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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 A Message to You Rudy, Gangsters and Too Much Too Young
Written by Prince Buster, also One Step Beyond (Madness), Madness (Madness) and Girl Why Don’t You? (Madness)
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 5 credits
- Written by
- Prince Buster
- Produced by
- Elvis Costello
- Part of
- Specials
- Written by
- Prince Buster
- Produced by
- Elvis Costello
- 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: Prince Buster
Same label: Phonogram
Same release: Specials
Same label: Chrysalis
Same producer: Elvis Costello
Same writer: Prince Buster
Same label: Phonogram
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Too Hot was produced by Elvis Costello
2MusicBrainz Too Hot was written by Prince Buster
3MusicBrainz Too Hot is part of the release Specials
4MusicBrainz Chrysalis is the label of the song Too Hot
Chrysalis is the label of the song Too Hot
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Phonogram is the label of the song Too Hot
Phonogram is the label of the song Too Hot
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Too Hot was released on 1979-10-19