What connects this song
Credits it shares with other songs, each from a cited source. Tap a number or a name.
Released on Tommy Boy, also Gangsta’s Paradise (Coolio), The Humpty Dance (Digital Underground) and Jump Around (House of Pain)
Written by Arthur Baker, also Anyone but Me (Carly Simon), Thieves Like Us (New Order) and Confusion (New Order)
Part of Planet Rock: The Album, also Looking for the Perfect Beat, They Made a Mistake and Who You Funkin’ With?
Written by John Robie, also I.O.U. (Freeez), Shellshock (New Order) and Renegades of Funk (Rage Against the Machine)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Afrika Bambaataa wrote 6 of Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force’s top 9 songs
Arthur Baker wrote 6 of Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force’s top 9 songs
Arthur Baker wrote 34 songs on fono
John Robie wrote 19 songs on fono
Credits
All 8 credits
- Written by
- Afrika Bambaataa, Arthur Baker, Ellis Williams, John Miller, John Robie and Robert Darrell Allen
- Part of
- Planet Rock: The Album
- Released on
- Tommy Boy
- Written by
- Afrika Bambaataa, Arthur Baker, Ellis Williams, John Miller, John Robie and Robert Darrell Allen
- Part of
- Planet Rock: The Album
- Released on
- Tommy Boy
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Arthur Baker
Same writer: John Robie
Same writer: Afrika Bambaataa
Same label: Tommy Boy
Same release: Planet Rock: The Album
LFSame writer: Arthur Baker
Same writer: John Robie
Same writer: Afrika Bambaataa
Elsewhere
Sources (9)
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1MusicBrainz Planet Rock was written by Afrika Bambaataa
Planet Rock was written by Afrika Bambaataa
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Planet Rock was written by Arthur Baker
3MusicBrainz Planet Rock was written by Ellis Williams
Planet Rock was written by Ellis Williams
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Planet Rock was written by John Miller
5MusicBrainz Planet Rock was written by John Robie
6MusicBrainz Planet Rock was written by Robert Darrell Allen
Planet Rock was written by Robert Darrell Allen
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Planet Rock is part of the release Planet Rock: The Album
Planet Rock is part of the release Planet Rock: The Album
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Tommy Boy is the label of the song Planet Rock
Tommy Boy is the label of the song Planet Rock
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Planet Rock was released on 1986-12-01