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Released on Phonogram, also Everybody Wants to Rule the World (Tears for Fears), Tease Me Please Me (Scorpions) and Wind of Change (Scorpions)
Produced by Elvis Costello, also Dirty Old Town (The Pogues), Sally MacLennane (The Pogues) and Nelson Mandela
Part of Specials, also Gangsters, Too Much Too Young and Blank Expression
Written by Dandy Livingstone, also Let’s Do Rock Steady (The Bodysnatchers) and Suzanne Beware of the Devil (Dandy Livingstone)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Elvis Costello produced 6 of The Specials’s top 10 songs
Elvis Costello produced 150 songs on fono
Elvis Costello’s most frequent co-producer is Sebastián Krys (25 songs together)
Credits
All 6 credits
- Written by
- Dandy Livingstone
- Produced by
- Elvis Costello
- Performed by
- Rico Rodriguez
- Part of
- Specials
- Written by
- Dandy Livingstone
- Produced by
- Elvis Costello
- Performed by
- Rico Rodriguez
- Part of
- Specials
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same producer: Elvis Costello
Same writer: Dandy Livingstone
Same label: Phonogram
Same release: Specials
Same label: Chrysalis
Same producer: Elvis Costello
Same writer: Dandy Livingstone
Same label: Phonogram
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz A Message to You Rudy was performed by Rico Rodriguez
A Message to You Rudy was performed by Rico Rodriguez
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz A Message to You Rudy was produced by Elvis Costello
A Message to You Rudy was produced by Elvis Costello
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz A Message to You Rudy was written by Dandy Livingstone
A Message to You Rudy was written by Dandy Livingstone
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz A Message to You Rudy is part of the release Specials
A Message to You Rudy is part of the release Specials
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Chrysalis is the label of the song A Message to You Rudy
Chrysalis is the label of the song A Message to You Rudy
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Phonogram is the label of the song A Message to You Rudy
Phonogram is the label of the song A Message to You Rudy
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7MusicBrainz A Message to You Rudy was released on 1979-10-19
A Message to You Rudy was released on 1979-10-19
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026