What connects this song
Credits it shares with other songs, each from a cited source. Tap a number or a name.
Produced by Mike Thorne, also Tainted Love (Soft Cell), Smalltown Boy and Bedsitter (Soft Cell)
Released on Metronome, also Happy Nation (Ace of Base), The Sign (Ace of Base) and All That She Wants (Ace of Base)
Written by Jimmy Somerville, also Smalltown Boy, You Are My World (The Communards) and Screaming
Part of The Age of Consent, also Smalltown Boy, Screaming and Heatwave
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Mike Thorne produced 93 songs on fono
Mike Thorne’s most frequent co-producer is Roma Baran (4 songs together)
Mike Thorne first appears on fono in 1977, 7 years before this song
Credits
All 6 credits
- Written by
- Jimmy Somerville, Larry Steinbachek and Steve Bronski
- Produced by
- Mike Thorne
- Part of
- The Age of Consent
- Released on
- Metronome
- Written by
- Jimmy Somerville, Larry Steinbachek and Steve Bronski
- Produced by
- Mike Thorne
- Part of
- The Age of Consent
- Released on
- Metronome
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same producer: Mike Thorne
Same writer: Jimmy Somerville
Same label: Metronome
Same writer: Jimmy Somerville
Same writer: Steve Bronski
Same label: Metronome
Same producer: Mike Thorne
Same writer: Steve Bronski
Elsewhere
Sources (7)
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1MusicBrainz Why? was produced by Mike Thorne
2MusicBrainz Why? was written by Jimmy Somerville
3MusicBrainz Why? was written by Larry Steinbachek
4MusicBrainz Why? was written by Steve Bronski
5MusicBrainz Why? is part of the release The Age of Consent
Why? is part of the release The Age of Consent
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Metronome is the label of the song Why?
7MusicBrainz Why? was released on 1984-11-26