What connects this song
Credits it shares with other songs, each from a cited source. Tap a number or a name.
Released on Vertigo, also Enter Sandman (Metallica), Sultans of Swing (Dire Straits) and Nothing Else Matters (Metallica)
Engineered by Neil Dorfsman, also Money for Nothing (Dire Straits), Walk of Life (Dire Straits) and Don’t Stop the Dance (Bryan Ferry)
Part of Local Hero, also Smooching, Wild Theme and The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights
Engineered by Josh Abbey, also Jailbait (Aerosmith), I Want to Know What Love Is (Foreigner) and That Was Yesterday (Foreigner)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Mark Knopfler wrote 262 songs on fono
Mark Knopfler produced 220 songs on fono
Mark Knopfler’s most frequent co-producer is Guy Fletcher (95 songs together)
Neil Dorfsman’s most frequent co-engineer is Jeff Hendrickson (32 songs together)
Credits
All 12 credits
- Written by
- Mark Knopfler
- Produced by
- Mark Knopfler
- Performed by
- Alan Clark, Mark Knopfler, Michael Brecker and Tony Levin
- Engineered by
- Josh Abbey, Neil Dorfsman, Phil Vinall and Tim Palmer
- Part of
- Local Hero
- Released on
- Vertigo
- Written by
- Mark Knopfler
- Produced by
- Mark Knopfler
- Performed by
- Alan Clark, Mark Knopfler, Michael Brecker and Tony Levin
- Engineered by
- Josh Abbey, Neil Dorfsman, Phil Vinall and Tim Palmer
- Part of
- Local Hero
- Released on
- Vertigo
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same engineer: Neil Dorfsman
Same engineer: Josh Abbey
Same engineer: Tim Palmer
Same engineer: Phil Vinall
Same label: Vertigo
Same release: Local Hero
Same engineer: Neil Dorfsman
Same engineer: Josh Abbey
Elsewhere
Sources (13)
Every fact on this page comes from one of these sources.
1MusicBrainz Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero was performed by Alan Clark
Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero was performed by Alan Clark
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero was performed by Mark Knopfler
Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero was performed by Mark Knopfler
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero was performed by Michael Brecker
Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero was performed by Michael Brecker
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero was performed by Tony Levin
Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero was performed by Tony Levin
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero was produced by Mark Knopfler
Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero was produced by Mark Knopfler
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero was written by Mark Knopfler
Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero was written by Mark Knopfler
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero is part of the release Local Hero
Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero is part of the release Local Hero
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Vertigo is the label of the song Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero
Vertigo is the label of the song Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero was engineered by Josh Abbey
Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero was engineered by Josh Abbey
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero was engineered by Neil Dorfsman
Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero was engineered by Neil Dorfsman
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero was engineered by Phil Vinall
Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero was engineered by Phil Vinall
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero was engineered by Tim Palmer
Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero was engineered by Tim Palmer
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero was released on 1983
Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero was released on 1983
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026