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Released on Virgin, also Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (Daft Punk), One More Time (Daft Punk) and Teardrop (Massive Attack)
Produced by Bob Clearmountain, also Summer of ’69 (Bryan Adams), Cuts Like a Knife (Bryan Adams) and The Power of Love (Huey Lewis and the News)
Written by Charlie Burchill, also Life in a Day, New Gold Dream (81‐82‐83‐84) and Someone Somewhere in Summertime
Engineered by Hugh Jones, also Theme for Great Cities, Rain (Status Quo) and I Melt With You (Modern English)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Bob Clearmountain produced 3 of Simple Minds’s top 10 songs
Jimmy Iovine produced 3 of Simple Minds’s top 10 songs
Jimmy Iovine produced 144 songs on fono
Hugh Jones engineered 89 songs on fono
Credits
All 11 credits
- Written by
- Brian McGee, Charlie Burchill, Derek Forbes, Jim Kerr and Michael MacNeil
- Produced by
- Bob Clearmountain, Jimmy Iovine and Steve Hillage
- Engineered by
- Hugh Jones
- Part of
- Sister Feelings Call
- Released on
- Virgin
- Written by
- Brian McGee, Charlie Burchill, Derek Forbes, Jim Kerr and Michael MacNeil
- Produced by
- Bob Clearmountain, Jimmy Iovine and Steve Hillage
- Engineered by
- Hugh Jones
- Part of
- Sister Feelings Call
- Released on
- Virgin
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same producer: Bob Clearmountain
Same writer: Charlie Burchill
Same engineer: Hugh Jones
Same producer: Jimmy Iovine
Same label: Virgin
Same producer: Bob Clearmountain
Same writer: Charlie Burchill
Same engineer: Hugh Jones
Elsewhere
Sources (12)
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1MusicBrainz The American was produced by Bob Clearmountain
The American was produced by Bob Clearmountain
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz The American was produced by Jimmy Iovine
The American was produced by Jimmy Iovine
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz The American was produced by Steve Hillage
The American was produced by Steve Hillage
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz The American was written by Brian McGee
5MusicBrainz The American was written by Charlie Burchill
The American was written by Charlie Burchill
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz The American was written by Derek Forbes
The American was written by Derek Forbes
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz The American was written by Jim Kerr
8MusicBrainz The American was written by Michael MacNeil
The American was written by Michael MacNeil
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz The American is part of the release Sister Feelings Call
The American is part of the release Sister Feelings Call
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz Virgin is the label of the song The American
Virgin is the label of the song The American
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz The American was engineered by Hugh Jones
The American was engineered by Hugh Jones
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz The American was released on 1981-05-23