# Blonde (duo)

Blonde are an English deep house production duo from Bristol, consisting of Jacob Manson and Adam Englefield. They are signed to Parlophone.

## Musical career

Blonde premiered the track "It's You" via Englefield's dance music YouTube channel Eton Messy in July 2013. In May 2014, Blonde released their debut single "Foolish", which features vocals from Ryan Ashley. In July 2014, they released their second single "Higher Ground", which features vocals from Charli Taft. They came to prominence in the UK after BBC Radio 1 playlisted their single "I Loved You", which the station named their track of the day in October 2014 and was heavily praised by Radio 1 DJ Greg James on his dance anthems programme. "I Loved You", which features reggae and pop singer Melissa Steel, and received favourable coverage in Clash and Heat magazines. The song entered the UK Singles Chart at number seven and the Scottish Singles Chart at number ten.
Blonde released a fourth single, "All Cried Out", featuring vocals from Glee actor Alex Newell; it reached number four in the UK. The duo's fifth single, "Feel Good (It's Alright)", features Karen Harding.
When it came into 2016, they collaborated with returning record producer and star to the music industry Craig David on the song "Nothing Like This". It was part of David's collaborative period which included artists such as Big Narstie, Katy B and Kaytranada and is also a single off of his sixth studio album, entitled Following My Intuition.
Blonde also featured as well as co-written Imani Williams's debut single, entitled "Don't Need No Money", alongside rising house record producer and DJ Sigala. Together, they took part in first ever major featured project as independent musicians. Imani got the inspiration of the track after she exploded into the music industry with Sigala on his 2016 single "Say You Do", alongside drum and bass music producer DJ Fresh.
They also co-wrote the Rudimental and Ed Sheeran song "Lay It All on Me" with Johnny Harris and James Newman. The song was originally conceived in a session between Blonde, Harris and Newman before being pitched to Rudimental. Ed Sheeran was later brought in on the track and re-wrote the break of the song.

## Discography
### Singles
#### As lead artist

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album |
| Title | Year | UK | UK Dance | AUT | BEL (FL) | GER | IRE | SCO | SWI | Certifications | Album |
| "Foolish" (featuring Ryan Ashley) | 2014 | — | — | — | 82 | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Higher Ground" (featuring Charli Taft) | 2014 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "I Loved You" (featuring Melissa Steel) | 2014 | 7 | 5 | 60 | 31 | 25 | 65 | 10 | 56 | BPI: Platinum | Non-album singles |
| "All Cried Out" (featuring Alex Newell) | 2015 | 4 | 1 | — | 59 | — | 74 | 4 | — | BPI: Platinum | Non-album singles |
| "Feel Good (It's Alright)" (featuring Karen Harding) | 2015 | 76 | 19 | — | 99 | — | — | 50 | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Nothing Like This" (with Craig David) | 2016 | 15 | 5 | — | 94 | — | 34 | 10 | — | BPI: Platinum | Following My Intuition |
| "Just for One Night" (featuring Astrid S) | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Me, Myself & I" (featuring Bryn Christopher) | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Good Life" (with Elderbrook) | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released. ||||||||||||

#### Under the "Eton Messy" label

| Title | Year | Album |
| "Talk To You" | 2012 | Non-album singles |
| "Be Mine" | 2013 | Non-album singles |
| "It's You" | 2013 | Non-album singles |
| "Cast A Spell" (with Pianoman) | 2015 | Non-album singles |

#### As featured artist

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album |
| Title | Year | UK | AUS | AUT | IRE | ITA | NLD | NZ | SCO | SWE | SWI | Certifications | Album |
| "Don't Need No Money" (Imani Williams featuring Sigala and Blonde) | 2016 | 67 | — | — | 77 | — | — | — | 49 | — | — | | Non-album single |
| "—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released in that territory. ||||||||||||||

## Songwriting and production credits

| Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album | Contributed Member(s) | Credits | Written with | Produced with |
| "Real" | 2015 | Brayton Bowman | The Update EP | Jacob Manson | Co-writer/Producer | Brayton Bowman, Uzoechi Emenike, Ryan Campbell | MNEK |
| "Lay It All on Me" (featuring Ed Sheeran) | 2015 | Rudimental | We the Generation | Jacob Manson, Adam Englefield | Co-writer | Amir Izadkhah, Piers Aggett, Kesi Dryden, James Newman, Edward Sheeran, Gavin Slate, Leon "DJ Locksmith" Rolle, Lasse Petersen, Maxwell McElligott, Jonathan Harris, James Luke Wood | - |
| "Don't Need No Money" (featuring Sigala & Blonde) | 2016 | Imani Williams | Non-album single | Jacob Manson | Featured artist/Co-writer/Producer | Imani Williams, Bruce Fielder, Patrizia Helander, Hampus Lindvall | Sigala, TROSS |
| "Don't Ask" | 2017 | Matt Terry | Trouble | Jacob Manson | Co-writer | Matthew Terry, Duck Blackwell, Andrew Jackson | - |
| "Somebody Like Me" (featuring AJ Tracey) | 2018 | Craig David | The Time is Now | Jacob Manson | Co-writer/Producer | Craig David, Che Grant | - |
| "Answerphone" (with Ella Eyre featuring Yxng Bane) | 2018 | Banx & Ranx | Non-album single | Jacob Manson | Co-writer | Zacharie Raymond, Yannick Rastogi, Ella McMahon, Shakka Philip, Guystone Menga | - |
| "Used to Love You" | 2018 | Anne-Marie | Speak Your Mind | Jacob Manson | Producer | - | Fraser T Smith, LostBoy, Jennifer Decilveo |
| "Hooked" | 2018 | Why Don't We | 8 Letters | Jacob Manson | Co-writer/Producer | Philip Plested | - |
| "Just My Type" | 2018 | The Vamps | Night & Day (Day Edition) | Jacob Manson | Co-writer/Producer | Connor Ball, Tristan Evans, James McVey, Bradford Simpson, Alexander James, Iain Farquharson, James Abrahart, Philip Plested, Tobias Tripp, Dale Anthoni | - |
| "Talk Later" | 2018 | The Vamps | Night & Day (Day Edition) | Jacob Manson | Co-writer/Producer | Connor Ball, Tristan Evans, James McVey, Bradford Simpson, Richard Boardman, Pablo Bowman, Sarah Blanchard | Bradford Simpson |
| "Loyal" | 2018 | Paloma Faith | The Architect: Zeitgeist Edition | Jacob Manson | Co-writer/Producer | Paloma Faith, Jamie Miller, Max Wolfgang | Chris Loco |
| "Getaway" | 2018 | Syn Cole | Non-album single | Jacob Manson | Co-writer | Rene Pais, Nicholas Gale, Gina Kushka, Edward Drewett | - |
| "Lotta Love" | 2019 | Jack & Jack | A Good Friend Is Nice | Jacob Manson | Co-writer/Producer | Andrew Jackson, Adam Argyle | Jussifer |
| "I Don't Belong in This Club" (with Macklemore) | 2019 | Why Don't We | TBA | Jacob Manson | Co-writer/Producer | Zak Zilesnick, Maxwell Wolfgang, Benjamin Haggerty | - |
| "The Road" | 2019 | Leo Kalyan | Non-album single | Jacob Manson | Co-writer/Producer | Kashif Siddiqui, Uzoechi Emenike | Leo Kalyan |
| "Brixton" | 2019 | Jelani Blackman | Non-album single | Jacob Manson | Co-writer/Producer | Jelani Blackman | - |
| "Too Hot" | 2019 | Jason Derulo | Non-album single | Jacob Manson | Co-writer/Producer | Jason Desrouleaux | - |
| "Long Way to Go" | 2019 | Four of Diamonds | Non-album single | Jacob Manson | Co-writer/Producer | Amy Allen, Scott Friedman | - |
| "F It Up" | 2019 | Jason Derulo | 2Sides (Side 1) | Jacob Manson | Co-writer/Producer | Jason Desreuloux, Johnny Mitchell, Rosina Russell | - |
| "Talk About Us" (featuring Stefflon Don) | 2019 | Jason Derulo | 2Sides (Side 1) | Jacob Manson | Co-writer/Producer | Jason Desreuloux, Johnny Mitchell, Rosina Russell, Stephanie Allen | - |
| "Modern Anxiety" | 2019 | Josef Salvat | TBA | Jacob Manson | Producer | - | Josef Salvat, Rich Cooper, Banx & Ranx |
| "Alone" | 2019 | Josef Salvat | TBA | Jacob Manson | Producer | - | Josef Salvat, Rich Cooper |
| "Houdini" (featuring Swarmz and Tion Wayne) | 2020 | KSI | Dissimulation | Jacob Manson | Co-writer/Producer | Olajide Olatunji, Brandon Scott, Dennis Odunwo, Emmanuel Isong, AJ | AJ |