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The Race Is On

Dave Edmunds

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6 cited facts

  • 1981
  • 2:06
  • 172 BPM · A major

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  1. Released on Swan Song, also All My Love (Led Zeppelin), In the Evening (Led Zeppelin) and We’re Gonna Groove (Led Zeppelin)

  2. Written by Don Rollins, also It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere (Alan Jackson), Stars in My Eyes (Judy Collins) and Mirror, Mirror on the Wall (Buck Owens)

  3. Part of Twangin…, also Almost Saturday Night, (I’m Gonna Start) Living Again If It Kills Me and You’ll Never Get Me Up (in One of Those Things)

Worth knowing

Counted from cited credits on fono.

  • Don Rollins first appears on fono in 1962, 19 years before this song

Credits

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Written by
Don Rollins
Performed by
Dave Edmunds and Stray Cats
Part of
Twangin…
Released on
Swan Song

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  1. 1MusicBrainz The Race Is On was performed by Dave Edmunds

    The Race Is On was performed by Dave Edmunds

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  2. 2MusicBrainz The Race Is On was performed by Stray Cats

    The Race Is On was performed by Stray Cats

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  3. 3MusicBrainz The Race Is On was written by Don Rollins

    The Race Is On was written by Don Rollins

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  4. 4MusicBrainz The Race Is On is part of the release Twangin…

    The Race Is On is part of the release Twangin…

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  5. 5MusicBrainz Swan Song is the label of the song The Race Is On

    Swan Song is the label of the song The Race Is On

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  6. 6MusicBrainz The Race Is On was released on 1981-04

    The Race Is On was released on 1981-04

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026