What connects this song
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Released on United Artists, also Mr. Blue Sky (Electric Light Orchestra), Livin’ Thing (Electric Light Orchestra) and Telephone Line (Electric Light Orchestra)
Written by Jim Ford, also Niki Hoeky (Aretha Franklin), Harry Hippie and 36 Inches High (Nick Lowe)
Part of BW Goes C&W, also Tarnished Rings
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Jim Ford wrote 10 songs on fono
Jim Ford’s most frequent co-writer is Bobby Womack (3 songs together)
Jim Ford first appears on fono in 1968, 8 years before this song
Credits
All 3 credits
- Written by
- Jim Ford
- Part of
- BW Goes C&W
- Released on
- United Artists
- Written by
- Jim Ford
- Part of
- BW Goes C&W
- Released on
- United Artists
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Jim Ford
Same label: United Artists
Same release: BW Goes C&W
Same writer: Jim Ford
Same label: United Artists
Same writer: Jim Ford
Same label: United Artists
Elsewhere
Sources (4)
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1MusicBrainz I’d Be Ahead If I Could Quit While I’m Behind was written by Jim Ford
I’d Be Ahead If I Could Quit While I’m Behind was written by Jim Ford
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz I’d Be Ahead If I Could Quit While I’m Behind is part of the release BW Goes C&W
I’d Be Ahead If I Could Quit While I’m Behind is part of the release BW Goes C&W
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz United Artists is the label of the song I’d Be Ahead If I Could Quit While I’m Behind
United Artists is the label of the song I’d Be Ahead If I Could Quit While I’m Behind
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz I’d Be Ahead If I Could Quit While I’m Behind was released on 1976
I’d Be Ahead If I Could Quit While I’m Behind was released on 1976
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026