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Released on Sire Records, also There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (The Smiths), Personal Jesus (Depeche Mode) and Once in a Lifetime (Talking Heads)
Mixed by Steve Power, also Feel (Robbie Williams), Let Me Entertain You (Robbie Williams) and Millennium (Robbie Williams)
Engineered by Hugh Jones, also Theme for Great Cities (Simple Minds), Rain (Status Quo) and I Melt With You (Modern English)
Written by Larry Gott, also Laid, Sit Down and She’s a Star
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Steve Power mixed 99 songs on fono
Hugh Jones engineered 89 songs on fono
Hugh Jones’s most frequent co-engineer is Damon Lyon-Shaw (18 songs together)
Steve Power’s most frequent co-mixer is J. D. Andrew (12 songs together)
Credits
All 10 credits
- Written by
- Gavan Whelan, Jim Glennie, Larry Gott and Tim Booth
- Produced by
- Hugh Jones
- Performed by
- Tim Booth
- Engineered by
- Hugh Jones
- Mixed by
- Steve Power
- Part of
- Strip‐Mine
- Released on
- Sire Records
- Written by
- Gavan Whelan, Jim Glennie, Larry Gott and Tim Booth
- Produced by
- Hugh Jones
- Performed by
- Tim Booth
- Engineered by
- Hugh Jones
- Mixed by
- Steve Power
- Part of
- Strip‐Mine
- Released on
- Sire Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same mixer: Steve Power
Same engineer: Hugh Jones
Same writer: Larry Gott
Same producer: Hugh Jones
Same label: Sire Records
Same release: Strip‐Mine
Same mixer: Steve Power
Same engineer: Hugh Jones
Elsewhere
Sources (11)
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1MusicBrainz What For was performed by Tim Booth
2MusicBrainz What For was produced by Hugh Jones
3MusicBrainz What For was written by Gavan Whelan
4MusicBrainz What For was written by Jim Glennie
5MusicBrainz What For was written by Larry Gott
6MusicBrainz What For was written by Tim Booth
7MusicBrainz What For is part of the release Strip‐Mine
What For is part of the release Strip‐Mine
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Sire Records is the label of the song What For
Sire Records is the label of the song What For
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz What For was engineered by Hugh Jones
10MusicBrainz What For was mixed by Steve Power
11MusicBrainz What For was released on 1988-03