What connects this song
Credits it shares with other songs, each from a cited source. Tap a number or a name.
Released on Island, also Mr. Brightside (The Killers), Somebody Told Me (The Killers) and Take Me to Church (Hozier)
Produced by Paul Samwell-Smith, also You Have to Hurt (Carly Simon), Coming Around Again (Carly Simon) and Do the Walls Come Down (Carly Simon)
Part of Back to Earth, also Just Another Night, Daytime and Last Love Song
Written by Alun Davies, also Daytime and Paris Bells (Marianne Faithfull)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Paul Samwell-Smith produced 9 of Cat Stevens’s top 10 songs
Paul Samwell-Smith produced 135 songs on fono
Cat Stevens wrote 131 songs on fono
Cat Stevens’s most frequent co-producer is Paul Samwell-Smith (23 songs together)
Credits
All 12 credits
- Written by
- Alun Davies and Cat Stevens
- Produced by
- Cat Stevens and Paul Samwell-Smith
- Performed by
- Alun Davies, Cat Stevens, Dave Mattacks, Eric Johnson, Graham Smith and Jean‐Alain Roussel
- Part of
- Back to Earth
- Released on
- Island
- Written by
- Alun Davies and Cat Stevens
- Produced by
- Cat Stevens and Paul Samwell-Smith
- Performed by
- Alun Davies, Cat Stevens, Dave Mattacks, Eric Johnson, Graham Smith and Jean‐Alain Roussel
- Part of
- Back to Earth
- Released on
- Island
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same producer: Paul Samwell-Smith
Same writer: Alun Davies
Same label: Island
Same release: Back to Earth
Same producer: Paul Samwell-Smith
Same writer: Alun Davies
Same label: Island
Same producer: Paul Samwell-Smith
Elsewhere
Sources (13)
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1MusicBrainz Bad Brakes was performed by Alun Davies
2MusicBrainz Bad Brakes was performed by Cat Stevens
3MusicBrainz Bad Brakes was performed by Dave Mattacks
Bad Brakes was performed by Dave Mattacks
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Bad Brakes was performed by Eric Johnson
Bad Brakes was performed by Eric Johnson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Bad Brakes was performed by Graham Smith
Bad Brakes was performed by Graham Smith
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Bad Brakes was performed by Jean‐Alain Roussel
Bad Brakes was performed by Jean‐Alain Roussel
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Bad Brakes was produced by Cat Stevens
8MusicBrainz Bad Brakes was produced by Paul Samwell-Smith
Bad Brakes was produced by Paul Samwell-Smith
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Bad Brakes was written by Alun Davies
10MusicBrainz Bad Brakes was written by Cat Stevens
11MusicBrainz Bad Brakes is part of the release Back to Earth
Bad Brakes is part of the release Back to Earth
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz Island is the label of the song Bad Brakes
Island is the label of the song Bad Brakes
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz Bad Brakes was released on 1978-12