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Written by Jimmy Jam, also Thank God I Found You (Mariah Carey), Come Back to Me (Janet Jackson) and Escapade (Janet Jackson)
Written by Terry Lewis, also Thank God I Found You (Mariah Carey), Come Back to Me (Janet Jackson) and Escapade (Janet Jackson)
Written by Gary Hines, also Beside You (Karyn White)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Terry Lewis wrote 217 songs on fono
Jimmy Jam wrote 211 songs on fono
Jimmy Jam’s most frequent co-writer is Terry Lewis (211 songs together)
Jimmy Jam first appears on fono in 1983, 35 years before this song
Credits
All 5 credits
- Written by
- Gary Hines, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
- Part of
- August Greene
- Released on
- August Greene LLC
- Written by
- Gary Hines, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
- Part of
- August Greene
- Released on
- August Greene LLC
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Jimmy Jam
Same writer: Gary Hines
Same writer: Jimmy Jam
Same writer: Jimmy Jam
Elsewhere
Sources (6)
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1MusicBrainz Optimistic was written by Gary Hines
2MusicBrainz Optimistic was written by Jimmy Jam
3MusicBrainz Optimistic was written by Terry Lewis
4MusicBrainz Optimistic is part of the release August Greene
Optimistic is part of the release August Greene
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz August Greene LLC is the label of the song Optimistic
August Greene LLC is the label of the song Optimistic
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Optimistic was released on 2018-01-18