Michael James (singer)

Michael James Down is a singer and songwriter from Belfast, Northern Ireland.^[1] He is best known as a composer and lyricist of several pop songs performed by other artists, many of them in Eurovision national finals,^[2] as well as having his own solo career as a singer. As Michael James he released his first digital single "Take My Body Close" in 2014, later followed by a videoclip.^[3] He was also featured on the 2014 summer single 'Summer sun' by Royo & B.O.X ^[4]

Discography

Singles

• 2013: 'It's Not Impossible'
• 2014: 'Take My Body Close'
• 2014: 'Summer sun' (Royo and B.O.X feat. Michael James)
• 2014: 'Boom!'
• 2015: 'Wrong Answers'

Songwriting

Entries in national Eurovision pre-selections

2012

• 'This Must Be Love' by Ana Mardare (Romania 2012), 13th place

2013

• 'Meðal Andanna' by Birgitta Haukdal (Iceland 2013), 3rd place
• 'Hullócsillag' by Mónika Hoffmann (Hungary 2013), eliminated (semifinal)
• 'I Need a Hero' by Samanta Tina (Latvia 2013), 2nd place
• 'One' by Niko (Latvia 2013), winner of semi-final and competition finalist
• 'Paralyzed' by Andrei Leonte (Romania 2013), 12th place in final
• 'I Believe In Love' by Diana Hetea (Romania 2013), 12th place (semifinal)
• 'Runaways' by Boris Covali (Moldova 2013), 2nd place
• 'Freaky Thong' by Nicoleta Gavriliţă (Moldova 2013), 6th place
• 'A Brighter Day' by Tatiana Heghea (Moldova 2013), 8th place
• 'Celebrate' by Cristina V. & Glam Girls (Moldova 2013), 12th place
• 'Coma' by Margarita Ciorici (Moldova 2013), eliminated (semifinal)
• 'In My Head' by Alexandru Şendrea (Moldova 2013), eliminated (semifinal)

2014

• 'It's Not Impossible' by Michael James (Switzerland SRF internet candidates 2014)
• 'Somebody like you' by Daria Kinzer (Switzerland SRF internet candidates 2014)
• 'My Little Honey Bee' by Dennis Fagerström (Finland 2014), eliminated (semifinal)
• 'Love Will Take Me Home' by Franklin Calleja (Malta 2014), 7th place
• 'Waterfall' by Joni (Hungary 2014), eliminated (semifinal)

2015

• 'Boom!' by Michael James (Switzerland RTS qualifiers 2015)

2016

• 'Wrong Answers' by Michael James (Switzerland SRF internet candidates 2016)
• 'Alive' by Jasmine Abela (Malta 2016), 6th place
• 'All Around the World' by Deborah C (Malta 2016), 11th place
• 'United' by Rūta Ščiogolevaitė (Lithuania 2016), 3rd place
• 'Good Enough' by Annica Milán & Kimmo Blom (Finland 2016), 5th place
• 'Don't Wake Me Up' by Tuuli Okkonen (Finland 2016), 9th place

2017

• 'Let's Come Together' by NAPOLI (Belarus 2017)

Other notable songs

• 'Heartbreaker' by MAX
• 'Me Anticipo' by La Pelopony
• 'OMG' by La Pelopony
• 'Latino Love' by TWiiNS

References