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Released on Disneyland Records, also Little April Shower (Amy Lou Barnes), Whistle While You Work (Adriana Caselotti) and Once Upon a Dream (Mary Costa)
Written by Langston Hughes, also Backlash Blues (Nina Simone), Daybreak in Alabama (Audra McDonald) and Dream Variations (Audra McDonald)
Part of Chim Chim Cheree and Other Childrens’s Choices, also The Ugly Bug Ball, Polly Wolly Doodle and Constantinople
Written by Albert Hague, also Young and Foolish (Bill Evans Trio), You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch (Lindsey Stirling) and My Girl Is Just Enough Woman for Me (Stanley Turrentine)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Langston Hughes wrote 21 songs on fono
Langston Hughes’s most frequent co-writer is Ricky Ian Gordon (4 songs together)
Albert Hague first appears on fono in 1959, 5 years before this song
Langston Hughes first appears on fono in 1959, 5 years before this song
Credits
All 4 credits
- Written by
- Albert Hague and Langston Hughes
- Released on
- Disneyland Records
- Written by
- Albert Hague and Langston Hughes
- Released on
- Disneyland Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Langston Hughes
Same writer: Albert Hague
Same label: Disneyland Records
Same release: Chim Chim Cheree and Other Childrens’s Choices
Same writer: Langston Hughes
Same writer: Albert Hague
Same label: Disneyland Records
Same release: Chim Chim Cheree and Other Childrens’s Choices
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Got the World by the Tail was written by Albert Hague
Got the World by the Tail was written by Albert Hague
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Got the World by the Tail was written by Langston Hughes
Got the World by the Tail was written by Langston Hughes
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Got the World by the Tail is part of the release Chim Chim Cheree and Other Childrens’s Choices
Got the World by the Tail is part of the release Chim Chim Cheree and Other Childrens’s Choices
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Disneyland Records is the label of the song Got the World by the Tail
Disneyland Records is the label of the song Got the World by the Tail
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Got the World by the Tail was released on 1964
Got the World by the Tail was released on 1964
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026