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Released on Elektra, also Just Like Heaven (The Cure), For Whom the Bell Tolls (Metallica) and Killer Queen (Queen)
Produced by John Jansen, also Read ’em and Weep (Barry Manilow), (I Just) Died in Your Arms (Cutting Crew) and Ain’t Nobody but Me (Supertramp)
Engineered by Gray Russell, also Heart of Glass (Blondie), Godzilla (Blue Öyster Cult) and Goin’ Through the Motions (Blue Öyster Cult)
Written by Tom Verlaine, also Kingdom Come (David Bowie), See No Evil and Venus
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
John Jansen produced 68 songs on fono
Gray Russell engineered 54 songs on fono
Gray Russell’s most frequent co-engineer is John Jansen (20 songs together)
Craig Bishop’s most frequent co-engineer is David Kahne (11 songs together)
Credits
All 13 credits
- Written by
- Tom Verlaine
- Produced by
- John Jansen and Tom Verlaine
- Performed by
- Billy Ficca, Fred Smith, Richard Lloyd and Tom Verlaine
- Engineered by
- Craig Bishop, Gray Russell, Jay Borden and John Jansen
- Part of
- Adventure
- Released on
- Elektra
- Written by
- Tom Verlaine
- Produced by
- John Jansen and Tom Verlaine
- Performed by
- Billy Ficca, Fred Smith, Richard Lloyd and Tom Verlaine
- Engineered by
- Craig Bishop, Gray Russell, Jay Borden and John Jansen
- Part of
- Adventure
- Released on
- Elektra
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same producer: John Jansen
Same engineer: Gray Russell
Same writer: Tom Verlaine
Same engineer: John Jansen
Same label: Elektra
Same release: Adventure
Same producer: John Jansen
Same engineer: Gray Russell
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Careful was performed by Billy Ficca
2MusicBrainz Careful was performed by Fred Smith
3MusicBrainz Careful was performed by Richard Lloyd
4MusicBrainz Careful was performed by Tom Verlaine
5MusicBrainz Careful was produced by John Jansen
6MusicBrainz Careful was produced by Tom Verlaine
7MusicBrainz Careful was written by Tom Verlaine
8MusicBrainz Careful is part of the release Adventure
Careful is part of the release Adventure
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Elektra is the label of the song Careful
Elektra is the label of the song Careful
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz Careful was engineered by Craig Bishop
11MusicBrainz Careful was engineered by Gray Russell
12MusicBrainz Careful was engineered by Jay Borden
13MusicBrainz Careful was engineered by John Jansen
14MusicBrainz Careful was released on 1978-04