Espionage is a New York–based Norwegian songwriting and music production team consisting of Espen Lind and Amund Bjørklund.
Their breakthrough came in 2006 as co-writers of Beyoncé's worldwide smash "Irreplaceable",[1] which was number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for 10 consecutive weeks and the best selling single in the US in 2007.
Written together with fellow Norwegian producers Stargate, the tracks were both based on a fingerpicked acoustic guitar figure laced with a programmed beat.
[13] Lind and Bjorklund have collaborated with Stargate on numerous other tracks, such as Ne-Yo's "Go On Girl", Jennifer Hudson's "Can't Stop the Rain", and Jordin Sparks' "Just for the Record".
They also worked on Train's album Save Me, San Francisco, including producing and co-writing the Top 3 single "Hey, Soul Sister", which is widely regarded as the band's commercial comeback.