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Released on United Artists, also Mr. Blue Sky (Electric Light Orchestra), Livin’ Thing (Electric Light Orchestra) and Telephone Line (Electric Light Orchestra)
Written by Johnny Slate, also Better Love Next Time (Dr. Hook), Shotgun Rider (Delbert McClinton) and The World Needs a Melody (Johnny Cash)
Part of Love or Something Like It, also Love or Something Like It, Momma’s Waiting and Starting Again
Written by Steve Pippin, also Better Love Next Time (Dr. Hook), This Time I'm in It for Love (Player) and I Can Still Believe in You (Tammy Wynette)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Johnny Slate wrote 10 songs on fono
Johnny Slate’s most frequent co-writer is Larry Henley (4 songs together)
Johnny Slate first appears on fono in 1972, 6 years before this song
Credits
All 4 credits
- Written by
- Johnny Slate and Steve Pippin
- Part of
- Love or Something Like It
- Released on
- United Artists
- Written by
- Johnny Slate and Steve Pippin
- Part of
- Love or Something Like It
- Released on
- United Artists
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Johnny Slate
Same label: United Artists
Same release: Love or Something Like It
Same writer: Johnny Slate
Same writer: Steve Pippin
Same label: United Artists
Same release: Love or Something Like It
Same writer: Johnny Slate
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz We Could Have Been the Closest of Friends was written by Johnny Slate
We Could Have Been the Closest of Friends was written by Johnny Slate
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2MusicBrainz We Could Have Been the Closest of Friends was written by Steve Pippin
We Could Have Been the Closest of Friends was written by Steve Pippin
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3MusicBrainz We Could Have Been the Closest of Friends is part of the release Love or Something Like It
We Could Have Been the Closest of Friends is part of the release Love or Something Like It
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4MusicBrainz United Artists is the label of the song We Could Have Been the Closest of Friends
United Artists is the label of the song We Could Have Been the Closest of Friends
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5MusicBrainz We Could Have Been the Closest of Friends was released on 1978-07
We Could Have Been the Closest of Friends was released on 1978-07
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