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Dallas Austin (born December 29, 1970 in Columbus, Georgia) is an American songwriter, record producer, guitarist, and keyboardist.

Contents 1 Career 2 Selected production credits 3 Selected Remixes 4 See also 5 External links

Dallas Austin was a member of Highland Place Mobsters for Laface Records in the early nineties before embarking in as a full time producer. He has crafted songs for a number of R&B and pop chart artists, including Texas (band), Boyz II Men,Pink, JC Chasez, Monica, Madonna, Janet Jackson, For Real, Aretha Franklin, Stacie Orrico, Another Bad Creation, Troop, and Brand New Heavies. Austin's most notable works are his many hits for LaFace act TLC, including "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg", "What about Your Friends", "Creep", "Silly Ho" and "Unpretty." He has a son, Tron, with TLC member Chilli.

Austin has tried his hand at remixing for other artists, most notably "They Don't Care About Us" for Michael Jackson and "The Power of Good-Bye" for Madonna. In more recent times, Austin's work has returned him to the charts, writing and producing the successful "Trick Me" for Kelis as well as "Left Outside Alone" and "Sick and Tired" for Anastacia.

In addition to American artists, Austin has produced songs for overseas artists. In 1999 Austin and Japanese pop singer Amuro Namie began a professional relationship in which he produced many of her songs until 2003.

Austin, besides being very well connected in the high spheres of the Republican State (v.g. this mysterious episode in Orrin Hatch article), is also known for socially conscious productions such as TLC's "Unpretty" and "Damaged", and more recently "Ugly" for UK act Sugababes. For the Sugababes, Austin produced several other tracks on their number-one album Taller in More Ways, including the single "Push the Button", which spent three weeks at the top of the UK charts. He also produced the Girls Aloud' Comic Relief collaboration with Sugababes on "Walk This Way". He is also responsible for producing Gwen Stefani's single "Cool" from her "Love. Angel. Music. Baby." album.

Other credits of Austin's include the number-two single "Hit 'Em Up Style" recorded by Blu Cantrell, "Don't Let Me Get Me" and "Just like a Pill" by P!nk, and the hit "Secret" by Madonna.

Austin also formed Rowdy Records in 1992 and was the executive producer of the film Drumline (2002) for 20th Century Fox. He also served as the film's musical director. Austin is currently working with Warner Bros. studios on another music-driven film, and he also contributed to the re-release of Mariah Carey's The Emancipation of Mimi.

In 2006 he was arrested at the airport in the United Arab Emirates for posession of cocaine, for which he said wasn't his. He was in the UAE and was ultimately sentenced to 4 years in prison. Luckily for him his lawyer is the lawyer of Senator Orin Hatch, in which Orin made a call and got the Sheikh of UAE to dismiss the charges.

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• "Walk This Way" (Sugababes Vs Girls Aloud)
• "Push the Button" (Sugababes)
• "Ugly" (Sugababes)
• "Trick Me" (Kelis)
• "Keep It Down" (Kelis)
• "Secret" (Madonna)
• "Sanctuary" (Madonna)
• "Don't Stop" (Madonna)
• "Let Down Your Guard" (Madonna)
• "Freedom" (Madonna)
• "Your Honesty" (Madonna)
• "In Demand" (Texas)
• "Stuck" (Stacie Orrico)
• "Secrets" (Eternal)
• "Cool" (Gwen Stefani)
• "Crash" (Gwen Stefani)
• "Danger Zone" (Gwen Stefani)
• "Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops) (Blu Cantrell)
• "Don't Let Me Get Me" (P!nk)
• "Just like a Pill" (P!nk)
• "Slate" (Brandy)
• "Left Outside Alone" (Anastacia)
• "Sick and Tired" (Anastacia)
• "Creep" (TLC)
• "Case of the Fake People" (TLC)
• "Unpretty" (TLC)
• "Silly Ho" (TLC)
• "If They Knew" (TLC)
• "Shout" (TLC)
• "Don't Pull out on Me Yet" (TLC)
• "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" (TLC)
• "What about Your Friends" (TLC)
• "Hat 2 Da Back" (TLC)
• "Just a Little While" (Janet Jackson)
• "This Time Around" (Michael Jackson)
• "Iesha" (Another Bad Creation)
• "Playground" (Another Bad Creation)
• "Motownphilly" (Boyz II Men)
• "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" (Boyz II Men)
• "The Boy Is Mine" (Brandy and Monica) - produced Monica's vocals
• "Don't Take It Personal" (Monica)
• "Touch Myself" (T-Boz)
• "R U Freaky" (Highland Place Mobsters)
• "Put 'Em Up" (Namie Amuro)
• "Blowin Me Up" (JC Chasez)

• "Possibly Maybe" (Dallas Austin Mix) (Björk)
• "The Power of Good-Bye (Dallas' Low End Mix)" (Madonna)
• "They Don't Care about Us (Dallas Austin Main Mix)" (Michael Jackson)
• "This time Around (Dallas Main Mix)" (Michael jackson)

List of songs produced by Dallas Austin

• Dallas Austin on music.com
• Dallas Austin on sex with Christina Aguilera