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Released on Mercury Records, also Livin’ on a Prayer (Bon Jovi), Space Oddity (David Bowie) and You Give Love a Bad Name (Bon Jovi)
Produced by Jon Kelly, also Babooshka (Kate Bush), Army Dreamers (Kate Bush) and Delius (Song of Summer) (Kate Bush)
Engineered by John Brough, also I Want It All (Queen), The Invisible Man (Queen) and Breakthru (Queen)
Mixed by Jon Kelly, also Winter (Tori Amos), Perfect 10 and Girl (Tori Amos)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
John Brough mixed 3 of The Beautiful South’s top 10 songs
Jon Kelly produced 137 songs on fono
John Brough engineered 95 songs on fono
John Brough’s most frequent co-engineer is Andy Mason (16 songs together)
Credits
All 19 credits
- Written by
- Dave Rotheray and Paul Heaton
- Produced by
- Jon Kelly and Paul Heaton
- Performed by
- Damon Butcher, Dave Rotheray, Dave Stead, Gary Hammond, Jacqui Abbott, Kick Horns, Paul Heaton and Sean Welch
- Engineered by
- John Brough
- Mixed by
- John Brough, Jon Kelly and Paul Heaton
- Part of
- Quench
- Released on
- Go! Discs and Mercury Records
- Written by
- Dave Rotheray and Paul Heaton
- Produced by
- Jon Kelly and Paul Heaton
- Performed by
- Damon Butcher, Dave Rotheray, Dave Stead, Gary Hammond, Jacqui Abbott, Kick Horns, Paul Heaton and Sean Welch
- Engineered by
- John Brough
- Mixed by
- John Brough, Jon Kelly and Paul Heaton
- Part of
- Quench
- Released on
- Go! Discs and Mercury Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same producer: Jon Kelly
Same engineer: John Brough
Same mixer: Jon Kelly
Same writer: Paul Heaton
Same label: Mercury Records
Same release: Quench
Same producer: Jon Kelly
Same engineer: John Brough
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz How Long’s a Tear Take to Dry? was performed by Damon Butcher
How Long’s a Tear Take to Dry? was performed by Damon Butcher
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz How Long’s a Tear Take to Dry? was performed by Dave Rotheray
How Long’s a Tear Take to Dry? was performed by Dave Rotheray
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz How Long’s a Tear Take to Dry? was performed by Dave Stead
How Long’s a Tear Take to Dry? was performed by Dave Stead
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz How Long’s a Tear Take to Dry? was performed by Gary Hammond
How Long’s a Tear Take to Dry? was performed by Gary Hammond
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz How Long’s a Tear Take to Dry? was performed by Jacqui Abbott
How Long’s a Tear Take to Dry? was performed by Jacqui Abbott
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz How Long’s a Tear Take to Dry? was performed by Kick Horns
How Long’s a Tear Take to Dry? was performed by Kick Horns
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz How Long’s a Tear Take to Dry? was performed by Paul Heaton
How Long’s a Tear Take to Dry? was performed by Paul Heaton
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz How Long’s a Tear Take to Dry? was performed by Sean Welch
How Long’s a Tear Take to Dry? was performed by Sean Welch
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz How Long’s a Tear Take to Dry? was produced by Jon Kelly
How Long’s a Tear Take to Dry? was produced by Jon Kelly
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz How Long’s a Tear Take to Dry? was produced by Paul Heaton
How Long’s a Tear Take to Dry? was produced by Paul Heaton
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz How Long’s a Tear Take to Dry? was written by Dave Rotheray
How Long’s a Tear Take to Dry? was written by Dave Rotheray
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz How Long’s a Tear Take to Dry? was written by Paul Heaton
How Long’s a Tear Take to Dry? was written by Paul Heaton
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz How Long’s a Tear Take to Dry? is part of the release Quench
How Long’s a Tear Take to Dry? is part of the release Quench
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
14MusicBrainz Go! Discs is the label of the song How Long’s a Tear Take to Dry?
Go! Discs is the label of the song How Long’s a Tear Take to Dry?
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
15MusicBrainz Mercury Records is the label of the song How Long’s a Tear Take to Dry?
Mercury Records is the label of the song How Long’s a Tear Take to Dry?
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
16MusicBrainz How Long’s a Tear Take to Dry? was engineered by John Brough
How Long’s a Tear Take to Dry? was engineered by John Brough
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
17MusicBrainz How Long’s a Tear Take to Dry? was mixed by John Brough
How Long’s a Tear Take to Dry? was mixed by John Brough
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
18MusicBrainz How Long’s a Tear Take to Dry? was mixed by Jon Kelly
How Long’s a Tear Take to Dry? was mixed by Jon Kelly
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
19MusicBrainz How Long’s a Tear Take to Dry? was mixed by Paul Heaton
How Long’s a Tear Take to Dry? was mixed by Paul Heaton
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
20MusicBrainz How Long’s a Tear Take to Dry? was released on 1998-10-12
How Long’s a Tear Take to Dry? was released on 1998-10-12
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026