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Released on Decca Records, also Sympathy for the Devil (The Rolling Stones), Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree (Brenda Lee) and La Vie en rose (Louis Armstrong)
Part of The Union, also Gone to Shiloh, Monkey Suit and Never Too Old (to Hold Somebody)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Leon Russell wrote 64 songs on fono
Leon Russell’s most frequent co-writer is Kim Fowley (7 songs together)
Leon Russell first appears on fono in 1965, 45 years before this song
Credits
All 3 credits
- Written by
- Leon Russell
- Part of
- The Union
- Released on
- Decca Records
- Written by
- Leon Russell
- Part of
- The Union
- Released on
- Decca Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same label: Decca Records
Same release: The Union
Same label: Decca Records
Same release: The Union
Same label: Decca Records
Same release: The Union
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz If It Wasn’t for Bad was written by Leon Russell
If It Wasn’t for Bad was written by Leon Russell
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz If It Wasn’t for Bad is part of the release The Union
If It Wasn’t for Bad is part of the release The Union
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Decca Records is the label of the song If It Wasn’t for Bad
Decca Records is the label of the song If It Wasn’t for Bad
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz If It Wasn’t for Bad was released on 2010-10-11
If It Wasn’t for Bad was released on 2010-10-11
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026