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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)
Written by Jerry Dammers, also Nelson Mandela, Ghost Town and Too Much Too Young
Part of Specials, also A Message to You Rudy, Too Much Too Young and Blank Expression
Released on Chrysalis, also Heart of Glass (Blondie), Feel (Robbie Williams) and Advertising Space (Robbie Williams)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Roderick James Byers wrote 3 of The Specials’s top 10 songs
Credits
All 11 credits
- Written by
- Horace Panter, Jerry Dammers, John Bradbury, Lynval Golding, Neville Staple, Roderick James Byers and Terry Hall
- Produced by
- The Specials
- Part of
- Specials
- Written by
- Horace Panter, Jerry Dammers, John Bradbury, Lynval Golding, Neville Staple, Roderick James Byers and Terry Hall
- Produced by
- The Specials
- Part of
- Specials
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Jerry Dammers
Same writer: Terry Hall
Same writer: Lynval Golding
Same label: Phonogram
Same release: Specials
Same label: Chrysalis
Same writer: Jerry Dammers
Same writer: Terry Hall
Elsewhere
Sources (12)
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1MusicBrainz Gangsters was produced by The Specials
2MusicBrainz Gangsters was written by Horace Panter
3MusicBrainz Gangsters was written by Jerry Dammers
4MusicBrainz Gangsters was written by John Bradbury
5MusicBrainz Gangsters was written by Lynval Golding
6MusicBrainz Gangsters was written by Neville Staple
7MusicBrainz Gangsters was written by Roderick James Byers
Gangsters was written by Roderick James Byers
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Gangsters was written by Terry Hall
9MusicBrainz Gangsters is part of the release Specials
Gangsters is part of the release Specials
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz Chrysalis is the label of the song Gangsters
Chrysalis is the label of the song Gangsters
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz Phonogram is the label of the song Gangsters
Phonogram is the label of the song Gangsters
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz Gangsters was released on 1979