What connects this song
Credits it shares with other songs, each from a cited source. Tap a number or a name.
Released on Warner Bros. Records, also In the End (Linkin Park), Numb (Linkin Park) and Take On Me (a‐ha)
Recorded at Cherokee Studios, also Comfortably Numb (Pink Floyd), Hey You (Pink Floyd) and In the Flesh? (Pink Floyd)
Written by Allen Toussaint, also Southern Nights (Glen Campbell), Hercules (Aaron Neville) and What Do You Want the Girl to Do (Boz Scaggs)
Engineered by Michael Boshears, also That’s Why I Love You (Andrew Gold), Love Hurts (Andrew Gold) and Heartaches in Heartaches (Andrew Gold)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
398 other songs on fono were recorded at Cherokee Studios, by Pink Floyd and Journey and others
Allen Toussaint wrote 62 songs on fono
DEVO produced 27 songs on fono
DEVO’s most frequent co-producer is Robert Margouleff (12 songs together)
Credits
All 6 credits
- Written by
- Allen Toussaint
- Produced by
- DEVO
- Engineered by
- Michael Boshears
- Part of
- New Traditionalists
- Recorded at
- Cherokee Studios
- Released on
- Warner Bros. Records
- Written by
- Allen Toussaint
- Produced by
- DEVO
- Engineered by
- Michael Boshears
- Part of
- New Traditionalists
- Recorded at
- Cherokee Studios
- Released on
- Warner Bros. Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Allen Toussaint
Same engineer: Michael Boshears
Same label: Warner Bros. Records
Same studio: Cherokee Studios
Same release: New Traditionalists
Same writer: Allen Toussaint
Same engineer: Michael Boshears
Same label: Warner Bros. Records
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Working in a Coal Mine was produced by DEVO
Working in a Coal Mine was produced by DEVO
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Working in a Coal Mine was written by Allen Toussaint
Working in a Coal Mine was written by Allen Toussaint
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Working in a Coal Mine is part of the release New Traditionalists
Working in a Coal Mine is part of the release New Traditionalists
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Working in a Coal Mine was recorded at Cherokee Studios
Working in a Coal Mine was recorded at Cherokee Studios
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Warner Bros. Records is the label of the song Working in a Coal Mine
Warner Bros. Records is the label of the song Working in a Coal Mine
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Working in a Coal Mine was engineered by Michael Boshears
Working in a Coal Mine was engineered by Michael Boshears
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Working in a Coal Mine was released on 1981-08
Working in a Coal Mine was released on 1981-08
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026