What connects this song
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Produced by Elvis Costello, also Dirty Old Town (The Pogues), Sally MacLennane (The Pogues) and Tempted (Squeeze)
Written by Jerry Dammers, also Ghost Town, Gangsters and Too Much Too Young
Part of In the Studio, also Bright Lights, Racist Friend and What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend
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)
Elvis Costello first appears on fono in 1979, 5 years before this song
Credits
All 14 credits
- Written by
- Jerry Dammers
- Produced by
- Elvis Costello
- Performed by
- Afrodiziak, Andy Aderinto, Dave Heath, Dick Cuthell, Gary McManus, Jerry Dammers, John Bradbury, John Shipley, Paul Speare, Rhoda Dakar and Stan Campbell
- Part of
- In the Studio
- Written by
- Jerry Dammers
- Produced by
- Elvis Costello
- Performed by
- Afrodiziak, Andy Aderinto, Dave Heath, Dick Cuthell, Gary McManus, Jerry Dammers, John Bradbury, John Shipley, Paul Speare, Rhoda Dakar and Stan Campbell
- Part of
- In the Studio
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same producer: Elvis Costello
Same writer: Jerry Dammers
Same release: In the Studio
Same producer: Elvis Costello
Same writer: Jerry Dammers
Same release: In the Studio
Same producer: Elvis Costello
Same writer: Jerry Dammers
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Nelson Mandela was performed by Afrodiziak
Nelson Mandela was performed by Afrodiziak
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Nelson Mandela was performed by Andy Aderinto
Nelson Mandela was performed by Andy Aderinto
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Nelson Mandela was performed by Dave Heath
Nelson Mandela was performed by Dave Heath
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Nelson Mandela was performed by Dick Cuthell
Nelson Mandela was performed by Dick Cuthell
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Nelson Mandela was performed by Gary McManus
Nelson Mandela was performed by Gary McManus
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Nelson Mandela was performed by Jerry Dammers
Nelson Mandela was performed by Jerry Dammers
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Nelson Mandela was performed by John Bradbury
Nelson Mandela was performed by John Bradbury
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Nelson Mandela was performed by John Shipley
Nelson Mandela was performed by John Shipley
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Nelson Mandela was performed by Paul Speare
Nelson Mandela was performed by Paul Speare
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz Nelson Mandela was performed by Rhoda Dakar
Nelson Mandela was performed by Rhoda Dakar
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz Nelson Mandela was performed by Stan Campbell
Nelson Mandela was performed by Stan Campbell
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz Nelson Mandela was produced by Elvis Costello
Nelson Mandela was produced by Elvis Costello
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz Nelson Mandela was written by Jerry Dammers
Nelson Mandela was written by Jerry Dammers
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
14MusicBrainz Nelson Mandela is part of the release In the Studio
Nelson Mandela is part of the release In the Studio
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
15MusicBrainz Nelson Mandela was released on 1984-07-23
Nelson Mandela was released on 1984-07-23
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026