What connects this song
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Released on Island, also Mr. Brightside (The Killers), Somebody Told Me (The Killers) and Take Me to Church (Hozier)
Engineered by Biff Dawes, also Soldier’s Things, Way Down in the Hole and Earth Died Screaming
Mixed by Biff Dawes, also Listen to What the Man Said (Wings), Call Me Back Again (Wings) and Rock Show (Wings)
Part of Franks Wild Years, also Way Down in the Hole, Hang On St. Christopher and Innocent When You Dream (78)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Tom Waits wrote 277 songs on fono
Tom Waits produced 144 songs on fono
Tom Waits’s most frequent co-writer is Kathleen Brennan (104 songs together)
Tom Waits’s most frequent co-producer is Kathleen Brennan (92 songs together)
Credits
All 14 credits
- Written by
- Greg Cohen and Tom Waits
- Produced by
- Tom Waits
- Performed by
- Greg Cohen, Larry Taylor, Michael Blair, Ralph Carney, Tom Waits and William Schimmel
- Engineered by
- Biff Dawes and Danny Leake
- Mixed by
- Biff Dawes
- Part of
- Franks Wild Years
- Released on
- Island
- Written by
- Greg Cohen and Tom Waits
- Produced by
- Tom Waits
- Performed by
- Greg Cohen, Larry Taylor, Michael Blair, Ralph Carney, Tom Waits and William Schimmel
- Engineered by
- Biff Dawes and Danny Leake
- Mixed by
- Biff Dawes
- Part of
- Franks Wild Years
- Released on
- Island
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same engineer: Biff Dawes
Same mixer: Biff Dawes
Same writer: Greg Cohen
Same engineer: Danny Leake
Same label: Island
Same mixer: Biff Dawes
Same engineer: Danny Leake
Same label: Island
Elsewhere
Sources (15)
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1MusicBrainz Straight to the Top (Rhumba) was performed by Greg Cohen
Straight to the Top (Rhumba) was performed by Greg Cohen
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Straight to the Top (Rhumba) was performed by Larry Taylor
Straight to the Top (Rhumba) was performed by Larry Taylor
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Straight to the Top (Rhumba) was performed by Michael Blair
Straight to the Top (Rhumba) was performed by Michael Blair
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Straight to the Top (Rhumba) was performed by Ralph Carney
Straight to the Top (Rhumba) was performed by Ralph Carney
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Straight to the Top (Rhumba) was performed by Tom Waits
Straight to the Top (Rhumba) was performed by Tom Waits
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Straight to the Top (Rhumba) was performed by William Schimmel
Straight to the Top (Rhumba) was performed by William Schimmel
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Straight to the Top (Rhumba) was produced by Tom Waits
Straight to the Top (Rhumba) was produced by Tom Waits
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Straight to the Top (Rhumba) was written by Greg Cohen
Straight to the Top (Rhumba) was written by Greg Cohen
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Straight to the Top (Rhumba) was written by Tom Waits
Straight to the Top (Rhumba) was written by Tom Waits
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz Straight to the Top (Rhumba) is part of the release Franks Wild Years
Straight to the Top (Rhumba) is part of the release Franks Wild Years
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz Island is the label of the song Straight to the Top (Rhumba)
Island is the label of the song Straight to the Top (Rhumba)
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz Straight to the Top (Rhumba) was engineered by Biff Dawes
Straight to the Top (Rhumba) was engineered by Biff Dawes
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz Straight to the Top (Rhumba) was engineered by Danny Leake
Straight to the Top (Rhumba) was engineered by Danny Leake
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
14MusicBrainz Straight to the Top (Rhumba) was mixed by Biff Dawes
Straight to the Top (Rhumba) was mixed by Biff Dawes
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
15MusicBrainz Straight to the Top (Rhumba) was released on 1987-08-17
Straight to the Top (Rhumba) was released on 1987-08-17
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026