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Released on Mercury Records, also Livin’ on a Prayer (Bon Jovi), Space Oddity (David Bowie) and You Give Love a Bad Name (Bon Jovi)
Mixed by The Basement Boys, also Gypsy Woman (She’s Homeless), 100% Pure Love (radio mix) and Ghetto Day (radio mix)
Recorded at The Basement Boys Studio, also Gypsy Woman (She’s Homeless), Ghetto Day (radio mix) and Relax
Produced by The Basement Boys, also Gypsy Woman (She’s Homeless), 100% Pure Love (radio mix) and Ghetto Day (radio mix)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
The Basement Boys mixed 9 of Crystal Waters’s top 10 songs
The Basement Boys produced 7 of Crystal Waters’s top 10 songs
Crystal Waters wrote 26 songs on fono
The Basement Boys mixed 19 songs on fono
Credits
All 16 credits
- Written by
- Crystal Waters, Doug Smith and Richard Payton
- Produced by
- The Basement Boys
- Performed by
- Doug Smith, Greg Boyer, Greg Thomas, Novelair Thomas, Richard Payton and The Basement Boys
- Engineered by
- David Sussman and Teddy Douglas
- Mixed by
- The Basement Boys
- Part of
- Storyteller
- Recorded at
- The Basement Boys Studio
- Released on
- Mercury Records
- Written by
- Crystal Waters, Doug Smith and Richard Payton
- Produced by
- The Basement Boys
- Performed by
- Doug Smith, Greg Boyer, Greg Thomas, Novelair Thomas, Richard Payton and The Basement Boys
- Engineered by
- David Sussman and Teddy Douglas
- Mixed by
- The Basement Boys
- Part of
- Storyteller
- Recorded at
- The Basement Boys Studio
- Released on
- Mercury Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same mixer: The Basement Boys
Same engineer: David Sussman
Same label: Mercury Records
Same release: Storyteller
Same engineer: David Sussman
Same label: Mercury Records
Same release: Storyteller
Same engineer: David Sussman
Elsewhere
Sources (17)
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1MusicBrainz What I Need was performed by Doug Smith
2MusicBrainz What I Need was performed by Greg Boyer
3MusicBrainz What I Need was performed by Greg Thomas
What I Need was performed by Greg Thomas
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz What I Need was performed by Novelair Thomas
What I Need was performed by Novelair Thomas
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz What I Need was performed by Richard Payton
What I Need was performed by Richard Payton
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz What I Need was performed by The Basement Boys
What I Need was performed by The Basement Boys
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz What I Need was produced by The Basement Boys
What I Need was produced by The Basement Boys
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz What I Need was written by Crystal Waters
What I Need was written by Crystal Waters
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz What I Need was written by Doug Smith
10MusicBrainz What I Need was written by Richard Payton
What I Need was written by Richard Payton
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz What I Need is part of the release Storyteller
What I Need is part of the release Storyteller
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz What I Need was recorded at The Basement Boys Studio
What I Need was recorded at The Basement Boys Studio
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz Mercury Records is the label of the song What I Need
Mercury Records is the label of the song What I Need
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
14MusicBrainz What I Need was engineered by David Sussman
What I Need was engineered by David Sussman
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
15MusicBrainz What I Need was engineered by Teddy Douglas
What I Need was engineered by Teddy Douglas
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
16MusicBrainz What I Need was mixed by The Basement Boys
What I Need was mixed by The Basement Boys
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
17MusicBrainz What I Need was released on 1994-05-17