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Produced by Mike Howlett, also Enola Gay (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark), I Ran (A Flock of Seagulls) and Echo Beach (Martha and the Muffins)
Written by Mike Peters, also Maggie May (Rod Stewart), Absolute Reality and Sixty Eight Guns
Released on I.R.S. Records, also It’s the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine) (R.E.M.), We Got the Beat (Go‐Go’s) and Finest Worksong (R.E.M.)
Part of Strength, also Absolute Reality, Spirit of ’76 and Dawn Chorus
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Mike Howlett produced 9 of The Alarm’s top 10 songs
Mike Howlett produced 95 songs on fono
Mike Howlett’s most frequent co-producer is Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (14 songs together)
Mike Howlett first appears on fono in 1977, 8 years before this song
Credits
All 7 credits
- Written by
- Dave Sharp, Eddie MacDonald, Mike Peters and Nigel Twist
- Produced by
- Mike Howlett
- Part of
- Strength
- Released on
- I.R.S. Records
- Written by
- Dave Sharp, Eddie MacDonald, Mike Peters and Nigel Twist
- Produced by
- Mike Howlett
- Part of
- Strength
- Released on
- I.R.S. Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same producer: Mike Howlett
Same writer: Mike Peters
Same writer: Eddie MacDonald
Same writer: Dave Sharp
Same label: I.R.S. Records
Same producer: Mike Howlett
Same writer: Eddie MacDonald
Same writer: Dave Sharp
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Strength was produced by Mike Howlett
2MusicBrainz Strength was written by Dave Sharp
3MusicBrainz Strength was written by Eddie MacDonald
4MusicBrainz Strength was written by Mike Peters
5MusicBrainz Strength was written by Nigel Twist
6MusicBrainz Strength is part of the release Strength
Strength is part of the release Strength
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz I.R.S. Records is the label of the song Strength
I.R.S. Records is the label of the song Strength
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Strength was released on 1985-10