# Mike Crossey

Mike Crossey (born 1979) is a Northern Irish record producer, songwriter, and mixing engineer. He produced the debut single by Arctic Monkeys, collaborating with them over two albums. He is known for his ongoing relationship with The 1975, in addition to productions with Jeremy Zucker, Twenty One Pilots, Walk the Moon, LANY, LAUV, Foals, Keane, Jake Bugg, The Gaslight Anthem, MUNA, Wolf Alice, Nothing But Thieves and Yungblud.

## Career

Crossey started his career as a promoter of punk shows in Belfast before moving to Liverpool to complete his training at Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts. He remained in Liverpool, operating out of the Motor Museum, until 2012. Crossey credited the studio's owner, OMD frontman Andy McCluskey, with being a "great mentor". During that period Crossey produced some of the most critically acclaimed British indie acts.
After seeing the Arctic Monkeys perform, he invited them to the studio and cut the band's first EP Five Minutes with Arctic Monkeys . He contributed production on the second album, Favourite Worst Nightmare, which includes singles such as "Teddy Picker", "Fluorescent Adolescent" and "Brianstorm"
He has since produced and mixed albums by Nothing but Thieves, Foals, Keane, Jake Bugg, Tribes, Blood Red Shoes, The Enemy, The Kooks, and Razorlight.
After studying the sonic nature of BBC Radio One's transmissions, frequency and compression, Mike has developed a solid reputation of creating separate radio mixes specifically suited for the channel. He has done so for acts such as The Black Keys.

### 2012–2015: Mixing for The 1975, Twenty One Pilots, Jake Bugg, Wolf Alice

Moving to London in 2012, Crossey embarked on an ambitious year. He mixed the acclaimed Ben Howard album Every Kingdom and Two Door Cinema Club's sophomore Beacon.
Working with a young Nottingham songwriter Jake Bugg, Crossey produced and mixed the singer's eponymous debut album Jake Bugg, which was certified platinum in the UK. The album was a commercial and critical success – receiving a 9/10 in NME and 81/100 on metacritic.
In 2012, Crossey produced the Top 10 album for The View's Cheeky for a Reason and mixed The Courteeners' third album ANNA which debuted at number two.
He produced Manchester act The 1975's self-titled debut album, the American band The Gaslight Anthem's fifth album Get Hurt and the track "The Judge" from Twenty One Pilots' fourth studio album, Blurryface.
Crossey also produced the Wolf Alice album My Love Is Cool in 2015 which received a 9/10 score from NME.

### 2015–2019: Producing for The 1975, Nothing But Thieves, Walk The Moon, MUNA, Half Alive

Relocating to Los Angeles in 2015, he produced The 1975's second album, entitled I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It- the album received critical praise upon its release in 2016.
In 2017, he steered Nothing But Thieves's second album Broken Machine, which he produced, mixed and contributing to writing.
He produced the third Walk the Moon album, What If Nothing, including single "One Foot" - the highest selling alternative single of the year.
In 2018, he continued his relationship with The 1975 - mixing the album while the band took over production detail. He produced LANY's second album, Malibu Nights, as well as an album for Billy Raffoul and mixed songs for Hozier. Crossey produced LAUV and LANY's collaborative track, "Mean It", which was released on 14 November 2019. He produced four songs on the 2019 Half Alive album, Now, Not Yet.

### 2020–2022: Producing for YUNGBLUD, Noah Cyrus, Jake Wesley Rodgers, The Killers

Crossey continued to revisit productions or mixing with LANY and The 1975 on their albums in 2020.
He produced songs for YUNGBLUD, The Killers, Jeremy Zucker, Half Alive and Jake Wesley Rogers. His mix CV expanded to include albums by LAUV, Beabadoobee, The Wombats, and Bad Suns.
In 2022, he completed production and mixing of Noah Cyrus' debut solo album. He produced two tracks on Louis Tomlinson's second studio album including the single "Bigger Than Me".

### 2023 - current: LANY, Chelsea Cutler

In mid 2023, Crossey completed production on LANY's album, while undertaking mixing on Chelsea Cutler's album.
His mix of Nothing But Thieves' album, Dead Club City, debuted at no1 on the UK chart.

## Songwriting and production discography

| Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album | Credits |
| "Sex" | 2013 | The 1975 | The 1975 | Producer |
| "The 1975" | 2013 | The 1975 | The 1975 | Producer |
| "The City" | 2013 | The 1975 | The 1975 | Producer |
| "M.O.N.E.Y." | 2013 | The 1975 | The 1975 | Producer |
| "Chocolate" | 2013 | The 1975 | The 1975 | Producer |
| "Talk!" | 2013 | The 1975 | The 1975 | Producer |
| "An Encounter" | 2013 | The 1975 | The 1975 | Producer |
| "Heart Out" | 2013 | The 1975 | The 1975 | Producer |
| "Settle Down" | 2013 | The 1975 | The 1975 | Producer |
| "Robbers" | 2013 | The 1975 | The 1975 | Producer |
| "Girls" | 2013 | The 1975 | The 1975 | Producer |
| "12" | 2013 | The 1975 | The 1975 | Producer |
| "She Way Out" | 2013 | The 1975 | The 1975 | Producer |
| "Menswear" | 2013 | The 1975 | The 1975 | Producer |
| "Pressure" | 2013 | The 1975 | The 1975 | Producer |
| "Is There Somebody Who Can Watch You" | 2013 | The 1975 | The 1975 | Producer |
| "Giant Peach" | 2015 | Wolf Alice | My Love Is Cool | Producer |
| "Bros" | 2015 | Wolf Alice | My Love Is Cool | Producer |
| "You're a Germ" | 2015 | Wolf Alice | My Love Is Cool | Producer |
| "Turn to Dust" | 2015 | Wolf Alice | My Love Is Cool | Producer |
| "Your Loves Whore" | 2015 | Wolf Alice | My Love Is Cool | Producer |
| "Lisbon" | 2015 | Wolf Alice | My Love Is Cool | Producer |
| "Silk" | 2015 | Wolf Alice | My Love Is Cool | Producer |
| "Freazy" | 2015 | Wolf Alice | My Love Is Cool | Producer |
| "Swallowtail" | 2015 | Wolf Alice | My Love Is Cool | Producer |
| "Soapy Water" | 2015 | Wolf Alice | My Love Is Cool | Producer |
| "Fluffy" | 2015 | Wolf Alice | My Love Is Cool | Producer |
| "The Wonderwhy" | 2015 | Wolf Alice | My Love Is Cool | Producer |
| "Moaning Lisa Smile" | 2015 | Wolf Alice | My Love Is Cool | Producer |
| "Storms" | 2015 | Wolf Alice | My Love Is Cool | Producer |
| "Heavenly Creatures" | 2015 | Wolf Alice | My Love Is Cool | Producer |
| "We're Not the Same" | 2015 | Wolf Alice | My Love Is Cool | Producer |
| "Blush" | 2015 | Wolf Alice | My Love Is Cool | Producer |
| "She" | 2015 | Wolf Alice | My Love Is Cool | Producer |
| "Nosedive" | 2015 | Wolf Alice | My Love Is Cool | Producer |
| "90 Mile Beach" | 2015 | Wolf Alice | My Love Is Cool | Producer |
| "Baby Ain't Made of China" | 2015 | Wolf Alice | My Love Is Cool | Producer |
| "I Saw You (In A Corridor)" | 2015 | Wolf Alice | My Love Is Cool | Producer |
| "Every Cloud" | 2015 | Wolf Alice | My Love Is Cool | Producer |
| "White Leather" | 2015 | Wolf Alice | My Love Is Cool | Producer |
| "Leaving You" | 2015 | Wolf Alice | My Love Is Cool | Producer |
| "The Judge" | 2015 | Twenty One Pilots | Blurryface | Producer |
| "Love Me" | 2015 | The 1975 | I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It | Producer |
| "UGH!" | 2015 | The 1975 | I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It | Producer |
| "Somebody Else" | 2016 | The 1975 | I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It | Producer |
| "The Sound" | 2016 | The 1975 | I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It | Producer |
| "A Change of Heart" | 2016 | The 1975 | I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It | Producer |
| "The 1975" | 2016 | The 1975 | I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It | Producer |
| "She's American" | 2016 | The 1975 | I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It | Producer |
| "If I Believe You" | 2016 | The 1975 | I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It | Producer |
| "Please Be Naked" | 2016 | The 1975 | I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It | Producer |
| "Lostmyhead" | 2016 | The 1975 | I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It | Producer |
| "The Ballad of Me and My Brain" | 2016 | The 1975 | I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It | Producer |
| "Loving Someone" | 2016 | The 1975 | I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It | Producer |
| "I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It" | 2016 | The 1975 | I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It | Producer |
| "This Must Be My Dream" | 2016 | The 1975 | I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It | Producer |
| "Paris" | 2016 | The 1975 | I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It | Producer |
| "Nana" | 2016 | The 1975 | I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It | Producer |
| "She Lays Down" | 2016 | The 1975 | I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It | Producer |
| "How to Draw" | 2016 | The 1975 | I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It | Producer |
| "Cry Baby" | 2016 | Fickle Friends | Non-album single | Producer |
| "Brooklyn" | 2016 | Fickle Friends | You Are Someone Else | Co-writer producer |
| "Hello Hello" | 2017 | Fickle Friends | You Are Someone Else | Co-writer producer |
| "Boy" | 2017 | K.I.D | Tired All of Time | Co-writer producer |
| "One Foot" | 2017 | Walk the Moon | What If Nothing | Producer |
| "Headphones" | 2017 | Walk the Moon | What If Nothing | Producer |
| "Press Restart" | 2017 | Walk the Moon | What If Nothing | Producer |
| "Surrender" | 2017 | Walk the Moon | What If Nothing | Producer |
| "All I Want" | 2017 | Walk the Moon | What If Nothing | Producer |
| "All Night" | 2017 | Walk the Moon | What If Nothing | Producer |
| "Kamikaze" | 2017 | Walk the Moon | What If Nothing | Producer |
| "Tiger Teeth" | 2017 | Walk the Moon | What If Nothing | Producer |
| "Sound of Awakening" | 2017 | Walk the Moon | What If Nothing | Producer |
| "Feels Good to Be High" | 2017 | Walk the Moon | What If Nothing | Producer |
| "Can't Sleep (Wolves)" | 2017 | Walk the Moon | What If Nothing | Producer |
| "In My Mind" | 2017 | Walk the Moon | What If Nothing | Producer |
| "Lost in the Wild" | 2017 | Walk the Moon | What If Nothing | Producer |
| "Acoustic" | 2018 | Billy Raffoul | 1975 EP | Producer |
| "Bite" | 2018 | Fickle Friends | You Are Someone Else | Co-writer producer |
| "Say No More" | 2018 | Fickle Friends | You Are Someone Else | Producer |
| "In My Head (Ditty)" | 2018 | Fickle Friends | You Are Someone Else | Co-writer producer |
| "Rotation" | 2018 | Fickle Friends | You Are Someone Else | Co-writer producer |
| "Paris" | 2018 | Fickle Friends | You Are Someone Else | Producer |
| "Midnight" | 2018 | Fickle Friends | You Are Someone Else | Producer |
| "Useless" | 2018 | Fickle Friends | You Are Someone Else | Co-writer producer |
| "Could You Be Mine?" | 2018 | Billy Raffoul | 1975 EP | Producer |
| "Errors" | 2018 | K.I.D | Tired All the Time | Co-writer producer |
| "Taker" | 2018 | K.I.D | Tired All the Time | Co-writer producer |
| "Prodigal Daughter" | 2018 | K.I.D | Tired All the Time | Co-writer producer |
| "I Cannot Sleep at Night" | 2018 | K.I.D | Tired All the Time | Co-writer producer |
| "Antisocial" | 2018 | K.I.D | Tired All the Time | Co-writer producer |
| "Drunk Enough to Love Me" | 2018 | K.I.D | Tired All the Time | Co-writer producer |
| "Waiting Room" | 2018 | K.I.D | Tired All the Time | Co-writer producer |
| "Dillon" | 2018 | K.I.D | Tired All the Time | Co-writer producer |
| "Crystal Universe" | 2018 | K.I.D | Tired All the Time | Co-writer producer |
| "Imagining" | 2018 | K.I.D | Tired All the Time | Co-writer producer |
| "Too High to Try/Raintree Lane" | 2018 | K.I.D | Tired All the Time | Co-writer producer |
| "I'm Not a Saint" | 2018 | Billy Raffoul | 1975 EP | Producer |
| "Forever" | 2018 | Billy Raffoul | 1975 EP | Producer |
| "Until the Hurting is Gone" | 2018 | Billy Raffoul | 1975 EP | Producer |
| "1975" | 2018 | Billy Raffoul | 1975 EP | Producer |
| "Thru These Tears" | 2018 | LANY | Malibu Nights | Producer |
| "I Don't Wanna Love You Anymore" | 2018 | LANY | Malibu Nights | Producer |
| "Thick and Thin" | 2018 | LANY | Malibu Nights | Producer |
| "Taking Me Back" | 2018 | LANY | Malibu Nights | Producer |
| "If You See Her" | 2018 | LANY | Malibu Nights | Producer |
| "Let Me Know" | 2018 | LANY | Malibu Nights | Producer |
| "Run" | 2018 | LANY | Malibu Nights | Producer |
| "Valentine's Day" | 2018 | LANY | Malibu Nights | Producer |
| "Malibu Nights" | 2018 | LANY | Malibu Nights | Producer |
| "OK OK?" | 2019 | Half Alive | Now, Not Yet | Producer |
| "Runaway" | 2019 | Half Alive | Now, Not Yet | Producer |
| "Maybe" | 2019 | Half Alive | Now, Not Yet | Producer |
| "Trust" | 2019 | Half Alive | Now, Not Yet | Producer |
| "Way Down We Go" | 2019 | KALEO | A/B | Producer/Mixer |
| "Number One Fan" | 2019 | MUNA | Saves the World | Producer/Mixer |
| "who" | 2019 | MUNA | Saves the World | Producer/Mixer |
| "Navy Blue" | 2019 | MUNA | Saves the World | Producer/Mixer |
| "Never" | 2019 | MUNA | Saves the World | Producer/Mixer |
| "Pinklight" | 2019 | MUNA | Saves the World | Producer/Mixer |
| "Hands Off" | 2019 | MUNA | Saves the World | Producer/Mixer |
| "Good News" | 2019 | MUNA | Saves the World | Producer/Mixer |
| "Die a Little" | 2019 | YUNGBLUD | | Producer/Mixer |
| "Original Me (feat Dan Reynolds of Imagine Dragons" | 2019 | Imagine Dragons | | Producer/Mixer |
| "Tongue Tired" | 2019 | MARSHMELLO, BLACKBEAR, YUNGBLUD | | Writer |
| "mars" | 2020 | YUNGBLUD | weird! | Producer/Mixer |
| "lemonade" | 2020 | YUNGBLUD | weird! | Producer/Mixer |
| "Mean It" | 2020 | LAUV | How I'm Feeling | Producer |
| Album | 2020 | The 1975 | Notes on a Conditional Form | Mixer |
| Album | 2020 | Nothing But Thieves | Moral Panic | Producer/Mixer |
| EP | 2020 | Beabadoobee | Loveworm EP | Mixer |
| "Dying Breed" | 2020 | The Killers | Imploding the Mirage | Writer |
| Album | 2021 | LANY | Mama's Boy | Mixer |
| "Sex and Cigarettes" | 2021 | Jeremy Zucker | Crusher | Producer |
| EP | 2021 | Jake Wesley Rodgers | Pluto | Producer / Mixer |
| "Paid For" | 2021 | Alison Ponthier | Faking My Own Death | Producer |
| "Harshest Critic" | 2021 | Alison Ponthier | Faking My Own Death | Producer |
| Heights | 2021 | Walk the Moon | HEIGHTS | Producer |
| Can You Handle My Love | 2021 | Walk the Moon | HEIGHTS | Producer |
| Giants | 2021 | Walk the Moon | HEIGHTS | Producer |
| DNA | 2021 | Walk the Moon | HEIGHTS | Producer |
| Someone Else's Game | 2021 | Walk the Moon | HEIGHTS | Producer |
| What You Can't Look Up | 2021 | Walk the Moon | HEIGHTS | Producer |
| Population of Two | 2021 | Walk the Moon | HEIGHTS | Producer |
| Album | 2022 | The Wombats | Fix Yourself Not the World | Mixer |
| Album | 2022 | Bad Suns | Apocalypse Whenever | Mixer |
| "The Funeral" | 2022 | Yungblud | | Mixer |
| Album | 2022 | LAUV | All For Nothing | Mixer |
| Album | 2022 | Noah Cyrus | The Hardest Part | Producer / Writer / Mixer |
| Album | 2023 | Chelsea Cutler | TBC | Mixer |
| Album | 2023 | LANY | A Beautiful Blur | Producer / Writer / Mixer |
| Album | | Nothing But Thieves | Dead Club City | Mixer |