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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)
Engineered by Greg Dennen, also Pamela (Toto), Stop Loving You (Toto) and Anna (Toto)
Written by Brian Tatler, also Am I Evil?, The Prince and It’s Electric
Part of The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re‐Revisited, also The Wait, Crash Course in Brain Surgery and Last Caress / Green Hell
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Greg Dennen engineered 133 songs on fono
Csaba Petocz engineered 60 songs on fono
Greg Dennen’s most frequent co-engineer is Dan Wallin (53 songs together)
Metallica’s most frequent co-producer is Flemming Rasmussen (26 songs together)
Credits
All 8 credits
- Written by
- Brian Tatler and Sean Harris
- Produced by
- Metallica
- Engineered by
- Csaba Petocz, Greg Dennen and Marnie Riley
- Released on
- Mercury Records
- Written by
- Brian Tatler and Sean Harris
- Produced by
- Metallica
- Engineered by
- Csaba Petocz, Greg Dennen and Marnie Riley
- Released on
- Mercury Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same engineer: Greg Dennen
Same writer: Brian Tatler
Same engineer: Csaba Petocz
Same label: Mercury Records
Same engineer: Greg Dennen
Same writer: Brian Tatler
Same engineer: Csaba Petocz
Same label: Mercury Records
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Helpless was produced by Metallica
2MusicBrainz Helpless was written by Brian Tatler
3MusicBrainz Helpless was written by Sean Harris
4MusicBrainz Helpless is part of the release The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re‐Revisited
Helpless is part of the release The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re‐Revisited
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Mercury Records is the label of the song Helpless
Mercury Records is the label of the song Helpless
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Helpless was engineered by Csaba Petocz
7MusicBrainz Helpless was engineered by Greg Dennen
8MusicBrainz Helpless was engineered by Marnie Riley
9MusicBrainz Helpless was released on 1987-08-20