South African record producer
Mutt Lange
Born Robert John Lange
(1948-11-11 ) 11 November 1948 (age 77) Origin Johannesburg , South AfricaGenres Occupations Record producer songwriter Years active 1968–present Spouses
Olga Anthony
(divorced)
Musical artist
Robert John "Mutt "Lange (/ˈ l æ ŋ LANG rock music as well as co-writing and producing various songs forShania Twain , his ex-wife. Her 1997 albumCome On Over [ 1] AC/DC ,Def Leppard ,the Michael Stanley Band ,the Boomtown Rats ,Foreigner ,Outlaws ,Michael Bolton ,Heart ,the Cars ,Bryan Adams ,Huey Lewis and the News ,Billy Ocean ,Celine Dion ,Britney Spears ,the Corrs ,Maroon 5 ,Lady Gaga ,Now United ,Nickelback , andMuse .
Robert John Lange was born inMufulira ,Northern Rhodesia (todayZambia ), and grew up inDurban, South Africa . His parents areGerman . His mother came from a prosperous family and his father was a mining engineer. Nicknamed "Mutt" at an early age, he grew up a fan of country music, in particular the singerSlim Whitman . While studying at Belfast High School in what is nowMpumalanga province, he started a band in which he played rhythm guitar and sang harmonies.
After hisnational service (1966–1967), Lange formed the band Sound Reason in 1969, together with James Borthwick, a South African TV, stage, and film actor. In 1971, Lange began the group Hocus, recording one album and releasing five singles.[ 2]
In 1978, Lange wrote and producedIpswich Town 'sFA Cup Final single "Ipswich Get That Goal", his connection with the club due to their South Africa-born playerColin Viljoen . The song is derived from a previous recording, "Give That Thang to Me" byPaul Jones (1977), with some parts rearranged and new lyrics.[citation needed Beginning production work in 1976, his first major hits came in October 1978 with the UK No. 1 single "Rat Trap " forthe Boomtown Rats , followed in July 1979 withAC/DC 'shard rock albumHighway to Hell City Boy from 1976 to 1979.[citation needed
He produced two more albums with AC/DC, includingBack in Black [update] second-best-selling album of all time . He also worked with rock groupForeigner on4 Def Leppard on their hit albums,High 'n' Dry Pyromania Hysteria Adrenalize Hysteria , Lange bowed out of working with Def Leppard. In 1999, he returned to working with them in a more limited role, co-writing three tracks for their albumEuphoria Promises ", a Number 1 hit on the mainstream rock charts.[citation needed
In 1991, he producedBryan Adams 'sWaking Up the Neighbours (Everything I Do) I Do It for You " for theKevin Costner filmRobin Hood: Prince of Thieves Make You " from the albumGreat Escape Tara Blaise which was released in May 2008.[citation needed In the 2001 television filmHysteria – The Def Leppard Story , actorAnthony Michael Hall portrayed Lange.[citation needed
Lange is a strictvegetarian and a follower of theegalitarian teachings ofSant Mat .[ 3] La Tour-de-Peilz , Switzerland.[ 4]
Lange metStevie Vann when the two attended the same school inNorthern Rhodesia in the early 1960s, and the two reconnected a few years later while attending Belfast High School in South Africa.[ 5]
After hearingShania Twain 's music, he got in touch with her and they spent many hours on the phone. They finally met six months after the initial contact and were married on 28 December 1993. Lange is ateetotaler and, as a result, they had non-alcoholic champagne at their wedding. Lange had the song "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You " performed as a sign of his dedication to Twain. In August 2001, their son was born.
On 15 May 2008, a spokesman for his employer Mercury Nashville announced that Twain and Lange were separating,[ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 4]
In 2011, Lange purchased Coronet Peak Station located on the mountain andski field of the same name inQueenstown, New Zealand onSouth Island . In 2014, he protected 53,000 hectares (130,000 acres) of his land asQueen Elizabeth II National Trust covenant ; this is the largest private conservation covenant in New Zealand.[ 9]
Albums on which Lange produced a majority of the tracks:
Hocus – "The Swan"/"He", 1972 Richard Jon Smith –Superstar Smith , 1974 Spider –Spider , 1975 City Boy –City Boy [ 10] City Boy –Dinner at the Ritz , 1976 Kevin Coyne –In Living Black and White , 1976Mallard –In a Different Climate , 1976Graham Parker –Heat Treatment [ 11] Supercharge –Local Lads Make Good , 1976The Motors –1 City Boy –Young Men Gone West Clover –Love on the Wire , 1977Clover –Unavailable , 1977 Supercharge –Horizontal Refreshment , 1977The Boomtown Rats –The Boomtown Rats The Rumour –Max , 1977Savoy Brown –Savage Return , 1978[ 11] Michael Stanley Band –Cabin Fever , 1978 City Boy –Book Early , 1978 Outlaws –Playin' to Win The Boomtown Rats –A Tonic for the Troops Deaf School –English Boys/Working Girls , 1978City Boy –The Day the Earth Caught Fire , 1979 The Records –Shades in Bed , 1979Supercharge –Body Rhythm , 1979 The Boomtown Rats –The Fine Art of Surfacing AC/DC –Highway to Hell [ 11] Tycoon – Tycoon, 1979Broken Home –Broken Home , 1980AC/DC –Back in Black [ 11] Foreigner –4 [ 11] Def Leppard –High 'N' Dry [ 11] AC/DC –For Those About to Rock We Salute You Def Leppard –Pyromania [ 11] The Cars –Heartbeat City [ 11] Def Leppard –Hysteria [ 11] Romeo's Daughter –Romeo's Daughter Billy Ocean –Tear Down These Walls Bryan Adams –Waking Up the Neighbours [ 11] Def Leppard –Adrenalize Michael Bolton –The One Thing Stevie Vann –Stevie Vann , 1995 Shania Twain –The Woman in Me Bryan Adams –18 til I Die Shania Twain –Come on Over The Corrs –In Blue [ 10] Shania Twain –Up! Shania Twain –Greatest Hits Nickelback –Dark Horse Maroon 5 –Hands All Over Muse –Drones Ashley Clark –Ashley Clark , 2015 Produced album tracks [ edit ] Albums on which Lange produced at least one track:
Jessica Jones – "Sunday, Monday, Tuesday", 1972 Stephen – "Right On Running Man", 1974/5 Graham Parker and the Rumour –The Parkerilla XTC – "This Is Pop" (single version), 1978[ 12] Roman Holliday –Fire Me Up (executive producer), 1984Billy Ocean –Suddenly Billy Ocean –Love Zone Billy Ocean –Greatest Hits , 1989 Bryan Adams –So Far So Good Tina Turner –What's Love Got to Do with It Michael Bolton –Greatest Hits Celine Dion –All the Way... A Decade of Song Backstreet Boys –Backstreet's Back Backstreet Boys –Millennium Bryan Adams –The Best of Me Britney Spears –Oops!... I Did It Again Celine Dion –A New Day Has Come Bryan Adams –Room Service Various artists –Music from and Inspired by Desperate Housewives Anne Murray –Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends Bryan Adams –11 Tara Blaise –Great Escape Lady Gaga –Born This Way Zander Bleck –Bring It On , 2012[ 13] Bryan Adams –So Happy It Hurts Album tracks written or co-written [ edit ] Britney Spears – "Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know " fromOops!...I Did It Again Bryan Adams – "I Will Always Return", "You Can't Take Me" and "This Is Where I Belong" fromSpirit: Stallion of the Cimarron Bryan Adams – "So Far So Good" fromAnthology Bryan Adams andSarah McLachlan – "Don't Let Go" fromSpirit: Stallion of the Cimarron Bryan Adams,Rod Stewart , andSting – "All for Love " fromThe Three Musketeers: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack , 1993 Bryan Adams – "So Happy it Hurts " fromSo Happy It Hurts , 2021 Bryan Adams – "On the Road " from So Happy It Hurts, 2021 Bryan Adams – "Kick Ass" fromSo Happy It Hurts , 2021 Jessica Andrews – "I'll Take Your Heart" fromHeart Shaped World Backstreet Boys – "If You Want It to Be Good Girl (Get Yourself a Bad Boy)" fromBackstreet's Back Backstreet Boys – "It's Gotta Be You" fromMillennium Blackhawk – "I'm Not Strong Enough to Say No " fromStrong Enough Michael Bolton – "Only a Woman Like You" fromOnly a Woman Like You Michael Bolton – "Said I Loved You...But I Lied " fromThe One Thing Claude François – "Stop, Stop, Stop" and "Without Your Love I Can't Live" fromBordeaux Rosé , 1978Clout – "Don't Stop" fromSubstitute , 1978Billy Ray Cyrus – "Only God (Could Stop Me Loving You) " fromStorm in the Heartland Celine Dion – "If Walls Could Talk ", from: "All the Way... A Decade of Song ", 1999Dana – "Without Your Love (I Can't Live)" – track produced byBarry Blue fromThe Girl Is Back , 1979Def Leppard – All songs onPyromania Def Leppard – All songs onHysteria Def Leppard – "Ring of Fire" and "I Wanna Be Your Hero" fromRetro Active Def Leppard – "Promises ", "All Night" and "It's Only Love" fromEuphoria Dionne Warwick – "Without Your Love" – track produced byRichard Landis fromFinder of Lost Loves Dobie Gray – "All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You" from Dobie's self titled album, 1979 Girls Next Door – "Without Your Love" fromWhat a Girl Next Door Could Do , 1987Heart – "All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You " and "Wild Child" fromBrigade Heart – "Will You Be There (In the Morning) " fromDesire Walks On Huey Lewis and the News – "Do You Believe in Love " fromPicture This Huey Lewis and the News – "It Hit Me Like a Hammer " fromHard at Play Lonestar – "You Walked In " fromCrazy Nights Loverboy – "Lovin' Every Minute of It " fromLovin' Every Minute of It Reba McEntire – "I'll Take Your Heart" fromMoments and Memories: The Best of Reba Miss Willie Brown – "You're All That Matters to Me", 2012PJ Powers – "(Let That) River Roll" fromThandeka Talk to Me , 2001Starship – "I Didn't Mean to Stay All Night" fromLove Among the Cannibals Carrie Underwood – "Who Are You" fromBlown Away Celtic Woman – "Walk Beside Me", 2015Romeos Daughter – "Don't Break My Heart", "I Cry Myself to Sleep at Night", "Wild Child", "Heaven in the Backseat", 1988 Eddie Money – "Heaven in the Backseat", 1991 The Corrs – "Breathless", 2000 Shania Twain – All songs onThe Woman in Me (except "Leaving Is the Only Way Out"),Come on Over , andUp! Zander Bleck – "Bring It On", 2012 Radioactive – "Move It", 2022 Leah Martin-Brown - "Boys", 2024
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