Robert John "Mutt" Lange

Robert John "Mutt" Lange (født 11. november 1948 i Mufulira i Zambia) er en britisk pladeproducer, sangskriver og musiker. "Mutt" Lange er en af musikbranchens mest succesfulde producere, og har produceret og skrevet bestsælgere for band og artister som AC/DC, Def Leppard, Bryan Adams, Tina Turner, Shania Twain, Foreigner, The Cars, Billy Ocean og The Corrs.

"Mutt" Lange blev født i det tidligere Nordrhodesia, det nuværende Zambia. Han gik i skole i Sydafrika, og flyttede senere til England. I 1976 begyndte han sin karriere som pladeproducer, og hans gennembrud var singlen "Rat Trap" for Boomtown Rats i 1978. Det store verdensomspændende gennembruddet kom året efter, med AC/DCs album Highway to Hell i 1979. Han producerede yderligere to album for AC/DC, Back in Black i 1980 og For Those About to Rock We Salute You i 1981. 

Lange blev nu en eftertragtet producer. Han producerede og skrev sange sammen med Def Leppard på albumene High 'n' Dry, Pyromania, Hysteria og Adrenalize. I 1990'erne producerede han Bryan Adams' album Waking Up the Neighbours samt Adams' album fra 2008, 11. Han producerede og skrev sange til sin daværende kone Shania Twains album The Woman in Me, Come on Over og Up!.

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Som producer

Album hvor Lange har produceret mindst tre spor 

 City Boy – City Boy, 1976
 City Boy – Dinner at the Ritz, 1976 
 Graham Parker – Heat Treatment, 1976
 Supercharge – Local Lads Make Good, 1976
 City Boy – Young Men Gone West, 1977
 Clover – Love On The Wire, 1977
 Clover – Unavailable, 1977
 Supercharge – Horizontal Refreshment, 1977
 The Boomtown Rats – The Boomtown Rats, 1977
 The Rumour – Max, 1977
 Savoy Brown – Savage Return, 1978
 Michael Stanley Band – Cabin Fever, 1978
 City Boy – Book Early, 1978
 Outlaws – Playin' to Win, 1978
 Boomtown Rats – A Tonic for the Troops, 1978
 Deaf School – English Boys/Working Girls, 1978
 City Boy – The Day the Earth Caught Fire, 1979
 The Records – Shades In Bed, 1979
 Supercharge – Body Rhythm, 1979
 Boomtown Rats – The Fine Art of Surfacing, 1979
 AC/DC – Highway to Hell, 1979
 Broken Home – Broken Home, 1979
 AC/DC – Back in Black, 1980
 AC/DC – For Those About to Rock We Salute You, 1981
 Def Leppard – High 'n' Dry, 1981
 Foreigner – 4, 1981
 Def Leppard – Pyromania, 1983
 The Cars – Heartbeat City, 1984
 Loverboy – Lovin' Every Minute Of It, 1986
 Def Leppard – Hysteria, 1987
 Romeo's Daughter – Romeo's Daughter, 1988
 Billy Ocean – Tear Down These Walls, 1989
 Bryan Adams – Waking Up the Neighbours, 1991
 Def Leppard – Adrenalize (executive producer), 1992
 Michael Bolton – The One Thing, 1993
 Stevie Vann – Stevie Vann, 1995
 Bryan Adams – 18 til I Die, 1996
 Shania Twain – The Woman in Me, 1995
 Shania Twain – Come on Over, 1997
 The Corrs – In Blue, 2000
 Shania Twain – Up!, 2002
 Shania Twain – Greatest Hits, 2004
 Nickelback – Dark Horse, 2008

Album hvor Lange har produceret et eller to spor 

 Stephen – Right On Running Man, 1974/5
 XTC – ”This Is Pop” (singelversjon), 1978
 Huey Lewis and the News – ”Do You Believe in Love”, Picture This, 1982
 Billy Ocean – Suddenly, 1984
 Billy Ocean – Love Zone, 1986
 Tina Turner – What's Love Got to Do with It, 1993
 Celine Dion – All The Way...A Decade Of Song, 1999
 Backstreet Boys – Backstreet's Back, 1997
 Backstreet Boys – Millennium, 1999
 Celine Dion – A New Day Has Come, 2002
 Bryan Adams – Room Service, 2004
 Bryan Adams – 11, 2008
 Anne Murray – Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends, 2007
 Tara Blaise – Great Escape (”Make You”), 2008

Som sangskriver 
 Jessica Andrews – ”I'll Take Your Heart” på Heart Shaped World, 1999
 Backstreet Boys – ”If You Want It To Be Good Girl (Get Yourself A Bad Boy)” på Backstreet's Back, 1997
 Backstreet Boys – ”It's Gotta Be You” på Millennium, 1999
 Blackhawk – ”I'm Not Strong Enough to Say No” på Strong Enough, 1995
 Billy Ray Cyrus – ”Only God (Could Stop Me Loving You)” på Storm in the Heartland, 1994
 Bonnie Tyler – ”I Cry Myself To Sleep At Night” på Angel Heart, 1992
 Britney Spears – ”Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know” på Oops!… I Did It Again, 2000
 Def Leppard – ”Promises”, ”All Night” og ”It's Only Love” på Euphoria, 1999
 Diamond Rio – ”I Thought I'd Seen Everything” på Unbelievable, 1998
 Emerson Drive – ”Only God (Could Stop Me Loving You)” på Emerson Drive, 2002
 Starship – ”I Didn't Mean To Stay All Night” på Love Among the Cannibals, 1989
 Jonas Brothers – ”I'm Gonna Getcha Good!” på Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience, 2009
 Heart – "Wild Child” og ”All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You” from Brigade, 1990
 Heart – "Will You Be There (In The Morning)” på Desire Walks On, 1993
 Huey Lewis and the News – ”Do You Believe In Love” på Picture This, 1982
 Huey Lewis and the News – ”It Hit Me Like a Hammer” på Hard at Play, 1991
 Lonestar – ”You Walked In” på Crazy Nights, 1997
 Loverboy – ”Lovin' Every Minute of It” på Lovin' Every Minute of It, 1985
 Reba McEntire – ”I'll Take Your Heart” på Moments and Memories: The Best of Reba (kun på den australske utgivelsen), 1998
 Eddie Money – ”Heaven In The Back Seat” på Right Here, 1991
 PJ Powers – ”(Let That) River Roll” på Thandeka Talk To Me, 2001
 Chrissy Steele – ”I Cry Myself To Sleep At Night” på Magnet To Steele, 1991
 Steps – ”Stay With Me Tonight” (innspilt som ”Stay With Me”) på Step One, 1998
 Tina Turner – Why Must We Wait Until Tonight på What's Love Got to Do with It, 1993
 Lari White – ”Only God (Could Stop Me Loving You)” på Stepping Stone, 1999 (duett med Toby Keith)
 The Corrs – ”Breathless” på In Blue
 The Corrs – ”All the Love in the World” på In Blue
 The Corrs – ”Irresistible” på In Blue

Grammy Awards 
 1991 – "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" – Bedste sang originalskrevet for film eller TV-program 
 1995 – The Woman In Me – Bedste Country-album
 1998 – "You're Still the One" – Bedste Country-sang
 1999 – "Come on Over" – Bedste Country-sang

Eksterne henvisninger 
 

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Sangskrivere fra Storbritannien
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