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When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going

1985 soundtrack single by Billy Ocean
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When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going

Summary

When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going is a single[1].

Key Facts

  • When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going's instance of is recorded as single[2].
  • When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going's genre is stage and screen[3].
  • Among the performers on When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going was Billy Ocean[4].
  • When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going's record label is recorded as Jive Records[5].
  • When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going is part of Billy Ocean singles discography[6].
  • When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going was distributed by 7″ single[7].
  • When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going was distributed by 12" single[8].
  • When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going was published on November 15, 1985[9].
  • When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going's music video is recorded as When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going[10].
  • When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going's form of creative work is recorded as soundtrack single[11].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Single[12]

  • First release date: 1985[13]

  • Genre(s): dance-pop, electronic, funk, pop, synth-pop[14]

  • Community tags: dance-pop, electronic, funk, pop, synth-pop[15]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 57fd78db-5936-466d-8311-1981dc6524e7[16]

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Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going was Billy Ocean[4].

Publication

When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going was published on November 15, 1985[9]. Its genre is stage and screen[3]. It is part of Billy Ocean singles discography[6]. Recorded distribution format include 7″ single[7] and 12" single[8].

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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