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Released on Arista, also Hey Ya! (OutKast), Complicated (Avril Lavigne) and Sk8er Boi (Avril Lavigne)
Recorded at Electric Lady Studios, also Buddy Holly (Weezer), Say It Ain’t So (Weezer) and Cruel Summer (Taylor Swift)
Engineered by Bernie Kirsh, also Free Money, Gloria and Birdland
Produced by John Cale, also Free Money, Gloria and I Wanna Be Your Dog (The Stooges)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
606 other songs on fono were recorded at Electric Lady Studios, by Taylor Swift and Erykah Badu and others
Bernie Kirsh engineered 7 of Patti Smith’s top 10 songs
Frank D'Augusta engineered 7 of Patti Smith’s top 10 songs
John Cale produced 133 songs on fono
Credits
All 9 credits
- Written by
- Patti Smith and Tom Verlaine
- Produced by
- John Cale
- Performed by
- Tom Verlaine
- Engineered by
- Bernie Kirsh and Frank D'Augusta
- Part of
- Horses
- Recorded at
- Electric Lady Studios
- Released on
- Arista
- Written by
- Patti Smith and Tom Verlaine
- Produced by
- John Cale
- Performed by
- Tom Verlaine
- Engineered by
- Bernie Kirsh and Frank D'Augusta
- Part of
- Horses
- Recorded at
- Electric Lady Studios
- Released on
- Arista
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same engineer: Bernie Kirsh
Same writer: Tom Verlaine
Same label: Arista
Same studio: Electric Lady Studios
Same engineer: Bernie Kirsh
Same writer: Tom Verlaine
Same label: Arista
Same studio: Electric Lady Studios
Elsewhere
Sources (10)
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1MusicBrainz Break It Up was performed by Tom Verlaine
Break It Up was performed by Tom Verlaine
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Break It Up was produced by John Cale
3MusicBrainz Break It Up was written by Patti Smith
4MusicBrainz Break It Up was written by Tom Verlaine
5MusicBrainz Break It Up is part of the release Horses
Break It Up is part of the release Horses
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Break It Up was recorded at Electric Lady Studios
Break It Up was recorded at Electric Lady Studios
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Arista is the label of the song Break It Up
Arista is the label of the song Break It Up
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Break It Up was engineered by Bernie Kirsh
Break It Up was engineered by Bernie Kirsh
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Break It Up was engineered by Frank D'Augusta
Break It Up was engineered by Frank D'Augusta
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz Break It Up was released on 1975-11