The Invisible Men
The Invisible Men is a songwriting and music production duo consisting of Jason Pebworth & George Astasio. Invisible Men's songs have so far achieved over 7 billion Spotify streams, 30 million record sales worldwide and the duo has frequently ranked among Music Week's Top Songwriters.[1] They co-produced and co-composed Iggy Azalea's seven week US #1 single "Fancy" (featuring Charli XCX) which has sold in excess of 11 million copies digitally worldwide to date, making it one of the best-selling singles of all time and the seventh best-selling single worldwide of 2014.[2] As well as her US million-selling debut single, "Work", and a vast portion of Azalea's debut album The New Classic. The Invisible Men as IIVI co-produced six of the seven tracks on Lil Peep's 2017 album "Come Over When You're Sober Pt. 1", as well as the majority of its follow-up "Pt. 2", alongside other stand-alone tracks including "Falling Down" (with XXXTentacion), I've Been Waiting (with iLoveMakonnen) and When I Lie (Remix) (with Ty Dolla Sign).
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Career
Before The Invisible Men formed in 2008 Jason Pebworth and George Astasio were members of Orson, who sold over a million copies of their debut album, reached No. 1 in both the UK singles and album charts, and received the Brit Award for Best Breakthrough Act 2007.
The Invisible Men's songwriting and production catalogue includes Becky Hill & Sigala's Heaven On My Mind, Sigala's Say You Do (UK top 5) and Just Got Paid, DJ Fresh's UK No. 1 hit "Hot Right Now" (featuring Rita Ora), No. 3 hit "Dibby Dibby Sound" (featuring Ms Dynamite) and Conor Maynard's debut top 5 hits "Can't Say No" and "Vegas Girl", Jessie J's hits "Do It Like A Dude", "LaserLight" (feat. David Guetta), "Who's Laughing Now?" and the Noisettes' "Don't Upset The Rhythm" and "Never Forget You".
IIVI
As a side project, Invisible Men also produce under the name "IIVI".[3] IIVI have produced records for Lil Peep, Bexey and XXXTentacion. Their sound has been described as "the 808s and rumbling basslines of trap music [combined] with the guitars of early 00s emo music to create an atmosphere that is at once hard-hitting yet bleak", mixing "emotive riffs with the slap of rap drums".[4]
Discography
Productions and co-writes:
| Year | Artist | Song | Album | Notes |
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| 2023 | Lil Peep | IDGAF 2, Sidelines, Hocus Pocus, Cry Baby 2 | Diamonds | as IIVI |
| 2023 | FlowerovLove | Love You, Coffee Shop | ||
| 2022 | Flowerovlove | Get With You | ||
| Kamille | Weight Loss | |||
| Flowerovlove | Hannah Montana | |||
| Sigala ft. Talia Mar | Stay The Night | |||
| Dopamine | Delete It | |||
| Charli XCX | Used To Know Me | CRASH | ||
| 2021 | Dopamine X Ali Story | Deep | ||
| Billy Porter | Children | |||
| Kara Marni | Over You, Motive | |||
| Mufasa & Hypeman X Dopamine | Weekend | |||
| Diane Warren, Rita Ora, Sofia Reyes, Reik | Seaside | Diane Warren: The Cave Sessions, Vol. 1 | ||
| Finn Askew | Adidas | |||
| Kara Marni | Second Nature | State of Mine EP | ||
| Jacob Sartorious | For Real, Trapped In The Car | |||
| Hugel | Back To Life | |||
| Kara Marni | Twisted Fantasy | |||
| Riton X Nightcrawlers featuring Mufasa and Hypeman | Friday (Dopamine Re-Edit) | |||
| Kara Marni | Trippin | State of Mine EP | ||
| 2020 | Little Mix | Breathe | Confetti | UK (BPI) Gold |
| Becky Hill, Sigala | Heaven On My Mind | UK (BPI) Gold | ||
| Example | Ain't One Thing | Some Nights Last For Days | ||
| Monsta X | Misbehave | All About Luv | ||
| Tommy Down | Mrs Blue | |||
| Bexey | Go Mode, Witchcraft Girls | Blood, Magic & Diamonds | ||
| Cailin Russo | Declaration, Sicko | The Drama | ||
| 2019 | Lil Peep | I've Been Waiting (Original Version) (ft. iLoveMakonnen), walk away as the door slams (acoustic) (ft. Lil Tracy) | Everybody's Everything | as IIVI |
| Miley Cyrus / Ashley O | On A Roll, Right Where I Belong | On A Roll (Single) | Music written for Black Mirror episode "Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too" | |
| Kara Marni | All Night pt.1, All Night pt. 2 | |||
| Lil Peep, Ty Dolla $ign | When I Lie (Remix) | For The Throne (Music Inspired by the HBO Series Game of Thrones) | as IIVI | |
| Cheryl | Let You | |||
| Bexey | Hot Steppa, Tru Colours | as IIVI | ||
| Rak-Su | Yours or Mine | |||
| Kara Marni | Lose My Love | |||
| 2018 | Clean Bandit | Playboy Style (ft. Charli XCX & Bhad Bhabie) | What Is Love? | |
| Lil Peep | Broken Smile (My All), Cry Alone, Leanin', 16 Lines, Life Is Beautiful, Hate Me, IDGAF, White Girl | Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 2 | as IIVI | |
| Madison Beer ft. Offset | Hurts Like Hell | |||
| Cheryl | Love Made Me Do It | |||
| Lil Peep, XXXTentacion | Falling Down | as IIVI | ||
| Bexey | Take A Shot, Hell Bound, Come Alive, Spooky Electrick, Prince of the Lost and Broken, Bloody Hell | Spooky Electrick | as IIVI | |
| Sigala | What You Waiting For (feat. Kylie Minogue) | Brighter Days | ||
| Kara Marni | Move | |||
| Sigala, Ella Eyre, Meghan Trainor | Just Got Paid ft. French Montana | Brighter Days | ||
| Charli XCX | No Angel | Focus/No Angel | ||
| Mako | Murder | |||
| Charli XCX | 5 In The Morning | |||
| Russo | Lonely, Ghost, Loudmouth, Joyride | House With A Pool EP | ||
| Kara Marni | Love Just Ain't Enough, Golden, Curve, All Or Nothing, Gullible, L Word | Love Just Ain't Enough EP | ||
| 2017 | Lil Peep | Save That Shit,[5] Awful Things (feat. Lil Tracy),[6] U Said,[7] Better Off (Dying),[8] The Brightside,[9] Problems[10] | Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 1 | as IIVI |
| Anne-Marie | Heavy | Speak Your Mind | ||
| Kara Marni | Golden | |||
| Bebe Rexha | Gateway Drug | All Your Fault pt. 1 | ||
| 2016 | Jonas Blue ft. Raye | By Your Side | 200m+ streams #15 (UK) Silver | |
| Liam Bailey | Love My Neighbour | |||
| Charles Hamilton | Oh Well, Clowns, Everyone, Correct, Be With You, Make Yourself Over,
MVP, Only Christina Knows, Real Life, Ugly Supermodel |
Hamilton, Charles | ||
| Bebe Rexha ft. Nicki Minaj | No Broken Hearts | 290m+ streams & YouTube views #30 (US Mainstream Top 40) (Billboard) | ||
| Zayn | Mind of Mine (Intro), Wrong (ft. Kehlani), Fool For You, Truth,
Lucozade, Like I Would, She Don't Love Me, Golden (as XYZ) |
Mind of Mine | #1 Argentine Albums (CAPIF)
#1 Australian Albums (ARIA) #1 Canadian Albums (Billboard) #1 Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI) #1 French Albums (SNEP) #1 Hungarian Albums (Mahasz) #1 Italian Albums (FIMI) #1 Mexican Albums (AMPROFON) #1 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) #1 Portuguese Albums (AFP) #1 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) #1 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) #1 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) #1 Taiwanese Albums (Five Music) #1 UK Albums (OCC) #1 UK R&B Albums (OCC) #1 US Billboard 200 | |
| Like I Would | 150m+ streams
Gold (Canada) Gold (Australia) Gold (Sweden) Silver (UK) | |||
| All Saints | Fear | Red Flag | #3 (UK) | |
| Sigala ft. Imani and DJ Fresh | Say You Do | #5 (UK) Gold | ||
| Travis Mills | Hangover | While You Wait EP | ||
| 2015 | Britney Spears & Iggy Azalea | Pretty Girls | #1 (US Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs) #5 (Spain PROMUSICAE) #5 (Sweden Digital Songs DigiListan) #6 (Greece Digital Songs (Billboard)) #11 (Hungary Association of Hungarian Record Companies) #16 (Canada Hot 100) #16 (UK) #16 (Finland The Official Finnish Charts) #25 (France SNEP) #29 (US Billboard Hot 100) | |
| Charles Hamilton | Face The Music, Crayola, Lessons (ft. Sam Bruno) | Black Box EP | ||
| New York Raining (ft. Rita Ora) | #29 (UK) | |||
| Liam Bailey | Stun Me, Battle Hymn of Central London | Definitely Now | ||
| Iggy Azalea | Trouble (feat. Jennifer Hudson) | #7 (UK) Gold #10 Australia (ARIA)[11] Platinum #34 US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard) Gold #67 (US Billboard Hot 100) | ||
| 2014 | Beg for It (feat. MØ) | #3 (US Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs) #11 US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard) #27 (US Billboard Hot 100) Platinum #29 (Australia) | ||
| Fancy (feat. Charli XCX) | #1 (US Billboard Hot 100)[12] 7× Platinum #1 (New Zealand)[13] 2× Platinum #1 (Canada)[14] 4× Platinum #5 (UK) Platinum #5 (Australia)[15] 4× Platinum | |||
| Work, Fancy (ft. Charli XCX), Impossible Is Nothing, Goddess, Walk The Line,
New Chick, Don't Need Y'all, Lady Patra, F Love, Rolex, Just Asking, We In This Bitch, Beg For It (featuring Charli XCX/MØ), Trouble (featuring Jennifer Hudson), Iggy Szn, Heavy Crown (featuring Ellie Goulding) |
The New Classic / Reclassified | #1 US Billboard (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums) #1 US Billboard (Top Rap Albums) #3 US (Billboard 200) Platinum #2 (Australia ARIA Charts) Gold #2 (Canadian Albums Chart) Gold #3 NZ (Official New Zealand Music Chart) #5 (UK) | ||
| Cheryl Cole | It's About Time | Only Human | #7 (UK) | |
| Lower Than Atlantis | Emily, Words Don't Come So Easily, Just What You Need | Lower Than Atlantis | #16 (UK) | |
| Bright Light Bright Light | I Believe, In Your Care, Too Much, Happiness | Life is Easy | #19 UK Indie Chart | |
| Dominique Young Unique | Throw It Down | |||
| Katy B | Next Thing | Little Red (album) | #1 (UK) | |
| Dan Croll | Wanna Know | Sweet Disarray | #26 (UK) | |
| DJ Fresh vs. Jay Fay | Dibby Dibby Sound (feat. Ms. Dynamite) | #3 (UK) | ||
| 2013 | Iggy Azalea | Work | #5 (US Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs) #54 (US Billboard Hot 100) Platinum #17 (UK) Silver #87 (Canada) Gold #79 (Australia) Gold | |
| Ellie Goulding | Flashlight | Halcyon Days | #1 (UK) 2× Platinum[16] | |
| Conor Maynard | Animal (feat. Wiley) | #6 (UK) | ||
| 2012 | DJ Fresh | Hot Right Now (feat. Rita Ora) | #1 (UK) Platinum[16] | |
| The Feeling | #13 (UK) | |||
| The Power (feat. Dizzee Rascal) | #6 (UK) | |||
| Hot Right Now, The Power, The Feeling, Skyhighatrist, Forever More,
Don't Tell Me, Fire Over Water |
Nextlevelism | #14 (UK) | ||
| Conor Maynard | Can't Say No | #2 (UK) Silver[16] | ||
| Can't Say No, Vegas Girl, Animal, Take Off, Mary Go Round, Headphones,
Better Than You |
Contrast | #1 (UK) Silver[16] | ||
| Vegas Girl | #4 (UK) | |||
| Coldplay | Princess of China (feat. Rihanna) (Invisible Men Remix) | |||
| Bright Light Bright Light | Feel It, Waiting for the Feeling, Moves | Make Me Believe in Hope | ||
| Girls Aloud | On the Metro | Ten | #9 (UK) Gold [16] | |
| Jessie J | LaserLight (feat. David Guetta) | #5 (UK) Silver[16] | ||
| 2011 | David Guetta | Repeat feat. Jessie J | Nothing but the Beat | Platinum (Australia)
2× Platinum (Austria) Platinum (Belgium) 2× Platinum (Canada) Diamond (France) Platinum (Ireland) Platinum (Mexico) Platinum (Spain) 2× Platinum (UK) Platinum (Europe) (IFPI) |
| Jessie J | Who's Laughing Now | #16 (UK) Silver[16] | ||
| Do It Like A Dude | #2 (UK) Platinum[16] | |||
| Do It Like A Dude, Who's Laughing Now, LaserLight, My Shadow | Who You Are | #2 (UK) 4× Platinum | ||
| Pixie Lott | Birthday | Young Foolish Happy | #18 (UK) Gold[16] | |
| Nicola Roberts | Say It Out Loud, Take a Bite | Cinderella's Eyes | #17 (UK) | |
| 2010 | Gabriella Cilmi | On A Mission | #9 (UK) | |
| On a Mission, What If You Knew, Love Me Cos You Want To,
Defender, Robots, Invisible Girl, Let Me Know, Sucker For Love |
Ten | |||
| I Blame Coco | Quicker | The Constant | ||
| Olly Murs | Love Shine Down, This One's For The Girls, Sophie | Olly Murs | #2 (UK) 2× Platinum[16] | |
| 2009 | Noisettes | Every Now And Then | ||
| Never Forget You | #20 (UK) | |||
| Don't Upset The Rhythm | #2 (UK) | |||
| Never Forget You, Don't Upset The Rhythm, Saturday Night,
Every Now And Then, 24 Hours |
Wild Young Hearts | #7 (UK) Gold[16] | ||
| V V Brown | Game Over | |||
| Bottles | Travelling Like the Light | #30 (UK) | ||
| 2008 | Sugababes | No Can Do | #23 (UK) | |
| No Can Do, Nothing's As Good As You, Hanging On A Star | Catfights and Spotlights | #8 (UK) Silver[16] | ||
| Denial | #15 (UK) | |||
| Gabriella Cilmi | Round & Round | Lessons to Be Learned: Deluxe Edition | #8 (UK) | |
| 2007 | Orson | Ain't No Party | #21 (UK) | |
| Sugababes | Denial, Undignified | Change | #1 (UK) Platinum[16] | |
| 2006 | Easy, Good To Be Gone | #3 (UK) Platinum[16] | ||
| 2005 | Orson | Happiness | #27 (UK) | |
| Bright Idea | #11 (UK) | |||
| No Tomorrow | #1 (UK) Silver | |||
| 2004 | Girls Aloud | The Show | What Will The Neighbours Say? | #2 (UK) |
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