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Released on EMI, also Karma Police (Radiohead), Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen) and Paranoid Android (Radiohead)
Mixed by Steve Hodge, also More Than a Feeling (Boston), Can’t Take That Away (Mariah’s theme) (Mariah Carey) and Thank God I Found You (Mariah Carey)
Engineered by Steve Hodge, also Can’t Take That Away (Mariah’s theme) (Mariah Carey), Thank God I Found You (Mariah Carey) and Come Back to Me
Written by Jimmy Jam, also Thank God I Found You (Mariah Carey), Come Back to Me and Escapade
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Steve Hodge mixed 9 of Janet Jackson’s top 10 songs
Jimmy Jam wrote 8 of Janet Jackson’s top 10 songs
James Brown wrote 229 songs on fono
Terry Lewis wrote 217 songs on fono
Credits
All 21 credits
- Written by
- Archie Bell, Billy Buttier, James Brown, Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam, Michael Hepburn, René Elizondo Jr. and Terry Lewis
- Produced by
- Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam, René Elizondo Jr. and Terry Lewis
- Performed by
- Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam, Mike Scott and Terry Lewis
- Engineered by
- Steve Hodge and Xavier Smith
- Mixed by
- Steve Hodge
- Part of
- The Velvet Rope
- Released on
- EMI
- Written by
- Archie Bell, Billy Buttier, James Brown, Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam, Michael Hepburn, René Elizondo Jr. and Terry Lewis
- Produced by
- Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam, René Elizondo Jr. and Terry Lewis
- Performed by
- Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam, Mike Scott and Terry Lewis
- Engineered by
- Steve Hodge and Xavier Smith
- Mixed by
- Steve Hodge
- Part of
- The Velvet Rope
- Released on
- EMI
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same mixer: Steve Hodge
Same engineer: Steve Hodge
Same writer: Jimmy Jam
Same producer: Jimmy Jam
Same label: EMI
Same release: The Velvet Rope
Same producer: Jimmy Jam
Same label: EMI
Versions, samples and covers
- SamplesTighten Up
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Free Xone was performed by Janet Jackson
Free Xone was performed by Janet Jackson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Free Xone was performed by Jimmy Jam
3MusicBrainz Free Xone was performed by Mike Scott
4MusicBrainz Free Xone was performed by Terry Lewis
5MusicBrainz Free Xone samples Tighten Up
6MusicBrainz Free Xone was produced by Janet Jackson
7MusicBrainz Free Xone was produced by Jimmy Jam
8MusicBrainz Free Xone was produced by René Elizondo Jr.
Free Xone was produced by René Elizondo Jr.
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Free Xone was produced by Terry Lewis
10MusicBrainz Free Xone was written by Archie Bell
11MusicBrainz Free Xone was written by Billy Buttier
12MusicBrainz Free Xone was written by James Brown
13MusicBrainz Free Xone was written by Janet Jackson
14MusicBrainz Free Xone was written by Jimmy Jam
15MusicBrainz Free Xone was written by Michael Hepburn
Free Xone was written by Michael Hepburn
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
16MusicBrainz Free Xone was written by René Elizondo Jr.
Free Xone was written by René Elizondo Jr.
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
17MusicBrainz Free Xone was written by Terry Lewis
18MusicBrainz Free Xone is part of the release The Velvet Rope
Free Xone is part of the release The Velvet Rope
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
19MusicBrainz EMI is the label of the song Free Xone
20MusicBrainz Free Xone was engineered by Steve Hodge
21MusicBrainz Free Xone was engineered by Xavier Smith
Free Xone was engineered by Xavier Smith
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
22MusicBrainz Free Xone was mixed by Steve Hodge
23MusicBrainz Free Xone was released on 1997-10-04