Captain Cuts
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Captain Cuts is a songwriting, record production and remix team based in Los Angeles. The duo is composed of Ben Berger and Ryan Rabin (also formerly drummer and producer of the band Grouplove), but they also included Ryan McMahon. Collectively they have produced and co-written songs for artists such as Walk the Moon ("Shut Up and Dance"), Bebe Rexha ("I Got You"), Halsey, The Chainsmokers, Grouplove, Tove Lo, LÉON, Keith Urban, and Marina, among others.
In December 2013, they signed a joint venture deal with Warner Bros Records to form Cuts Records, a record label through which to sign, produce and develop new artists.
In 2016, they signed a record deal with Epic Records as artists and released their first single "Love Like We Used To" in October of that year.
Background and career
Berger and Rabin grew up in Los Angeles, going to the same high school and involved in the music scene. They first wrote together several years later, and when their creative dynamic felt natural after the first song, they continued working together, eventually forming Captain Cuts and becoming long-term collaborators. They released the mixtape If You’re Listening It's Never Too Late in 2015. Captain Cuts began performing DJ sets on a recurring basis at Emo Nite LA in 2016.
The team was a featured artist on the 2018 NOTD and Felix Jaehn single "So Close", with a music video starring Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover girl Camille Kostek.
Discography
Singles
As lead artist
- "Love Like We Used To" (2016) (featuring Nateur)
- "Cocaina" (2017) (featuring Rich the Kid and Daniels)
- "House Party" (2017) (with The Knocks)
- "Do You Think About Me" (2018) (with Zookeper featuring Georgia Ku)
- "Summertime Love" (2019) (with Digital Farm Animals)
- "Heat" (2019) (featuring Parson James)
- "Stuck in My Head" (2020) (featuring AJ Mitchell)
As featured artist
- "So Close" (2018) (NOTD and Felix Jaehn featuring Captain Cuts and Georgia Ku)
- "On Air" (2022) What So Not featuring Louis the Child, Captain Cuts and JRM
Songwriting and production credits
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US Alt | US Pop | US Hot AC | US Rock | US Dance | US Dance Club | AUS | CAN | NZ | SWE | UK | |||
| 2011 | "Colours" (Grouplove) | — | 15 | — | — | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | RIAA: Gold |
| "Tongue Tied" (Grouplove) | 42 | 1 | 21 | 18 | 3 | — | — | 33 | 90 | — | — | 84 | RIAA: Platinum ARIA: Gold MC: Gold | |
| 2012 | "Itchin' on a Photograph" (Grouplove) | — | 10 | — | — | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2013 | "To the End of the Earth" (Jessica Mauboy) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | — | — | — | — | ARIA: Gold |
| "Ways to Go" (Grouplove) | 120 | 2 | — | — | 18 | — | — | 60 | — | — | — | — | RIAA: Gold | |
| "Shark Attack" (Grouplove) | — | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014 | "Dreaming" (Smallpools) | — | 23 | — | — | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | RIAA: Gold |
| "Different Kind of Love" (Third Degree) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015 | "Shut Up and Dance" (Walk the Moon) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 4 | RIAA: 3× Platinum ARIA: 6× Platinum MC: 7× Platinum BPI: 3× Platinum GLF: 4× Platinum RMNZ: Platinum BVMI: Platinum |
| 2016 | "Welcome to Your Life" (Grouplove) | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "What We Live For" (American Authors) | — | — | — | 24 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Love Like We Used To" (Captain Cuts) | — | — | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "I Got You" (Bebe Rexha) | 43 | — | 17 | — | — | — | 1 | 73 | 38 | — | 29 | 91 | RIAA: Platinum MC: Gold ARIA: Platinum FIMI: Gold SNEP: Gold BPI: Silver | |
| 2017 | "One Foot" (Walk the Moon) | 65 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | RIAA: Gold |
| 2018 | "Kamikaze" (Walk the Moon) | — | 6 | — | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Be Somebody" (Steve Aoki & Nicky Romero ft. Kiiara) | — | — | — | — | — | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Party for One" (Carly Rae Jepsen) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 100 | 19 | — | — | ||
| "So Close" (NOTD and Felix Jaehn featuring Captain Cuts and Georgia Ku) | — | — | 27 | — | — | 10 | 1 | 45 | — | 31 | 77 | — | RIAA: Platinum ARIA: 2× Platinum MC: Gold | |
| 2019 | "Kissing Other People" (Lennon Stella) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 60 | — | — | — | |
| "Go Easy" (Matt Maeson) | — | 15 | — | — | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020 | "Sad Tonight" (Chelsea Cutler) | — | — | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Superman" (Keith Urban) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Full discography
| Year | Artist | Album | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Grouplove | Never Trust a Happy Song | Producer, co-writer, co-mixer ("Itchin' on a Photograph", "Tongue Tied", "Lovely Cup", "Colours", "Slow", "Naked Kids", "Spun", "Betty's a Bomb Shell", "Chloe", "Love Will Save Your Soul", "Cruel and Beautiful World", "Close Your Eyes and Count to Ten") |
| 2012 | The Knocks | The Feeling (single) | Co-writer, additional production ("The Feeling") |
| Marina and the Diamonds | Electra Heart | Producer, co-writer ("Lonely Hearts Club") | |
| 2013 | Eddie Gomez | No | Producer, co-writer, mixer ("Someday", "Figure It Out", "Backseat", "Monsters", "Little Bit Of Candy", "I Want You") |
| Grouplove | Spreading Rumours | Producer, co-writer, co-mixer ("I'm With You", "Borderlines and Aliens", "Schoolboy", "Ways to Go", "Shark Attack", "Sit Still", "Hippy Hill", "What I Know", "Didn't Have to Go", "Bitin' the Bullet", "News to Me", "Raspberry", "Save the Party", "Girl", "Flowers", "Beans on Pizza") | |
| Jessica Mauboy | Beautiful | Producer, co-writer ("To the End of the Earth") | |
| Grouplove & Manchester Orchestra | Make It to Me (single) | Producer, co-writer ("Make It to Me") | |
| The Mowgli's | Waiting for the Dawn | Producer, co-writer ("Clean Light") | |
| 2014 | Tegan and Sara | Endless Love (soundtrack) | Producer, mixer ("Don't Find Another Love") |
| Strange Talk | Cast Away | Producer, co-writer ("Young Hearts") | |
| Third Degree | Different Kind of Love (single) | Producer, co-writer, mixer ("Different Kind of Love") | |
| Walk the Moon | Talking Is Hard | Co-writer ("Shut Up and Dance"), Co-producer, co-writer ("Up 2 U") | |
| Tove Lo | Queen of the Clouds | Producer, co-writer ("Crave") | |
| 2015 | Smallpools | Lovetap! | Producer, co-writer ("American Love", "Killer Whales", "Dreaming", "Street Fight", "Mason Jar", "Over & Over", "Lovetap!", "What's That a Picture Of?", "Dyin' to Live", "Admission to Your Party", "9 To 5", "No Story Time", "Submarine") |
| The Mowgli's | Kids in Love | Producer, co-writer ("I'm Good", "Through the Dark", "Bad Dream") | |
| Fancy Reagan | Knock Me Out (single) | Producer, co-writer ("Knock Me Out") | |
| Say Lou Lou | Lucid Dreaming | Co-writer ("Angels Above Me") | |
| Sabrina Carpenter | Eyes Wide Open | Producer, co-writer, mixer ("Two Young Hearts") | |
| Tigertown | Papernote (single) | Producer, co-writer, mixer ("Papernote") | |
| Waters | What's Real | Producer, co-writer, mixer ("Got to My Head", "I Feel Everything", "The Avenue", "What's Real", "Breakdown", "Over It") | |
| Lucas Nord | Voices (single) | Co-writer ("Voices") | |
| R5 | Sometime Last Night | Producer, co-writer ("All Night") | |
| Halsey | Badlands | Producer, co-writer ("Roman Holiday") | |
| The Score | Where Do You Run | Producer, co-writer ("Something New"), Additional production ("Livin' Right") | |
| Third Eye Blind | Dopamine | Producer ("Rites of Passage") | |
| Us the Duo | Slow Down Time (single) | Producer, co-writer ("Slow Down Time") | |
| 2016 | Cardiknox | Portrait | Co-producer, co-writer ("Into the Night") |
| St. Lucia | Matter | Co-producer, co-writer ("Physical", "Game 4 U") | |
| American Authors | What We Live For | Producer, co-writer ("What We Live For", "Right Here Right Now") | |
| Broods | Conscious | Producer, co-writer ("Are You Home") | |
| The Knocks | 55 | Vocal producer ("Kiss the Sky") | |
| Grouplove | Big Mess | Producer, co-writer (“Welcome to Your Life”, “Do You Love Someone”, ”Standing in the Sun”, “Enlighten Me”, “Good Morning”, “Spinning”, “Cannonball”, “Traumatized”, “Heart of Mine”, “Don't Stop Making It Happen”, “Hollywood”) | |
| Captain Cuts ft. Nateur | Love Like We Used To (single) | Producer, co-writer, artist ("Love Like We Used To") | |
| 2017 | Bebe Rexha | All Your Fault Pt. 1 | Producer, co-writer ("I Got You", "F.F.F. ft. G-Eazy") |
| SoMo | The Answers | Producer, co-writer ("Over") | |
| Audien ft. MAX | One More Weekend (single) | Co-producer, co-writer ("One More Weekend") | |
| The Chainsmokers | Memories...Do Not Open | Co-producer, co-writer ("Break Up Every Night") | |
| Captain Cuts ft. Rich The Kid & Daniels | Cocaina (single) | Producer, co-writer, artist ("Cocaina") | |
| Neon Trees | Feel Good (single) | Producer ("Feel Good") | |
| Walk the Moon | What If Nothing | Co-producer, co-writer ("One Foot", "Surrender", "Kamikaze") | |
| Rozes | Famous (single) | Producer, co-writer ("Famous") | |
| The Knocks & Captain Cuts | House Party (single) | Producer, co-writer, artist ("House Party") | |
| 2018 | The Night Game | Bad Girls Don't Cry (single) | Co-writer ("Bad Girls Don't Cry") |
| What So Not | Beautiful (single) | Co-writer, vocal producer ("Beautiful") | |
| Amy Shark, Julia Michaels | Love, Simon (soundtrack) | Co-producer, co-writer ("Sink In") | |
| Keith Urban | Graffiti U | Co-producer, co-writer ("Love The Way It Hurts (So Good)") | |
| TOMI | Coming Around (single) | Producer, co-writer ("Coming Around") | |
| Half The Animal | Too Late (single) | Producer, co-writer ("Too Late") | |
| The Vamps | Night & Day | Producer, co-writer ("What Your Father Says") | |
| lovelytheband | Finding It Hard To Smile | Co-writer ("Your Whatever") | |
| Captain Cuts & Zookëper ft. Georgia Ku | Do You Think About Me? (single) | Co-producer, co-writer, artist ("Do You Think About Me?") | |
| Half The Animal | Magic (single) | Producer, co-writer ("Magic") | |
| Steve Aoki & Nicky Romero ft. Kiiara | Be Somebody (single) | Co-producer, co-writer, ("Be Somebody") | |
| Allie X | Little Things (single) | Co-producer, co-writer ("Little Things") | |
| Léon | Baby Don't talk (single) | Producer, co-writer ("Baby Don't Talk") | |
| Nightly | Who Am I To You (single) | Co-producer, co-writer ("Who Am I To You") | |
| NOTD, Felix Jaehn & Captain Cuts ft. Georgia Ku | So Close (single) | Co-producer, co-writer, artist ("So Close") | |
| Carly Rae Jepsen | Party For One (single) | Co-producer ("Party For One") | |
| Whethan ft. Bipolar Sunshine | Life Of A Wallflower Vol. 1 | Co-producer, co-writer ("Top Shelf") | |
| Loren Gray | Queen (single) | Producer, co-writer ("Queen") | |
| 2019 | Carly Rae Jepsen | Now That I Found You (single) | Producer, Co-writer ("Now That I Found You") |
| Marina | Love + Fear | Co-producer, co-writer ("Superstar", "Karma") | |
| Léon | Léon | Producer, co-writer ("Better In The Dark") | |
| Justin Jesso, Nina Nesbitt | Let It Be Me (EP) | Co-producer, co-writer ("Let it Be Me") | |
| Dreamers | Launch Fly Land | Co-producer, co-writer ("Someway, Somehow") | |
| Matt Maeson | Bank On The Funeral | Co-producer, co-writer ("Go Easy", "Tread On Me") | |
| Loren Gray | Options/Lie Like That | Producer, co-writer ("Options", "Lie Like That") | |
| Jai Wolf | The Cure To Loneliness | Co-writer ("Still Sleeping") | |
| The Head and The Heart | Living Mirage | Producer, co-writer ("Up Against the Wall") | |
| Georgia Ku | What Do I Do? (single) | Co-writer ("What Do I Do?") | |
| Blink-182 | Generational Divide (single) | Co-writer ("Generational Divide") | |
| Captain Cuts, Digital Farm Animals | Summertime Love (single) | Co-producer, co-writer, artist ("Summertime Love") | |
| Lennon Stella | Kissing Other People (single) | Co-producer, co-writer ("Kissing Other People") | |
| Captain Cuts ft. Parson James | Heat (single) | Co-producer, co-writer, artist ("Heat") | |
| Bearson ft. JRM & Georgia Ku | All In (single) | Co-producer, co-writer ("All In") | |
| 2020 | Chelsea Cutler | How To Be Human | Producer, co-writer ("Sad Tonight") |
| Marina | To All The Boys: P.S. I Still Love You | Producer, co-writer ("About Love") | |
| Conan Gray | Kid Krow | Producer, co-writer ("Little League") | |
| Lennon Stella | Three. Two. One. | Co-producer, co-writer ("Kissing Other People", "Older Than I Am") | |
| Matoma & Captain Cuts ft. Georgia Ku | RYTME | Co-producer, co-writer, artist ("Beside You") | |
| Kygo with Jamie N Commons | Golden Hour | Co-writer ("Feels Like Forever") | |
| Walk Off The Earth | Oh What A Feeling (single) | Co-producer, co-writer ("Oh What A Feeling") | |
| DAHL | After Ours (single) | Producer, co-writer ("After Ours") | |
| Keith Urban | The Speed of Now Part 1 | Co-producer, co-writer ("Superman") | |
| Cash Cash ft. Georgia Ku | Love You Now (single) | Co-writer ("Love You Now") | |
| Loote, Travis Barker, Captain Cuts | Sex With My Ex (single) | Co-producer, co-writer ("Sex With My Ex") | |
| Georgia Ku | What Do I Do? (single) | Co-producer, co-writer ("What Do I Do?") | |
| Captain Cuts ft. AJ Mitchell | Stuck In My Head (single) | Producer, co-writer, artist ("Stuck In My Head") | |
| 2021 | Sabrina Carpenter | Skin (single) | Producer, co-writer ("Skin") |
| Nora Van Elken & Clara Mae | Way Out (single) | Producer, co-writer ("Way Out") | |
| John K | in case you miss me | Co-producer, co-writer ("magic", "don't") | |
| Urban Cone | Never Enough (single) | Co-producer, co-writer ("Never Enough") | |
| Felix Jaehn, Robin Shulz ft. Georgia Ku | I Got A Feeling (single) | Co-producer, co-writer ("I Got A Feeling") | |
| Monsta X | The Dreaming | Producer, co-writer ("Secrets") | |
| Walk The Moon | Heights (album) | Co-Producer, co-writer ("DNA (The Keys)") | |
| Grouplove | This Is This | Co-writer ("Seagulls") | |
| Beren Olivia ft. Lostboycrow | History (single) | Co-writer ("History") | |
| 2022 | Nikko + Sway ft. JRM | Save Me (single) | Co-producer, co-writer ("Save Me") |
| Lexi Jayde | closure to closure | Producer, Co-writer ("cruel intentions") | |
| Ofenbach (DJs) | 4U (single) | Co-producer, co-writer ("4U") | |
| Bryce Vine | Nobody (single) | Producer, co-writer ("Nobody") | |
| Leah Kate | Twinkle Twinkle Little Bitch (single) | Co-producer, co-writer ("Twinkle Twinkle Little Bitch") | |
| Aidan Bissett | Twenty Something (single) | Producer, co-writer ("Twenty Something) | |
| Madeline the Person | CHAPTER 3: The Burning | Producer, co-writer ("Not Sorry") | |
| Claire Rosinkranz | 123 (single) | Producer, co-writer ("123") | |
| Olivia O'Brien ft. FLETCHER | Bitch Back (single) | Producer, co-writer ("Bitch Back") | |
| Captain Cuts, What So Not, Louis The Child & JRM | On Air (single) | Co-writer, co-producer, performer ("On Air") | |
| Captain Cuts, Mahalo & Dan Caplen | Are U With Me (single) | Co-writer, co-producer, performer ("Are U With Me") | |
| Aidan Bissett | Tripping Over Air (single) | Co-writer, producer ("Tripping Over Air") | |
| Carly Rae Jepsen | Talking to Yourself (single) | Co-writer, producer ("Talking to Yourself") | |
| JAWNY | wide eyed (single) | Co-writer, co-producer ("wide eyed") | |
| UPSAHL | "Kickflip" | Co-writer, producer ("Kickflip") | |
| UPSAHL | "Skin Crawl" | Co-writer, producer ("Skin Crawl") | |
| 2023 | Måneskin | "OWN MY MIND" | Co-writer ("OWN MY MIND") |
| JAWNY | "giving up on you" | Co-writer, co-producer ("giving up on you") | |
| Aidan Bissett | "Out Of My League" | Co-writer, producer ("Out Of My League") | |
| Aidan Bissett | "Sick" | Co-writer, producer ("Sick") | |
| Exbf & Slimdan | "hockey fights" | Co-writer ("hockey fights") | |
| Lexi Jayde | "bandages" | Co-writer, producer ("bandages") | |
| Aidan Bissett | "Ultraviolet" | Co-writer, producer ("Ultraviolet") | |
| Knox | "I'm So Good At Being Alone" | Co-writer, co-producer ("I'm So Good At Being Alone") | |
| Claire Rosinkranz | "Gum" | Co-writer, co-producer ("Gum") | |
| Måneskin | "OFF MY FACE" | Co-writer, co-producer ("OFF MY FACE") | |
| 2024 | Arden Jones | "Hard Enough To Stay Alive" | Co-writer, Producer ("Hard Enough To Stay Alive") |
| NOTD, Georgia Ku | "Nostalgia" | Co-writer, Producer ("Nostalgia") | |
| Aidan Bissett | "Planet" | Co-writer, Producer ("Planet") | |
| Audien, Jason Ross | "21" | Co-writer, Producer ("21") | |
| Mahalo, Captain Cuts, Dan Caplen | "Are U With Me" | Co-writer, Producer ("Are U With Me") | |
| Benson Boone | "Fireworks & Rollerblades" | Co-writer, Producer ("There She Goes") |
Remixes
- Walk the Moon - "One Foot"
- Grouplove – "Colours"
- Icona Pop – "Manners"
- Superhumanoids – "Mirrors" (Captain Cuts & Grouplove Remix)
- Britney Spears – "I Wanna Go"
- Ellie Goulding – "Lights"
- Foster the People – "Pumped Up Kicks" (Captain Cuts & Grouplove Remix)
- Young The Giant – "Apartment"
- Marina and the Diamonds – "Radioactive"
- Outasight – "Tonight Is the Night"
- We Barbarians – "Headspace" (Captain Cuts & Grouplove Remix)
- Imagine Dragons – "Radioactive" (Captain Cuts & Grouplove Remix)
- American Authors – "Believer"
- Icona Pop – "All Night"
- The Wombats – "Your Body Is a Weapon" (Grouplove & Captain Cuts Remix)
- The Rubens – "My Gun" (Grouplove & Captain Cuts Remix)
- Grouplove – "Ways to Go"
- Smallpools – "Mason Jar" (Grouplove & Captain Cuts Remix)
- Gold Fields – "Dark Again" (Captain Cuts & Grouplove Remix)
Awards and nominations
| Year | Organization | Nominated work | Award | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Teen Choice Awards | "Shut Up and Dance" | Choice Music: Party Song | Nominated | |
| MTV Video Music Awards | Best Rock Video | Nominated | |||
| 2016 | iHeartRadio Music Awards | Song of the Year | Nominated | ||
| Alternative Rock Song of the Year | Nominated | ||||
| Billboard Music Awards | Top Rock Song | Won | |||
| Top Radio Song | Won | ||||
| 2018 | CMA Awards | Graffiti U | Album of the Year | Nominated | |
| 2020 | iHeartRadio Music Awards | So Close | Dance Song Of The Year | Nominated |