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Released on Atlantic, also Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin), Back in Black (AC/DC) and Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin)
Recorded at AIR Studios Montserrat, also Money for Nothing (Dire Straits), I’m Still Standing (Elton John) and Walk of Life (Dire Straits)
Written by Mike Rutherford, also Land of Confusion (Genesis), I Can’t Dance (Genesis) and That’s All (Genesis)
Produced by Christopher Neil, also Think Twice (Céline Dion), Where Does My Heart Beat Now (Céline Dion) and A Rockin’ Good Way (to Mess Around and Fall in Love) (Shakin’ Stevens)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
83 other songs on fono were recorded at AIR Studios Montserrat, by Elton John and Sting and others
Christopher Neil produced 10 of Mike + the Mechanics’s top 10 songs
Simon Hurrell engineered 9 of Mike + the Mechanics’s top 10 songs
Christopher Neil produced 104 songs on fono
Credits
All 9 credits
- Written by
- B.A. Robertson, Christopher Neil and Mike Rutherford
- Produced by
- Christopher Neil
- Performed by
- Paul Young
- Engineered by
- Simon Hurrell
- Part of
- Mike + the Mechanics
- Recorded at
- AIR Studios Montserrat
- Released on
- Atlantic
- Written by
- B.A. Robertson, Christopher Neil and Mike Rutherford
- Produced by
- Christopher Neil
- Performed by
- Paul Young
- Engineered by
- Simon Hurrell
- Part of
- Mike + the Mechanics
- Recorded at
- AIR Studios Montserrat
- Released on
- Atlantic
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Mike Rutherford
Same producer: Christopher Neil
Same label: Atlantic
Same studio: AIR Studios Montserrat
Same release: Mike + the Mechanics
Same writer: Mike Rutherford
Same producer: Christopher Neil
Same label: Atlantic
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Take the Reins was performed by Paul Young
Take the Reins was performed by Paul Young
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Take the Reins was produced by Christopher Neil
Take the Reins was produced by Christopher Neil
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3MusicBrainz Take the Reins was written by B.A. Robertson
Take the Reins was written by B.A. Robertson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Take the Reins was written by Christopher Neil
Take the Reins was written by Christopher Neil
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Take the Reins was written by Mike Rutherford
Take the Reins was written by Mike Rutherford
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6MusicBrainz Take the Reins is part of the release Mike + the Mechanics
Take the Reins is part of the release Mike + the Mechanics
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Take the Reins was recorded at AIR Studios Montserrat
Take the Reins was recorded at AIR Studios Montserrat
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Atlantic is the label of the song Take the Reins
Atlantic is the label of the song Take the Reins
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Take the Reins was engineered by Simon Hurrell
Take the Reins was engineered by Simon Hurrell
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz Take the Reins was released on 1985-10-05
Take the Reins was released on 1985-10-05
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026