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Released on Capitol Records, also Everlong (Foo Fighters), Everything in Its Right Place (Radiohead) and Lilith (Halsey)
Engineered by Mario Caldato Jr., also Sabotage, So What’cha Want and Pass the Mic
Written by Adam Yauch, also Sabotage, Hey Ladies and Shake Your Rump
Produced by Mario Caldato Jr., also So What’cha Want, Pass the Mic and Better Together (Jack Johnson)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Ad‐Rock wrote 10 of Beastie Boys’s top 10 songs
Settly engineered 3 of Beastie Boys’s top 10 songs
Beastie Boys produced 142 songs on fono
Ad‐Rock wrote 133 songs on fono
Credits
All 15 credits
- Written by
- Adam Yauch, Ad‐Rock and Mike D
- Produced by
- Beastie Boys and Mario Caldato Jr.
- Performed by
- Adam Yauch, Ad‐Rock, Eric Correa, Mike D and Money Mark
- Engineered by
- Mario Caldato Jr. and Settly
- Part of
- Ill Communication
- Released on
- Capitol Records and Grand Royal
- Written by
- Adam Yauch, Ad‐Rock and Mike D
- Produced by
- Beastie Boys and Mario Caldato Jr.
- Performed by
- Adam Yauch, Ad‐Rock, Eric Correa, Mike D and Money Mark
- Engineered by
- Mario Caldato Jr. and Settly
- Part of
- Ill Communication
- Released on
- Capitol Records and Grand Royal
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same engineer: Mario Caldato Jr.
Same producer: Mario Caldato Jr.
Same label: Capitol Records
Same label: Grand Royal
Same writer: Adam Yauch
Same producer: Mario Caldato Jr.
Same label: Capitol Records
Same release: Ill Communication
Versions, samples and covers
- SamplesRoot Down (and Get It)
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Root Down was performed by Adam Yauch
2MusicBrainz Root Down was performed by Ad‐Rock
3MusicBrainz Root Down was performed by Eric Correa
4MusicBrainz Root Down was performed by Mike D
5MusicBrainz Root Down was performed by Money Mark
6MusicBrainz Root Down samples Root Down (and Get It)
Root Down samples Root Down (and Get It)
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Root Down was produced by Beastie Boys
8MusicBrainz Root Down was produced by Mario Caldato Jr.
Root Down was produced by Mario Caldato Jr.
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9MusicBrainz Root Down was written by Adam Yauch
10MusicBrainz Root Down was written by Ad‐Rock
11MusicBrainz Root Down was written by Mike D
12MusicBrainz Root Down is part of the release Ill Communication
Root Down is part of the release Ill Communication
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz Capitol Records is the label of the song Root Down
Capitol Records is the label of the song Root Down
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14MusicBrainz Grand Royal is the label of the song Root Down
Grand Royal is the label of the song Root Down
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
15MusicBrainz Root Down was engineered by Mario Caldato Jr.
Root Down was engineered by Mario Caldato Jr.
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
16MusicBrainz Root Down was engineered by Settly
17MusicBrainz Root Down was released on 1994-05-18