Jacob Manson is a British songwriter, record producer and DJ. He is best known as one half of the electronic music duo Blonde, whose singles "I Loved You" (featuring Melissa Steel) and "All Cried Out" (featuring Alex Newell) charted in the UK top 10 and received BPI Platinum certification.
As a songwriter and producer outside Blonde, Manson has contributed to 9 top 10 records and has credits with artists including Ed Sheeran, David Guetta and Jason Derulo, as well as frequent collaborations with Elderbrook and Nines. In July 2025, he co-wrote "Dior" by MK featuring Chrystal, which reached number one on the UK Singles Chart for two weeks as well as an 11 week stay in the top 10. In 2024, "Messy in Heaven" by venbee and Goddard.—which Manson co-produced— charted at #3 in the UK and was nominated for the BRIT Award for Song of the Year with Mastercard.
Discography With Blonde Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album UKPeaks in the UK: All except noted: "Don't Need No Money": UK Dance AUTAustriancharts.at – Blonde feat. Melissa Steel – I Loved You Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 11 February 2015. BEL(FL)Ultratop.be – Blonde feat. Melissa Steel – I Loved You Ultratop 50. Retrieved 11 February 2015. GEROfficialcharts.de – Blonde feat. Melissa Steel – I Loved You GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 9 February 2015. IREChart Track: Week 3, 2015 Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 15 January 2015. SCOArchive Chart: 2014-12-13 Scottish Singles Top 40. Retrieved 7 December 2014. SWISwisscharts.com – Blonde feat. Melissa Steel – I Loved You Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 8 February 2015. "Foolish"(featuring Ryan Ashley) 2014 — — — 82 — — — — rowspan="5" "Higher Ground"(featuring Charli Taft) — — — — — — — — "I Loved You"(featuring Melissa Steel) 7 5 60 31 25 65 10 56 BPI: Platinum "All Cried Out"(featuring Alex Newell) 2015 4 1 — 59 — 74 4 — BPI: Platinum "Feel Good (It's Alright)"(featuring Karen Harding) 76 19 — 99 — — 50 — "Nothing Like This"(with Craig David) 2016 15 5 — 94 — 34 — — BPI: Platinum Following My Intuition "Don't Need No Money"(Imani featuring Sigala and Blonde) 2016 67 22 — — — 77 — — "Just for One Night"(featuring Astrid S) 2017 — — — — — — — — "Me, Myself & I"(featuring Bryn Christopher) 2018 — — — — — — — — "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.
Select Production and Songwriting Discography Title Year Artist(s) Credits Produced With Peak Chart Position (UK) Certification Album "Lay It All on Me" 2015 Rudimental Co-writer
12 BPI: Platinum, RIAA Platinum, ARIA 2× Platinum We the Generation "Just My Type" 2018 The Vamps Co-writer/Producer
Night & Day "Answerphone" Banx & Ranx Co-writer
5 BPI: Platinum "Somebody Like Me" Craig David Co-writer/Producer/Mixer
The Time Is Now "Used to Love You" Anne-Marie Co-Producer Fraser T. Smith, Lostboy
Speak Your Mind "Hooked" Why Don't We Co-writer/Producer
8 Letters "I Don't Belong In This Club (ft. Macklemore)" 2019
RIAA: Gold "Too Hot" Jason Derulo Co-writer/Producer
"F It Up" Co-writer/Producer
"2Sides (Side 1)" "Talk About Us (ft. Stefflon Don" Co-writer/Producer
"Walls" 2020 Louis Tomlinson Co-writer
Walls "Houdini" KSI Co-writer/Producer AJProductions 6 BPI: Silver Dissimulation "Numb" Elderbrook Additional Production
Why Do We Shake in the Cold? "Why Do We Shake in the Cold?" Co-Producer/Mixer Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
"All My Love" Co-Writer/Producer
"I'm A Fool" Co-Writer/Co-Producer Joel Pott, Elderbrook
"Down By The Bay" Co-Writer/Producer/Mixer
"Take A Minute" Co-Producer
"Back To My Bed" Co-Producer
"Set Fire To My Gun" Co-Producer
"Next December" Co-Writer/Producer
"Kein Hunger (ft. Ufo361))" Loredana Co-Producer/Co-Writer
9 (Germany)
Medusa "Interest (ft. Ms Banks & Oxlade)” 2021 Dolapo Co-producer AJProductions 9 (U.K. Afrobeats Chart)
"Manchester Super Reds No.1 Fan” Don Broco Co-Writer/Co-Producer
Amazing Things "Frost” Tomorrow X Together Co-Writer/Producer
"Gang Gang (ft. Jay1 & Deno (singer))” KSI Co-Writer/Producer
40 All Over the Place "Wasted (Digga D song) (ft. ArrDee)” Digga D Co-Writer/Producer
6 BPI: Gold “BMW" 2022 Bad Boy Chiller Crew Additional Production
7 BPI: Gold “Come & Go” ArrDee Production
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“Pier Pressure” “Fuego” Aitch (rapper) Co-Production/Co-Writer Whyjay
Close to Home “The Palm” Whyjay & Litek “Messy in Heaven” Venbee & Goddard Co-Production
3 BPI: Platinum “ILY2” NewDad Producer
"I Need You" 2023 Elderbrook Co-Writer/Producer
Little Love “Calendar” Nines Co-Producer/Co-Writer
Crop Circle 2 “Only One ft. Skrapz & OURAA”
Crop Circle 3 “Toxic ft. Bad Boy Chiller Crew”
“Never Be Me ft. Blade Brown”
“I Do ft. Tunde & Mugzz”
“Good Morning”
“Could of Been ft. Miraa May”
“Devil's Rejects ft. Skrapz & George The Poet”
“When We Were Young (The Logical Song) ft. Kim Petras” David Guetta Co-Writer
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"Places ft. Shimza" 2024 Elderbrook Co-Writer/Producer
Another Touch “Shallow Water”
“Afters”
“How Long”
“Going Crazy” Nines Producer/Co-Writer
Quit While You're Ahead “Champagne Problems ft. Skrapz”
"Dior ft. Chrystal" 2025 MK Co-Writer/Producer
1 BPI Platinum - “Turn It Up” Marlon Hoffstadt Producer & Co-Writer
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