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Released on Epic, also Wonderwall (Oasis), Killing in the Name (Rage Against the Machine) and Billie Jean (Michael Jackson)
Written by Clyde Otis, also A Rockin’ Good Way (to Mess Around and Fall in Love) (Shakin’ Stevens), This Time of the Year (Brenda Lee) and Baby You Got What It Takes (Dinah Washington)
Part of Nightout, also We Belong to the Night
Written by Joy Byers, also It Hurts Me (Elvis Presley), Please Don’t Stop Loving Me (Elvis Presley) and Hey, Hey, Hey (Elvis Presley)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Clyde Otis wrote 35 songs on fono
Clyde Otis’s most frequent co-writer is Brook Benton (13 songs together)
Joy Byers wrote 12 songs on fono
Clyde Otis first appears on fono in 1960, 19 years before this song
Credits
All 4 credits
- Written by
- Clyde Otis and Joy Byers
- Part of
- Nightout
- Released on
- Epic
- Written by
- Clyde Otis and Joy Byers
- Part of
- Nightout
- Released on
- Epic
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Clyde Otis
Same writer: Joy Byers
Same label: Epic
Same release: Nightout
Same writer: Clyde Otis
Same writer: Joy Byers
Same label: Epic
Same writer: Clyde Otis
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz What’s a Matter Baby was written by Clyde Otis
What’s a Matter Baby was written by Clyde Otis
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2MusicBrainz What’s a Matter Baby was written by Joy Byers
What’s a Matter Baby was written by Joy Byers
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3MusicBrainz What’s a Matter Baby is part of the release Nightout
What’s a Matter Baby is part of the release Nightout
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Epic is the label of the song What’s a Matter Baby
Epic is the label of the song What’s a Matter Baby
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5MusicBrainz What’s a Matter Baby was released on 1979
What’s a Matter Baby was released on 1979
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026