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Released on 4AD, also Where Is My Mind? (Pixies), Oblivion (Grimes) and Here Comes Your Man (Pixies)
Mixed by David Boucher, also Bad Day (Daniel Powter), Let It Go (Idina Menzel) and Dos oruguitas (Sebastián Yatra)
Engineered by Mark Greenberg, also I Might (Wilco), Born Alone (Wilco) and Black Moon (Wilco)
Part of Dark Was the Night, also Lenin (Arcade Fire), Sleepless (The Decemberists) and El Caporal (My Morning Jacket)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
David Boucher mixed 9 of Andrew Bird’s top 10 songs
David Boucher mixed 269 songs on fono
Mark Greenberg engineered 128 songs on fono
Mark Greenberg’s most frequent co-engineer is Tom Schick (125 songs together)
Credits
All 7 credits
- Written by
- Brett Sparks and Rennie Sparks
- Performed by
- Andrew Bird
- Engineered by
- Mark Greenberg
- Mixed by
- David Boucher
- Part of
- Dark Was the Night
- Released on
- 4AD
- Written by
- Brett Sparks and Rennie Sparks
- Performed by
- Andrew Bird
- Engineered by
- Mark Greenberg
- Mixed by
- David Boucher
- Part of
- Dark Was the Night
- Released on
- 4AD
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same mixer: David Boucher
Same engineer: Mark Greenberg
Same writer: Rennie Sparks
Same label: 4AD
Same release: Dark Was the Night
Same mixer: David Boucher
Same engineer: Mark Greenberg
Same writer: Rennie Sparks
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz The Giant of Illinois was performed by Andrew Bird
The Giant of Illinois was performed by Andrew Bird
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz The Giant of Illinois was written by Brett Sparks
The Giant of Illinois was written by Brett Sparks
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz The Giant of Illinois was written by Rennie Sparks
The Giant of Illinois was written by Rennie Sparks
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz The Giant of Illinois is part of the release Dark Was the Night
The Giant of Illinois is part of the release Dark Was the Night
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz 4AD is the label of the song The Giant of Illinois
4AD is the label of the song The Giant of Illinois
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz The Giant of Illinois was engineered by Mark Greenberg
The Giant of Illinois was engineered by Mark Greenberg
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz The Giant of Illinois was mixed by David Boucher
The Giant of Illinois was mixed by David Boucher
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz The Giant of Illinois was released on 2009-02-16
The Giant of Illinois was released on 2009-02-16
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026