What connects this song
Credits it shares with other songs, each from a cited source. Tap a number or a name.
Recorded at Fantasy Studios, also Don’t Stop Believin’ (Journey), Smooth (Santana) and The Power of Love (Huey Lewis and the News)
Engineered by Don Cody, also My Foolish Heart (Tony Bennett), The Touch of Your Lips (Tony Bennett) and The Answer Is You (Phyllis Hyman)
Released on Beserkley Records, also Jeopardy, New England (Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers) and Lonely Financial Zone (Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers)
Written by Greg Kihn, also I Lost on Jeopardy (“Weird Al” Yankovic), Jeopardy and Be Straight (Joan Jett & The Blackhearts)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
305 other songs on fono were recorded at Fantasy Studios, by Autopsy and Journey and others
Don Cody engineered 20 songs on fono
Don Cody first appears on fono in 1975, 6 years before this song
Richard Corsello first appears on fono in 1976, 5 years before this song
Credits
All 8 credits
- Written by
- Greg Kihn and Steve Wright
- Produced by
- Matthew King Kaufman
- Engineered by
- Don Cody and Richard Corsello
- Part of
- Rockihnroll
- Recorded at
- Fantasy Studios
- Released on
- Beserkley Records
- Written by
- Greg Kihn and Steve Wright
- Produced by
- Matthew King Kaufman
- Engineered by
- Don Cody and Richard Corsello
- Part of
- Rockihnroll
- Recorded at
- Fantasy Studios
- Released on
- Beserkley Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same engineer: Don Cody
Same writer: Greg Kihn
Same producer: Matthew King Kaufman
Same studio: Fantasy Studios
Same label: Beserkley Records
Same engineer: Don Cody
Same studio: Fantasy Studios
Same label: Beserkley Records
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz The Breakup Song (They Don’t Write ’Em) was produced by Matthew King Kaufman
The Breakup Song (They Don’t Write ’Em) was produced by Matthew King Kaufman
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz The Breakup Song (They Don’t Write ’Em) was written by Greg Kihn
The Breakup Song (They Don’t Write ’Em) was written by Greg Kihn
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz The Breakup Song (They Don’t Write ’Em) was written by Steve Wright
The Breakup Song (They Don’t Write ’Em) was written by Steve Wright
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz The Breakup Song (They Don’t Write ’Em) is part of the release Rockihnroll
The Breakup Song (They Don’t Write ’Em) is part of the release Rockihnroll
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz The Breakup Song (They Don’t Write ’Em) was recorded at Fantasy Studios
The Breakup Song (They Don’t Write ’Em) was recorded at Fantasy Studios
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Beserkley Records is the label of the song The Breakup Song (They Don’t Write ’Em)
Beserkley Records is the label of the song The Breakup Song (They Don’t Write ’Em)
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz The Breakup Song (They Don’t Write ’Em) was engineered by Don Cody
The Breakup Song (They Don’t Write ’Em) was engineered by Don Cody
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz The Breakup Song (They Don’t Write ’Em) was engineered by Richard Corsello
The Breakup Song (They Don’t Write ’Em) was engineered by Richard Corsello
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz The Breakup Song (They Don’t Write ’Em) was released on 1981
The Breakup Song (They Don’t Write ’Em) was released on 1981
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026