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Released on RCA, also The Pretender (Foo Fighters), Sex on Fire (Kings of Leon) and Last Nite (The Strokes)
Written by Ali Shaheed Muhammad, also SICKO MODE (Travis Scott), Don’t (Ed Sheeran) and Scenario
Part of People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm, also Can I Kick It?, I Left My Wallet in El Segundo and Luck of Lucien
Released on Jive, also Toxic (Britney Spears), Animal I Have Become (Three Days Grace) and I Hate Everything About You (Three Days Grace)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Roy Ayers wrote 28 songs on fono
Edwin Birdsong wrote 11 songs on fono
Edwin Birdsong’s most frequent co-writer is Roy Ayers (7 songs together)
Roy Ayers first appears on fono in 1972, 18 years before this song
Credits
All 8 credits
- Written by
- Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Edwin Birdsong, Q‐Tip and Roy Ayers
- Written by
- Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Edwin Birdsong, Q‐Tip and Roy Ayers
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Ali Shaheed Muhammad
Same label: RCA
Same release: People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
Same label: Jive
Same label: BMG
Same writer: Ali Shaheed Muhammad
Same writer: Q‐Tip
Same label: RCA
Versions, samples and covers
- SamplesRunning Away
- SamplesStill Good - Still Like It
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Description of a Fool samples Running Away
Description of a Fool samples Running Away
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2MusicBrainz Description of a Fool samples Still Good - Still Like It
Description of a Fool samples Still Good - Still Like It
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3MusicBrainz Description of a Fool was written by Ali Shaheed Muhammad
Description of a Fool was written by Ali Shaheed Muhammad
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4MusicBrainz Description of a Fool was written by Edwin Birdsong
Description of a Fool was written by Edwin Birdsong
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5MusicBrainz Description of a Fool was written by Q‐Tip
Description of a Fool was written by Q‐Tip
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6MusicBrainz Description of a Fool was written by Roy Ayers
Description of a Fool was written by Roy Ayers
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7MusicBrainz Description of a Fool is part of the release People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
Description of a Fool is part of the release People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz BMG is the label of the song Description of a Fool
BMG is the label of the song Description of a Fool
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9MusicBrainz Jive is the label of the song Description of a Fool
Jive is the label of the song Description of a Fool
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10MusicBrainz RCA is the label of the song Description of a Fool
RCA is the label of the song Description of a Fool
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11MusicBrainz Description of a Fool was released on 1990-04-17
Description of a Fool was released on 1990-04-17
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026