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Written by Tom Petty, also Don’t Come Around Here No More, Don’t Do Me Like That and Free Fallin’ (Tom Petty)
Produced by Denny Cordell, also American Girl, With a Little Help From My Friends (Joe Cocker) and I Need to Know
Released on Shelter Records, also American Girl, Lies (J.J. Cale) and I Need to Know
Engineered by Noah Shark, also American Girl, I Need to Know and Listen to Her Heart
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Denny Cordell produced 68 songs on fono
Noah Shark engineered 21 songs on fono
Max Reese’s most frequent co-engineer is Noah Shark (20 songs together)
Denny Cordell’s most frequent co-producer is Leon Russell (16 songs together)
Credits
All 10 credits
- Written by
- Tom Petty
- Produced by
- Denny Cordell
- Performed by
- Ron Blair
- Engineered by
- Max Reese and Noah Shark
- Mixed by
- Max Reese and Noah Shark
- Recorded at
- The Shelter Studio
- Released on
- Shelter Records
- Written by
- Tom Petty
- Produced by
- Denny Cordell
- Performed by
- Ron Blair
- Engineered by
- Max Reese and Noah Shark
- Mixed by
- Max Reese and Noah Shark
- Recorded at
- The Shelter Studio
- Released on
- Shelter Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Tom Petty
Same producer: Denny Cordell
Same writer: Tom Petty
Same producer: Denny Cordell
Same engineer: Noah Shark
Same mixer: Noah Shark
Same label: Shelter Records
Same writer: Tom Petty
Elsewhere
Sources (11)
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1MusicBrainz Breakdown was performed by Ron Blair
2MusicBrainz Breakdown was produced by Denny Cordell
3MusicBrainz Breakdown was written by Tom Petty
4MusicBrainz Breakdown is part of the release Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Breakdown is part of the release Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Breakdown was recorded at The Shelter Studio
Breakdown was recorded at The Shelter Studio
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Shelter Records is the label of the song Breakdown
Shelter Records is the label of the song Breakdown
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Breakdown was engineered by Max Reese
8MusicBrainz Breakdown was engineered by Noah Shark
9MusicBrainz Breakdown was mixed by Max Reese
10MusicBrainz Breakdown was mixed by Noah Shark
11MusicBrainz Breakdown was released on 1976-11-09