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Written by Sylvia Robinson, also The Message (Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five), Empire State of Mind, Part II (Broken Down) (Alicia Keys) and Back in Time (Pitbull)
Released on Sugar Hill Records, also The Message (Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five), The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel (Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five) and Scorpio (Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five)
Written by Grandmaster Melle Mel, also The Message (Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five), White Lines (Don’t Do It) (Grandmaster Melle Mel) and The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel (Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five)
Written by Reggie Griffin, also New York, New York (Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five), Jesse (Grandmaster Melle Mel) and Flash to the Beat (Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Sylvia Robinson wrote 3 of Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five’s top 5 songs
Sylvia Robinson wrote 53 songs on fono
Sylvia Robinson first appears on fono in 1955, 29 years before this song
Credits
All 8 credits
- Written by
- Grandmaster Melle Mel, Reggie Griffin and Sylvia Robinson
- Performed by
- Cowboy, Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five and Scorpio
- Released on
- Sugar Hill Records
- Written by
- Grandmaster Melle Mel, Reggie Griffin and Sylvia Robinson
- Performed by
- Cowboy, Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five and Scorpio
- Released on
- Sugar Hill Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Sylvia Robinson
Same writer: Reggie Griffin
Same writer: Sylvia Robinson
Same writer: Grandmaster Melle Mel
Same writer: Reggie Griffin
Same label: Sugar Hill Records
Same writer: Sylvia Robinson
Same writer: Reggie Griffin
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Beat Street was performed by Cowboy
2MusicBrainz Beat Street was performed by Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five
Beat Street was performed by Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Beat Street was performed by Scorpio
4MusicBrainz Beat Street was written by Grandmaster Melle Mel
Beat Street was written by Grandmaster Melle Mel
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Beat Street was written by Reggie Griffin
Beat Street was written by Reggie Griffin
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Beat Street was written by Sylvia Robinson
Beat Street was written by Sylvia Robinson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Beat Street is part of the release Beat Street / Internationally Known
Beat Street is part of the release Beat Street / Internationally Known
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Sugar Hill Records is the label of the song Beat Street
Sugar Hill Records is the label of the song Beat Street
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Beat Street was released on 1984-05