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Recorded at Sound City Studios, also Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana), Come as You Are (Nirvana) and Killing in the Name (Rage Against the Machine)
Engineered by Shelly Yakus, also (Don’t Fear) The Reaper (Blue Öyster Cult), Godzilla (Blue Öyster Cult) and Don’t Come Around Here No More
Produced by Tom Petty, also Don’t Come Around Here No More, Don’t Do Me Like That and Free Fallin’ (Tom Petty)
Written by Tom Petty, also Don’t Come Around Here No More, Don’t Do Me Like That and Free Fallin’ (Tom Petty)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
448 other songs on fono were recorded at Sound City Studios, by Bad Religion and Queens of the Stone Age and others
398 other songs on fono were recorded at Cherokee Studios, by Pink Floyd and Journey and others
Jimmy Iovine produced 7 of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’s top 10 songs
Shelly Yakus engineered 7 of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’s top 10 songs
Credits
All 19 credits
- Written by
- Mike Campbell and Tom Petty
- Produced by
- Jimmy Iovine and Tom Petty
- Performed by
- Benmont Tench, Mike Campbell, Ron Blair, Stan Lynch and Tom Petty
- Engineered by
- Gray Russell, Jon Mathias, Shelly Yakus, Skip Saylor, Thom Panunzio and Tori Swenson
- Part of
- Damn the Torpedoes
- Recorded at
- Cherokee Studios and Sound City Studios
- Released on
- Backstreet Records
- Written by
- Mike Campbell and Tom Petty
- Produced by
- Jimmy Iovine and Tom Petty
- Performed by
- Benmont Tench, Mike Campbell, Ron Blair, Stan Lynch and Tom Petty
- Engineered by
- Gray Russell, Jon Mathias, Shelly Yakus, Skip Saylor, Thom Panunzio and Tori Swenson
- Part of
- Damn the Torpedoes
- Recorded at
- Cherokee Studios and Sound City Studios
- Released on
- Backstreet Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same engineer: Shelly Yakus
Same producer: Tom Petty
Same studio: Sound City Studios
Same label: Backstreet Records
Same engineer: Shelly Yakus
Same studio: Sound City Studios
Same label: Backstreet Records
Same producer: Tom Petty
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Refugee was performed by Benmont Tench
2MusicBrainz Refugee was performed by Mike Campbell
3MusicBrainz Refugee was performed by Ron Blair
4MusicBrainz Refugee was performed by Stan Lynch
5MusicBrainz Refugee was performed by Tom Petty
6MusicBrainz Refugee was produced by Jimmy Iovine
7MusicBrainz Refugee was produced by Tom Petty
8MusicBrainz Refugee was written by Mike Campbell
9MusicBrainz Refugee was written by Tom Petty
10MusicBrainz Refugee is part of the release Damn the Torpedoes
Refugee is part of the release Damn the Torpedoes
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz Refugee was recorded at Cherokee Studios
Refugee was recorded at Cherokee Studios
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz Refugee was recorded at Sound City Studios
Refugee was recorded at Sound City Studios
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz Backstreet Records is the label of the song Refugee
Backstreet Records is the label of the song Refugee
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
14MusicBrainz Refugee was engineered by Gray Russell
15MusicBrainz Refugee was engineered by Jon Mathias
16MusicBrainz Refugee was engineered by Shelly Yakus
17MusicBrainz Refugee was engineered by Skip Saylor
18MusicBrainz Refugee was engineered by Thom Panunzio
19MusicBrainz Refugee was engineered by Tori Swenson
20MusicBrainz Refugee was released on 1979-10-19