Ian Hunter

Mott the Hoople

Born 1939
from Oswestry

On fono: 145 songs
31 collaborators
7 sources

rock

The people around them

Who works with them most. Tap a person to see everything they made.

Who makes their records

People credited as writer, producer, engineer or mixer on their songs.

James Frazee
Mixed by
22 songs
Andy York
Produced by, Written by
13 songs
Bill Price
Engineered by
8 songs
Mick Ronson
Produced by, Written by
8 songs
Darrell Bath
Written by
7 songs
Honest John Plain
Written by
6 songs
Dane Clark
Engineered by
4 songs
John Lousteau
Engineered by
3 songs
Rich Pagano
Engineered by
3 songs
Casino Steel
Written by
2 songs
Mark Clarke
Written by
2 songs
Martin Pradler
Engineered by
2 songs

Worth knowing

Counted from cited credits on fono.

Mick Ronson produced 6 of Ian Hunter’s top 10 songs
James Frazee is Ian Hunter’s most frequent collaborator, credited on 22 songs
Ian Hunter recorded most at Air Recording Studio No. 1 (8 songs)
Ian Hunter wrote or co-wrote 123 of 145 songs on fono (85%)
Credited songs by Ian Hunter span 49 years, 1975 to 2024 (128 songs)

Top songs

1
Once Bitten Twice Shy
Ian Hunter, 1975
2
Cleveland Rocks
Ian Hunter, 1979
3
3,000 Miles From Here
Ian Hunter, 1975
From All‐American Alien Boy
1. 4
  Letter to Britannia From the Union Jack
  1976
2. 5
  You Nearly Did Me In
  1976
6
Bastard
Ian Hunter, 1979
From Ian Hunter
1. 7
  Who Do You Love
  1975
2. 8
  I Get So Excited
  1975
3. 9
  It Ain’t Easy When You Fall / Shades Off
  1975
4. 10
  Lounge Lizard
  1975

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Where the songs were made

Air Recording Studio No. 18 songs

Releases

2024
- Defiance, Part 2: Fiction
  Album
2023
- Defiance, Part 1
  Album
2022
- External Combustion
  Album
2007
- Shrunken Heads
  Album
2001
- Rant
  Album
2000
- Once Bitten Twice Shy
  Album
1999
- The Secret Sessions
  Album
1996
- The Artful Dodger
  Album
1995
- Dirty Laundry
  Album
1989
- Women’s Intuition
  Single

Member of

Elsewhere

Sources (7)

Every fact on this page comes from one of these sources.

1MusicBrainz Ian Hunter is a member of At Last The 1958 Rock & Roll Show
Ian Hunter is a member of At Last The 1958 Rock & Roll Show
MusicBrainz
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Ian Hunter is a member of Ian Hunter & The Rant Band
Ian Hunter is a member of Ian Hunter & The Rant Band
MusicBrainz
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Ian Hunter is a member of Ian Hunter Band
Ian Hunter is a member of Ian Hunter Band
MusicBrainz
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Ian Hunter is a member of Mott the Hoople
Ian Hunter is a member of Mott the Hoople
MusicBrainz
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5MusicBrainz Ian Hunter is a member of Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band
Ian Hunter is a member of Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band
MusicBrainz
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Ian Hunter is from Oswestry
Ian Hunter is from Oswestry
MusicBrainz
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7Wikidata The genre of Ian Hunter is rock
The genre of Ian Hunter is rock
Wikidata
CC0 1.0 UniversalRetrieved Oct 7, 2026