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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 Roger Young, also All You Get From Love Is a Love Song, Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft and Man Smart, Woman Smarter
Written by Roger Nichols, also We’ve Only Just Begun, I Kept On Loving You and Now
Part of Made in America, also Touch Me When We’re Dancing, Strength of a Woman and When It’s Gone (It’s Just Gone)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Dave Iveland engineered 9 of Carpenters’s top 10 songs
Roger Young engineered 9 of Carpenters’s top 10 songs
Roger Young engineered 46 songs on fono
Dave Iveland engineered 34 songs on fono
Credits
All 16 credits
- Written by
- Roger Nichols, Walter Von Forster and William M Lane
- Performed by
- Earle Dumler, Gayle Levant, Joe Osborn, John “JR” Robinson, Karen Carpenter, Paulinho da Costa, Richard Carpenter, Tim May and Tony Peluso
- Engineered by
- Dave Iveland and Roger Young
- Part of
- Made in America
- Released on
- A&M Records
- Written by
- Roger Nichols, Walter Von Forster and William M Lane
- Performed by
- Earle Dumler, Gayle Levant, Joe Osborn, John “JR” Robinson, Karen Carpenter, Paulinho da Costa, Richard Carpenter, Tim May and Tony Peluso
- Engineered by
- Dave Iveland and Roger Young
- Part of
- Made in America
- Released on
- A&M Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same engineer: Roger Young
Same writer: Roger Nichols
Same label: A&M Records
Same release: Made in America
Same engineer: Roger Young
Same writer: Roger Nichols
Same label: A&M Records
Same release: Made in America
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz When You’ve Got What It Takes was performed by Earle Dumler
When You’ve Got What It Takes was performed by Earle Dumler
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz When You’ve Got What It Takes was performed by Gayle Levant
When You’ve Got What It Takes was performed by Gayle Levant
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz When You’ve Got What It Takes was performed by Joe Osborn
When You’ve Got What It Takes was performed by Joe Osborn
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz When You’ve Got What It Takes was performed by John “JR” Robinson
When You’ve Got What It Takes was performed by John “JR” Robinson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz When You’ve Got What It Takes was performed by Karen Carpenter
When You’ve Got What It Takes was performed by Karen Carpenter
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz When You’ve Got What It Takes was performed by Paulinho da Costa
When You’ve Got What It Takes was performed by Paulinho da Costa
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz When You’ve Got What It Takes was performed by Richard Carpenter
When You’ve Got What It Takes was performed by Richard Carpenter
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz When You’ve Got What It Takes was performed by Tim May
When You’ve Got What It Takes was performed by Tim May
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz When You’ve Got What It Takes was performed by Tony Peluso
When You’ve Got What It Takes was performed by Tony Peluso
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz When You’ve Got What It Takes was written by Roger Nichols
When You’ve Got What It Takes was written by Roger Nichols
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz When You’ve Got What It Takes was written by Walter Von Forster
When You’ve Got What It Takes was written by Walter Von Forster
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz When You’ve Got What It Takes was written by William M Lane
When You’ve Got What It Takes was written by William M Lane
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz When You’ve Got What It Takes is part of the release Made in America
When You’ve Got What It Takes is part of the release Made in America
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
14MusicBrainz A&M Records is the label of the song When You’ve Got What It Takes
A&M Records is the label of the song When You’ve Got What It Takes
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
15MusicBrainz When You’ve Got What It Takes was engineered by Dave Iveland
When You’ve Got What It Takes was engineered by Dave Iveland
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
16MusicBrainz When You’ve Got What It Takes was engineered by Roger Young
When You’ve Got What It Takes was engineered by Roger Young
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
17MusicBrainz When You’ve Got What It Takes was released on 1981-01-01
When You’ve Got What It Takes was released on 1981-01-01
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026