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Recorded at Electric Lady Studios, also Buddy Holly (Weezer), Say It Ain’t So (Weezer) and Cruel Summer (Taylor Swift)
Released on Elektra, also Just Like Heaven (The Cure), For Whom the Bell Tolls (Metallica) and Killer Queen (Queen)
Engineered by Dan Chase, also Ignorance (Paramore), Decode (Paramore) and The Only Exception (Paramore)
Written by Gordon Gano, also Blister in the Sun, Gone Daddy Gone and Black Girls
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
606 other songs on fono were recorded at Electric Lady Studios, by Taylor Swift and Erykah Badu and others
David Vartanian mixed 3 of Violent Femmes’s top 10 songs
Dan Chase engineered 100 songs on fono
Dan Chase’s most frequent co-engineer is Obie O’Brien (24 songs together)
Credits
All 16 credits
- Written by
- Gordon Gano
- Produced by
- Brian Ritchie and Gordon Gano
- Performed by
- Brian Ritchie, Gordon Gano, Guy Hoffman and Luisa Mann
- Engineered by
- Asier Leatxe, Dan Chase, David Vartanian and Warren Bruleigh
- Mixed by
- David Vartanian
- Part of
- New Times
- Recorded at
- DV's Perversion Room and Electric Lady Studios
- Released on
- Elektra
- Written by
- Gordon Gano
- Produced by
- Brian Ritchie and Gordon Gano
- Performed by
- Brian Ritchie, Gordon Gano, Guy Hoffman and Luisa Mann
- Engineered by
- Asier Leatxe, Dan Chase, David Vartanian and Warren Bruleigh
- Mixed by
- David Vartanian
- Part of
- New Times
- Recorded at
- DV's Perversion Room and Electric Lady Studios
- Released on
- Elektra
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same engineer: Dan Chase
Same writer: Gordon Gano
Same mixer: David Vartanian
Same producer: Gordon Gano
Same studio: Electric Lady Studios
Same label: Elektra
Same engineer: Dan Chase
Same writer: Gordon Gano
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz This Island Life was performed by Brian Ritchie
This Island Life was performed by Brian Ritchie
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz This Island Life was performed by Gordon Gano
This Island Life was performed by Gordon Gano
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz This Island Life was performed by Guy Hoffman
This Island Life was performed by Guy Hoffman
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz This Island Life was performed by Luisa Mann
This Island Life was performed by Luisa Mann
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz This Island Life was produced by Brian Ritchie
This Island Life was produced by Brian Ritchie
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz This Island Life was produced by Gordon Gano
This Island Life was produced by Gordon Gano
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz This Island Life was written by Gordon Gano
This Island Life was written by Gordon Gano
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz This Island Life is part of the release New Times
This Island Life is part of the release New Times
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz This Island Life was recorded at DV's Perversion Room
This Island Life was recorded at DV's Perversion Room
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz This Island Life was recorded at Electric Lady Studios
This Island Life was recorded at Electric Lady Studios
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz Elektra is the label of the song This Island Life
Elektra is the label of the song This Island Life
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz This Island Life was engineered by Asier Leatxe
This Island Life was engineered by Asier Leatxe
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz This Island Life was engineered by Dan Chase
This Island Life was engineered by Dan Chase
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
14MusicBrainz This Island Life was engineered by David Vartanian
This Island Life was engineered by David Vartanian
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
15MusicBrainz This Island Life was engineered by Warren Bruleigh
This Island Life was engineered by Warren Bruleigh
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
16MusicBrainz This Island Life was mixed by David Vartanian
This Island Life was mixed by David Vartanian
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
17MusicBrainz This Island Life was released on 1994-05-17
This Island Life was released on 1994-05-17
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026