They Said It Couldn't Be Done is the third album released by Grandmaster Flash, which followed the breakup of the Furious Five because of the departure of rappers Melle Mel, Scorpio, and Keef Cowboy.
Mel Gibson | Mel Brooks | Mel Blanc | Mel Tormé | Mel Smith | Mel Tillis | Mel Lastman | Mel Giedroyc | Mel Martin | Mel Lewis | Melle | Mel Bochner | Mel Allen | Mel White | Mel Watkins | Mel Ramos | Mel Kiper, Jr. | Mel Judah | Mel Chin | Mel Carnahan | Mel | Peter Mel | Mel Whinnen | Mel Torme | Mel Tjeerdsma | Mel Stuart | Mel Stottlemyre | Mel Miller | Mel Lyman | Melle, Germany |
Melle Mel, the first rapper to ever use the epithet MC, is Cherokee and Ernie Paniccioli, a famous photographer of hip-hop culture who grew up in Brooklyn, is Cree.
The repetition of Khan's name by Melle Mel at the beginning of the song was originally a mistake made by producer Arif Mardin (actually a sample of Melle Mel's song "Step Off"), who then decided to keep it.