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Released on A&M Records, also Black Hole Sun (Soundgarden), Every Breath You Take (The Police) and Roxanne (The Police)
Engineered by James Guthrie, also Comfortably Numb (Pink Floyd), Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) (Kate Bush) and Hey You (Pink Floyd)
Recorded at A&M Recording Studios, also Whole Lotta Love (Led Zeppelin), Amazing (Aerosmith) and Eat the Rich (Aerosmith)
Written by Rod Temperton, also Thriller (Michael Jackson), Off the Wall (Michael Jackson) and Give Me the Night (George Benson)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
258 other songs on fono were recorded at A&R Recording Studio, by Chick Corea and Tom Browne and others
168 other songs on fono were recorded at A&M Recording Studios, by Joni Mitchell and Hoyt Axton and others
Dave Iveland engineered 9 of Carpenters’s top 10 songs
Ray Gerhardt engineered 6 of Carpenters’s top 10 songs
Credits
All 24 credits
- Written by
- Rod Temperton
- Produced by
- Phil Ramone
- Performed by
- David Williams, Eric Johns, Greg Phillinganes, John “JR” Robinson, Karen Carpenter, Louis Johnson and Ralph MacDonald
- Engineered by
- Bradshaw Leigh, Chaz Clifton, Dave Iveland, David Crowther, Glenn Berger, James Guthrie, Jim Boyer, Ralph Osborn, Randy Pipes and Ray Gerhardt
- Part of
- Lovelines
- Recorded at
- A&M Recording Studios, A&R Recording Studio and Kendun Recorders
- Released on
- A&M Records
- Written by
- Rod Temperton
- Produced by
- Phil Ramone
- Performed by
- David Williams, Eric Johns, Greg Phillinganes, John “JR” Robinson, Karen Carpenter, Louis Johnson and Ralph MacDonald
- Engineered by
- Bradshaw Leigh, Chaz Clifton, Dave Iveland, David Crowther, Glenn Berger, James Guthrie, Jim Boyer, Ralph Osborn, Randy Pipes and Ray Gerhardt
- Part of
- Lovelines
- Recorded at
- A&M Recording Studios, A&R Recording Studio and Kendun Recorders
- Released on
- A&M Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same engineer: James Guthrie
Same writer: Rod Temperton
Same producer: Phil Ramone
Same label: A&M Records
Same studio: A&M Recording Studios
Same release: Lovelines
Same engineer: James Guthrie
Same writer: Rod Temperton
Elsewhere
Sources (25)
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1MusicBrainz If We Try was performed by David Williams
If We Try was performed by David Williams
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz If We Try was performed by Eric Johns
3MusicBrainz If We Try was performed by Greg Phillinganes
If We Try was performed by Greg Phillinganes
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz If We Try was performed by John “JR” Robinson
If We Try was performed by John “JR” Robinson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz If We Try was performed by Karen Carpenter
If We Try was performed by Karen Carpenter
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz If We Try was performed by Louis Johnson
If We Try was performed by Louis Johnson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz If We Try was performed by Ralph MacDonald
If We Try was performed by Ralph MacDonald
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz If We Try was produced by Phil Ramone
9MusicBrainz If We Try was written by Rod Temperton
10MusicBrainz If We Try is part of the release Lovelines
If We Try is part of the release Lovelines
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz If We Try was recorded at A&M Recording Studios
If We Try was recorded at A&M Recording Studios
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz If We Try was recorded at A&R Recording Studio
If We Try was recorded at A&R Recording Studio
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz If We Try was recorded at Kendun Recorders
If We Try was recorded at Kendun Recorders
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
14MusicBrainz A&M Records is the label of the song If We Try
A&M Records is the label of the song If We Try
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
15MusicBrainz If We Try was engineered by Bradshaw Leigh
If We Try was engineered by Bradshaw Leigh
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
16MusicBrainz If We Try was engineered by Chaz Clifton
If We Try was engineered by Chaz Clifton
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
17MusicBrainz If We Try was engineered by Dave Iveland
If We Try was engineered by Dave Iveland
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
18MusicBrainz If We Try was engineered by David Crowther
If We Try was engineered by David Crowther
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
19MusicBrainz If We Try was engineered by Glenn Berger
If We Try was engineered by Glenn Berger
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
20MusicBrainz If We Try was engineered by James Guthrie
If We Try was engineered by James Guthrie
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
21MusicBrainz If We Try was engineered by Jim Boyer
22MusicBrainz If We Try was engineered by Ralph Osborn
If We Try was engineered by Ralph Osborn
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
23MusicBrainz If We Try was engineered by Randy Pipes
24MusicBrainz If We Try was engineered by Ray Gerhardt
If We Try was engineered by Ray Gerhardt
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
25MusicBrainz If We Try was released on 1989-01-01