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Released on Polydor, also Summertime Sadness (Lana Del Rey), Heat Waves (Glass Animals) and Friday I’m in Love (The Cure)
Part of Lloyd Cole, also No Blue Skies, Don’t Look Back and Undressed
Written by Blair Cowan, also Brand New Friend (Lloyd Cole and the Commotions), My Bag (Lloyd Cole and the Commotions) and Patience (Lloyd Cole and the Commotions)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Blair Cowan wrote 3 of Lloyd Cole’s top 10 songs
Lloyd Cole wrote 26 songs on fono
Blair Cowan’s most frequent co-writer is Lloyd Cole (7 songs together)
Blair Cowan first appears on fono in 1984, 6 years before this song
Credits
All 8 credits
- Written by
- Blair Cowan and Lloyd Cole
- Performed by
- Blair Cowan, Fred Maher, Lloyd Cole and Matthew Sweet
- Part of
- Lloyd Cole
- Released on
- Polydor
- Written by
- Blair Cowan and Lloyd Cole
- Performed by
- Blair Cowan, Fred Maher, Lloyd Cole and Matthew Sweet
- Part of
- Lloyd Cole
- Released on
- Polydor
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Blair Cowan
Same label: Polydor
Same release: Lloyd Cole
Same writer: Blair Cowan
Same label: Polydor
Same release: Lloyd Cole
Same writer: Blair Cowan
Same label: Polydor
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Downtown was performed by Blair Cowan
2MusicBrainz Downtown was performed by Fred Maher
3MusicBrainz Downtown was performed by Lloyd Cole
4MusicBrainz Downtown was performed by Matthew Sweet
5MusicBrainz Downtown was written by Blair Cowan
6MusicBrainz Downtown was written by Lloyd Cole
7MusicBrainz Downtown is part of the release Lloyd Cole
Downtown is part of the release Lloyd Cole
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Polydor is the label of the song Downtown
Polydor is the label of the song Downtown
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Downtown was released on 1990-03-16