Mike Sabath

Mike Sabath is an American record producer, songwriter, and musician.^[1] He has worked with Shawn Mendes, Lizzo, Meghan Trainor, Raye, Liam Payne, Little Mix (including solo project(s); notably, Jade Thirlwall), the Jonas Brothers, Sabrina Carpenter, Camila Cabello and Selena Gomez, among other artists.^[2][3][4]

Sabath was born and raised in Westchester County, New York. His parents, Karen and Bruce Sabath, were financiers; Bruce later left finance to become an actor. He started to sing as a child, and learned to play piano, guitar, clarinet, and drums.^[5] In 7th grade, to benefit the charity Ability Beyond Disability, he wrote a song titled "Hand in Hand" which he recorded with a chorus of 140 kids. "Hand in Hand" raised more than $5000 for the charity through online sales and donations.^[6] A year later, he wrote, arranged and recorded "Talk About It" to raise funds for the Westchester Mental Health Association.^[7]

Sabath attended John Jay High School and as a student wrote and recorded music every night. He applied to and was accepted at Harvard, but deferred admission to focus on music full-time.^[1]

Sabath took a leave of absence from high school in his senior year to write and record in Los Angeles. By then, he had a manager, Don Isaac, and an agent, who also represented Justin Bieber.^[1] In early 2017, he signed a publishing deal with Sony/ATV Publishing, and later that year attended a multi-day Sony/ATV publishing camp. While there, he wrote "Get Loud for Me" with the singer Gizzle. The song was used in an NFL/Bose commercial, and became a hit: it was streamed more than 4.4 million times, and added to 67,000 playlists. "Get Loud for Me" was later used in ads for Adidas and the Need for Speed Payback video game.^[8][9] He also co-wrote Daphne Willis' "Do It Like This", at the Sony/ATV camp; it was used in commercials for Comcast/Xfinity and became a "phenomenon" in South Korea.^[10]

In 2018, Sabath wrote and produced "Familiar" for Liam Payne's debut album, LP1.^[11] Recorded with Payne and J Balvin, "Familiar" charted at #25 in the US ^[12] and #14 in the UK, where it remained on the Top 40 charts for 19 weeks.^[13] He had similar success in 2019 as a co-writer on "I Can't Get Enough" by Selena Gomez, J Balvin, Benny Blanco, and Tainy.^[2]

In 2019, in addition to writing and producing music with artists including Lizzo, the Jonas Brothers, Carlie Hanson and DJ Snake, Sabath co-wrote, produced, and appeared on Meghan Trainor's "Wave," the second single from her third major-label studio album, Treat Myself (2020).^[3] He performed on Ellen^[14] and The Voice with Trainor following the single's release.^[15] He also signed with Warner Records in 2019.^[5]

In September 2020, his song "Good Energy" was selected to be in the soundtrack for the popular video game series FIFA's latest installment, FIFA 21.

In February 2023, RAYE's debut album My 21st Century Blues was released, on which Sabath co-produced or produced all of the tracks but Black Mascara. This album went on to win one of Raye's record-breaking 7 BRIT Awards in 2024, British Album Of The Year. In March 2023, Sabath announced the released of his debut studio album, Being Human with his band The Moongirls. It was released on April 28, 2023 via Warner Records.^[16] In September of that year, a standalone single "Life" was released via his own record label.^[17] In November of the following year in collaboration with Bird Life Australia, Sabath released an album of recorded Bird sounds during his time in Australia.^[18] In 2024, Sabath produced JADE's debut single, Angel Of My Dreams. (Jade even says in the opening lyrics of the song: "Hey Mike, let's do something crazy!") This would be the lead single for her debut album, THAT'S SHOWBIZ BABY!!!, on which Sabath produced more tracks, including the singles Fantasy & Unconditional,^[19] as well as the song Before You Break My Heart.^[20] He also co-produced the tracks Headache (with Claude Vause)^[21] and Silent Disco (with RAYE and Jonah Christian).^[22]

Partially adapted from AllMusic.^[23]