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Written by Burt Bacharach, also Dangerous (David Guetta), Baby It’s You (Carpenters) and Somebody’s Been Lyin’ (Carpenters)
Released on Musicor Records, also Every Breath I Take, Backstage and I Wanna Love My Life Away
Part of Only Love Can Break a Heart, also Half Heaven-Half Heartache and If I Didn't Have a Dime
Written by Hal David, also Me Against the World (2Pac), I Say a Little Prayer (Aretha Franklin) and A House Is Not a Home (Luther Vandross)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Burt Bacharach wrote 235 songs on fono
Hal David wrote 172 songs on fono
Burt Bacharach’s most frequent co-writer is Hal David (147 songs together)
Burt Bacharach first appears on fono in 1957, 5 years before this song
Credits
All 4 credits
- Written by
- Burt Bacharach and Hal David
- Part of
- Only Love Can Break a Heart
- Released on
- Musicor Records
- Written by
- Burt Bacharach and Hal David
- Part of
- Only Love Can Break a Heart
- Released on
- Musicor Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Burt Bacharach
Same writer: Hal David
Same label: Musicor Records
Same release: Only Love Can Break a Heart
Same writer: Burt Bacharach
Same writer: Hal David
Same label: Musicor Records
Same release: Only Love Can Break a Heart
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz True Love Never Runs Smooth was written by Burt Bacharach
True Love Never Runs Smooth was written by Burt Bacharach
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz True Love Never Runs Smooth was written by Hal David
True Love Never Runs Smooth was written by Hal David
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz True Love Never Runs Smooth is part of the release Only Love Can Break a Heart
True Love Never Runs Smooth is part of the release Only Love Can Break a Heart
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Musicor Records is the label of the song True Love Never Runs Smooth
Musicor Records is the label of the song True Love Never Runs Smooth
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz True Love Never Runs Smooth was released on 1962-03
True Love Never Runs Smooth was released on 1962-03
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026