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Released on Mercury Records, also Livin’ on a Prayer (Bon Jovi), Space Oddity (David Bowie) and You Give Love a Bad Name (Bon Jovi)
Written by Larry Smith, also Rock Box (Run‐D.M.C.), King of Rock (Run‐D.M.C.) and It’s Like That (Run‐D.M.C.)
Part of Kurtis Blow, also Christmas Rappin’
Written by Russell Simmons, also Dumb Girl (Run‐D.M.C.), You Talk Too Much (Run‐D.M.C.) and Jam‐Master Jay (Run‐D.M.C.)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Larry Smith wrote 40 songs on fono
Russell Simmons wrote 18 songs on fono
Larry Smith’s most frequent co-writer is Run (14 songs together)
Russell Simmons’s most frequent co-writer is Larry Smith (14 songs together)
Credits
All 9 credits
- Written by
- J.B. Moore, Kurtis Blow, Larry Smith, Robert Ford, Jr. and Russell Simmons
- Produced by
- J.B. Moore and Robert Ford, Jr.
- Part of
- Kurtis Blow
- Released on
- Mercury Records
- Written by
- J.B. Moore, Kurtis Blow, Larry Smith, Robert Ford, Jr. and Russell Simmons
- Produced by
- J.B. Moore and Robert Ford, Jr.
- Part of
- Kurtis Blow
- Released on
- Mercury Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Larry Smith
Same writer: Russell Simmons
Same writer: J.B. Moore
Same writer: Robert Ford, Jr.
Same label: Mercury Records
Same release: Kurtis Blow
Same writer: Larry Smith
Same writer: Russell Simmons
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz The Breaks was produced by J.B. Moore
2MusicBrainz The Breaks was produced by Robert Ford, Jr.
The Breaks was produced by Robert Ford, Jr.
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz The Breaks was written by J.B. Moore
4MusicBrainz The Breaks was written by Kurtis Blow
5MusicBrainz The Breaks was written by Larry Smith
6MusicBrainz The Breaks was written by Robert Ford, Jr.
The Breaks was written by Robert Ford, Jr.
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz The Breaks was written by Russell Simmons
The Breaks was written by Russell Simmons
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz The Breaks is part of the release Kurtis Blow
The Breaks is part of the release Kurtis Blow
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Mercury Records is the label of the song The Breaks
Mercury Records is the label of the song The Breaks
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz The Breaks was released on 1980