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Credits it shares with other songs, each from a cited source. Tap a number or a name.
Produced by John Leckie, also Fake Plastic Trees (Radiohead), Just (Radiohead) and Street Spirit (Fade Out) (Radiohead)
Released on Beggars Banquet, also Cars (Gary Numan), Right Here (The Go‐Betweens) and The Only One I Know (The Charlatans)
Written by Mark E. Smith, also Totally Wired, Hit the North, Part 1 and L.A.
Part of This Nation’s Saving Grace, also L.A., Bombast and Cruiser’s Creek
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
John Leckie produced 3 of The Fall’s top 10 songs
John Leckie produced 279 songs on fono
John Leckie’s most frequent co-producer is Bill Nelson (51 songs together)
John Leckie first appears on fono in 1976, 9 years before this song
Credits
All 11 credits
- Written by
- Brix Smith and Mark E. Smith
- Produced by
- John Leckie
- Performed by
- Brix Smith, Craig Scanlon, Karl Burns, Mark E. Smith, Simon Rogers and Steve Hanley
- Part of
- This Nation’s Saving Grace
- Released on
- Beggars Banquet
- Written by
- Brix Smith and Mark E. Smith
- Produced by
- John Leckie
- Performed by
- Brix Smith, Craig Scanlon, Karl Burns, Mark E. Smith, Simon Rogers and Steve Hanley
- Part of
- This Nation’s Saving Grace
- Released on
- Beggars Banquet
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same producer: John Leckie
Same writer: Mark E. Smith
Same writer: Brix Smith
Same label: Beggars Banquet
Same release: This Nation’s Saving Grace
Same producer: John Leckie
Same label: Beggars Banquet
Same release: This Nation’s Saving Grace
Elsewhere
Sources (12)
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1MusicBrainz Couldn’t Get Ahead was performed by Brix Smith
Couldn’t Get Ahead was performed by Brix Smith
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Couldn’t Get Ahead was performed by Craig Scanlon
Couldn’t Get Ahead was performed by Craig Scanlon
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Couldn’t Get Ahead was performed by Karl Burns
Couldn’t Get Ahead was performed by Karl Burns
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Couldn’t Get Ahead was performed by Mark E. Smith
Couldn’t Get Ahead was performed by Mark E. Smith
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Couldn’t Get Ahead was performed by Simon Rogers
Couldn’t Get Ahead was performed by Simon Rogers
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Couldn’t Get Ahead was performed by Steve Hanley
Couldn’t Get Ahead was performed by Steve Hanley
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Couldn’t Get Ahead was produced by John Leckie
Couldn’t Get Ahead was produced by John Leckie
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Couldn’t Get Ahead was written by Brix Smith
Couldn’t Get Ahead was written by Brix Smith
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Couldn’t Get Ahead was written by Mark E. Smith
Couldn’t Get Ahead was written by Mark E. Smith
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz Couldn’t Get Ahead is part of the release This Nation’s Saving Grace
Couldn’t Get Ahead is part of the release This Nation’s Saving Grace
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz Beggars Banquet is the label of the song Couldn’t Get Ahead
Beggars Banquet is the label of the song Couldn’t Get Ahead
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz Couldn’t Get Ahead was released on 1985