Captain Cuts

Captain Cuts is a songwriting, record production and remix team based in Los Angeles.^[1][2] 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.^[3][4][5]

Captain Cuts
Origin	Los Angeles, California, US
Occupations	Record producers songwriters remixers
Years active	2011–present
Labels	Epic
Members	Ben Berger Ryan Rabin
Past members	Ryan McMahon
Website	captaincutsmusic.com

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.^[2]

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.^[6]

Background and career

Berger and Rabin grew up in Los Angeles, going to the same high school and involved in the music scene.^[7] 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.^[2] They released the mixtape If You’re Listening It's Never Too Late in 2015.^[8] Captain Cuts began performing DJ sets on a recurring basis at Emo Nite LA in 2016.^[9]

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.^[10][11]

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)^[12]
• "Heat" (2019)^[13] (featuring Parson James)
• "Stuck in My Head" (2020)^[14] (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^[15]

Songwriting and production credits

Singles

List of singles written or produced by Captain Cuts, with selected chart positions, year released and certifications.

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[16]
	"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[17] 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[18] MC: Gold[19] ARIA: Platinum[17] FIMI: Gold[20] SNEP: Gold[21] BPI: Silver[22]
2017	"One Foot" (Walk the Moon)	65	1	21	12	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RIAA: Gold[23]
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 [24]	—	31	77	—	RIAA: Platinum[25] ARIA: 2× Platinum[26] MC: Gold[27]
2019	"Kissing Other People" (Lennon Stella)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	60	—	—	—
	"Go Easy" (Matt Maeson)	—	15	—	—	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2020	"Sad Tonight" (Chelsea Cutler)	—	—	32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Superman" (Keith Urban)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—[A]	—	—	—

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")[29]
	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")[30]
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")[31]
	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")[32]
	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")[33]
	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")[34]
	St. Lucia	Matter	Co-producer, co-writer ("Physical", "Game 4 U")[35]
	American Authors	What We Live For	Producer, co-writer ("What We Live For", "Right Here Right Now")[36][37]
	Broods	Conscious	Producer, co-writer ("Are You Home")[38]
	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") [39]
	Audien ft. MAX	One More Weekend (single)	Co-producer, co-writer ("One More Weekend") [40]
	The Chainsmokers	Memories...Do Not Open	Co-producer, co-writer ("Break Up Every Night") [41]
	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[42]	123 (single)	Producer, co-writer ("123")
	Olivia O'Brien ft. FLETCHER[43]	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)^[44]
• American Authors – "Believer"^[45]
• Icona Pop – "All Night"^[46]
• The Wombats – "Your Body Is a Weapon" (Grouplove & Captain Cuts Remix)
• The Rubens – "My Gun" (Grouplove & Captain Cuts Remix)
• Grouplove – "Ways to Go"^[47]
• Smallpools – "Mason Jar" (Grouplove & Captain Cuts Remix)
• Gold Fields – "Dark Again" (Captain Cuts & Grouplove Remix)^[48]

Awards and nominations

Year	Organization	Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref.
2015	Teen Choice Awards	"Shut Up and Dance"	Choice Music: Party Song	Nominated	[49]
	MTV Video Music Awards		Best Rock Video	Nominated	[50]
2016	iHeartRadio Music Awards		Song of the Year	Nominated	[51]
			Alternative Rock Song of the Year	Nominated	[51]
	Billboard Music Awards		Top Rock Song	Won	[52]
			Top Radio Song	Won	[52]
2018	CMA Awards	Graffiti U	Album of the Year	Nominated	[53]
2020	iHeartRadio Music Awards	So Close	Dance Song Of The Year	Nominated	[54]