Dan Bryer

Daniel Bryer is an English songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist.

He has written and produced songs for artists such as Westlife, One Direction, Alan Walker, Niall Horan, JP Cooper, Rag'n'Bone Man & James TW.^[1][2]

Notable songs written by Bryer include "Little Bit of Love" by Tom Grennan, "This Town" by Niall Horan, "Skin" by Rag'n'Bone Man, and "Tired" by Alan Walker. Bryer's production credits include "Home" & "What a Feeling" by One Direction, "Starlight" by Westlife and "Put A Little Love On Me" by Niall Horan.^[3]

Bryer has contributed to six Top10 Albums in the US & UK, and three Top10 Singles.^{[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]} Human by Rag'n'Bone Man & Flicker by Niall Horan both achieved No.1 spots in the UK & US respectively.^[4][5]

Bryer's composition "Little Bit of Love" by Tom Grennan received a nomination for Song Of The Year at the 2022 Brit Awards.^[11]

Bryer's songwriting & production debut "What a Feeling" from One Direction’s album 'Made in the A.M.' topped Rolling Stone's 'Readers' Poll' as the best track One Direction ever released.^[12]

Bryer is a frequent collaborator of Mike Needle & Jamie Scott, with the three working together at Scott’s publishing company Catherine Songs.^[13]

Credits according to Tidal. ^{[1] [2]}

Year	Artist	Album	Song	Songwriter	Producer
2024	Rea Garvey		Halo	Y
	Sea Girls	Midnight Butterflies	Horror Movies	Y	Y
			Does Only God Know That We're Lonely	Y	Y
			Polly	Y	Y
	Liam Payne		Teardrops	Y	Y
	Ellur		Satellites	Y
	Sea Girls	Midnight Butterflies	I Want You To Know Me	Y	Y
2023	Tom Grennan	What Ifs & Maybes	This Side Of The Room	Y
			Someone I Used To Know	Y	Y
			Unbreak A Broken	Y	Y
	Niall Horan	The Show	The Show	Y
			Science	Y
	Nico Santos	Ride	Real Love	Y
2022	Sam Ryder	There's Nothing but Space, Man!	Crashing Down	Y
	Sam Feldt, Gavin James		Better	Y
	Sea Girls		Falling Apart	Y
	Gavin James		Kingdom	Y
	JP Cooper	She	Kids	Y
			She	Y	Y
			Need You Tonight	Y	Y
2021	Michael Patrick Kelly	BOATS	Blurry Eyes	Y
	BEKA		Thorn	Y	Y
	Kawala		Searching	Y	Y
	Westlife	Wild Dreams	Starlight	Y
	Into The Ark		The Show	Y	Y
	Sophie and the Giants		Don't Ask Me To Change	Y	Y
	Declan Donavan		Into The Fire	Y	Y
	Bow Anderson		Hate That I Fell In Love With You	Y
	Etham		Somebody Else To Love	Y	Y
	Into The Ark		Olivia	Y	Y
	Rebecca Ferguson & Nile Rodgers		No Words Needed	Y
	Bow Anderson	New Wave EP	New Wave	Y
	Tom Grennan	Evering Road	Little Bit of Love	Y	Y
2020	Duncan Laurence	Small Town Boy	Loves You Like I Couldn't Do	Y
	Bow Anderson		Island	Y
	Bobby Bazini	Move Away	Love & Alcohol	Y	Y
	Bow Anderson		Heavy	Y
	Gavin James		Boxes	Y
	Niall Horan	Heartbreak Weather	Small Talk	Y	Y
			Arms Of A Stranger	Y
			Still	Y	Y
	Robinson	Watching You EP	Watching You	Y
	JP Cooper		In These Arms	Y
2019	Niall Horan		Put a Little Love on Me	Y	Y
	New Rules	New Rules EP	24 Hours	Y	Y
			Night Like This	Y	Y
	Jack Valier		Copenhagen	Y
	Michael Schulte	Highs & Lows	Someone	Y	Y
	Danny Jones	$igns	$igns	Y
			Talk In The Morning	Y
	Into the Ark		'Put Us Back Together'		Y
	James TW	Chapters	'Incredible'	Y
	Milow	Break The Silence	'She'	Y	Y
			'Break The Silence'	Y	Y
			'Help'	Y	Y
	Mabes		'Free'	Y	Y
			'Gone'
2018	Gavin James	Only Ticket Home	'Tired'	Y	Y
			'Faces'	Y
	Liv Dawson	Bedroom EP	'Good Intentions'	Y	Y
	Leo Stannard	Maratea	'5 Years Later'	Y
	Emma Jensen		'Rush'	Y
	Royal Wood	Ever After The Farewell	'Made of Gold'	Y
			'King & Queen'	Y
			'Midnight Hour'	Y
			'Nowhere to be Found'	Y
			'Old Young Love'	Y
	Liv Dawson		'Talk'	Y	Y
2017	Michael Patrick Kelly	iD	'Roundabouts'	Y	Y
	Niall Horan	Flicker	'Mirrors'	Y
	Hurts	Desire	'Hold On To Me'		Y
	Alan Walker		'Tired'	Y
	Rag'n'Bone Man	Human	'Skin'	Y
	Coasts	This Life	'Heart Starts Beating'		Y
			'Let Me Love You'	Y	Y
			'Born To Die'	Y	Y
			'Paradise'		Y
			'Take Me Back Home'		Y
			'Come On Over'		Y
			'White Noise'	Y	Y
2016	Niall Horan	Flicker	'This Town'	Y
	The Beach		'Geronimo'	Y	Y
	Jessie Ware	Me Before You Soundtrack	'Till The End'		Y
2015	One Direction	Made in the A.M.	'What A Feeling'	Y	Y
			'Home'		Y

Ivor Novello Award