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Engineered by Jimmy Douglass, also Get Ur Freak On (Missy Elliott), Cold as Ice (Foreigner) and Feels Like the First Time (Foreigner)
Produced by Arif Mardin, also Rock Steady (Aretha Franklin), You Win Again (Bee Gees) and Rainy Night in Georgia (Brook Benton)
Written by Aretha Franklin, also Rock Steady (Aretha Franklin), Day Dreaming (Aretha Franklin) and Since You’ve Been Gone (Sweet Sweet Baby) (Aretha Franklin)
Part of Push Push, also Man’s Hope and Push Push
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Arif Mardin produced 349 songs on fono
Jimmy Douglass engineered 191 songs on fono
Arif Mardin’s most frequent co-producer is Jerry Wexler (51 songs together)
Jimmy Douglass’s most frequent co-engineer is Randy Mason (19 songs together)
Credits
All 12 credits
- Written by
- Aretha Franklin
- Produced by
- Arif Mardin
- Performed by
- Bernard “Pretty” Purdie, David Spinozza, Duane Allman, Herbie Mann, Jerry Jemmott, Ralph MacDonald and Richard Tee
- Engineered by
- Jimmy Douglass
- Part of
- Push Push
- Released on
- Embryo Records
- Written by
- Aretha Franklin
- Produced by
- Arif Mardin
- Performed by
- Bernard “Pretty” Purdie, David Spinozza, Duane Allman, Herbie Mann, Jerry Jemmott, Ralph MacDonald and Richard Tee
- Engineered by
- Jimmy Douglass
- Part of
- Push Push
- Released on
- Embryo Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same engineer: Jimmy Douglass
Same producer: Arif Mardin
Same release: Push Push
Same engineer: Jimmy Douglass
Same producer: Arif Mardin
Same writer: Aretha Franklin
Same release: Push Push
Same engineer: Jimmy Douglass
Elsewhere
Sources (13)
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1MusicBrainz Spirit in the Dark was performed by Bernard “Pretty” Purdie
Spirit in the Dark was performed by Bernard “Pretty” Purdie
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Spirit in the Dark was performed by David Spinozza
Spirit in the Dark was performed by David Spinozza
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Spirit in the Dark was performed by Duane Allman
Spirit in the Dark was performed by Duane Allman
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Spirit in the Dark was performed by Herbie Mann
Spirit in the Dark was performed by Herbie Mann
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Spirit in the Dark was performed by Jerry Jemmott
Spirit in the Dark was performed by Jerry Jemmott
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Spirit in the Dark was performed by Ralph MacDonald
Spirit in the Dark was performed by Ralph MacDonald
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Spirit in the Dark was performed by Richard Tee
Spirit in the Dark was performed by Richard Tee
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Spirit in the Dark was produced by Arif Mardin
Spirit in the Dark was produced by Arif Mardin
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Spirit in the Dark was written by Aretha Franklin
Spirit in the Dark was written by Aretha Franklin
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz Spirit in the Dark is part of the release Push Push
Spirit in the Dark is part of the release Push Push
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz Embryo Records is the label of the song Spirit in the Dark
Embryo Records is the label of the song Spirit in the Dark
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz Spirit in the Dark was engineered by Jimmy Douglass
Spirit in the Dark was engineered by Jimmy Douglass
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz Spirit in the Dark was released on 1971