Paul Michael Barry is a British songwriter and musician. Some of his best-known songs he has co-written include "Believe" by Cher, "Hero" and "Bailamos" by Enrique Iglesias and 5 times platinum single in the US "Let It Go" by James Bay. He has won three Ivor Novello Awards and ASCAP PRS writer of the year 2000. He has scored three US number-one singles, as well as other number-ones around the world. His songs have been recorded by James Bay, Lionel Richie, James Morrison, Celine Dion, Ricky Martin, Lemar, Craig David, Tina Turner, Britney Spears, Rod Stewart, Lara Fabian, Ronan Keating, Esmee Denters, JLS, Rebecca Ferguson, the Vamps, Nelly Furtado, Beverley Knight, Mica Paris, Andrew Roachford, and Tom Walker (singer) among others. Career Barry was born in Edinburgh, Scotland where his band first signed with Bruce Findlay's Zoom Records as lead singer with the Questions while still at high school. Whilst attending University, he went on to pursue his dream with his band, who were signed to Paul Weller's Respond record label. He co-wrote "The House That Jack Built" for Tracie Young which reached number 9 on the UK charts in 1983. In the 1990s, Barry was a member of the Eurodance reggae fusion group Dreamhouse, best known for their covers of "Stay" and "Sha La La". He then continued his songwriting career, writing for many artists, including five songs on the multi-platinum LP Believe by Cher, including "Strong Enough" and "Believe". He also co-wrote the Cher songs "Song for the Lonely" and "The Music's No Good Without You" from the Living Proof album. Barry has also worked with Enrique Iglesias, initially writing for and later collaborating with him. He has been a source of eight singles from four albums of Iglesias, including "Hero", "Bailamos" and "Be with You", the latter two songs reaching the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100. "Hero" stayed at number three in the US for four weeks, and was number one in the UK and several other countries. Other hits include "Rhythm Divine", "Love to See You Cry" and "Not in Love" (featuring Kelis). Barry worked with Lionel Richie for his Renaissance album, co-writing six songs, including the singles "Angel", "Don't Stop the Music" and "Tender Heart", then on five songs for Richie's Just for You album, including the title track, which Richie re-recorded on his No. 1 US album Tuskegee. Barry co-wrote the