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Produced by Bob Thiele, also What a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong), Rave On (Buddy Holly) and Big Nick (Duke Ellington)
Released on Flying Dutchman, also The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, Expansions (Lonnie Liston Smith & the Cosmic Echoes) and Lady Day and John Coltrane
Mixed by Bob Simpson, also The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, Lady Day and John Coltrane and Home Is Where the Hatred Is
Part of Free Will, also The Get Out of the Ghetto Blues, Sex Education: Ghetto Style and Free Will
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Bob Simpson mixed 9 of Gil Scott‐Heron’s top 10 songs
Bob Thiele produced 9 of Gil Scott‐Heron’s top 10 songs
Bob Thiele produced 196 songs on fono
Gil Scott‐Heron wrote 69 songs on fono
Credits
All 12 credits
- Written by
- Gil Scott‐Heron
- Produced by
- Bob Thiele and Lillian Seyfert
- Performed by
- Bernard “Pretty” Purdie, Brian Jackson, David Spinozza, Gil Scott‐Heron, Hubert Laws and Jerry Jemmott
- Mixed by
- Bob Simpson
- Part of
- Free Will
- Released on
- Flying Dutchman
- Written by
- Gil Scott‐Heron
- Produced by
- Bob Thiele and Lillian Seyfert
- Performed by
- Bernard “Pretty” Purdie, Brian Jackson, David Spinozza, Gil Scott‐Heron, Hubert Laws and Jerry Jemmott
- Mixed by
- Bob Simpson
- Part of
- Free Will
- Released on
- Flying Dutchman
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same producer: Bob Thiele
Same mixer: Bob Simpson
Same producer: Lillian Seyfert
Same producer: Bob Thiele
Same mixer: Bob Simpson
Same producer: Lillian Seyfert
Same label: Flying Dutchman
Same producer: Bob Thiele
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Did You Hear What They Said? was performed by Bernard “Pretty” Purdie
Did You Hear What They Said? was performed by Bernard “Pretty” Purdie
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2MusicBrainz Did You Hear What They Said? was performed by Brian Jackson
Did You Hear What They Said? was performed by Brian Jackson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Did You Hear What They Said? was performed by David Spinozza
Did You Hear What They Said? was performed by David Spinozza
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Did You Hear What They Said? was performed by Gil Scott‐Heron
Did You Hear What They Said? was performed by Gil Scott‐Heron
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Did You Hear What They Said? was performed by Hubert Laws
Did You Hear What They Said? was performed by Hubert Laws
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Did You Hear What They Said? was performed by Jerry Jemmott
Did You Hear What They Said? was performed by Jerry Jemmott
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Did You Hear What They Said? was produced by Bob Thiele
Did You Hear What They Said? was produced by Bob Thiele
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Did You Hear What They Said? was produced by Lillian Seyfert
Did You Hear What They Said? was produced by Lillian Seyfert
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Did You Hear What They Said? was written by Gil Scott‐Heron
Did You Hear What They Said? was written by Gil Scott‐Heron
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz Did You Hear What They Said? is part of the release Free Will
Did You Hear What They Said? is part of the release Free Will
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz Flying Dutchman is the label of the song Did You Hear What They Said?
Flying Dutchman is the label of the song Did You Hear What They Said?
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz Did You Hear What They Said? was mixed by Bob Simpson
Did You Hear What They Said? was mixed by Bob Simpson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz Did You Hear What They Said? was released on 1972
Did You Hear What They Said? was released on 1972
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026