Episode 68 - Miranda Cooper

Sodajerker On Songwriting

Sodajerker

Sodajerker, Barber, Simon, Music Interviews, Liverpool, Songwriters, Musicians, Oconnor, Songwriting, Interviews, Music, Podcast, Brian

4.9 • 885 Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2015

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Pop mastermind Miranda Cooper of Xenomania talks about her songwriting process and the techniques used to write hits like 'Round Round' (Sugababes), 'Sound of the Underground', 'Love Machine', 'The Promise' (Girls Aloud), 'Left My Heart in Tokyo' (Mini Viva), 'Love etc.' (Pet Shop Boys) and 'The Boy Does Nothing' (Alesha Dixon). In addition to speaking about her writing partnership with Brian Higgins, Miranda also talks in detail about her early career as one half of pop duo T-Shirt, and solo as Moonbaby.

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0:00.0	The Welcome everyone to So DiJaker on songwriting. I'm Brian here with my co-host Simon, and joining us on the
0:23.5	podcast today is no less than one of the most successful British female
0:26.5	songwriters of all time. As a core member of the writing and production team
0:30.1	Xenomania, his songs dominated the UK chart throughout the
0:33.1	Noughties and beyond, creating a new blueprint for pop music in the process.
0:36.9	We're delighted to welcome the most praise-worthy Miranda Cooper to the show.
0:40.6	We are really excited to have Miranda on the podcast as big pop music fans
0:45.0	as well as writers ourselves.
0:46.0	We've long been fascinated by the whole Xenomania phenomenon
0:49.0	and we are very pleased to finally
0:51.0	be able to talk to one of its figure heads. But first a bit of
0:54.2	background on our guest Brian do the honours mate. My pleasure. Miranda was born in
0:59.3	1975 and became interested backing dancer for the
1:04.0	the like of the
1:05.0	and the mid-90s became a backing dancer for the likes of
1:08.0	Danny Manogue and Gina G.
1:10.0	In fact, she performed with the latter at the 1996 Eurovision Song Contest.
1:14.0	Yeah, indeed.
1:15.0	The song, Who Are Just a Little Bit.
1:17.0	I'm sure you all remember that one.
1:18.0	The following year, she took center stage as half the pop duo T-shirt and scored a hit single in Australia and New Zealand with a cover of
1:24.7	Hot Chocolate You Sexy Thing.
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