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Recorded at NRG Recording Studios, also In the End (Linkin Park), Numb (Linkin Park) and Faint (Linkin Park)
Released on Virgin, also Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (Daft Punk), One More Time (Daft Punk) and Teardrop (Massive Attack)
Part of Astronauts & Heretics, also I Love You Goodbye and Cruel
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
424 other songs on fono were recorded at NRG Recording Studios, by Motörhead and Linkin Park and others
Thomas Dolby wrote 37 songs on fono
Thomas Dolby first appears on fono in 1981, 11 years before this song
Credits
All 9 credits
- Written by
- Thomas Dolby
- Performed by
- Edward Van Halen, Jill Colucci, Larry Treadwell, Matthew Seligman and Thomas Dolby
- Part of
- Astronauts & Heretics
- Recorded at
- NRG Recording Studios
- Released on
- Virgin
- Written by
- Thomas Dolby
- Performed by
- Edward Van Halen, Jill Colucci, Larry Treadwell, Matthew Seligman and Thomas Dolby
- Part of
- Astronauts & Heretics
- Recorded at
- NRG Recording Studios
- Released on
- Virgin
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same studio: NRG Recording Studios
Same label: Virgin
Same release: Astronauts & Heretics
Same studio: NRG Recording Studios
Same label: Virgin
Same release: Astronauts & Heretics
Same studio: NRG Recording Studios
Same label: Virgin
Elsewhere
Sources (10)
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1MusicBrainz Close but No Cigar was performed by Edward Van Halen
Close but No Cigar was performed by Edward Van Halen
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Close but No Cigar was performed by Jill Colucci
Close but No Cigar was performed by Jill Colucci
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Close but No Cigar was performed by Larry Treadwell
Close but No Cigar was performed by Larry Treadwell
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Close but No Cigar was performed by Matthew Seligman
Close but No Cigar was performed by Matthew Seligman
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Close but No Cigar was performed by Thomas Dolby
Close but No Cigar was performed by Thomas Dolby
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Close but No Cigar was written by Thomas Dolby
Close but No Cigar was written by Thomas Dolby
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Close but No Cigar is part of the release Astronauts & Heretics
Close but No Cigar is part of the release Astronauts & Heretics
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Close but No Cigar was recorded at NRG Recording Studios
Close but No Cigar was recorded at NRG Recording Studios
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Virgin is the label of the song Close but No Cigar
Virgin is the label of the song Close but No Cigar
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz Close but No Cigar was released on 1992-07
Close but No Cigar was released on 1992-07
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026