# Jimmy Napes

James Napier (born 18 September 1984), known professionally as Jimmy Napes, is an English songwriter and record producer. He has won a number of awards including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, 3 Grammy Awards, and 2 Ivor Novello Awards. Napier is best known for his work with Sam Smith ("Stay with Me", "Writing's on the Wall", "Lay Me Down", "Too Good at Goodbyes", "Dancing with a Stranger"), Disclosure ("Latch", "You & Me", "White Noise", "Magnets"), Clean Bandit ("Rather Be")‚ Stormzy ("Crown"), and Taylor Swift ("Christmas Tree Farm"). Napier also has songwriting and producer credits with artists including Alicia Keys, Jess Glynne, Khalid, Normani, Kano, Dave, Rita Ora, Ellie Goulding, Mary J. Blige, Madonna, James Bay and more.

## Background

The son of John Napier, a British theatre designer, and Donna King, an American dancer and actress, Napes grew up in England. He started to go to University College School in Hampstead when he was 11.
In 2010, he worked with Eliza Doolittle on her album of the same name. Since then he has written for (and co-written with) several other artists, including Disclosure, Sam Smith, Clean Bandit and Mary J. Blige. In 2015, he earned a Grammy Award for Song of the Year for his work on Smith's "Stay with Me", co-written with Smith and Tourist. In the same year, Napes also won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Contemporary Song for co-writing Clean Bandit's "Rather Be". Napes released his debut EP as a singer, The Making of Me, on Method Records in March 2015. For co-writing "Writing's on the Wall" with Sam Smith, Napes won the Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
Napes has a son, born in 2015. Sam Smith is a godparent to Napes' son.

## Discography
### Extended plays

* The Making of Me (2015)

### Songwriting and production credits

| Year | Artist | Song | Album |
| 2010 | Eliza | "So High" | Eliza Doolittle |
| 2012 | Disclosure | "Latch" feat. Sam Smith | Settle |
| 2013 | Disclosure | "Voices" feat. Sasha Keable | Settle |
| 2013 | Disclosure | "White Noise" feat. AlunaGeorge | Settle |
| 2013 | Disclosure | "You & Me" feat. Eliza Doolittle | Settle |
| 2013 | Disclosure | "Together" with Sam Smith and Nile Rodgers | Settle |
| 2013 | Sam Smith | "Nirvana" | Nirvana EP |
| 2013 | Sam Smith | "Lay Me Down" | Nirvana EP |
| 2013 | Jessie Ware | "Imagine It Was Us" | Devotion |
| 2013 | Naughty Boy | "La La La" feat. Sam Smith | Hotel Cabana |
| 2013 | Clean Bandit | "Dust Clears" feat. Noonie Bao | New Eyes |
| 2014 | Clean Bandit | "Rather Be" feat. Jess Glynne | New Eyes |
| 2014 | Clean Bandit | "Extraordinary" feat. Sharna Bass | New Eyes |
| 2014 | Tourist | "I Can't Keep Up" feat. Will Heard | Patterns EP |
| 2014 | Sam Smith | "Stay with Me" | In the Lonely Hour |
| 2014 | Sam Smith | "Leave Your Lover" | In the Lonely Hour |
| 2014 | Sam Smith | "I'm Not the Only One" | In the Lonely Hour |
| 2014 | Sam Smith | "I've Told You Now" | In the Lonely Hour |
| 2014 | Sam Smith | "Like I Can" | In the Lonely Hour |
| 2014 | Sam Smith | "Lay Me Down" (re-release) | In the Lonely Hour |
| 2014 | Sam Smith | "Restart" | In the Lonely Hour |
| 2014 | Sam Smith | "Latch" | In the Lonely Hour |
| 2014 | Sam Smith | "Make It to Me" | In the Lonely Hour |
| 2014 | Gorgon City | "Unmissable" feat. Zak Abel | Sirens |
| 2014 | Ella Henderson | "Billie Holliday" | Chapter One |
| 2014 | Jessie Ware | "Pieces" | Tough Love |
| 2014 | Jessie Ware | "The Way We Are" | Tough Love |
| 2014 | Mary J. Blige | "Therapy" | The London Sessions |
| 2014 | Mary J. Blige | "Right Now" | The London Sessions |
| 2014 | Mary J. Blige | "Not Loving You" | The London Sessions |
| 2014 | Mary J. Blige | "When You're Gone" | The London Sessions |
| 2014 | Mary J. Blige | "Nobody But You" | The London Sessions |
| 2014 | Mary J. Blige | "Worth My Time" | The London Sessions |
| 2014 | Mary J. Blige & Disclosure | "Follow" | The London Sessions |
| 2014 | Madeon | "You're On" feat. Kyan | Adventure |
| 2015 | Chasing Grace | "Lost Time" | Nowhere Near Old Enough |
| 2015 | Madonna | "Best Night" | Rebel Heart |
| 2015 | Disclosure | "Holding On" feat. Gregory Porter | Caracal |
| 2015 | Disclosure | "Omen" feat. Sam Smith | Caracal |
| 2015 | Disclosure | "Jaded" | Caracal |
| 2015 | Disclosure | "Willing and Able" feat. Kwabs | Caracal |
| 2015 | Disclosure | "Hourglass" feat. Lion Babe | Caracal |
| 2015 | Disclosure | "Magnets" feat. Lorde | Caracal |
| 2015 | Disclosure | "Nocturnal" feat. The Weeknd | Caracal |
| 2015 | Disclosure | "Good Intentions" feat. Miguel | Caracal |
| 2015 | Disclosure | "Superego" feat. Nao | Caracal |
| 2015 | Disclosure | "Echoes" | Caracal |
| 2015 | Disclosure | "Masterpiece" feat. Jordan Rakei | Caracal |
| 2015 | Disclosure | "Molecules" | Caracal |
| 2015 | Disclosure | "Moving Mountains" feat. Brendan Reilly | Caracal |
| 2015 | Disclosure | "Afterthought" | Caracal |
| 2015 | Låpsley | "Hurt Me" | Long Way Home |
| 2015 | Kwabs | "Cheating on Me" | Love + War |
| 2015 | Ellie Goulding | "Heal" | Delirium |
| 2015 | Sam Smith | "Writing's on the Wall" | Spectre OST |
| 2015 | Sam Smith | "Drowning Shadows" | In the Lonely Hour: Drowning Shadows Edition |
| 2015 | Sam Smith | "Love Is a Losing Game" | In the Lonely Hour: Drowning Shadows Edition |
| 2015 | Sam Smith | "How Will I Know" | In the Lonely Hour: Drowning Shadows Edition |
| 2015 | Sam Smith | "Omen" | In the Lonely Hour: Drowning Shadows Edition |
| 2015 | Sam Smith | "Stay with Me" (Darkchild Remix) feat. Mary J. Blige | In the Lonely Hour: Drowning Shadows Edition |
| 2015 | Sam Smith | "I'm Not the Only One" feat. ASAP Rocky | In the Lonely Hour: Drowning Shadows Edition |
| 2015 | Sam Smith | "Lay Me Down" feat. John Legend | In the Lonely Hour: Drowning Shadows Edition |
| 2016 | Alicia Keys | "Hallelujah" | Here |
| 2016 | Dillon Francis | "Anywhere" feat. Will Heard | Non-album single |
| 2016 | Liv Dawson | "Reflection" | Open Your Eyes EP |
| 2017 | Liv Dawson | "Searching" | Non-album single |
| 2017 | Isaac Gracie | "Reverie" | Isaac Gracie |
| 2017 | Frances | "Cloud 9" | Things I've Never Said |
| 2017 | Frances | "It Isn't Like You" | Things I've Never Said |
| 2017 | Ardyn | "Together" | Bloom EP |
| 2017 | Ardyn | "Throwing Stones" | Bloom EP |
| 2017 | Ray BLK | "Doing Me" | Non-album single |
| 2017 | Tourist | "We Stayed Up All Night" feat. Ardyn | Wash EP |
| 2017 | Sam Smith | "Too Good at Goodbyes" | The Thrill of It All |
| 2017 | Sam Smith | "Pray" solo / feat. Logic | The Thrill of It All |
| 2017 | Sam Smith | "Burning" | The Thrill of It All |
| 2017 | Sam Smith | "Say It First" | The Thrill of It All |
| 2017 | Sam Smith | "One Last Song" | The Thrill of It All |
| 2017 | Sam Smith | "Midnight Train" | The Thrill of It All |
| 2017 | Sam Smith | "Baby, You Make Me Crazy" | The Thrill of It All |
| 2017 | Sam Smith | "No Peace" feat. Yebba | The Thrill of It All |
| 2017 | Sam Smith | "Nothing Left for You" | The Thrill of It All |
| 2017 | Sam Smith | "The Thrill of It All" | The Thrill of It All |
| 2017 | Sam Smith | "One Day at a Time" | The Thrill of It All |
| 2017 | Liv Dawson | "Hush" | Non-album single |
| 2017 | Liv Dawson | "Last Time" | Non-album single |
| 2018 | Albin Lee Meldau | "Before & After" | About You |
| 2018 | Isaac Gracie | "Telescope" | Isaac Gracie |
| 2018 | James Bay | "I Found You" | Electric Light |
| 2018 | Paul the PSM | "Lord Give Me Strength" | Secret Life of a Bad Man EP |
| 2018 | Lily Moore | "I Know I Wanna Be with You" | I Will Never Be EP |
| 2018 | Rita Ora | "Velvet Rope" | Phoenix |
| 2019 | Sam Smith & Normani | "Dancing with a Stranger" | Love Goes |
| 2019 | Mae Muller | "Anticlimax" | Non-album single |
| 2019 | Avicii | "Freak" | TIM |
| 2019 | Stormzy | "Crown" | Heavy Is the Head |
| 2019 | Icona Pop | "Next Mistake" | Non-album single |
| 2019 | Mabel | "I Belong to Me" | High Expectations |
| 2019 | Tori Kelly | "Change Your Mind" | Inspired by True Events |
| 2019 | Tori Kelly | "Sorry Would Go a Long Way" | Inspired by True Events |
| 2019 | Tori Kelly | "Language" | Inspired by True Events |
| 2019 | Tori Kelly | "Coffee" | Inspired by True Events |
| 2019 | Tori Kelly | "8/28/1997" | Inspired by True Events |
| 2019 | Tori Kelly | "Kid I Used to Know" | Inspired by True Events |
| 2019 | Tori Kelly | "Pretty Fades" | Inspired by True Events |
| 2019 | Tori Kelly | "3/2/1991" | Inspired by True Events |
| 2019 | Tori Kelly | "Actress" | Inspired by True Events |
| 2019 | Tori Kelly | "Until I Think of You" | Inspired by True Events |
| 2019 | Tori Kelly | "3/26/1994" | Inspired by True Events |
| 2019 | Tori Kelly | "Your Words" | Inspired by True Events |
| 2019 | Tori Kelly | "Before the Dawn" | Inspired by True Events |
| 2019 | Tori Kelly | "Until Forever" | Inspired by True Events |
| 2019 | Tori Kelly | "Minute to Myself" | Inspired by True Events |
| 2019 | Kano | "Got My Brandy, Got My Beats" feat. Lil Silva | Hoodies All Summer |
| 2019 | Kano | "SYM" | Hoodies All Summer |
| 2019 | Mae Muller | "Dick" | Non-album single |
| 2019 | Celine Dion | "For the Lover That I Lost" | Courage |
| 2019 | Taylor Swift | "Christmas Tree Farm" | Non-album single |
| 2020 | Khalid & Disclosure | "Know Your Worth" | Energy |
| 2020 | Sam Smith | "To Die For" | Love Goes |
| 2020 | Mae Muller | "I Don't Want Your Money" | Non-album single |
| 2020 | Sam Smith | "My Oasis" feat. Burna Boy | Love Goes |
| 2020 | Alicia Keys | "3 Hour Drive" feat. Sampha | Alicia |
| 2020 | Alicia Keys | "Gramercy Park" | Alicia |
| 2020 | Sam Smith | "For the Lover That I Lost" | Love Goes |
| 2020 | Sam Smith | "Breaking Hearts" | Love Goes |
| 2020 | Sam Smith | "Forgive Myself" | Love Goes |