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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)
Engineered by Jim Caruana, also Beautiful Liar, Halo and Crazy in Love
Recorded at Sony Music Studios, also Beautiful Liar, Listen and Jenny From the Block (Jennifer Lopez)
Mixed by Jason Goldstein, also Deja vu, Irreplaceable and Resentment
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
223 other songs on fono were recorded at Sony Music Studios, by Soul Asylum and Marc Anthony and others
Jim Caruana engineered 7 of Beyoncé’s top 10 songs
JAŸ-Z wrote 279 songs on fono
Beyoncé wrote 224 songs on fono
Credits
All 24 credits
- Written by
- Angela Beyincé, Beyoncé, Clarence Reid, JAŸ-Z, Makeba, Mathew Knowles, Sean Garrett, Solange and Willie Clarke
- Produced by
- Beyoncé, Cameron Wallace and Swizz Beatz
- Engineered by
- Jim Caruana and Rob Kinelski
- Mixed by
- Jason Goldstein and Steve Tolle
- Part of
- B’Day
- Recorded at
- Sony Music Studios
- Released on
- Columbia, Megastar, Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Sony Urban Music
- Written by
- Angela Beyincé, Beyoncé, Clarence Reid, JAŸ-Z, Makeba, Mathew Knowles, Sean Garrett, Solange and Willie Clarke
- Produced by
- Beyoncé, Cameron Wallace and Swizz Beatz
- Engineered by
- Jim Caruana and Rob Kinelski
- Mixed by
- Jason Goldstein and Steve Tolle
- Part of
- B’Day
- Recorded at
- Sony Music Studios
- Released on
- Columbia, Megastar, Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Sony Urban Music
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same engineer: Jim Caruana
Same mixer: Jason Goldstein
Same producer: Swizz Beatz
Same writer: Sean Garrett
Same label: Columbia
Same engineer: Jim Caruana
Same mixer: Jason Goldstein
Same producer: Swizz Beatz
Versions, samples and covers
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1MusicBrainz Upgrade U was performed by Beyoncé
2MusicBrainz Upgrade U was performed by JAŸ-Z
3MusicBrainz Upgrade U samples Girls Can’t Do What the Guys Do
Upgrade U samples Girls Can’t Do What the Guys Do
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Upgrade U was produced by Beyoncé
5MusicBrainz Upgrade U was produced by Cameron Wallace
Upgrade U was produced by Cameron Wallace
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Upgrade U was produced by Swizz Beatz
7MusicBrainz Upgrade U was written by Angela Beyincé
8MusicBrainz Upgrade U was written by Beyoncé
9MusicBrainz Upgrade U was written by Clarence Reid
10MusicBrainz Upgrade U was written by JAŸ-Z
11MusicBrainz Upgrade U was written by Makeba
12MusicBrainz Upgrade U was written by Mathew Knowles
13MusicBrainz Upgrade U was written by Sean Garrett
14MusicBrainz Upgrade U was written by Solange
15MusicBrainz Upgrade U was written by Willie Clarke
16MusicBrainz Upgrade U is part of the release B’Day
17MusicBrainz Upgrade U was recorded at Sony Music Studios
Upgrade U was recorded at Sony Music Studios
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
18MusicBrainz Columbia is the label of the song Upgrade U
Columbia is the label of the song Upgrade U
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
19MusicBrainz Megastar is the label of the song Upgrade U
Megastar is the label of the song Upgrade U
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
20MusicBrainz Sony BMG Music Entertainment is the label of the song Upgrade U
Sony BMG Music Entertainment is the label of the song Upgrade U
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
21MusicBrainz Sony Urban Music is the label of the song Upgrade U
Sony Urban Music is the label of the song Upgrade U
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
22MusicBrainz Upgrade U was engineered by Jim Caruana
23MusicBrainz Upgrade U was engineered by Rob Kinelski
Upgrade U was engineered by Rob Kinelski
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
24MusicBrainz Upgrade U was mixed by Jason Goldstein
25MusicBrainz Upgrade U was mixed by Steve Tolle
26MusicBrainz Upgrade U was released on 2006-09-04