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Written by Matt Aitken, also Never Gonna Give You Up (Rick Astley), This Time I Know It’s for Real (Donna Summer) and Whenever You Need Somebody (Rick Astley)
Released on Cherry Pop, also Love Blonde (Kim Wilde), Who’s Leaving Who (Hazell Dean) and So lang' man Träume noch leben kann (Münchener Freiheit)
Part of F.L.M., also Respectable, Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend) and F.L.M.
Written by Mike Stock, also Never Gonna Give You Up (Rick Astley), If You Were With Me Now (Kylie Minogue) and This Time I Know It’s for Real (Donna Summer)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Pete Waterman wrote 144 songs on fono
Mike Stock wrote 140 songs on fono
Mike Stock’s most frequent co-writer is Pete Waterman (136 songs together)
Matt Aitken’s most frequent co-writer is Mike Stock (112 songs together)
Credits
All 5 credits
- Written by
- Matt Aitken, Mike Stock and Pete Waterman
- Part of
- F.L.M.
- Released on
- Cherry Pop
- Written by
- Matt Aitken, Mike Stock and Pete Waterman
- Part of
- F.L.M.
- Released on
- Cherry Pop
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Matt Aitken
Same label: Cherry Pop
Same release: F.L.M.
Same writer: Matt Aitken
Same writer: Mike Stock
Same label: Cherry Pop
Same release: F.L.M.
Same writer: Matt Aitken
Elsewhere
Sources (6)
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1MusicBrainz That’s the Way It Is (7″ version) was written by Matt Aitken
That’s the Way It Is (7″ version) was written by Matt Aitken
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz That’s the Way It Is (7″ version) was written by Mike Stock
That’s the Way It Is (7″ version) was written by Mike Stock
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz That’s the Way It Is (7″ version) was written by Pete Waterman
That’s the Way It Is (7″ version) was written by Pete Waterman
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz That’s the Way It Is (7″ version) is part of the release F.L.M.
That’s the Way It Is (7″ version) is part of the release F.L.M.
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Cherry Pop is the label of the song That’s the Way It Is (7″ version)
Cherry Pop is the label of the song That’s the Way It Is (7″ version)
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6MusicBrainz That’s the Way It Is (7″ version) was released on 1988-03-21
That’s the Way It Is (7″ version) was released on 1988-03-21
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026