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Released on Warner Bros. Records, also In the End (Linkin Park), Numb (Linkin Park) and Take On Me (a‐ha)
Written by Gary Nicholson, also Running Through the Garden (Fleetwood Mac), All That Makes Me Happy Is the Blues (Buddy Guy) and What You Gonna Do About Me (Buddy Guy)
Part of By Heart, also Somebody’s Needin’ Somebody, All My Life and Bad Boy
Written by David Chamberlain, also (Without You) What Do I Do With Me (Tanya Tucker), Your Sweet Lies (Turned Down My Sheets Again) (Tammy Wynette) and I’m Not Easy (Billie Jo Spears)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Gary Nicholson wrote 80 songs on fono
Gary Nicholson’s most frequent co-writer is Tom Hambridge (20 songs together)
Gary Nicholson first appears on fono in 1974, 10 years before this song
David Chamberlain first appears on fono in 1977, 7 years before this song
Credits
All 4 credits
- Written by
- David Chamberlain and Gary Nicholson
- Part of
- By Heart
- Released on
- Warner Bros. Records
- Written by
- David Chamberlain and Gary Nicholson
- Part of
- By Heart
- Released on
- Warner Bros. Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Gary Nicholson
Same writer: David Chamberlain
Same label: Warner Bros. Records
Same release: By Heart
Same writer: Gary Nicholson
Same writer: David Chamberlain
Same label: Warner Bros. Records
Same release: By Heart
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz A Hard Act to Follow was written by David Chamberlain
A Hard Act to Follow was written by David Chamberlain
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2MusicBrainz A Hard Act to Follow was written by Gary Nicholson
A Hard Act to Follow was written by Gary Nicholson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz A Hard Act to Follow is part of the release By Heart
A Hard Act to Follow is part of the release By Heart
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Warner Bros. Records is the label of the song A Hard Act to Follow
Warner Bros. Records is the label of the song A Hard Act to Follow
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz A Hard Act to Follow was released on 1984
A Hard Act to Follow was released on 1984
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026