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Released on CBS, also Should I Stay or Should I Go (The Clash), Down Under (Men at Work) and (Don’t Fear) The Reaper (Blue Öyster Cult)
Written by Paddy McAloon, also Cars and Girls, The King of Rock ’n’ Roll and When Love Breaks Down
Engineered by Richard Digby-Smith, also Big Blue World (Paul Haig), Pearly Gates and ’Til the Cows Come Home
Mixed by Richard Digby-Smith, also ’Til the Cows Come Home, Diana and Easy on My Soul (long version) (Bad Company)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Prefab Sprout produced 21 songs on fono
Richard Digby-Smith engineered 13 songs on fono
Prefab Sprout’s most frequent co-producer is David Brewis (11 songs together)
Prefab Sprout first appears on fono in 1984, 5 years before this song
Credits
All 8 credits
- Written by
- Paddy McAloon
- Produced by
- Prefab Sprout
- Performed by
- Gary Hughes
- Engineered by
- Richard Digby-Smith
- Mixed by
- Lance Phillips and Richard Digby-Smith
- Part of
- Protest Songs
- Released on
- CBS
- Written by
- Paddy McAloon
- Produced by
- Prefab Sprout
- Performed by
- Gary Hughes
- Engineered by
- Richard Digby-Smith
- Mixed by
- Lance Phillips and Richard Digby-Smith
- Part of
- Protest Songs
- Released on
- CBS
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Paddy McAloon
Same engineer: Richard Digby-Smith
Same mixer: Richard Digby-Smith
Same mixer: Lance Phillips
Same label: CBS
Same release: Protest Songs
Same writer: Paddy McAloon
Same mixer: Richard Digby-Smith
Elsewhere
Sources (9)
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1MusicBrainz Life of Surprises was performed by Gary Hughes
Life of Surprises was performed by Gary Hughes
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Life of Surprises was produced by Prefab Sprout
Life of Surprises was produced by Prefab Sprout
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Life of Surprises was written by Paddy McAloon
Life of Surprises was written by Paddy McAloon
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Life of Surprises is part of the release Protest Songs
Life of Surprises is part of the release Protest Songs
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz CBS is the label of the song Life of Surprises
CBS is the label of the song Life of Surprises
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Life of Surprises was engineered by Richard Digby-Smith
Life of Surprises was engineered by Richard Digby-Smith
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Life of Surprises was mixed by Lance Phillips
Life of Surprises was mixed by Lance Phillips
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Life of Surprises was mixed by Richard Digby-Smith
Life of Surprises was mixed by Richard Digby-Smith
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Life of Surprises was released on 1989-06
Life of Surprises was released on 1989-06
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026