Robert John "Mutt" Lange (født 11. november 1948 i Mufulira i Zambia) er en britisk pladeproducer, sangskriver og musiker. "Mutt" Lange er en af musikbranchens mest succesfulde producere, og har produceret og skrevet bestsælgere for band og artister som AC/DC, Def Leppard, Bryan Adams, Tina Turner, Shania Twain, Foreigner, The Cars, Billy Ocean og The Corrs.

"Mutt" Lange blev født i det tidligere Nordrhodesia, det nuværende Zambia. Han gik i skole i Sydafrika, og flyttede senere til England. I 1976 begyndte han sin karriere som pladeproducer, og hans gennembrud var singlen "Rat Trap" for Boomtown Rats i 1978. Det store verdensomspændende gennembruddet kom året efter, med AC/DCs album Highway to Hell i 1979. Han producerede yderligere to album for AC/DC, Back in Black i 1980 og For Those About to Rock We Salute You i 1981.

Lange blev nu en eftertragtet producer. Han producerede og skrev sange sammen med Def Leppard på albumene High 'n' Dry, Pyromania, Hysteria og Adrenalize. I 1990'erne producerede han Bryan Adams' album Waking Up the Neighbours samt Adams' album fra 2008, 11. Han producerede og skrev sange til sin daværende kone Shania Twains album The Woman in Me, Come on Over og Up!.

Diskografi Som producer Album hvor Lange har produceret mindst tre spor

City Boy – City Boy, 1976 City Boy – Dinner at the Ritz, 1976 Graham Parker – Heat Treatment, 1976 Supercharge – Local Lads Make Good, 1976 City Boy – Young Men Gone West, 1977 Clover – Love On The Wire, 1977 Clover – Unavailable, 1977 Supercharge – Horizontal Refreshment, 1977 The Boomtown Rats – The Boomtown Rats, 1977 The Rumour – Max, 1977 Savoy Brown – Savage Return, 1978 Michael Stanley Band – Cabin Fever, 1978 City Boy – Book Early, 1978 Outlaws – Playin' to Win, 1978 Boomtown Rats – A Tonic for the Troops, 1978 Deaf School – English Boys/Working Girls, 1978 City Boy – The Day the Earth Caught Fire, 1979 The Records – Shades In Bed, 1979 Supercharge – Body Rhythm, 1979 Boomtown Rats – The Fine Art of Surfacing, 1979 AC/DC – Highway to Hell, 1979 Broken Home – Broken Home, 1979 AC/DC – Back in Black, 1980 AC/DC – For Those About to Rock We Salute You, 1981 Def Leppard – High 'n' Dry, 1981 Foreigner – 4, 1981 Def Leppard – Pyromania, 1983 The Cars – Heartbeat City, 1984 Loverboy – Lovin' Every Minute Of It, 1986 Def Leppard – Hysteria, 1987 Romeo's Daughter – Romeo's Daughter, 1988 Billy Ocean – Tear Down These Walls, 1989 Bryan Adams – Waking Up the Neighbours, 1991 Def Leppard – Adrenalize (executive producer), 1992 Michael Bolton – The One Thing, 1993 Stevie Vann – Stevie Vann, 1995 Bryan Adams – 18 til I Die, 1996 Shania Twain – alle sange bortset fra "Leaving Is the Only Way Out" på The Woman in Me, 1995 Shania Twain – Come on Over, 1997 The Corrs – In Blue, 2000 Shania Twain – Up!, 2002 Shania Twain – Greatest Hits, 2004 Nickelback – Dark Horse, 2008 Maroon 5 – Hands All Over, 2010 Muse – Drones, 2015 Ashley Clark – Ashley Clark, 2015

Album hvor Lange har produceret et eller to spor

Stephen – Right On Running Man, 1974/5 XTC – ”This Is Pop” (singelversjon), 1978 Huey Lewis and the News – ”Do You Believe in Love”, Picture This, 1982 Billy Ocean – Suddenly, 1984 Billy Ocean – Love Zone, 1986 Tina Turner – What's Love Got to Do with It, 1993 Celine Dion – All The Way...A Decade Of Song, 1999 Backstreet Boys – Backstreet's Back, 1997 Backstreet Boys – Millennium, 1999 Celine Dion – A New Day Has Come, 2002 Bryan Adams – Room Service, 2004 Bryan Adams – 11, 2008 Anne Murray – Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends, 2007 Tara Blaise – Great Escape (”Make You”), 2008 Lady Gaga – Born This Way, 2011 Zander Bleck – Bring It On, 2012Interscope Recording Artist Zander Bleck Readies New Album as Two Songs Are Released Today. MarketWatch. Retrieved 16 April 2012. Bryan Adams – So Happy It Hurts, 2022

Som sangskriver Jessica Andrews – ”I'll Take Your Heart” på Heart Shaped World, 1999 Backstreet Boys – ”If You Want It To Be Good Girl (Get Yourself A Bad Boy)” på Backstreet's Back, 1997 Backstreet Boys – ”It's Gotta Be You” på Millennium, 1999 Blackhawk – ”I'm Not Strong Enough to Say No” på Strong Enough, 1995 Billy Ray Cyrus – ”Only God (Could Stop Me Loving You)” på Storm in the Heartland, 1994 Bonnie Tyler – ”I Cry Myself To Sleep At Night” på Angel Heart, 1992 Britney Spears – ”Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know” på Oops!… I Did It Again, 2000 Def Leppard – ”Promises”, ”All Night” og ”It's Only Love” på Euphoria, 1999 Diamond Rio – ”I Thought I'd Seen Everything” på Unbelievable, 1998 Emerson Drive – ”Only God (Could Stop Me Loving You)” på Emerson Drive, 2002 Starship – ”I Didn't Mean To Stay All Night” på Love Among the Cannibals, 1989 Jonas Brothers – ”I'm Gonna Getcha Good!” på Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience, 2009 Heart – "Wild Child” og ”All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You” from Brigade, 1990 Heart – "Will You Be There (In The Morning)” på Desire Walks On, 1993 Huey Lewis and the News – ”Do You Believe In Love” på Picture This, 1982 Huey Lewis and the News – ”It Hit Me Like a Hammer” på Hard at Play, 1991 Lonestar – ”You Walked In” på Crazy Nights, 1997 Loverboy – ”Lovin' Every Minute of It” på Lovin' Every Minute of It, 1985 Reba McEntire – ”I'll Take Your Heart” på Moments and Memories: The Best of Reba (kun på den australske utgivelsen), 1998 Eddie Money – ”Heaven In The Back Seat” på Right Here, 1991 PJ Powers – ”(Let That) River Roll” på Thandeka Talk To Me, 2001 Chrissy Steele – ”I Cry Myself To Sleep At Night” på Magnet To Steele, 1991 Steps – ”Stay With Me Tonight” (innspilt som ”Stay With Me”) på Step One, 1998 Tina Turner – Why Must We Wait Until Tonight på What's Love Got to Do with It, 1993 Lari White – ”Only God (Could Stop Me Loving You)” på Stepping Stone, 1999 (duett med Toby Keith) The Corrs – ”Breathless”, ”All the Love in the World” og ”Irresistible” alle på In Blue

Grammy Awards 1991 – "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" – Bedste sang originalskrevet for film eller TV-program 1995 – The Woman In Me – Bedste Country-album 1998 – "You're Still the One" – Bedste Country-sang 1999 – "Come on Over" – Bedste Country-sang 2016 – Drones – Best Rock Album

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