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Released on Capitol Records, also Everlong (Foo Fighters), Everything in Its Right Place (Radiohead) and Lilith (Halsey)
Mixed by Bob Clearmountain, also Just Like Heaven (The Cure), Summer of ’69 (Bryan Adams) and It’s My Life (Bon Jovi)
Written by Joe Thomas, also That’s Why God Made the Radio (The Beach Boys), Your Imagination and Summer’s Gone (The Beach Boys)
Part of No Pier Pressure, also One Kind of Love, Half Moon Bay and Runaway Dancer
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Bob Clearmountain mixed 992 songs on fono, the 10th most of any mixer
Joe Thomas produced 4 of Brian Wilson’s top 10 songs
Joe Thomas wrote 3 of Brian Wilson’s top 10 songs
Brian Wilson wrote 294 songs on fono
Credits
All 7 credits
- Written by
- Brian Wilson and Joe Thomas
- Produced by
- Brian Wilson and Joe Thomas
- Mixed by
- Bob Clearmountain
- Part of
- No Pier Pressure
- Released on
- Capitol Records
- Written by
- Brian Wilson and Joe Thomas
- Produced by
- Brian Wilson and Joe Thomas
- Mixed by
- Bob Clearmountain
- Part of
- No Pier Pressure
- Released on
- Capitol Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same mixer: Bob Clearmountain
Same writer: Joe Thomas
Same producer: Joe Thomas
Same label: Capitol Records
Same mixer: Bob Clearmountain
Same writer: Joe Thomas
Same label: Capitol Records
Same release: No Pier Pressure
Elsewhere
Sources (8)
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1MusicBrainz Tell Me Why was produced by Brian Wilson
Tell Me Why was produced by Brian Wilson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Tell Me Why was produced by Joe Thomas
3MusicBrainz Tell Me Why was written by Brian Wilson
4MusicBrainz Tell Me Why was written by Joe Thomas
5MusicBrainz Tell Me Why is part of the release No Pier Pressure
Tell Me Why is part of the release No Pier Pressure
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Capitol Records is the label of the song Tell Me Why
Capitol Records is the label of the song Tell Me Why
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Tell Me Why was mixed by Bob Clearmountain
Tell Me Why was mixed by Bob Clearmountain
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Tell Me Why was released on 2015-04-03