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Recorded at Criteria Studios, also Hotel California (Eagles), Nightswimming (R.E.M.) and Drive (R.E.M.)
Released on Polydor, also Summertime Sadness (Lana Del Rey), Heat Waves (Glass Animals) and Friday I’m in Love (The Cure)
Written by Eric Clapton, also Sunshine of Your Love (Cream), Let It Rain (Eric Clapton) and My Father’s Eyes (Eric Clapton)
Produced by Tom Dowd, also Rock Steady (Aretha Franklin), Day Dreaming (Aretha Franklin) and Don’t Play That Song (Aretha Franklin)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
360 other songs on fono were recorded at Criteria Studios, by Eric Clapton and R.E.M. and others
Tom Dowd produced 4 of Derek and the Dominos’s top 10 songs
Tom Dowd produced 311 songs on fono
Tom Dowd’s most frequent co-producer is Jerry Wexler (49 songs together)
Credits
All 12 credits
- Written by
- Bobby Whitlock and Eric Clapton
- Produced by
- Derek and the Dominos and Tom Dowd
- Performed by
- Bobby Whitlock, Carl Radle, Duane Allman, Eric Clapton and Jim Gordon
- Recorded at
- Criteria Studios
- Released on
- Polydor
- Written by
- Bobby Whitlock and Eric Clapton
- Produced by
- Derek and the Dominos and Tom Dowd
- Performed by
- Bobby Whitlock, Carl Radle, Duane Allman, Eric Clapton and Jim Gordon
- Recorded at
- Criteria Studios
- Released on
- Polydor
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Eric Clapton
Same producer: Tom Dowd
Same writer: Bobby Whitlock
Same studio: Criteria Studios
Same label: Polydor
Same release: Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
Same writer: Eric Clapton
Same producer: Tom Dowd
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad? was performed by Bobby Whitlock
Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad? was performed by Bobby Whitlock
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad? was performed by Carl Radle
Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad? was performed by Carl Radle
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad? was performed by Duane Allman
Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad? was performed by Duane Allman
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad? was performed by Eric Clapton
Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad? was performed by Eric Clapton
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad? was performed by Jim Gordon
Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad? was performed by Jim Gordon
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad? was produced by Derek and the Dominos
Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad? was produced by Derek and the Dominos
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad? was produced by Tom Dowd
Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad? was produced by Tom Dowd
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad? was written by Bobby Whitlock
Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad? was written by Bobby Whitlock
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad? was written by Eric Clapton
Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad? was written by Eric Clapton
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad? is part of the release Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad? is part of the release Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad? was recorded at Criteria Studios
Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad? was recorded at Criteria Studios
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz Polydor is the label of the song Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?
Polydor is the label of the song Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad? was released on 1970-11
Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad? was released on 1970-11
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026