What connects this song
Credits it shares with other songs, each from a cited source. Tap a number or a name.
Released on Asylum Records, also Hotel California (Eagles), Shape of You (Ed Sheeran) and Bad Habits (Ed Sheeran)
Engineered by Dayton “Bones” Howe, also Wedding Bell Blues (The 5th Dimension), California Dreamin’ (The Mamas & the Papas) and One Less Bell to Answer (The 5th Dimension)
Produced by Dayton “Bones” Howe, also Wedding Bell Blues (The 5th Dimension), One Less Bell to Answer (The 5th Dimension) and (Last Night) I Didn’t Get to Sleep at All (The 5th Dimension)
Part of Foreign Affairs, also Burma‐Shave, A Sight for Sore Eyes and Muriel
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Tom Waits wrote 277 songs on fono
Dayton “Bones” Howe engineered 143 songs on fono
Tom Waits’s most frequent co-writer is Kathleen Brennan (104 songs together)
Dayton “Bones” Howe’s most frequent co-engineer is Geoff Howe (36 songs together)
Credits
All 8 credits
- Written by
- Tom Waits
- Produced by
- Dayton “Bones” Howe
- Performed by
- Bette Midler and Tom Waits
- Engineered by
- Dayton “Bones” Howe and Geoff Howe
- Part of
- Foreign Affairs
- Released on
- Asylum Records
- Written by
- Tom Waits
- Produced by
- Dayton “Bones” Howe
- Performed by
- Bette Midler and Tom Waits
- Engineered by
- Dayton “Bones” Howe and Geoff Howe
- Part of
- Foreign Affairs
- Released on
- Asylum Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same engineer: Dayton “Bones” Howe
Same engineer: Geoff Howe
Same label: Asylum Records
Same release: Foreign Affairs
Same engineer: Dayton “Bones” Howe
Same producer: Dayton “Bones” Howe
Same engineer: Geoff Howe
Same label: Asylum Records
Elsewhere
Sources (9)
Every fact on this page comes from one of these sources.
1MusicBrainz I Never Talk to Strangers was performed by Bette Midler
I Never Talk to Strangers was performed by Bette Midler
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz I Never Talk to Strangers was performed by Tom Waits
I Never Talk to Strangers was performed by Tom Waits
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz I Never Talk to Strangers was produced by Dayton “Bones” Howe
I Never Talk to Strangers was produced by Dayton “Bones” Howe
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz I Never Talk to Strangers was written by Tom Waits
I Never Talk to Strangers was written by Tom Waits
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz I Never Talk to Strangers is part of the release Foreign Affairs
I Never Talk to Strangers is part of the release Foreign Affairs
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Asylum Records is the label of the song I Never Talk to Strangers
Asylum Records is the label of the song I Never Talk to Strangers
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz I Never Talk to Strangers was engineered by Dayton “Bones” Howe
I Never Talk to Strangers was engineered by Dayton “Bones” Howe
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz I Never Talk to Strangers was engineered by Geoff Howe
I Never Talk to Strangers was engineered by Geoff Howe
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz I Never Talk to Strangers was released on 1977-09
I Never Talk to Strangers was released on 1977-09
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026