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- Leona Lewis, “Bleeding Love” (2007) Timbaland appeared on the remix of OneRepublic's "Apologize," and "Bleeding Love" suggests that Tedder learned a thing or two from the veteran hitmaker – there are echoes of Nelly Furtado's "Say It" in the production.
- Beyoncé, “Halo” (2008) Beyoncé was a fan of OneRepublic's "Come Home," so she reached out to Tedder to see if he would try to write her a song. "Halo" came together when Tedder was stuck at home with a torn Achilles heel.
- Adele, “Rumour Has It” (2011) Tedder’s songwriting and frontman work keeps him constantly busy, but he insisted on finding time to hit the studio with Adele.
- Gavin DeGraw, “Not Over You” (2011) DeGraw's debut single, "I Don't Want To Be," was a Top 10 hit; he's been trying to match that chart success ever since.
- "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis
- "Halo" by Beyoncé
- "Rumour Has It" by Adele
- "Welcome to New York," by Taylor Swift
"I was a brand new writer on the scene, and I was working with Jesse McCartney on his album. He told me, 'I want this album to have a Prince vibe.' I sat down at my keyboard and I thought Prince and then I thought of "dearly beloved" and some of the beginnings of Prince's songs. I started playing those chords on the organ, mocked it together. I had...
"I was on tour with OneRepublic and I blew out my Achilles heel, which sent me into surgery and then flew me home to L.A. I couldn't work, couldn't do anything and it got old really quick. Beyoncé had called me a month before. She wanted me to write her a song like [OneRepublic's] 'Come Home.' I was like, 'I'll write you a song, but let me do whate...
"I was on tour in Scotland blasting 19 and listening to 'Hometown Glory' on repeat. I called my manager, I said, 'Track down this Adele chick, I gotta work with her.' She was like, 'Who?' [Laughs] What I didn't know is, at the same time, Adele was trying to reach out to me because 'Halo' was her favorite song like ever. Fast forward four, five mont...
"I thought we were going to walk in and start something from scratch because that's what I was used to. Then she calls me and says, 'Is it cool if I already have an idea?' I said, 'Sure.' She said, 'I have this song, I'm obsessed with New York and I just moved there, I want to write an ode to New York because no one's done it in a long time.' And t...
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In 2014, Tedder collaborated on writing and producing with artists such as Maroon 5 for their fifth studio album V, and Taylor Swift for her fifth studio album 1989. He has also produced and wrote for Ariana Grande's second studio album My Everything. Tedder shares producing credits on U2's 2014 album, Songs of Innocence.
Mar 21, 2024 · He’s a hugely successful recording artist (as leader of OneRepublic ), one of the top songwriter-producers of the past 15 years (Beyoncé’s “Halo,” U2, Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, Ed Sheeran,...
Sep 15, 2023 · Ryan Tedder, writer of hits for Beyoncé, Adele and Taylor Swift: ‘There’s too much music, and artists don’t take advice’. The composer, who has written hits for Beyoncé, Adele, Taylor...
