Paul Barry (songwriter)

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Paul Michael Barry is a British songwriter and musician. He has written or co-written a number of well known songs, including "

Barry was born in Edinburgh, Scotland^[2] in March 1962 . His first band The Questions signed with Bruce Findlay's Zoom Records in 1978.^[3] The band subsequently signed to Paul Weller's Respond Records^[3] record label in 1981. He co-wrote "The House That Jack Built" for Tracie Young which reached number 9 on the UK charts in 1983.

In the 1990s, Barry was a member of the Eurodance reggae fusion group Dreamhouse, best known for their covers of "Stay" and "Sha La La". He then continued his songwriting career, writing for many artists, including five songs on the multi-platinum LP Believe by Cher, including "Strong Enough" and "Believe". He also co-wrote the Cher songs "Song for the Lonely" and "The Music's No Good Without You" from the Living Proof album. Barry has also worked with Enrique Iglesias, initially writing for and later collaborating with him. He has been a source of eight singles from four albums of Iglesias, including "Hero", "Bailamos" and "Be with You", the latter two songs reaching the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100. "Hero" stayed at number three in the US for four weeks, and was number one in the UK and several other countries. Other hits include "Rhythm Divine", "Love to See You Cry" and "Not in Love" (featuring Kelis).^[1]

Barry worked with Lionel Richie for his Renaissance album, co-writing six songs, including the singles "Angel", "Don't Stop the Music" and "Tender Heart", then on five songs for Richie's Just for You album, including the title track, which Richie re-recorded on his No. 1 US album Tuskegee.

Barry co-wrote the

Barry also co-wrote "Cry Out" with Tom Walker for his UK number one album What a Time to Be Alive. He co-wrote the single "Mama Said" from the Mica Paris album Gospel (Mica Paris album). Paris also covered Barry's song "In Broad Daylight", written after the murder of George Floyd.

Selected singles discography

Awards

• ASCAP PRS, Writer of the year 2000
• ASCAP PRS, Song of the year 1999 "Believe"
• ASCAP PRS, Song of the year 2002 "Hero"
• IVOR NOVELLO, Best Song musically/lyrically 1998 "Believe"
• IVOR NOVELLO, Best Selling UK single 1998 "Believe"
• IVOR NOVELLO, International Hit of the year 1998 "Believe"
• Nominated – IVOR NOVELLO, International Hit of year 2001 "Hero"
• Nominated – IVOR NOVELLO, Best Selling UK single 2002 "Hero"
• Grammy Awards, Best Dance Recording 2000 "Believe"
• Nominated, Best Dance Recording 2001 "Be with You"
• Nominated, Best Dance Recording 2002 "Angel"

References

• Paul Barry at
  IMDb
• "Paul Barry - hitparade.ch". swisscharts.com.