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Produced by Babyface, also Thnks fr th Mmrs (Fall Out Boy), When You Believe (Mariah Carey) and You’re Makin Me High (Toni Braxton)
Released on MCA Records, also Baba O’Riley (The Who), Free Bird (Lynyrd Skynyrd) and Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
Mixed by Jon Gass, also When You Believe (Mariah Carey), Don’t Be Cruel and Every Little Step
Engineered by Jon Gass, also Don’t Be Cruel, Every Little Step and Roni
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
8 other songs on fono were recorded at Silverlake Studios, by Karyn White and Sheena Easton and others
Babyface mixed 6 of Bobby Brown’s top 10 songs
Babyface produced 6 of Bobby Brown’s top 10 songs
Babyface produced 103 songs on fono
Credits
All 16 credits
- Written by
- Bobby Brown
- Engineered by
- Don Emerson, John Guggenheim and Jon Gass
- Mixed by
- Babyface, Fred Howard, Jon Gass, L.A. Reid and Toni Greene
- Part of
- Don’t Be Cruel
- Recorded at
- Silverlake Studios
- Released on
- MCA Records
- Written by
- Bobby Brown
- Engineered by
- Don Emerson, John Guggenheim and Jon Gass
- Mixed by
- Babyface, Fred Howard, Jon Gass, L.A. Reid and Toni Greene
- Part of
- Don’t Be Cruel
- Recorded at
- Silverlake Studios
- Released on
- MCA Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same producer: Babyface
Same mixer: Jon Gass
Same engineer: Jon Gass
Same label: MCA Records
Same engineer: Jon Gass
Same label: MCA Records
Same release: Don’t Be Cruel
Same producer: Babyface
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Cruel Prelude was performed by Babyface
2MusicBrainz Cruel Prelude was performed by L.A. Reid
Cruel Prelude was performed by L.A. Reid
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Cruel Prelude was produced by Babyface
4MusicBrainz Cruel Prelude was produced by L.A. Reid
5MusicBrainz Cruel Prelude was written by Bobby Brown
Cruel Prelude was written by Bobby Brown
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Cruel Prelude is part of the release Don’t Be Cruel
Cruel Prelude is part of the release Don’t Be Cruel
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Cruel Prelude was recorded at Silverlake Studios
Cruel Prelude was recorded at Silverlake Studios
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz MCA Records is the label of the song Cruel Prelude
MCA Records is the label of the song Cruel Prelude
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Cruel Prelude was engineered by Don Emerson
Cruel Prelude was engineered by Don Emerson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz Cruel Prelude was engineered by John Guggenheim
Cruel Prelude was engineered by John Guggenheim
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz Cruel Prelude was engineered by Jon Gass
Cruel Prelude was engineered by Jon Gass
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz Cruel Prelude was mixed by Babyface
13MusicBrainz Cruel Prelude was mixed by Fred Howard
14MusicBrainz Cruel Prelude was mixed by Jon Gass
15MusicBrainz Cruel Prelude was mixed by L.A. Reid
16MusicBrainz Cruel Prelude was mixed by Toni Greene
17MusicBrainz Cruel Prelude was released on 1988-06-20
Cruel Prelude was released on 1988-06-20
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026