What connects this song
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Released on V2, also Howlin’ for You (The Black Keys), Steady, as She Goes (The Raconteurs) and Dakota (Stereophonics)
Produced by Andy Gill, also Get Up and Jump (Red Hot Chili Peppers), True Men Don’t Kill Coyotes (Red Hot Chili Peppers) and Natural’s Not in It
Mixed by Clive Goddard, also Scorchio (BOND), LITTLE BUSTERS (the pillows) and ハイブリッド レインボウ (the pillows)
Written by Andy Gill, also Natural’s Not in It, At Home He’s a Tourist and Damaged Goods
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
10 other songs on fono were recorded at Beauchamp Building, by Alison Mosshart and Robbie Furze and others
Clive Goddard mixed 59 songs on fono
Clive Goddard’s most frequent co-mixer is Tom Dalgety (10 songs together)
Gang of Four first appears on fono in 1981, 24 years before this song
Credits
All 12 credits
- Written by
- Andy Gill, Gang of Four and Jon King
- Produced by
- Andy Gill
- Engineered by
- Andy Gill, Helen Ward and Sam Morton
- Mixed by
- Andy Gill and Clive Goddard
- Part of
- Return the Gift
- Recorded at
- Beauchamp Building
- Released on
- V2
- Written by
- Andy Gill, Gang of Four and Jon King
- Produced by
- Andy Gill
- Engineered by
- Andy Gill, Helen Ward and Sam Morton
- Mixed by
- Andy Gill and Clive Goddard
- Part of
- Return the Gift
- Recorded at
- Beauchamp Building
- Released on
- V2
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same producer: Andy Gill
Same mixer: Clive Goddard
Same writer: Andy Gill
Same engineer: Sam Morton
Same label: V2
Same studio: Beauchamp Building
Same producer: Andy Gill
Same mixer: Clive Goddard
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Why Theory? was produced by Andy Gill
2MusicBrainz Why Theory? was written by Andy Gill
3MusicBrainz Why Theory? was written by Gang of Four
4MusicBrainz Why Theory? was written by Jon King
5MusicBrainz Why Theory? is part of the release Return the Gift
Why Theory? is part of the release Return the Gift
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Why Theory? was recorded at Beauchamp Building
Why Theory? was recorded at Beauchamp Building
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz V2 is the label of the song Why Theory?
8MusicBrainz Why Theory? was engineered by Andy Gill
9MusicBrainz Why Theory? was engineered by Helen Ward
Why Theory? was engineered by Helen Ward
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz Why Theory? was engineered by Sam Morton
Why Theory? was engineered by Sam Morton
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz Why Theory? was mixed by Andy Gill
12MusicBrainz Why Theory? was mixed by Clive Goddard
13MusicBrainz Why Theory? was released on 2005-09-28