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Released on Columbia, also Chop Suey! (System of a Down), Toxicity (System of a Down) and Pumped Up Kicks (Foster the People)
Written by Oscar Brown Jr., also Rags and Old Iron (Nina Simone), Work Song (Nina Simone) and Forbidden Fruit (Nina Simone)
Engineered by Jimmy Nutt, also Shotgun Wedding (Jason Isbell), Grown (Jason Isbell) and Try (Jason Isbell)
Part of 12 Years a Slave: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture, also Queen of the Field (Patsey’s Song) (Alicia Keys), Solomon (Hans Zimmer) and Washington (Hans Zimmer)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Oscar Brown Jr. wrote 28 songs on fono
Jimmy Nutt engineered 11 songs on fono
Oscar Brown Jr.’s most frequent co-writer is Nat Adderley (3 songs together)
Oscar Brown Jr. first appears on fono in 1960, 53 years before this song
Credits
All 16 credits
- Written by
- Max Roach and Oscar Brown Jr.
- Performed by
- Allen Branstetter, Ben Griner, Ben Tanner, Brad Guin, Brittany Howard, Heath Fogg, Steve Johnson and Zac Cockrell
- Engineered by
- Jimmy Nutt and Mitch Jones
- Mixed by
- Jimmy Nutt
- Released on
- Columbia and Sony Music
- Written by
- Max Roach and Oscar Brown Jr.
- Performed by
- Allen Branstetter, Ben Griner, Ben Tanner, Brad Guin, Brittany Howard, Heath Fogg, Steve Johnson and Zac Cockrell
- Engineered by
- Jimmy Nutt and Mitch Jones
- Mixed by
- Jimmy Nutt
- Released on
- Columbia and Sony Music
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Oscar Brown Jr.
Same engineer: Jimmy Nutt
Same writer: Max Roach
Same label: Columbia
Same release: 12 Years a Slave: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture
Same label: Sony Music
Same writer: Oscar Brown Jr.
Same engineer: Jimmy Nutt
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Driva Man was performed by Allen Branstetter
Driva Man was performed by Allen Branstetter
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Driva Man was performed by Ben Griner
3MusicBrainz Driva Man was performed by Ben Tanner
4MusicBrainz Driva Man was performed by Brad Guin
5MusicBrainz Driva Man was performed by Brittany Howard
Driva Man was performed by Brittany Howard
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Driva Man was performed by Heath Fogg
7MusicBrainz Driva Man was performed by Steve Johnson
Driva Man was performed by Steve Johnson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Driva Man was performed by Zac Cockrell
9MusicBrainz Driva Man was written by Max Roach
10MusicBrainz Driva Man was written by Oscar Brown Jr.
Driva Man was written by Oscar Brown Jr.
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz Driva Man is part of the release 12 Years a Slave: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture
Driva Man is part of the release 12 Years a Slave: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz Columbia is the label of the song Driva Man
Columbia is the label of the song Driva Man
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz Sony Music is the label of the song Driva Man
Sony Music is the label of the song Driva Man
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
14MusicBrainz Driva Man was engineered by Jimmy Nutt
15MusicBrainz Driva Man was engineered by Mitch Jones
16MusicBrainz Driva Man was mixed by Jimmy Nutt
17MusicBrainz Driva Man was released on 2013-11-11