Karen Poole is an English songwriter and singer based in London.[1][2] She is particularly known for her work with Kylie Minogue, Will Young and Sugababes. Her 2004 composition "Lola's Theme", recorded by The Shapeshifters, was her first song to reach number one on the UK Singles Chart.
Karen Poole | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Karen Ann Poole |
| Born | Chadwell Heath, London, England |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Labels | Universal Music, Mercury Records |
| Formerly of | Alisha's Attic |
| Website | karenpoole |
Biography
editBorn in Chadwell Heath, London, she is the daughter of 1960s vocalist Brian Poole, the lead singer of the Tremeloes.[3][4] Poole is the founding member (with her sister Shelly Poole) of Alisha's Attic, an English pop duo of the 1990s and early 2000s.[5] The band had substantial success in the United Kingdom and Europe, and produced three albums including the platinum selling Alisha Rules the World.[6][7]
Ivor Novello and twice Brit Awards nominated Poole has achieved more than 30 Top 20 UK hit singles as a songwriter, having written hits for prominent artists including Kylie Minogue, Becky Hill, David Guetta, Lily Allen, Sugababes, NCT, Giorgio Moroder, Red Velvet, Exo, WayV, Twice, Joel Corry, Tiësto, Alesso, Zara Larsson, Galantis, The Shapeshifters and many others.[8][3][9][10]
In 2021, Poole was awarded Best Music Creative at the Music Week Women in Music awards.[9] She co-wrote for the musical Bridget Jones' Diary in 2015, in collaboration with Lily Allen and Greg Kurstin.[11]
Selected composition credits
edit| Song title | Artists | Year |
|---|---|---|
| "Remember" | Becky Hill, David Guetta | 2021 |
| "Make A Wish" (Birthday Song) | NCT U | 2020 |
| "Words" | Alesso, Zara Larsson | 2022 |
| "Lola's Theme" | The Shapeshifters | 2004 |
| "Rich Boy" | Galantis | 2017 |
| "Nothing Really Matters" | Becky Hill, Tiësto | 2020 |
| "Wow Thing" | Seulgi, SinB, Chungha, and Soyeon | 2018 |
| "People Say" | Don Diablo, Paije | 2018 |
| "Touch" | Shift K3Y | 2014 |
| "Resonance" | NCT | 2020 |
| "Make A Wish (Birthday Song) - English Version" | NCT | 2020 |
| "HISTORY" | Becky Hill, Joel Corry | 2022 |
| "Mistakes I've Made - Radio Edit" | Eelke Kleijn | 2014 |
| "Timebomb" | Kylie Minogue | 2012 |
| "Get Stupid" | Aston Merrygold | 2015 |
| "Wow" | Kylie Minogue | 2007 |
| "Baby Blue Love" | TWICE | 2021 |
| "Changing" | Becky Hill | 2019 |
| "Trouble" | Exo | 2019 |
| "Chocolate" | Kylie Minogue | 2003 |
| "Tomorrow Can Wait" | Chris Willis, David Guetta, Tocadisco | 2007 |
| "Right Here, Right Now" | Giorgio Moroder, Kylie Minogue | 2015 |
| "F.I.L.A" (Fall In Love Again) | TWICE | 2021 |
| "Red Blooded Woman" | Kylie Minogue | 2003 |
| "Raise The Roof" | NCT | 2020 |
| "To My First" | NCT | 2022 |
| "Song 4 Mutya (Out of Control)" | Groove Armada, Mutya Buena | 2007 |
| "All My Love" | Becky Hill, Tai, Watermät | 2015 |
| "Let Me Be Me" | Jessica Mauboy | 2008 |
| "Christmas Isn't Christmas 'Til You Get Here" | Kylie Minogue | 2015 |
| "As Long as I Got You" | Lily Allen | 2014 |
| "Last Dance - Avicii Instrumental Radio Edit" | Avicii | 2012 |
| "Promise" | TWICE | 2021 |
| "Nothing but a Heartbeat" | Say Lou Lou | 2015 |
| "New York City" | Kylie Minogue | 2019 |
| "Love for Days" | Boris Dlugosch, Karen Harding, Purple Disco Machine | 2017 |
| "Who Knows" | Netsky, Paije | 2016 |
| "Hurt" | Gabrielle Aplin | 2015 |
| "Beware of the Dog" | Jamelia | 2006 |
| "Take My Place" | Lily Allen | 2014 |
| "Baram X 3" | Taeyeon | 2018 |
| "Life for Me" | Lily Allen | 2014 |
| "Misfit" | Amy Studt | 2002 |
| "White December" | Kylie Minogue | 2015 |
| "Cheryl Tweedy" | Lily Allen | 2006 |
| "Unpredictable" | Becky Hill | 2017 |
| "Caught In A Moment" | Sugababes | 2003 |
| "Mr C" | Nina Nesbitt | 2013 |
| "Bittersweet" | Felon, Hayley May | 2017 |
| "Put the Needle on It" - Radio Version | Dannii Minogue | 2003 |
| "Good For Me" | Giorgio Moroder, Karen Harding | 2016 |
| "Your Love" | Moko | 2013 |
| "Amaze Me" | Union J | 2013 |
| "Get Ready" | Ha Sung-woon | 2020 |
| "Fine" | Kylie Minogue | 2014 |
| "Just Smile" | Olly Murs | 2011 |
| "Si mes larmes tombent" | Christophe Willem, Cliff Masterson | 2011 |
| "Switch It On" | Will Young | 2003 |
| "Nu-di-ty" | Kylie Minogue | 2007 |
| "No More Rain" | Kylie Minogue | 2007 |
| "Find A Way" | Dave Winnel, Feenixpawl | 2018 |
| "Let It Go" | Will Young | 2008 |
| "Splash" (feat. Coco) | Eliot Sumner, Sub Focus | 2010 |
| "Sweet Music" | Kylie Minogue | 2003 |
| "Love Hate" | f(x) | 2012 |
| "Under The Thumb" | Amy Studt | 2002 |
| "Cried out Christmas" | Kylie Minogue | 2015 |
| "MY FACE" | Verivery | 2020 |
| "Till The Morning - Club Mix" | Felon, Hayley May | 2018 |
| "Human" | Changmin | 2021 |
| "Ladder In My Tights" | Amy Studt | 2002 |
| "Superstar" | The Overtones | 2013 |
| "Stronger" | Will Young | 2003 |
| "I want you back" | BoA | 2018 |
| "Conversation's Over" | Sugababes | 2003 |
| "Mended By You" | Sugababes | 2007 |
| "All About You" | The Overtones | 2013 |
| "Get Outta My Way" | Verivery | 2020 |
| "Tipsy" | Kim Dong-han | 2018 |
| "Fools" | Rachel Stevens | 2003 |
| "The Top" | BoA | 2012 |
| "Sunday Rain" | Sugababes | 2008 |
| "I Don't Like Your Band" | Annie | 2009 |
| "Sound Of Goodbye" | Sugababes | 2008 |
| "Creep" | Dannii Minogue | 2003 |
| "Stardust In My Eyes" | Namie Amuro | 2013 |
| "Won't Look Down" | Will Young | 2008 |
| "Get Your Clothes Off - Radio Version" | Daytona, Nina Sky | 2007 |
| "Home" | Simon Hale, Will Young | 2003 |
| "For the Record" | Dannii Minogue | 2003 |
| "Love" | Simon Hale, Will Young | 2008 |
| "If Love Equals Nothing" | Will Young | 2008 |
| "Ain't Such A Bad Place To Be" | Will Young | 2003 |
| "Disconnected" | Will Young | 2008 |
| "Beautiful Heartache" | The Shapeshifters | 2006 |
| "Know My Name" | Jamelia | 2006 |
| "Taxi" | Jamelia | 2003 |
| "Cruise Control" | Kylie Minogue | 2003 |
| "Simple Philosophy" | Will Young | 2008 |
| "Are You Happy" | Will Young | 2008 |
| "Do It Again" | Kylie Minogue | 2008 |
| "Carried Away" | Kylie Minogue | 2008 |
| "Put Your Hands On" | Janet Jackson | 2004 |
| "Think It Over" | Simon Hale, Will Young | 2003 |
| "King or Queen" | Kylie Minogue | 2007 |
| "Almost a Lover" | Kylie Minogue | 2004 |
| "Buster" | Sugababes | 2003 |
| "Secret Garden" | Rachel Stevens | 2005 |
| "City Games" | A Guevara, Kylie Minogue , Tom Middleton | 2004 |
| "Fool" | Amy Pearson | 2007 |
| "East End Blues" | Leon Jean-Marie | 2008 |
| "Till The Morning - TR440" | Felon, Hayley May | 2018 |
| "Jumpin' Off The Block" | Leon Jean-Marie | 2008 |
| "Heart Beat Rock" | Kylie Minogue | 2007 |
| "Sparks" | Kylie Minogue | 2014 |
| "Only Love" | Jacob Plant | 2018 |
| "3 Spoons of Suga" | Sugababes | 2007 |
| "Follow Me Home" | Sugababes | 2006 |
| "Spiral" | William Orbit feat. Sugababes and Kenna | 2006 |
| "Keep On" | Will Young | 2005 |
| "Think It Over" | Will Young | 2005 |
| "Love" | Will Young | 2008 |
| "Show Me" | Aston Merrygold | 2015 |
| "Oh No (Sentimental Things) " | So Solid Crew | 2001 |
| "Stronger" | Boyzone | 2010 |
| "It's Your Duty" | Lene Nystrøm | 2003 |
| "Play with Me" | Lene Nystrøm | 2003 |
| "Bad Coffee Day" | Lene Nystrøm | 2003 |
| "Virgin Superstar" | Lene Nystrøm | 2003 |
| "Optical Illusions" | William Orbit | 2009 |
| "Chocolate Love" | Girls' Generation | 2009 |
| "Jumpin' Off the Block" | Leon Jean-Marie | 2009 |
| "Ennemis In L.O.V.E." | Christophe Willem | 2011 |
| ""Undiscovered" | Emilie Esther | 2015 |
| "Dumb" | Bvndit | 2019 |
| "Superhuman" | Natalie Bassingthwaighte | 2009 |
| "You're Worth It" | Peter Grant | 2007 |
| "Even Though You've Gone" | Angelis | 2006 |
| "Whoop" | Holly Valance | 2002 |
| "Zoom" | Red Velvet | 2022 |
| "In This Body" | KT Tunstall | 2018 |
| "I Wrote a Song" | Mae Muller | 2023 |
| "Just Imagine" | Kylie Minogue | 2023 |
References
edit- ^ Leevers, Jo (24 December 2017). "Playing with style: at home with Karen Poole". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
- ^ "Women In Music Awards 2021: Music Creative Karen Poole". Music Week. 4 November 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
- ^ a b "Karen Ann Poole - Artist Details and Credits". AllMusic. 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
- ^ Sexton, Paul (15 March 1997). "Mercury Set To Open Up UK's Alisha's Attic in US". Billboard. Vol. 109, no. 11. New York City. pp. 15, 117. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
- ^ Speed, Paul (29 May 2022). "B*Witched, Eternal and Cleopatra: See how many of these 90s girl groups you remember". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
- ^ "UK Certification". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ^ Jackson, Joe (9 August 1996). "Attic girls". The Irish Times. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
- ^ "The Ivors 1997". The Ivors. Archived from the original on 18 February 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ a b MusicWeek Staff (8 June 2022). "Hitmaker Karen Poole on Kylie Minogue, K-pop and the rise of co-writing". Music Week. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
- ^ "Karen Poole". Discogs.
- ^ Aaron Slater (4 October 2013). "Interview: Karen Poole". Songwriting. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
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