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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 Life of Surprises, Big Blue World (Paul Haig) and ’Til the Cows Come Home
Part of Protest Songs, also Life of Surprises, ’Til the Cows Come Home and Diana
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 5 credits
- Written by
- Paddy McAloon
- Produced by
- Prefab Sprout
- Engineered by
- Richard Digby-Smith
- Part of
- Protest Songs
- Released on
- CBS
- Written by
- Paddy McAloon
- Produced by
- Prefab Sprout
- Engineered by
- 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 label: CBS
Same writer: Paddy McAloon
Same engineer: Richard Digby-Smith
Same label: CBS
Same release: Protest Songs
Same writer: Paddy McAloon
Elsewhere
Sources (6)
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1MusicBrainz Pearly Gates was produced by Prefab Sprout
Pearly Gates was produced by Prefab Sprout
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Pearly Gates was written by Paddy McAloon
Pearly Gates was written by Paddy McAloon
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Pearly Gates is part of the release Protest Songs
Pearly Gates is part of the release Protest Songs
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz CBS is the label of the song Pearly Gates
CBS is the label of the song Pearly Gates
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Pearly Gates was engineered by Richard Digby-Smith
Pearly Gates was engineered by Richard Digby-Smith
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Pearly Gates was released on 1989-06