List of songs written by Emeli Sandé

Scottish singer-songwriter Emeli Sandé has written and recorded songs for her debut studio album, Our Version of Events (2012), and has written songs for other singers.^{[note 1]} She worked with Naughty Boy (credited as a songwriter with his legal name Shahid Khan) for the majority of the songs on the album, including writing "Where I Sleep" and "River" together.^[1] He appears as a featured artist on the single "Daddy", which was co-written by Grant Mitchell, James Murray and Mustafa Omar.^[1] Sandé and Naughty Boy collaborated with Harry Craze, Hugo Chegwin and Mike Spencer on the album's lead single "Heaven", which peaked at number one on the UK Dance Chart.^[1][2] The song was conceptualised when she had a "deep conversation about religion" with Naughty Boy, and she stated that it was written very quickly.^[3] Sandé co-wrote the song "My Kind of Love" with Grammy Award winning producer Emile Haynie, and co-wrote the song "Hope" with American singer-songwriter Alicia Keys.^[1][4] In August 2011, record executive Simon Cowell named Sandé his "favourite songwriter" of the moment.^[3]

Sandé at the NRJ Music Awards ceremony in Cannes, France, held in January 2013

Aside from writing material for her debut album, Sandé has worked with a multitude of singers on songs that have been included on their albums. She reunited with Keys for the latter's fifth studio album Girl on Fire (2012). The pair wrote "101", "Not Even the King" and "Brand New Me".^[5] "Brand New Me" was released as the second single from Girl on Fire; the collaborative process of writing with Sandé was described by Keys as being "instant magic".^[6] Sandé wrote the song "Half of Me" alongside Naughty Boy and production team Stargate, which was included on Rihanna's seventh studio album, Unapologetic (2012).^[7] The singer also contributed to several songs on Leona Lewis' third studio album Glassheart (2012), including the lead single "Trouble", "I to You" and "Sugar".^[8] Sandé appeared as a guest vocalist on Professor Green's song "Read All About It" and Labrinth's song "Beneath Your Beautiful".^[9][10] Both songs were co-written by herself and both peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart and UK R&B Chart.^{[11][12][13][14]}

Songs

Sandé co-wrote three songs with Alicia Keys (pictured) for the latter's fifth studio album, Girl on Fire (2012), including "Brand New Me".

Sandé wrote three songs included on Leona Lewis' (pictured) third studio album Glassheart (2012), including "I to You" and "Trouble".

Alongside production team Stargate, Sandé co-wrote the song "Half of Me" for Rihanna's (pictured) seventh studio album, Unapologetic (2012).

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Key

†	Indicates single release
#	Indicates promotional single release
‡	Indicates song written solely by Sandé

Song	Artist(s)	Writer(s)	Album	Year	Ref.
"101"	Alicia Keys	Alicia Keys Emeli Sandé	Girl on Fire	2012	[5]
"A Z"	—	Ashton Millard Emeli Sandé Paul Hermon	—	Un­known	[15]
"Abide with Me"	—	Emeli Sandé Rick Smith Traditional	—	Un­known	[16]
"Another One"	Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Lee Stashenko	Let's Say for Instance	2022	[17]
"Astronaut"	Professor Green	Emeli Sandé Ludovico Einaudi Shahid Khan Stephen Manderson	At Your Inconvenience	2011	[9]
"Avalon" †	Professor Green featuring Sierra Kusterbeck	Emeli Sandé James Murray Luke Juby Mustafa Omar Stephen Manderson	At Your Inconvenience	2011	[9]
"Babe"	Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Matthew Holmes Philip Leigh	Long Live the Angels	2016	[18]
"Babys Eyes"	—	Emeli Sandé ‡	—	Un­known	[19]
"Back to Life"	—	Emeli Sandé Wayne Hector Steve Robson	—	Un­known	[20]
"Bad Again"	—	Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan	—	Un­known	[21]
"Beneath Your Beautiful" †	Labrinth featuring Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Timothy McKenzie Mike Posner	Electronic Earth and Our Version of Events	2012	[10]
"Best Friend"	—	Emeli Sandé ‡	—	Un­known	[22]
"Bestest Friend"	—	Ashton Millard Emeli Sandé Paul Hermon Prince R. Nelson	—	Un­known	[23]
"Better"	—	Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan	—	Un­known	[24]
"Big City Type Distractions"	—	Emeli Sandé Sam Frank	—	Un­known	[25]
"Big Time Dreamers"	—	Emeli Sandé Rick Nowels Rob Kleiner Oh Hush	—	2017
"Booty Call"	—	Emeli Sandé ‡	—	Un­known	[26]
"Boys"	Cheryl Cole	Emeli Sandé James Murray Mustafa Omer Shahid Khan	3 Words – The B-Sides EP	2010	[27]
"Brainwashed" †	Devlin featuring Milena Sanchez	Emeli Sandé James Devlin Pontus Hjelm	Bud, Sweat and Beers	2010	[28]
"Brand New Me" †	Alicia Keys	Alicia Keys Emeli Sandé	Girl on Fire	2012	[5]
"Breaking the Law"	Emeli Sandé	Ben Harrison Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan	Our Version of Events	2012	[1]
"Breathing Underwater" †	Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Christopher Crowhurst	Long Live the Angels	2016	[18]
"Brighter Days" †	Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Ollie Green Moyses Dos Santos	Let's Say for Instance	2022	[17]
"Clown" †	Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Grant Mitchell Shahid Khan	Our Version of Events	2012	[1]
"Colour Blind"	Amber Riley	Claude Kelly Emeli Sandé Steve Mac	—	Un­known	[29]
"Coming From a Man"	—	Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan	—	Un­known	[30]
"Daddy" †	Emeli Sandé featuring Naughty Boy	Emeli Sandé Grant Mitchell James Murray Mustafa Omer Shahid Khan	Our Version of Events	2012	[1]
"Diamond Rings" †	Chipmunk featuring Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Jahmaal Fyffe Shahid Khan	I Am Chipmunk	2009	[31]
"Dirty Jeans and Sweater"	—	Emeli Sandé ‡	—	Un­known	[32]
"Distractions"	—	Emeli Sandé Sam Frank	—	Un­known	[33]
"Dreamer"	—	Benjamin Harrison Emeli Sandé James Devlin Shahid Khan	—	Un­known	[34]
"Dream On"	Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Christopher Crowhurst	Long Live the Angels	2016	[18]
"Easier in Bed"	Emeli Sandé	Chris Loco Emeli Sandé	Our Version of Events	2012	[1]
"Ego"	—	Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan	—	Un­known	[35]
"Enough"	—	Amund Bjørklund Emeli Sandé Espen Lind	—	Un­known	[36]
"Every Single Little Piece"	Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Matthew Holmes Philip Leigh	Long Live the Angels	2016	[18]
"Extraordinary Being" †	Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Troy Miller Laidi Saliasi	Real Life	2019	[37]
"Falling Down"	—	Cleopatra Humphrey Emeli Sandé James Murray Margaret Bakosi Mustafa Omer	—	Un­known	[38]
"Family" †	Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Henri Davies	Let's Say for Instance	2022	[17]
"Find a Boy"	—	Aminata Kabba Emeli Sandé Rocky Takalobighashi Shahid Khan	—	Un­known	[39]
"Fireworks"	Alessandra Amoroso	Christopher Crowhurst Emeli Sandé	Amore puro	2013	[40]
"Fix Me"	—	Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan	—	Un­known	[41]
"Free"	—	Amir Izadkhah Emeli Sandé Kesi Dryden Piers Sean Aggett	—	Un­known	[42]
"Free as a Bird"	Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Laidi Saliasi Jacob McKenzie	Real Life	2019	[37]
"Garden"	Emeli Sandé featuring Jay Electronica and Áine Zion	Emeli Sandé Christopher Crowhurst Timothy Thedford Áine Zion	Long Live the Angels	2016	[18]
"Give Me a Minute"	—	Emeli Sandé J. Velard	—	Un­known	[43]
"Give Me Something"	Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Matthew Holmes Philip Leigh Christopher Crowhurst	Long Live the Angels	2016	[18]
"Go Lover"	—	Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan	—	Un­known	[44]
"Golden"	—	Chris Braide Emeli Sandé	—	Un­known	[45]
"Half of Me"	Rihanna	Emeli Sandé Mikkel S. Eriksen Shahid Khan Tor Erik Hermansen	Unapologetic	2012	[7]
"Happen"	Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Matthew Holmes Philip Leigh Jonny Coffer Shahid Khan	Long Live the Angels	2016	[18]
"Heaven" †	Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Harry Craze Hugo Chegwin Mike Spencer Shahid Khan	Our Version of Events	2012	[1]
"Helicopters and Planes"	—	Anthony L. Jones Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan Sheraaz Amin	—	Un­known	[46]
"Here It Comes"	—	Emeli Sandé Rick Smith	—	Un­known	[47]
"Highs & Lows"	Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Tom Barnes Peter Kelleher Ben Kohn Wayne Hector	Long Live the Angels	2016	[18]
"Hollywood"	—	Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan	—	Un­known	[48]
"Honest"	Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Troy Miller	Real Life	2019	[37]
"Hope"	Emeli Sandé	Alicia Keys Emeli Sandé	Our Version of Events	2012	[1]
"Hotel Cabana"	—	Emeli Sandé Patrick Okogwu Shahid Khan	—	Un­known	[49]
"Human"	Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Nana G. Boateng	Real Life	2019	[37]
"Hurts" †	Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Matthew Holmes Philip Leigh James Murray Mustafa Omer	Long Live the Angels	2016	[18]
"I'd Rather Not"	Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan Jonny Coffer Shakil Ashraf	Long Live the Angels	2016	[18]
"I'm Not Sorry"	—	Anthony John McLean Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan	—	Un­known	[50]
"I to You"	Leona Lewis	Christopher Crowhurst Emeli Sandé Leona Lewis	Glassheart	2012	[8]
"It Takes Two"	Katy Perry	Katy Perry Benjamin Levin Emeli Sandé Mikkel Storleer Eriksen & Tor Erik Hermansem	Prism	2013	[51]
"July 25th"	Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Yoana Karemova	Let's Say for Instance	2022	[17]
"Just a Boy"	—	Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan	—	Un­known	[52]
"Kids that Love to Dance"	—	Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan Steven Marsden	—	Un­known	[53]
"Kill the Boy"	—	Emeli Sandé ‡	—	Un­known	[54]
"Kung Fu"	Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Jonny Coffer	Long Live the Angels	2016	[18]
"Let Go"	Tinie Tempah featuring Emeli Sandé	Ben Harrison Emile Hayne Shahid Khan Patrick Okogwu Emeli Sandé	Disc-Overy	2010	[55]
"Let It Rain" †	Tinchy Stryder featuring Melanie Fiona	Emeli Sandé Kwasi Danquah III Melanie Fiona	Third Strike	2011	[56]
"Lifetime"	Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Glyn Aikins Luke Juby Shahid Khan Steve Mostyn	Our Version of Events	2012	[1]
"Lifted"	—	Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan	—	Un­known	[57]
"Lola"	—	Emeli Sandé Kaywan Qazzaz Louis Christopher Bryn Said Saif Haider Naqui Syed Shabi Haider Nagvi	—	Un­known	[58]
"Lonely"	Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Matthew Holmes James Murray Mustafa Omer Philip Leigh	Long Live the Angels	2016	[18]
"Look In Your Eyes"	Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Garfield Booker Jimmy Hamilton Maurice Hayes Teddy Raab	Let's Say for Instance	2022	[17]
"Look What You've Done" †	Emeli Sandé with Jaykae	Emeli Sandé Janum Khan	Let's Say for Instance	2022	[17]
"Looks Can Be Deceiving"	—	Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan	—	Un­known	[59]
"Love to Help"	Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Laidi Saliasi	Real Life	2019	[37]
"Maybe"	Emeli Sandé	Ash Millard Emeli Sandé Paul Hermon	Our Version of Events	2012	[1]
"Mountains" [note 2]	Emeli Sandé / Leona Lewis	Luke Juby Shahid Khan James Murray Mustafa Omer Emeli Sandé	Our Version of Events	2012	[1] [60]
"Moving"	—	Emeli Sandé ‡	—	Un­known	[61]
"Mr Officer"	—	Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan	—	Un­known	[62]
"My Heart"	Richard Kylea Cowie	Christopher Crowhurst Emeli Sandé Karim Kharbouch Richard Kylea Cowie	—	Un­known	[63]
"My Kind of Love" †	Emeli Sandé	Emile Haynie Emeli Sandé	Our Version of Events	2012	[1]
"My Pleasure"	Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Jabulani Sithole Sarah Eloho	Let's Say for Instance	2022	[17]
"Naturally"	Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Tom Barnes Wayne Hector Peter Kelleher Ben Kohn	Long Live the Angels	2016	[18]
"New World"	—	Emeli Sandé J Velard	—	Un­known	[64]
"Next to Me" †	Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Hugo Chegwin Harry Craze	Our Version of Events	2012	[1]
"Not Even the King"	Alicia Keys	Alicia Keys Emeli Sandé	Girl on Fire	2012	[5]
"Nothing Left to Lose"	—	Dave Tozer Emeli Sandé	—	Un­known	[65]
"Oh La La"	—	Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan	—	Un­known	[66]
"Oxygen"	Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Lee Stashenko	Let's Say for Instance	2022	[17]
"Patchwork"	—	Emeli Sandé ‡	—	Un­known	[67]
"Pluto"	—	Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan	—	Un­known	[68]
"Push It All Away"	—	Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan	—	Un­known	[69]
"Radio" †	Alesha Dixon	Ben Scarr Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan	The Entertainer	2010	[70]
"Radio" (Klass Remix Edit)	Alesha Dixon featuring Wiley	Ben Scarr Emeli Sandé Richard Cowie Shahid Khan	"Radio" Digital EP	2010	[71]
"Read All About It (Part III)" #	Emeli Sandé	Ben Kohn Emeli Sandé Iain James Peter Kelleher Stephen Manderson Tom Barnes	Our Version of Events	2012	[1]
"Read All About It" †	Professor Green featuring Emeli Sandé	Ben Kohn Emeli Sandé Iain James Peter Kelleher Stephen Manderson Tom Barnes	At Your Inconvenience	2011	[9]
"Ready to Love"	Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Ollie Green	Let's Say for Instance	2022	[17]
"Real Life"	Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Laidi Saliasi	Real Life	2019	[37]
"Recovery"	—	Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan	—	Un­known	[72]
"Reebok Song"	—	Emeli Sandé ‡	—	Un­known	[73]
"Right Now"	Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Matthew Holmes Philip Leigh Shahid Khan	Long Live the Angels	2016	[18]
"River"	Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan	Our Version of Events	2012	[1]
"Run Away"	—	Emeli Sandé Kaywan Qazzaz Louis Christopher Bryn Said Saif Haider Naqui Syed Shabi Haider Nagvi	—	Un­known	[74]
"Same Old Feeling"	Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Laidi Saliasi Jacob McKenzie Christopher Hanlon	Real Life	2019	[37]
"Selah"	Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé ‡	Long Live the Angels	2016	[18]
"September 8th"	Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Garfield Booker Jimmy Hamilton Maurice Hayes Teddy Raab	Let's Say for Instance	2022	[17]
"Shakes"	Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan Jonny Coffer	Long Live the Angels	2016	[18]
"Shine" †	Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé‡	Real Life	2019	[37]
"Side Effects of You"	Fantasia Barrino	Benjamin Harrison Claudia Brent Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan	Side Effects of You	2013	[75]
"Silent"	—	Emeli Sandé ‡	—	Un­known	[76]
"So Sentimental"	—	Emeli Sandé Kaywan Qazzaz Syed Shabi Haider Nagvi	—	Un­known	[77]
"Somebody"	Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Christopher Crowhurst	Long Live the Angels	2016	[18]
"SoopaDoopaLova"	—	Emeli Sandé ‡	—	Un­known	[78]
"Sparrow" †	Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Laidi Saliasi	Real Life	2019	[37]
"Started with a Kiss"	—	Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan	—	Un­known	[79]
"Stay Awake"	—	Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan Steve Mostyn	—	Un­known	[80]
"Stay Here in the Sun" †	TĀLĀ featuring Naughty Boy	Jasmine Tadjiky Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan Harry Craze Hugo Chegwin	TBA	2018	[81]
"Still Standing"	—	Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan Wayne Hector	—	Un­known	[82]
"Sugar"	Leona Lewis	Alexander Shuckburg Emeli Sandé	Glassheart	2012	[8]
"Suitcase"	Emeli Sandé	Ben Harrison Emeli Sandé Luke Juby	Our Version of Events	2012	[1]
"Summer"	Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Henri Davies	Let's Say for Instance	2022	[17]
"Superhuman"	Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Sam Sumser	Let's Say for Instance	2022	[17]
"Survivor"	Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Laidi Saliasi	Real Life	2019	[37]
"Sweet Architect"	Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Jonny Coffer Mustafa Omer James Murray	Long Live the Angels	2016	[18]
"Taking the Radio"	—	Emeli Sandé Richard W. Nowells Jr.	—	Un­known	[83]
"Talk to Me"	—	Amir Izadkhah Emeli Sandé Kesi Dryden Piers Sean Aggett	—	Un­known	[84]
"Tenderly"	Emeli Sandé featuring Joel Sandé and The Serenje Choir	Emeli Sandé Matthew Holmes Philip Leigh Joel Sandé	Long Live the Angels	2016	[18]
"There Isn't Much" †	Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Fredrik Ball Shahid Khan Shakil Ashraf	Let's Say for Instance	2022	[17]
"This Much Is True"	Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé ‡	Long Live the Angels	2016	[18]
"This Will Be the Year"	Susan Boyle	Emeli Sandé Josh Kear Shahid Khan	Someone to Watch Over Me	2011	[85]
"Tiger"	Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan	Our Version of Events	2012	[1]
"Til the End"	—	Emeli Sandé Kwasi Esono Danquah Shahid Khan	—	Un­known	[86]
"Trouble" †	Leona Lewis featuring Childish Gambino	Emeli Sandé Fraser T Smith Hugo Chegwin Harry Craze James Murray Leona Lewis Musta Omer Shahid Khan	Glassheart	2012	[8]
"Underdog Law"	—	Emeli Sandé Jermaine Scott	—	Un­known	[87]
"Untouchable"	—	Emeli Sandé Marcus Allen Melvin Joe Sparkman	—	Un­known	[88]
"Very Little Good"	—	Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan P. Pelsted	—	Un­known	[89]
"Wait for Me"	Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Christopher Hanlon Jacob McKenzie Laidi Saliasi Mike Mayfield	Let's Say for Instance	2022	[17]
"Where I Sleep"	Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Shahid Khan	Our Version of Events	2012	[1]
"Wonder" †	Naughty Boy featuring Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Hugo Chegwin Harry Craze Shahid Khan	Hotel Cabana and Our Version of Events	2012	[1]
"World Go Round"	Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Ray Angry	Let's Say for Instance	2022	[17]
"You Are Not Alone" †	Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Salaam Remi James Poyser	Real Life	2019	[37]
"Yes You Can"	Emeli Sandé	Emeli Sandé Darren Jones Nicky Brown	Let's Say for Instance	2022	[17]
"Your Song" ‡	—	Emeli Sandé	—	Un­known	[90]

Notes

1. Sandé is also credited as a writer by the BMI as Adele Emily Sandé.
2. "Mountains" was originally recorded by Leona Lewis for her third album, Glassheart (2012). However, for unknown reasons, Sandé reclaimed the song for inclusion on Our Version of Events.