What connects this song
Credits it shares with other songs, each from a cited source. Tap a number or a name.
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 John the Revelator / You’re Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond, also You’re Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond
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)
[traditional] first appears on fono in 1925, 5 years before this song
Credits
All 6 credits
- Written by
- [traditional]
- Performed by
- Angeline Johnson, Blind Willie Johnson and Willie B. Harris
- Released on
- Columbia
- Written by
- [traditional]
- Performed by
- Angeline Johnson, Blind Willie Johnson and Willie B. Harris
- 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: John the Revelator / You’re Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond
Same writer: [traditional]
Same label: Columbia
Same writer: [traditional]
Same label: Columbia
Elsewhere
Sources (7)
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1MusicBrainz John the Revelator was performed by Angeline Johnson
John the Revelator was performed by Angeline Johnson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz John the Revelator was performed by Blind Willie Johnson
John the Revelator was performed by Blind Willie Johnson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz John the Revelator was performed by Willie B. Harris
John the Revelator was performed by Willie B. Harris
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz John the Revelator was written by [traditional]
John the Revelator was written by [traditional]
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz John the Revelator is part of the release John the Revelator / You’re Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond
John the Revelator is part of the release John the Revelator / You’re Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Columbia is the label of the song John the Revelator
Columbia is the label of the song John the Revelator
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz John the Revelator was released on 1930-06-30
John the Revelator was released on 1930-06-30
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026