What connects this song
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Released on Motown, also I Want You Back, Truly (Lionel Richie) and You Mean More to Me (Lionel Richie)
Written by Hal Davis, also I’ll Be There, Dancing Machine and Lookin’ Through the Windows
Part of Dancing Machine, also Dancing Machine, I Am Love, Parts 1 & 2 and If I Don’t Love You This Way
Written by Tami Lester Smith, also Padlock (M People)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Hal Davis wrote 13 songs on fono
Hal Davis’s most frequent co-writer is Dean Parks (4 songs together)
Hal Davis first appears on fono in 1964, 10 years before this song
Credits
All 5 credits
- Written by
- Clarence Drayton, Hal Davis and Tami Lester Smith
- Part of
- Dancing Machine
- Released on
- Motown
- Written by
- Clarence Drayton, Hal Davis and Tami Lester Smith
- Part of
- Dancing Machine
- Released on
- Motown
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Hal Davis
Same writer: Tami Lester Smith
Same label: Motown
Same release: Dancing Machine
Same label: Motown
Same release: Dancing Machine
Same writer: Hal Davis
Same label: Motown
Elsewhere
Sources (6)
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1MusicBrainz The Life of the Party was written by Clarence Drayton
The Life of the Party was written by Clarence Drayton
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz The Life of the Party was written by Hal Davis
The Life of the Party was written by Hal Davis
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz The Life of the Party was written by Tami Lester Smith
The Life of the Party was written by Tami Lester Smith
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz The Life of the Party is part of the release Dancing Machine
The Life of the Party is part of the release Dancing Machine
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Motown is the label of the song The Life of the Party
Motown is the label of the song The Life of the Party
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz The Life of the Party was released on 1974-09
The Life of the Party was released on 1974-09
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026