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Released on Decca Records, also Sympathy for the Devil (The Rolling Stones), Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree (Brenda Lee) and La Vie en rose (Louis Armstrong)
Written by David Rawlings, also To Be Young (Is to Be Sad, Is to Be High) (Ryan Adams), It’s Too Easy Mañana (ZZ Top) and Touch, Feel & Lose (Ryan Adams)
Part of Lonely Runs Both Ways, also Gravity, Borderline and Restless
Written by Gillian Welch, also Didn’t Leave Nobody but the Baby (Gillian Welch), Orphan Girl (Emmylou Harris) and It’s Too Easy Mañana (ZZ Top)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
David Rawlings wrote 52 songs on fono
Gillian Welch wrote 50 songs on fono
David Rawlings’s most frequent co-writer is Gillian Welch (45 songs together)
Gillian Welch first appears on fono in 1995, 9 years before this song
Credits
All 10 credits
- Written by
- David Rawlings and Gillian Welch
- Performed by
- Alison Krauss, Barry Bales, Dan Tyminski, Jerry Douglas, Larry Atamaniuk and Ron Block
- Part of
- Lonely Runs Both Ways
- Released on
- Decca Records
- Written by
- David Rawlings and Gillian Welch
- Performed by
- Alison Krauss, Barry Bales, Dan Tyminski, Jerry Douglas, Larry Atamaniuk and Ron Block
- Part of
- Lonely Runs Both Ways
- Released on
- Decca Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: David Rawlings
Same writer: Gillian Welch
Same label: Decca Records
Same release: Lonely Runs Both Ways
Same writer: David Rawlings
Same writer: Gillian Welch
Same label: Decca Records
Same release: Lonely Runs Both Ways
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Wouldn’t Be So Bad was performed by Alison Krauss
Wouldn’t Be So Bad was performed by Alison Krauss
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2MusicBrainz Wouldn’t Be So Bad was performed by Barry Bales
Wouldn’t Be So Bad was performed by Barry Bales
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Wouldn’t Be So Bad was performed by Dan Tyminski
Wouldn’t Be So Bad was performed by Dan Tyminski
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Wouldn’t Be So Bad was performed by Jerry Douglas
Wouldn’t Be So Bad was performed by Jerry Douglas
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Wouldn’t Be So Bad was performed by Larry Atamaniuk
Wouldn’t Be So Bad was performed by Larry Atamaniuk
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Wouldn’t Be So Bad was performed by Ron Block
Wouldn’t Be So Bad was performed by Ron Block
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Wouldn’t Be So Bad was written by David Rawlings
Wouldn’t Be So Bad was written by David Rawlings
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Wouldn’t Be So Bad was written by Gillian Welch
Wouldn’t Be So Bad was written by Gillian Welch
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Wouldn’t Be So Bad is part of the release Lonely Runs Both Ways
Wouldn’t Be So Bad is part of the release Lonely Runs Both Ways
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz Decca Records is the label of the song Wouldn’t Be So Bad
Decca Records is the label of the song Wouldn’t Be So Bad
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz Wouldn’t Be So Bad was released on 2004-11-23
Wouldn’t Be So Bad was released on 2004-11-23
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026