List of songs written by Alexandru Cotoi

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Alexandru Cotoi in 2021

Romanian composer, producer and DJ Alexandru Cotoi has written songs for various artists, mostly Romanian.[a] He has written songs under his full name or a shorter version of his first name, Alex Cotoi, and has released music under the pseudonym Sickotoy.[3] Cotoi published his first songs in 2003.[2][4] In October 2007, while being part of Morandi, he formed the music group Sonichouse alongside Radu Dumitriu, Răzvan Gorcinski, and Victor Bourosu.[5] By September 2009, the group had published five songs on their Myspace profile and announced that they were working on their debut album, which was released on 16 April 2011, titled Supersonic.[6][7]

During his career, Cotoi has accrued several notable writing credits. He co-wrote nine tracks on Alexandra Stan's 2014 studio album Unlocked, including the singles "Dance", "Thanks for Leaving" and "Vanilla Chocolat".[8] In 2015, he contributed to "Baddest Girl in Town" which appears on Pitbull's ninth studio album Dale.[9] Aside from the single "Sub pielea mea", which peaked at number one in the Commonwealth of Independent States, Romania, and Russia, Cotoi co-wrote three other tracks on Carla's Dreams's debut album Ngoc.[10][11][12][13] He contributed to the group's second album Antiexemplu, writing each track alongside them.[14] Cotoi was also heavily involved in the songwriting process for Irina Rimes's Cosmos and Delia's 7, respectively.[15][16] In 2019, under the pseudonym Sickotoy, he released his debut single "Addicted" featuring Minelli.[17][18] The song peaked at number two in Romania.[19] His next single, "You Don't Love Me" featuring Roxen, attained similar success, peaking at number three in Romania and at number seven in Bulgaria.[20][21][22]

In 2020, as part of a collaboration with TVR, Global Records was tasked with selecting the Romanian entry for the 65th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest.[23] Cotoi was one of the songwriters involved, having co-written two of the five songs that were chosen for the national final, those being "Beautiful Disaster" and "Colors".[24][25][26] In the same year, he collaborated with Inna on her seventh studio album, Heartbreaker, having a writing credit on each track.[27] The album's lead single, "Flashbacks", peaked at number four in Romania, reached number one in Russia and was the most played song in 2021 in the former according to Media Forest.[28][29][30] The two collaborated again in 2021 for Inna's eighth studio album, Champagne Problems, which was released in 2022.[31] Another 2021 collaboration of theirs was the non-album single "Up", which peaked at number one in Romania.[32][33] Other writing credits which topped the Romanian music charts include Minelli's "Mariola", "Insula" by The Motans and Emaa, and Iuliana Beregoi's "Cum sună liniștea".[34][35][36]

  1. ^ "ACE Repertory". American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Archived from the original on 4 May 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Lista membrilor UCMR–ADA". Uniunea Compozitorilor și Muzicologilor din România (in Romanian). p. 50. Archived from the original on 6 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  3. ^ Trașcă, Silvia (6 February 2020). "Fă cunoştinţă cu Sickotoy, producătorul de hituri care îşi lasă acum amprenta ca artist" [Meet Sickotoy, the hit producer that now leaves his legacy as an artist]. Un site de muzică (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
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  5. ^ Bunila, Iulian (30 September 2011). "Încep spectacolele din Cafeneaua Artiştilor" [The shows in Cafeneaua Artiştilor begin]. Adevărul (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 23 February 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  6. ^ "New band: Sonichouse". Divercity Cafe (in Romanian). 17 September 2009. Archived from the original on 22 September 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Supersonic by Sonichouse on iTunes". iTunes Store. 16 April 2011. Archived from the original on 23 January 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
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  10. ^ "Carla's Dreams — Sub pielea mea". TopHit. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  11. ^ "Airplay 100 – Cristi Nitzu | Kiss FM – 22 May 2016". Kiss FM. Archived from the original on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018. Note: User may scroll down the 'Podcasturi' menu to play or download the respective podcast.
  12. ^ "Russia Airplay Chart for 2016-05-30". TopHit. 30 May 2016. Archived from the original on 4 February 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
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  17. ^ Probst, Manuel (14 May 2019). "Brazilian Bass: 'Sickotoy – Addicted'". Dance-Charts (in German). Archived from the original on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  18. ^ "Addicted – Single by Sickotoy on iTunes". iTunes Store. 26 April 2019. Archived from the original on 10 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  19. ^ Arvunescu, Victor (2 September 2019). "Top Airplay 100 – Toamna începe cu tine, señorita!" [Top Airplay 100 – Fall starts with you, señorita!]. Un site de muzică (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 2 September 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  20. ^ "You Don't Love Me (feat. Roxen) – Single by Sickotoy on iTunes". iTunes Store. 12 August 2019. Archived from the original on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  21. ^ Arvunescu, Victor (25 November 2019). "Top Airplay 100 – Fie iarnă, fie vânt, pe "Străzile din București" ne luăm avânt!" [Top Airplay 100 – Be it winter or wind, on the streets of Bucharest we are thriving!]. Un site de muzică (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  22. ^ "PROPHON – Charts". Prophon (in Bulgarian). 15 November 2019. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  23. ^ Gallagher, Robyn (1 February 2020). "Romania: TVR confirms partnership with Global Records for internal selection of 2020 artist". Wiwibloggs. Archived from the original on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  24. ^ "Cinci piese au intrat la selecția Eurovision 2020" [Five songs have made it through the Eurovision 2020 selection]. TVR (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 23 February 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
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  28. ^ Arvunescu, Victor (28 June 2021). "Top Airplay 100 – Lider nou, chiar din România, după 7 săptămâni!" [Top Airplay 100 – A new leader, even from Romania, after 7 weeks!]. Un site de muzică (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  29. ^ "Russia Airplay Chart for 2021-04-09". TopHit. 9 April 2021. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  30. ^ "Media Forest – Chart 2021". Media Forest. Archived from the original on 20 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
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  33. ^ "Top 10 din 100 cele mai difuzate piese pentru saptamana 52" [Top 10 out of the 100 most-broadcast songs for the week 52]. Uniunea Producătorilor de Fonograme din România (in Romanian). 28 December 2021. Archived from the original on 15 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  34. ^ Arvunescu, Victor (29 July 2019). "Top Airplay 100 – Ce piesă urcă pe primul loc şi detronează hitul latino al verii?" [Top Airplay 100 – Which song climbs to number one and dethrones the Latin hit of the summer?]. Un site de muzică (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  35. ^ Arvunescu, Victor (1 February 2021). "Top Airplay 100 – The Motans şi EMAA sunt pe insula lor, dar pe primul loc!" [Top Airplay 100 – The Motans and EMAA reside on their own isle, but are atop the chart!]. Un site de muzică (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  36. ^ Arvunescu, Victor (8 February 2021). "Top Airplay 100 – Iuliana Beregoi vine pe primul loc cu o piesă super catchy!" [Top Airplay 100 – Iuliana Beregoi reaches first place with a super catchy song!]. Un site de muzică (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 19 February 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2021.


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