Quarterhead is a songwriting and production duo from Germany, formed by Josh Tapen and Janik Riegert in 2010.
Career The duo's international breakthrough happened in 2020 with the electronic dance song "Head Shoulders Knees & Toes" together with French DJ duo Ofenbach and American singer Norma Jean Martine. The song reached gold and platinum status in 10 countries and over 500 million streams.
The song was written in their last session before the first lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic in February 2020.
Other releases include collaborations with Nelly Furtado, Cheat Codes, Hugel, Kiddo, Robin Schulz, Felix Jaehn and Sabrina Carpenter.
In the years before the breakthrough Quarterhead wrote and produced in the background for artists like Ofenbach, Ella Henderson, LUM!X, Gabry Ponte, Dubdogz, Ilira or Benjamin Ingrosso.
The duo is currently signed to Virgin Records / Universal and Kobalt Music in London.
Discography Singles 2016: "Like I Do" (featuring Jake Reese) 2017: "Hurts So Good" (with S Y K Ë S) 2017: "Habits" 2017: "I Can Sleep When I'm Dead" 2019: "Comfort Zone" (with Alle Farben) 2019: "Hunter" (with Richard Judge) 2019: "Candy Shop" 2020: "Head Shoulders Knees & Toes" (with Ofenbach featuring Norma Jean Martine) 2021: "Touch My Body" 2021: "Eyes & You" (with Hugel) 2021: "Love So Sweet" 2021: "Lucky" (with Cheat Codes and Kiddo) 2022: "Nichts Mehr Zu Sagen" (with Max Giesinger) 2023: "Remedy" (with Matt Sassari and Miggy De La Rosa) 2023: "Get Away" (with Raphaella & Tenchi) 2023: "Major Lazer" (with KSHMR) 2023: "You Will See" 2025: "The Feeling" (with Matoma and Caden)
Remixes 2018: Dan + Shay – "Tequila" 2018: Backstreet Boys – "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" 2018: HUGEL & Taio Cruz – "Signs" 2018: Ofenbach featuring Benjamin Ingrosso – "Paradise" 2019: Robin Schulz featuring Erika Sirola – "Speechless" 2021: Robin Schulz and Felix Jaehn featuring Alida – "One More Time" 2021: Sabrina Carpenter – "Skin" 2021: Nelly Furtado - "All Good Things (Come to an End)" 2022: Snakehips and Bryce Vine - "Water" 2023: Rea Garvey - "Free Like the Ocean"
Songwriting and production 2016: "#Zwilling" - Die Lochis 2017: "365 Tage" - Wincent Weiss 2018: "Paradise" - Ofenbach feat. Benjamin Ingrosso 2018: "Kartenhaus" - Kayef feat. Prinz Pi 2018: "Die Liebe Kommt Niemals Aus Der Mode" - Michelle 2018: "Traumzone" - toksï feat. Dardan 2018: "Ballons" - Alexander Knappe 2019: "Alice" - Jack Curley 2019: "Gold Baby" - leShuuk 2019: "Diablo" - ILIRA & Juan Magán 2019: "Dreamcatcher" - Schiller & Jhyve 2019: "Comfort Zone" with Alle Farben 2019: "Different for Us" - Alle Farben feat. Jordan Powers 2019: "Insane" - Ofenbach 2020: "The Passenger" - LUM!X × MOKABY & D.T.E × Gabry Ponte 2020: "Damn Damn" - LeShuuk & D.T.E 2020: "Liebe & Krieg" - Ela 2020: "Ehrlich Kompliziert" - Ela 2020: "Sanduhr" - Kaled 2020: "Head Shoulders Knees & Toes" with Ofenbach 2020: "Cookie Dough" - Dubdogz 2021: "Echo" - YVES V 2021: "More Than I Can Say" - Gamper & Dadoni & D.T:E 2021: "Hurricane" - Ofenbach & Ella Henderson 2022: "Too Late for Love" - 3LAU 2022: "Peace" - Nico & Vinz 2022: "Pride (In the Name of Love)" - D.T.E 2022: "Love Me Like You Do" - D.T.E 2022: "It's a Hard Knock Live" - D.T.E & Prezioso 2022: "Love Me Like You Do" - D.T.E 2022: "Body Over Mind" - FDVM 2022: "Private" - Ofenbach & Sam Gray 2023: "Lullaby" - D.T.E 2023: "Paradise" - D.T.E 2023: "MAMA" - D.T.E 2023: "Giants" - Declan J Donovan
References