Lauren Christy Biography

Lauren Christy is an English singer-songwriter and music producer. She is a part of the writing trio The Matrix.

Early life and education

Christy was born in London, England. She studied at the Bush Davies Ballet School as a child, before she decided to become a musician.

Career

Music career

Christy was a member of several bands. Her first band, Pink Ash, consisted of six male members and herself. Her stage name was Susie Reptile. After frantically writing and looking for inspiration from her keyboards, Christy achieved both a publishing deal with EMI and a major label record contract with Polygram Records.

She released her self-titled debut album on February 19, 1993, including the singles "You Read Me Wrong" and "Steep," which targeted the adult contemporary market. Her second, Breed, was released on July 22, 1997 and featured a substantially different style than Lauren Christy, being more of a pop rock album.

In 1994, Christy had a minor AC hit with "The Color of the Night", the theme song to the Bruce Willis film Color of Night, Cantonese sung by Karen Tong. After the song gained airplay, her eponymous debut album was re-released with "The Color of the Night" included as a bonus track.

Three years later, she contributed the song "Breed" to the Batman and Robin soundtrack, which was also released as the first single for the Breed album. Though the song's video received heavy rotation on MTV, the single and album failed to chart. The second single, "Magazine" also failed to make an impression.

Though Breed is Christy's most recent full length album (reportedly plans for a third album were shelved with the demise of Mercury Records ), she has continued to contribute to film and television soundtracks, particularly the song "Walk This Earth Alone" on the Great Expectations soundtrack. The track "Anywhere the Wind Blows" appears in the film Seven Girlfriends (as does Christy herself, in a bit part) and "Satellite" can be found on the closing credits to William Shatner's Free Enterprise, though neither song has seen a commercial release outside of the movie appearances. "I Want What I Want" from the Breed album made it into the movie Wild Things, but failed to make it onto the movie's soundtrack.

The Matrix: Writing & Producing Career

Since the late 1990s, Christy has primarily worked with her husband; songwriter and music producer Graham Edwards and musician, composer and remixer Scott Spock in pop music writing and production team called The Matrix. In this capacity, she has written or co-written and produced songs for Tokio Hotel, Christina Aguilera, Backstreet Boys, Hilary Duff, Ronan Keating, Korn, Avril Lavigne, Lillix, Ricky Martin, Ashley Parker Angel, Kelly Clarkson, Mcfly, Jason Mraz, Liz Phair, Ashley Tisdale, Britney Spears, Skye Sweetnam, Shakira, Miranda Cosgrove, Enrique Iglesias, Katy Perry and Adam Longlands.

Writing & Producing Discography

2013

• Bonnie Tyler "Believe In Me"
• Jayme Dee "Heartbreaker"

2012

• Neon Hitch "F U Better"
• Haley Reinhart "Let's Run Away "
• Hedley "Kiss You Inside Out"
• Vicci Martinez "I Can Love
• Vicci Martinez "Not Washing You Off of Me

2011

• Enrique Iglesias "Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)"
• Kelly Clarkson "I Forgive You "
• Jason Derulo "Breathing"
• Greyson Chance "Hold On ?Til The Night"
• Rihanna "Cheers"
• Ricky Martin "No Te Miento"
• Ricky Martin "Te Busco Y Te Alcanzo"
• Ricky Martin "Liar"
• Pixie Lott "I Throw My Hands Up"
• The New Cities "Heatwave"
• The New Cities "The New Rule"

2010

• Miranda Cosgrove "Adored"
• Miranda Cosgrove "Beautiful Mess"
• Sterling Knight "Hanging"
• Sterling Knight "How We Do This"
• Valora "Extreme"

2009

• Blake Lewis "Freak"
• Tokio Hotel "Attention"
• Tokio Hotel "Down On You"
• Tokio Hotel "Hey You [a/k/a Hey Du]"
• Tokio Hotel "Human Connect To Human"
• Tokio Hotel "Love & Death"
• Tokio Hotel "Screamin'"
• Tokio Hotel "That Day"
• Ashley Tisdale "Guilty Pleasure"
• Ashley Tisdale "Time's Up"
• Miranda Cosgrove "FYI"
• The Matrix "Damn"
• The Matrix "Just A Song"
• The Matrix "Live Before I Die"
• The Matrix "Love Is A Train"
• The Matrix "Seen That Done That"
• The Matrix "Take A Walk"

2008

• McFly "The End"
• McFly "Geishas"
• McFly "Corrupted"
• McFly "Can Anybody Hear Me"
• Danger Radio "Broken Man"
• Keaton Simons "Nobody Knows"
• Keaton Simons "To Me"
• Kane "Shot Of A Gun"
• Ferras "Aliens & Rainbows"
• Ferras "Blame"
• Ferras "Don't Give Up"
• Ferras "Everybody Bleeds The Same"
• Ferras "Hollywood's Not America"
• Ferras "Liberation Day"
• Ferras "My Beautiful Life"
• Ferras "Something About You"
• Ferras "Soul Rock"
• Clique Girlz "A Word for You"
• Clique Girlz "Never Gonna Fly"
• Clique Girlz "Ordinary Girl"
• Clique Girlz "Smile "

2007

• Korn "Bitch We Have A Problem"
• Korn "Do What They Say"
• Korn "Ever Be"
• Korn "Evolution"
• Korn "Hold On"
• Korn "Hushabye"
• Korn "I Will Protect"
• Korn "Innocent Bystander"
• Korn "Killer"
• Korn "Love Or Luxury"
• Korn "Sing Sorrow"
• Jon McLaughlin "From You, From Me [a/k/a For You From Me]"
• Cheetah Girls "How A Girl Feels"
• Skye Sweetnam "Baby Doll Gone Wrong"
• Skye Sweetnam "Cartoon "
• Skye Sweetnam "Human"
• Skye Sweetnam "Makeout Song"
• Skye Sweetnam "My Boyfriend Is Music"
• Skye Sweetnam "My Favorite Tune"
• Skye Sweetnam "Scary Love"
• Skye Sweetnam "Ultra"
• Ashley Tisdale "Headstrong"
• Ashley Tisdale "So Much For You"

2006

• Eliane Elias "Around The City"
• Eliane Elias "Running"
• Eliane Elias "We're So Good"
• Josh Kelley "Opposite Of Me"

2005

• Shakira "Don't Bother"
• Shakira "How Do You Do"
• Korn "Appears"
• Korn "Coming Undone"
• Korn "Eatin' Up Inside [a/k/a Eaten Up Aside]"
• Korn "For No One"
• Korn "Getting Off [a/k/a Finger Tips]"
• Korn "Hypocrites"
• Korn "Inside Out"
• Korn "It's Me Again"
• Korn "The Last Legal Drug"
• Korn "Liar"
• Korn "Love Song [a/k/a Killing Korn]"
• Korn "Open Up [a/k/a Open Up Now]"
• Korn "Politics"
• Korn "Seen It All [a/k/a I've Seen It All]"
• Korn "Souvenir Of Sadness [a/k/a Souvenir]"
• Korn "Tearjerker [a/k/a Saturated Loneliness]"
• Korn "Throw Me Away"
• Korn "Too Late I'm Dead"
• Korn "Twisted Translator"
• Korn "10 Or A 2 Way"
• INXS "Hot Girls"
• INXS "The Perfect Stranger"
• Ricky Martin "This Is Good"

2004

• Ben Jelen "Stay"
• The Mooney Suzuki "Primitive Condition"
• The Mooney Suzuki "Alive & Amplified"
• The Mooney Suzuki "Legal High"
• The Mooney Suzuki "New York Girls"
• The Mooney Suzuki "Shake That Bush Again"
• The Mooney Suzuki "Sometimes Somethin"
• The Mooney Suzuki "Loose 'n' Juicy"
• The Mooney Suzuki "Hot Sugar"
• The Mooney Suzuki "Messin' in the Dressin' Room"
• The Mooney Suzuki "Naked Lady"

2003

• Britney Spears "Shadow"
• Hilary Duff "The Math"
• Hilary Duff "So Yesterday [a/k/a Yesterday]"
• Hilary Duff "Where Did I Go Right?"
• Liz Phair "Extraordinary"
• Liz Phair "Favorite"
• Liz Phair "Rock Me"
• Liz Phair "Why Can't I Breathe"
• Lillix "Dirty Sunshine"
• Busted "She Wants to Be Me"
• Busted "3AM"

2002

• Jason Mraz "The Remedy (I Don't Worry)"
• Avril Lavigne "Complicated"
• Avril Lavigne "Sk8ter Boi"
• Avril Lavigne "I'm With You"
• Avril Lavigne "Anything But Ordinary"
• Avril Lavigne "Things I'll Never Say"
• Avril Lavigne "Falling Down"

2000

• Christina Aguilera "This Year"