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Released on Warner Bros. Records, also In the End (Linkin Park), Numb (Linkin Park) and Take On Me (a‐ha)
Written by Allen Toussaint, also Southern Nights (Glen Campbell), Hercules (Aaron Neville) and What Do You Want the Girl to Do (Boz Scaggs)
Engineered by Harry Maslin, also Here I Am (Just When I Thought I Was Over You) (Air Supply), Sweet Dreams (Air Supply) and The One That You Love (Air Supply)
Produced by Jerry Ragovoy, also Pata Pata (Miriam Makeba), Stay With Me (Lorraine Ellison) and My Knight in Black Leather (Bette Midler)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Allen Toussaint wrote 62 songs on fono
Harry Maslin engineered 43 songs on fono
Harry Maslin’s most frequent co-engineer is Karen Hewitt (10 songs together)
Allen Toussaint first appears on fono in 1965, 9 years before this song
Credits
All 18 credits
- Written by
- Allen Toussaint
- Produced by
- Jerry Ragovoy
- Performed by
- Arthur Jenkins, Bob Babbitt, Bonnie Raitt, Carl Hall, David Spinozza, Jerry Friedman, Leon Pendarvis, Ralph MacDonald, Sharon Redd, Steve Gadd and Tasha Thomas
- Engineered by
- Blaise Castellano, Bruce Tergesen and Harry Maslin
- Part of
- Streetlights
- Released on
- Warner Bros. Records
- Written by
- Allen Toussaint
- Produced by
- Jerry Ragovoy
- Performed by
- Arthur Jenkins, Bob Babbitt, Bonnie Raitt, Carl Hall, David Spinozza, Jerry Friedman, Leon Pendarvis, Ralph MacDonald, Sharon Redd, Steve Gadd and Tasha Thomas
- Engineered by
- Blaise Castellano, Bruce Tergesen and Harry Maslin
- Part of
- Streetlights
- Released on
- Warner Bros. Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Allen Toussaint
Same engineer: Harry Maslin
Same producer: Jerry Ragovoy
Same engineer: Bruce Tergesen
Same label: Warner Bros. Records
Same release: Streetlights
Same writer: Allen Toussaint
Same engineer: Harry Maslin
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz What Is Success was performed by Arthur Jenkins
What Is Success was performed by Arthur Jenkins
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz What Is Success was performed by Bob Babbitt
What Is Success was performed by Bob Babbitt
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz What Is Success was performed by Bonnie Raitt
What Is Success was performed by Bonnie Raitt
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz What Is Success was performed by Carl Hall
What Is Success was performed by Carl Hall
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz What Is Success was performed by David Spinozza
What Is Success was performed by David Spinozza
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz What Is Success was performed by Jerry Friedman
What Is Success was performed by Jerry Friedman
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz What Is Success was performed by Leon Pendarvis
What Is Success was performed by Leon Pendarvis
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz What Is Success was performed by Ralph MacDonald
What Is Success was performed by Ralph MacDonald
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz What Is Success was performed by Sharon Redd
What Is Success was performed by Sharon Redd
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz What Is Success was performed by Steve Gadd
What Is Success was performed by Steve Gadd
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz What Is Success was performed by Tasha Thomas
What Is Success was performed by Tasha Thomas
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz What Is Success was produced by Jerry Ragovoy
What Is Success was produced by Jerry Ragovoy
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz What Is Success was written by Allen Toussaint
What Is Success was written by Allen Toussaint
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
14MusicBrainz What Is Success is part of the release Streetlights
What Is Success is part of the release Streetlights
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
15MusicBrainz Warner Bros. Records is the label of the song What Is Success
Warner Bros. Records is the label of the song What Is Success
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
16MusicBrainz What Is Success was engineered by Blaise Castellano
What Is Success was engineered by Blaise Castellano
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
17MusicBrainz What Is Success was engineered by Bruce Tergesen
What Is Success was engineered by Bruce Tergesen
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
18MusicBrainz What Is Success was engineered by Harry Maslin
What Is Success was engineered by Harry Maslin
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
19MusicBrainz What Is Success was released on 1974