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Released on Columbia, also Chop Suey! (System of a Down), Toxicity (System of a Down) and Pumped Up Kicks (Foster the People)
Engineered by Gabe Veltri, also Hold the Line (Toto), These Days (Bon Jovi) and This Ain’t a Love Song (Bon Jovi)
Recorded at Studio 55, also Hold the Line (Toto), Georgy Porgy (Toto) and I’ll Supply the Love (Toto)
Written by David Walter Foster, also Tell Him (Céline Dion), It’s the Falling in Love (Michael Jackson) and 抱いて… (松田聖子)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
86 other songs on fono were recorded at Studio 55, by Toto and Valerie Carter and others
David Walter Foster wrote 162 songs on fono
Bill Schnee engineered 126 songs on fono
Bill Schnee’s most frequent co-engineer is Gabe Veltri (18 songs together)
Credits
All 20 credits
- Written by
- Boz Scaggs and David Walter Foster
- Produced by
- Bill Schnee
- Performed by
- Bili Thedford, Boz Scaggs, David Hungate, David Walter Foster, Don Grolnick, Lenny Castro, Paulette Brown, Ray Parker Jr., Rick Marotta, Steve Lukather and Venetta Fields
- Engineered by
- Bill Schnee, Gabe Veltri and Stephen Marcussen
- Part of
- Middle Man
- Recorded at
- Studio 55
- Released on
- Columbia
- Written by
- Boz Scaggs and David Walter Foster
- Produced by
- Bill Schnee
- Performed by
- Bili Thedford, Boz Scaggs, David Hungate, David Walter Foster, Don Grolnick, Lenny Castro, Paulette Brown, Ray Parker Jr., Rick Marotta, Steve Lukather and Venetta Fields
- Engineered by
- Bill Schnee, Gabe Veltri and Stephen Marcussen
- Part of
- Middle Man
- Recorded at
- Studio 55
- Released on
- Columbia
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same engineer: Gabe Veltri
Same writer: David Walter Foster
Same producer: Bill Schnee
Same label: Columbia
Same engineer: Gabe Veltri
Same writer: David Walter Foster
Same producer: Bill Schnee
Same label: Columbia
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Breakdown Dead Ahead was performed by Bili Thedford
Breakdown Dead Ahead was performed by Bili Thedford
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Breakdown Dead Ahead was performed by Boz Scaggs
Breakdown Dead Ahead was performed by Boz Scaggs
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Breakdown Dead Ahead was performed by David Hungate
Breakdown Dead Ahead was performed by David Hungate
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Breakdown Dead Ahead was performed by David Walter Foster
Breakdown Dead Ahead was performed by David Walter Foster
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Breakdown Dead Ahead was performed by Don Grolnick
Breakdown Dead Ahead was performed by Don Grolnick
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Breakdown Dead Ahead was performed by Lenny Castro
Breakdown Dead Ahead was performed by Lenny Castro
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Breakdown Dead Ahead was performed by Paulette Brown
Breakdown Dead Ahead was performed by Paulette Brown
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Breakdown Dead Ahead was performed by Ray Parker Jr.
Breakdown Dead Ahead was performed by Ray Parker Jr.
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Breakdown Dead Ahead was performed by Rick Marotta
Breakdown Dead Ahead was performed by Rick Marotta
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz Breakdown Dead Ahead was performed by Steve Lukather
Breakdown Dead Ahead was performed by Steve Lukather
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz Breakdown Dead Ahead was performed by Venetta Fields
Breakdown Dead Ahead was performed by Venetta Fields
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz Breakdown Dead Ahead was produced by Bill Schnee
Breakdown Dead Ahead was produced by Bill Schnee
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz Breakdown Dead Ahead was written by Boz Scaggs
Breakdown Dead Ahead was written by Boz Scaggs
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
14MusicBrainz Breakdown Dead Ahead was written by David Walter Foster
Breakdown Dead Ahead was written by David Walter Foster
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
15MusicBrainz Breakdown Dead Ahead is part of the release Middle Man
Breakdown Dead Ahead is part of the release Middle Man
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
16MusicBrainz Breakdown Dead Ahead was recorded at Studio 55
Breakdown Dead Ahead was recorded at Studio 55
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
17MusicBrainz Columbia is the label of the song Breakdown Dead Ahead
Columbia is the label of the song Breakdown Dead Ahead
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
18MusicBrainz Breakdown Dead Ahead was engineered by Bill Schnee
Breakdown Dead Ahead was engineered by Bill Schnee
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
19MusicBrainz Breakdown Dead Ahead was engineered by Gabe Veltri
Breakdown Dead Ahead was engineered by Gabe Veltri
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
20MusicBrainz Breakdown Dead Ahead was engineered by Stephen Marcussen
Breakdown Dead Ahead was engineered by Stephen Marcussen
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
21MusicBrainz Breakdown Dead Ahead was released on 1980-04
Breakdown Dead Ahead was released on 1980-04
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026