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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)
Written by [traditional], also Greensleeves (John Coltrane), Milk Cow Blues (Aerosmith) and Banana Boat Song (Day‐O) (Harry Belafonte)
Part of Dark Was the Night – Cold Was the Ground / It’s Nobody’s Fault but Mine, also It’s Nobody’s Fault but Mine
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
[traditional] wrote 2823 songs on fono, the 3rd most of any writer
[traditional] wrote 7 of Blind Willie Johnson’s top 10 songs
[traditional]’s most frequent co-writer is Johannes Brahms (29 songs together)
Credits
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- Written by
- Blind Willie Johnson and [traditional]
- Performed by
- Blind Willie Johnson
- Released on
- Columbia
- Written by
- Blind Willie Johnson and [traditional]
- Performed by
- Blind Willie Johnson
- Released on
- Columbia
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: [traditional]
Same label: Columbia
Same release: Dark Was the Night – Cold Was the Ground / It’s Nobody’s Fault but Mine
Same writer: [traditional]
Same label: Columbia
Same writer: [traditional]
Same label: Columbia
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground was performed by Blind Willie Johnson
Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground was performed by Blind Willie Johnson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground was written by Blind Willie Johnson
Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground was written by Blind Willie Johnson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground was written by [traditional]
Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground was written by [traditional]
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground is part of the release Dark Was the Night – Cold Was the Ground / It’s Nobody’s Fault but Mine
Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground is part of the release Dark Was the Night – Cold Was the Ground / It’s Nobody’s Fault but Mine
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Columbia is the label of the song Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground
Columbia is the label of the song Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground
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6MusicBrainz Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground was released on 1928-04-20
Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground was released on 1928-04-20
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026