| The Clutch | |
| Origin: | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Genre: | R&B, hip hop |
| Years Active: | 2004–2010 |
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The Clutch was an American collective of songwriters and record producers based in Atlanta, composed of Candice Clotiel "Gg" Nelson, Ezekiel "Zeke" Lewis, Patrick Michael "J. Que" Smith, Balewa Muhammad and Keri Hilson. They were on the Billboard Hot 100-top 40 singles Omarion's "Ice Box", Ciara's "Like a Boy", Timbaland's "The Way I Are", and Justin Bieber's "One Less Lonely Girl".
A combination of two or more of the five writers on a song is considered a track "written by the Clutch" as they rarely worked as a complete fivesome. The Clutch wrote songs themselves, but also did so in tandem with fellow commercially successful producers—including Calvo Da Gr8, Bigg D, Hit-Boy, Timbaland, Danja, Bryan-Michael Cox, Bloodshy & Avant and Tricky Stewart—to create several other hit songs.[1] [2]
In June 2023, Clutch member Ezekiel Lewis was named President of Epic Records.[3] Prior, Lewis had been Vice President and head of A&R at Motown Records from 2011 to 2017 and Vice President of A&R at Epic since 2017.[4]
See main article: The Clutch production discography.
| Year | Song | Artist | Chart position | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R&B | Hot 100 | Pop 100 | UK | ||||
| 2004 | "Things You Never Hear" | 3LW | — | — | — | — | |
| 2005 | "Take Me as I Am" | Mary J. Blige | 3 | 58 | — | — | |
| 2006 | "4 Minutes" | Avant | 9 | 52 | — | — | |
| 2007 | "Only One U" | Fantasia | 36 | — | — | — | |
| "Ice Box" | Omarion | 5 | 12 | 15 | 14 | ||
| "Cut Off Time" (feat. Kat DeLuna) | BU | BU | BU | − | |||
| "Stunnas" / "Season's Change" | Jagged Edge | BU | BU | BU | — | ||
| "Anonymous" (feat. Timbaland) | Bobby Valentino | 17 | 49 | — | 25 | ||
| "Rearview (Ridin')" (feat. Ludacris) | C | C | C | C | |||
| "Forever" | Jennifer Lopez | C | C | C | C | ||
| "Like a Boy" | Ciara | 6 | 19 | 27 | 16 | ||
| "That's Right" (feat. Lil' Jon) | P | P | P | P | |||
| "The Way I Are" (feat. Keri Hilson, D.O.E. & Sebastian) | Timbaland | 59 | 3 | 27 | 1 | ||
| "More Than Words (A E I O U)" | Menudo | P | P | P | P | ||
| "Promise Ring" (feat. Ciara) | Tiffany Evans | 66 | — | — | — | ||
| 2008 | "Keep A Friend" | Raven-Symoné | — | — | — | — | |
| "Radar" | Britney Spears | P | 88 | 67 | 46 | ||
| "Pretty Boy" | Danity Kane | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Official Girl" | Cassie | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Long Gone" | Chris Cornell | P | P | P | P | ||
| "It's Over" | Jesse McCartney | — | 62 | 31 | — | ||
| "Return The Favor" (feat. Timbaland) | Keri Hilson | — | — | — | 19 | ||
| "Part Of Me" | Chris Cornell | — | — | — | 18 | ||
| "Never Far Away" | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2009 | "One Less Lonely Girl" | Justin Bieber | — | 16 | 21 | 10 | |
P Promo only or limited release
BU Reached only Billboards Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart