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Released on Mercury Records, also Livin’ on a Prayer (Bon Jovi), Space Oddity (David Bowie) and You Give Love a Bad Name (Bon Jovi)
Produced by Mike Howlett, also Enola Gay (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark), I Ran (A Flock of Seagulls) and Echo Beach (Martha and the Muffins)
Written by Ian McCulloch, also The Cutter (Echo & the Bunnymen), Lips Like Sugar (Echo & the Bunnymen) and The Back of Love (Echo & the Bunnymen)
Part of Kilimanjaro, also Reward, Treason and Sleeping Gas
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Mike Howlett produced 95 songs on fono
Ian McCulloch wrote 83 songs on fono
Ian McCulloch’s most frequent co-writer is Will Sergeant (80 songs together)
Mike Howlett’s most frequent co-producer is Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (14 songs together)
Credits
All 9 credits
- Written by
- Ian McCulloch and Julian Cope
- Produced by
- Mike Howlett
- Performed by
- Alan Gill, Dave Balfe, Gary Dwyer and Julian Cope
- Part of
- Kilimanjaro
- Released on
- Mercury Records
- Written by
- Ian McCulloch and Julian Cope
- Produced by
- Mike Howlett
- Performed by
- Alan Gill, Dave Balfe, Gary Dwyer and Julian Cope
- Part of
- Kilimanjaro
- Released on
- Mercury Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same producer: Mike Howlett
Same writer: Ian McCulloch
Same writer: Julian Cope
Same label: Mercury Records
Same producer: Mike Howlett
Same writer: Ian McCulloch
Same writer: Julian Cope
Same label: Mercury Records
Elsewhere
Sources (10)
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1MusicBrainz Books was performed by Alan Gill
2MusicBrainz Books was performed by Dave Balfe
3MusicBrainz Books was performed by Gary Dwyer
4MusicBrainz Books was performed by Julian Cope
5MusicBrainz Books was produced by Mike Howlett
6MusicBrainz Books was written by Ian McCulloch
7MusicBrainz Books was written by Julian Cope
8MusicBrainz Books is part of the release Kilimanjaro
Books is part of the release Kilimanjaro
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Mercury Records is the label of the song Books
Mercury Records is the label of the song Books
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz Books was released on 1980-10