor and Joel Little - "Team"	Most Performed Songs	Won	^[31]
2015	Ella Yelich-O'Connor and Joel Little - "Royals"	Most Performed Songs	Won	^[31]

Golden Globe Awards[]

The Golden Globe Awards were established in 1944 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to celebrate the best in film and television.^[32]


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	Ref.
2015	Ella Yelich-O'Connor and Joel Little for "Yellow Flicker Beat"	Best Original Song	Nominated	^[33]

Grammy Awards[]

The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.^[34]


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	Ref.
2014	Lorde, artist; Joel Little, producer; Joel Little, engineer/mixer; Stuart Hawkes, mastering engineer for "Royals"	56th Annual Grammy Awards – Record of the Year	Nominated	^[35]
2014	Ella Yelich-O'Connor and Joel Little, songwriters for "Royals"	56th Annual Grammy Awards – Song of the Year	Won	^[36]

New Zealand Music Awards[]

The New Zealand Music Awards are awarded annually to musicians of New Zealand origin, by Recorded Music NZ.


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	Ref.
2014	Joel Little for Pure Heroine	Best Engineer	Won	^[37]
2014	Joel Little for Pure Heroine	Best Producer	Won	^[37]
2015	Joel Little for Evergreen	Best Producer	Nominated	^[38]
2016	Joel Little for Conscious	Best Engineer	Won	^[39]
2016	Joel Little for Conscious	Best Producer	Won	^[39]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Lorde's Silver Scroll 'a big deal' for co-writer Joel Little Archived 15 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine. 3 News NZ. 16 October 2013.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Lorde takes out top Silver Scroll. Radio NZ. 16 October 2013.
^ "GOODNIGHT NURSE IN NEW ZEALAND CHARTS". charts.nz. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
^ "Kids of 88 – Sugarpills". All Music. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
^ "KIDS OF 88 IN NEW ZEALAND CHARTS". charts.nz. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
^ "2010 Winners". NZ Music Awards. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
^ "Golden Age". NZ Musician. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
^ "Lorde – The Love Club EP". Discogs. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
^ "DISCOGRAPHY LORDE". charts.nz. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
^ "12 August 2012". Official NZ Music Charts. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
^ "Royals". Aria Charts. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
^ "The 16-year-old is already a chart-topper in her native New Zealand. Is America next?". Billboard. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
^ "APRA Silver Scroll Awards 2013 Finalists Announced". The Corner. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Jenkins, Lydia (16 October 2013). "Lorde's Royals wins APRA Silver Scroll award". NZ Herald. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
^ Lipshutz, Jason (5 December 2013). "New Zealand's Broods Signs To Capitol in U.S., Preps Debut Album with Lorde's Producer". Billboard. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
^ Willman, Chris (21 January 2020). "How Midterm Elections Inspired Taylor Swift's New Song, 'Only the Young'". Variety. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
^ Duff, Michelle (14 November 2014). "Joel Little: The man behind Lorde". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
^ "Awards | APRA AMCOS". Australasian Performing Right Association (Australia). Retrieved 7 January 2015.
^ "2014 APRA Music Award winners announced". ABC Online. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
^ "2016 APRA Music Award winners announced". Australasian Performing Right Association. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
^ Brandle, Lars (4 February 2021). "2021 APRA Awards is set: Check out Song of the Year contenders". The Industry Observer. Retrieved 14 February 2021 – via The Brag.
^ "Silver Scroll Awards | APRA AMCOS NZ". Australasian Performing Right Association (New Zealand). Retrieved 7 January 2015.
^ "'APRA Silver Scrolls Finalists Announced". Stuff.co.nz. Stuff.co.nz. 17 September 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "APRA Silver Scroll Awards 2014 - The Winner". APRA:AMCOS. APRA:AMCOS. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
^ "'Diverse, original and assured' - Silver Scroll finalists announced". One News. TVNZ. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "2015 TOP 20 + 1981 TOP 5". APRA AMCOS. APRA AMCOS. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
^ "2015 APRA Silver Scroll Awards – the winners". Scoop. Scoop. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
^ "Lorde's 'Green Light' wins top Silver Scroll". NZ Herald. 15 November 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
^ Gundersen, Edna (24 April 2014). "Tom Petty, fun. honored at ASCAP Pop Music Awards". USA Today. Retrieved 8 January 2015. The annual event recognizes the songwriters and publishers of the most performed ASCAP songs on the 2013 pop charts.
^ "Most Performed Songs". ASCAP. Archived from the original on 24 April 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "ASCAP Most Performed Songs 2015". ASCAP. ASCAP. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
^ "History of the Golden Globes". Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
^ Lynch, Joe (11 December 2014). "2015 Golden Globe Nominees: Lorde & Joel Little, Lana Del Rey, Trent Reznor & More". Billboard. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
^ "Grammy Awards: Overview". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 27 October 2009.
^ "Lorde takes home two Grammys". Stuff. Fairfax. 27 January 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
^ "Grammy nominations 2014: The complete list". LA Times. 6 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards - 2014 Categories". VNZMA. VNZMA. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
^ "NZ Music Awards 2015 Tech Finalists Announced". Under the Radar. UTR. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Vodafone New Zealand Music Artisan Awards: producer Joel Little wins big". Stuff. Fairfax. Retrieved 20 October 2016.

External links[]

Official site

[3news.co.nz-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Lorde's Silver Scroll 'a big deal' for co-writer Joel Little Archived 15 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine. 3 News NZ. 16 October 2013.

[Lorde_takes_out_top_Silver_Scroll-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Lorde takes out top Silver Scroll. Radio NZ. 16 October 2013.

[3] "GOODNIGHT NURSE IN NEW ZEALAND CHARTS". charts.nz. Retrieved 14 August 2013.

[4] "Kids of 88 – Sugarpills". All Music. Retrieved 14 August 2013.

[5] "KIDS OF 88 IN NEW ZEALAND CHARTS". charts.nz. Retrieved 14 August 2013.

[6] "2010 Winners". NZ Music Awards. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2013.

[7] "Golden Age". NZ Musician. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2013.

[8] "Lorde – The Love Club EP". Discogs. Retrieved 14 August 2013.

[9] "DISCOGRAPHY LORDE". charts.nz. Retrieved 14 August 2013.

[10] "12 August 2012". Official NZ Music Charts. Retrieved 14 August 2013.

[11] "Royals". Aria Charts. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2013.

[12] "The 16-year-old is already a chart-topper in her native New Zealand. Is America next?". Billboard. Retrieved 14 August 2013.

[13] "APRA Silver Scroll Awards 2013 Finalists Announced". The Corner. Retrieved 11 September 2013.

[nzhsilverscroll-14] Jump up to: ^a ^b Jenkins, Lydia (16 October 2013). "Lorde's Royals wins APRA Silver Scroll award". NZ Herald. Retrieved 15 October 2013.

[15] Lipshutz, Jason (5 December 2013). "New Zealand's Broods Signs To Capitol in U.S., Preps Debut Album with Lorde's Producer". Billboard. Retrieved 6 December 2013.

[16] Willman, Chris (21 January 2020). "How Midterm Elections Inspired Taylor Swift's New Song, 'Only the Young'". Variety. Retrieved 3 February 2020.

[17] Duff, Michelle (14 November 2014). "Joel Little: The man behind Lorde". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 1 September 2019.

[18] "Awards | APRA AMCOS". Australasian Performing Right Association (Australia). Retrieved 7 January 2015.

[19] "2014 APRA Music Award winners announced". ABC Online. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2014.

[20] "2016 APRA Music Award winners announced". Australasian Performing Right Association. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2018.

[TheBrag-21] Brandle, Lars (4 February 2021). "2021 APRA Awards is set: Check out Song of the Year contenders". The Industry Observer. Retrieved 14 February 2021 – via The Brag.

[22] "Silver Scroll Awards | APRA AMCOS NZ". Australasian Performing Right Association (New Zealand). Retrieved 7 January 2015.

[23] "'APRA Silver Scrolls Finalists Announced". Stuff.co.nz. Stuff.co.nz. 17 September 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2015.

[APRA:AMCOS-24] Jump up to: ^a ^b "APRA Silver Scroll Awards 2014 - The Winner". APRA:AMCOS. APRA:AMCOS. Retrieved 14 September 2015.

[25] "'Diverse, original and assured' - Silver Scroll finalists announced". One News. TVNZ. Retrieved 23 August 2015.

[apranz-2015-26] Jump up to: ^a ^b "2015 TOP 20 + 1981 TOP 5". APRA AMCOS. APRA AMCOS. Retrieved 12 October 2015.

[27] "2015 APRA Silver Scroll Awards – the winners". Scoop. Scoop. Retrieved 12 October 2015.

[28] "Lorde's 'Green Light' wins top Silver Scroll". NZ Herald. 15 November 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.

[29] Gundersen, Edna (24 April 2014). "Tom Petty, fun. honored at ASCAP Pop Music Awards". USA Today. Retrieved 8 January 2015. The annual event recognizes the songwriters and publishers of the most performed ASCAP songs on the 2013 pop charts.

[ascap2014-30] "Most Performed Songs". ASCAP. Archived from the original on 24 April 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014.

[ASCAP_Most_Performed_Songs_2015-31] Jump up to: ^a ^b "ASCAP Most Performed Songs 2015". ASCAP. ASCAP. Retrieved 14 September 2015.

[32] "History of the Golden Globes". Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Retrieved 8 January 2015.

[Golden_Globes-33] Lynch, Joe (11 December 2014). "2015 Golden Globe Nominees: Lorde & Joel Little, Lana Del Rey, Trent Reznor & More". Billboard. Retrieved 13 December 2014.

[34] "Grammy Awards: Overview". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 27 October 2009.

[35] "Lorde takes home two Grammys". Stuff. Fairfax. 27 January 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2015.

[36] "Grammy nominations 2014: The complete list". LA Times. 6 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.

[VNZMA-37] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards - 2014 Categories". VNZMA. VNZMA. Retrieved 14 September 2015.

[38] "NZ Music Awards 2015 Tech Finalists Announced". Under the Radar. UTR. Retrieved 12 October 2015.

[nzma-2016-39] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Vodafone New Zealand Music Artisan Awards: producer Joel Little wins big". Stuff. Fairfax. Retrieved 20 October 2016.

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show v t Goodnight Nurse
Joel Little Jaden Parkes Sam McCarthy Rowan Crowe Paul Taite Joey Castalli
Studio albums	Always and Never Keep Me on Your Side
Singles	"Our Song" "My Only" "The Night"

show v t Grammy Award for Song of the Year
1959−1980	"Nel blu, dipinto di blu (Volare)" – Domenico Modugno (songwriter) (1959) "The Battle of New Orleans" – Jimmy Driftwood (songwriter) (1960) "Theme of Exodus" – Ernest Gold (songwriter) (1961) "Moon River" – Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini (songwriters) (1962) "What Kind of Fool Am I?" – Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley (songwriters) (1963) "Days of Wine and Roses" – Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini (songwriters) (1964) "Hello, Dolly!" – Jerry Herman (songwriter) (1965) "The Shadow of Your Smile" – Paul Francis Webster & Johnny Mandel (songwriters) (1966) "Michelle" – John Lennon & Paul McCartney (songwriters) (1967) "Up, Up, and Away" – Jimmy Webb (songwriter) (1968) "Little Green Apples" – Bobby Russell (songwriter) (1969) "Games People Play" – Joe South (songwriter) (1970) "Bridge over Troubled Water" – Paul Simon (songwriter) (1971) "You've Got a Friend" – Carole King (songwriter) (1972) "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" – Ewan MacColl (songwriter) (1973) "Killing Me Softly with His Song" – Norman Gimbel & Charles Fox (songwriters) (1974) "The Way We Were" – Alan and Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch (songwriters) (1975) "Send In the Clowns" – Stephen Sondheim (songwriter) (1976) "I Write the Songs" – Bruce Johnston (songwriter) (1977) "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" – Barbra Streisand & Paul Williams (songwriters) / "You Light Up My Life" – Joe Brooks (songwriter) (1978) "Just the Way You Are" – Billy Joel (songwriter) (1979) "What a Fool Believes" – Kenny Loggins & Michael McDonald (songwriters) (1980)
1981−2000	"Sailing" – Christopher Cross (songwriter) (1981) "Bette Davis Eyes" – Donna Weiss & Jackie DeShannon (songwriters) (1982) "Always on My Mind" – Johnny Christopher, Mark James & Wayne Carson (songwriters) (1983) "Every Breath You Take" – Sting (songwriter) (1984) "What's Love Got to Do with It" – Graham Lyle & Terry Britten (songwriters) (1985) "We Are the World" – Michael Jackson & Lionel Richie (songwriters) (1986) "That's What Friends Are For" – Burt Bacharach & Carole Bayer Sager (songwriters) (1987) "Somewhere Out There" – James Horner, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil (songwriters) (1988) "Don't Worry, Be Happy" – Bobby McFerrin (songwriter) (1989) "Wind Beneath My Wings" – Larry Henley & Jeff Silbar (songwriters) (1990) "From a Distance" – Julie Gold (songwriter) (1991) "Unforgettable" – Irving Gordon (songwriter) (1992) "Tears in Heaven" – Eric Clapton & Will Jennings (songwriters) (1993) "A Whole New World" – Alan Menken & Tim Rice (songwriters) (1994) "Streets of Philadelphia" – Bruce Springsteen (songwriter) (1995) "Kiss from a Rose" – Seal (songwriter) (1996) "Change the World" – Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick & Tommy Sims (songwriters) (1997) "Sunny Came Home" – Shawn Colvin & John Leventhal (songwriters) (1998) "My Heart Will Go On" – James Horner & Will Jennings (songwriters) (1999) "Smooth" – Itaal Shur & Rob Thomas (songwriters) (2000)
2001−2020	"Beautiful Day" – Adam Clayton, David Evans, Laurence Mullen & Paul Hewson (songwriters) (2001) "Fallin'" – Alicia Keys (songwriter) (2002) "Don't Know Why" – Jesse Harris (songwriter) (2003) "Dance with My Father" – Richard Marx & Luther Vandross (songwriters) (2004) "Daughters" – John Mayer (songwriter) (2005) "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" – Adam Clayton, David Evans, Laurence Mullen & Paul Hewson (songwriters) (2006) "Not Ready to Make Nice" – Emily Burns Erwin, Martha Maguire, Natalie Maines Pasdar & Dan Wilson (songwriters) (2007) "Rehab" – Amy Winehouse (songwriter) (2008) "Viva la Vida" – Guy Berryman, Jonathan Buckland, William Champion & Christopher Martin (songwriters) (2009) "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" – Thaddis "Kuk" Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart (songwriters) (2010) "Need You Now" – Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott (songwriters) (2011) "Rolling in the Deep" – Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth (songwriters) (2012) "We Are Young" – Jack Antonoff, Jeff Bhasker, Andrew Dost & Nate Ruess (songwriters) (2013) "Royals" – Joel Little & Ella Yelich O'Connor (songwriters) (2014) "Stay with Me" (Darkchild version) – James Napier, William Phillips & Sam Smith (songwriters) (2015) "Thinking Out Loud" – Ed Sheeran & Amy Wadge (songwriters) (2016) "Hello" – Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin (songwriters) (2017) "That's What I Like" – Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip (songwriters) (2018) "This Is America" – Donald Glover, Ludwig Göransson & Jeffery Lamar Williams (songwriters) (2019) "Bad Guy" – Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell (songwriters) (2020)
2021−present	"I Can't Breathe" – Dernst Emile II, H.E.R. & Tiara Thomas (songwriters) (2021)

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Joel Little
Born	(1983-02-13) 13 February 1983 (age 38) Auckland, New Zealand
Occupation(s)	Record producer songwriter musician
Instruments	Guitar keyboards
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Dryden Street
Associated acts	Lorde Taylor Swift Broods Sam Smith Elliphant Ellie Goulding Imagine Dragons Jarryd James 6lack Noah Kahan Tove Lo Goodnight Nurse James Bay Khalid Shawn Mendes Jonas Brothers