What connects this song
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Released on A&M Records, also Black Hole Sun (Soundgarden), Every Breath You Take (The Police) and Roxanne (The Police)
Written by Paul Williams, also We’ve Only Just Begun, I Kept On Loving You and Let Me Be the One
Part of Voice of the Heart, also Make Believe It’s Your First Time, Your Baby Doesn’t Love You Anymore and You're Enough
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Paul Williams wrote 55 songs on fono
Paul Williams’s most frequent co-writer is Roger Nichols (13 songs together)
Paul Williams first appears on fono in 1969, 14 years before this song
Credits
All 10 credits
- Written by
- Paul Williams
- Performed by
- Chuck Domanico, Gayle Levant, John Phillips, Karen Carpenter, Richard Carpenter, Ron Tutt and Sheridon Stokes
- Part of
- Voice of the Heart
- Released on
- A&M Records
- Written by
- Paul Williams
- Performed by
- Chuck Domanico, Gayle Levant, John Phillips, Karen Carpenter, Richard Carpenter, Ron Tutt and Sheridon Stokes
- Part of
- Voice of the Heart
- Released on
- A&M Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Paul Williams
Same label: A&M Records
Same release: Voice of the Heart
Same writer: Paul Williams
Same label: A&M Records
Same release: Voice of the Heart
Same writer: Paul Williams
Same label: A&M Records
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Ordinary Fool was performed by Chuck Domanico
Ordinary Fool was performed by Chuck Domanico
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Ordinary Fool was performed by Gayle Levant
Ordinary Fool was performed by Gayle Levant
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Ordinary Fool was performed by John Phillips
Ordinary Fool was performed by John Phillips
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Ordinary Fool was performed by Karen Carpenter
Ordinary Fool was performed by Karen Carpenter
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Ordinary Fool was performed by Richard Carpenter
Ordinary Fool was performed by Richard Carpenter
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Ordinary Fool was performed by Ron Tutt
7MusicBrainz Ordinary Fool was performed by Sheridon Stokes
Ordinary Fool was performed by Sheridon Stokes
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Ordinary Fool was written by Paul Williams
Ordinary Fool was written by Paul Williams
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Ordinary Fool is part of the release Voice of the Heart
Ordinary Fool is part of the release Voice of the Heart
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz A&M Records is the label of the song Ordinary Fool
A&M Records is the label of the song Ordinary Fool
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz Ordinary Fool was released on 1983-10-18
Ordinary Fool was released on 1983-10-18
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026