Paulo Mendonça is a Swedish funk guitarist and songwriter of Portuguese descent. His career began with the release of his debut album Respect My Aim (1991). In 1993, he followed up with his second album Different Phases, and later released 11 PM (1995). Mendonça collaborated with other artists, including Jeff Scott Soto on the album Beautiful Mess (2008) and Hurts on their album Happiness (2010). His work as a songwriter earned him 8× platinum awards. His songwriting contributions include co-writing "Funky Song" (2017) for the Polish singer Margaret. Other notable albums include Does Anybody Wanna Funk? (2013) and Mindcontrol (2019).