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Released on MCA Records, also Baba O’Riley (The Who), Free Bird (Lynyrd Skynyrd) and Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
Written by Dean Dillon, also Ocean Front Property, The Chair and Nobody in His Right Mind Would’ve Left Her
Part of Strait Country, also Unwound, If You’re Thinking You Want a Stranger (There’s One Coming Home) and Blame It on Mexico
Written by Frank Dycus, also Unwound, Marina Del Rey and I Don’t Need Your Rockin’ Chair (George Jones)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Dean Dillon wrote 36 songs on fono
Frank Dycus wrote 18 songs on fono
Dean Dillon’s most frequent co-writer is Hank Cochran (6 songs together)
Frank Dycus’s most frequent co-writer is Dean Dillon (6 songs together)
Credits
All 4 credits
- Written by
- Dean Dillon and Frank Dycus
- Part of
- Strait Country
- Released on
- MCA Records
- Written by
- Dean Dillon and Frank Dycus
- Part of
- Strait Country
- Released on
- MCA Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Dean Dillon
Same writer: Frank Dycus
Same label: MCA Records
Same writer: Dean Dillon
Same writer: Frank Dycus
Same label: MCA Records
Same release: Strait Country
Same writer: Dean Dillon
Elsewhere
Sources (5)
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1MusicBrainz Down and Out was written by Dean Dillon
2MusicBrainz Down and Out was written by Frank Dycus
3MusicBrainz Down and Out is part of the release Strait Country
Down and Out is part of the release Strait Country
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz MCA Records is the label of the song Down and Out
MCA Records is the label of the song Down and Out
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Down and Out was released on 1981