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Credits it shares with other songs, each from a cited source. Tap a number or a name.
Released on CBS, also Should I Stay or Should I Go (The Clash), Down Under (Men at Work) and (Don’t Fear) The Reaper (Blue Öyster Cult)
Recorded at Wally Heider Recording Studio, also Cinnamon Girl (Neil Young), Cowgirl in the Sand (Neil Young) and Down by the River (Neil Young)
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)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
120 other songs on fono were recorded at Wally Heider Recording Studio, by Angel and The Crusaders and others
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)
Credits
All 12 credits
- Written by
- Tom Waits
- Produced by
- Dayton “Bones” Howe
- Performed by
- Bob Alcivar, Crystal Gayle, Greg Cohen and Tom Waits
- Engineered by
- Biff Dawes, Dayton “Bones” Howe and Kathy Morton
- Part of
- One From the Heart
- Recorded at
- Wally Heider Recording Studio
- Released on
- CBS
- Written by
- Tom Waits
- Produced by
- Dayton “Bones” Howe
- Performed by
- Bob Alcivar, Crystal Gayle, Greg Cohen and Tom Waits
- Engineered by
- Biff Dawes, Dayton “Bones” Howe and Kathy Morton
- Part of
- One From the Heart
- Recorded at
- Wally Heider Recording Studio
- Released on
- CBS
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same engineer: Dayton “Bones” Howe
Same engineer: Biff Dawes
Same label: CBS
Same studio: Wally Heider Recording Studio
Same release: One From the Heart
Same engineer: Dayton “Bones” Howe
Same producer: Dayton “Bones” Howe
Same engineer: Biff Dawes
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Opening Montage: Tom’s Piano Intro / Once Upon a Town / The Wages of Love was performed by Bob Alcivar
Opening Montage: Tom’s Piano Intro / Once Upon a Town / The Wages of Love was performed by Bob Alcivar
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Opening Montage: Tom’s Piano Intro / Once Upon a Town / The Wages of Love was performed by Crystal Gayle
Opening Montage: Tom’s Piano Intro / Once Upon a Town / The Wages of Love was performed by Crystal Gayle
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Opening Montage: Tom’s Piano Intro / Once Upon a Town / The Wages of Love was performed by Greg Cohen
Opening Montage: Tom’s Piano Intro / Once Upon a Town / The Wages of Love was performed by Greg Cohen
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Opening Montage: Tom’s Piano Intro / Once Upon a Town / The Wages of Love was performed by Tom Waits
Opening Montage: Tom’s Piano Intro / Once Upon a Town / The Wages of Love was performed by Tom Waits
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Opening Montage: Tom’s Piano Intro / Once Upon a Town / The Wages of Love was produced by Dayton “Bones” Howe
Opening Montage: Tom’s Piano Intro / Once Upon a Town / The Wages of Love was produced by Dayton “Bones” Howe
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Opening Montage: Tom’s Piano Intro / Once Upon a Town / The Wages of Love was written by Tom Waits
Opening Montage: Tom’s Piano Intro / Once Upon a Town / The Wages of Love was written by Tom Waits
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Opening Montage: Tom’s Piano Intro / Once Upon a Town / The Wages of Love is part of the release One From the Heart
Opening Montage: Tom’s Piano Intro / Once Upon a Town / The Wages of Love is part of the release One From the Heart
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Opening Montage: Tom’s Piano Intro / Once Upon a Town / The Wages of Love was recorded at Wally Heider Recording Studio
Opening Montage: Tom’s Piano Intro / Once Upon a Town / The Wages of Love was recorded at Wally Heider Recording Studio
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz CBS is the label of the song Opening Montage: Tom’s Piano Intro / Once Upon a Town / The Wages of Love
CBS is the label of the song Opening Montage: Tom’s Piano Intro / Once Upon a Town / The Wages of Love
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz Opening Montage: Tom’s Piano Intro / Once Upon a Town / The Wages of Love was engineered by Biff Dawes
Opening Montage: Tom’s Piano Intro / Once Upon a Town / The Wages of Love was engineered by Biff Dawes
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz Opening Montage: Tom’s Piano Intro / Once Upon a Town / The Wages of Love was engineered by Dayton “Bones” Howe
Opening Montage: Tom’s Piano Intro / Once Upon a Town / The Wages of Love was engineered by Dayton “Bones” Howe
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz Opening Montage: Tom’s Piano Intro / Once Upon a Town / The Wages of Love was engineered by Kathy Morton
Opening Montage: Tom’s Piano Intro / Once Upon a Town / The Wages of Love was engineered by Kathy Morton
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz Opening Montage: Tom’s Piano Intro / Once Upon a Town / The Wages of Love was released on 1982
Opening Montage: Tom’s Piano Intro / Once Upon a Town / The Wages of Love was released on 1982
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026