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Released on Mercury Records, also Livin’ on a Prayer (Bon Jovi), Space Oddity (David Bowie) and You Give Love a Bad Name (Bon Jovi)
Written by Bob McDill, also Amanda (Waylon Jennings), I Recall a Gypsy Woman (Don Williams) and Gone Country (Alan Jackson)
Produced by Jerry Kennedy, also What Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me), Do You Know You Are My Sunshine? (The Statler Brothers) and Dang Me (Roger Miller)
Engineered by Tom Sparkman, also What Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me), Do You Know You Are My Sunshine? (The Statler Brothers) and Shutgun Man
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Jerry Kennedy produced 123 songs on fono
Bob McDill wrote 89 songs on fono
Jerry Kennedy’s most frequent co-producer is Linda Gail Lewis (21 songs together)
Tom Sparkman’s most frequent co-engineer is Knox Phillips (16 songs together)
Credits
All 8 credits
- Written by
- Bob McDill
- Produced by
- Charles Fach, Jerry Kennedy and Stan Kesler
- Engineered by
- Tom Sparkman
- Mixed by
- Tom Sparkman
- Part of
- Country Class
- Released on
- Mercury Records
- Written by
- Bob McDill
- Produced by
- Charles Fach, Jerry Kennedy and Stan Kesler
- Engineered by
- Tom Sparkman
- Mixed by
- Tom Sparkman
- Part of
- Country Class
- Released on
- Mercury Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Bob McDill
Same producer: Jerry Kennedy
Same mixer: Tom Sparkman
Same label: Mercury Records
Same release: Country Class
Same writer: Bob McDill
Same mixer: Tom Sparkman
Same label: Mercury Records
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz The Closest Thing to You was produced by Charles Fach
The Closest Thing to You was produced by Charles Fach
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz The Closest Thing to You was produced by Jerry Kennedy
The Closest Thing to You was produced by Jerry Kennedy
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz The Closest Thing to You was produced by Stan Kesler
The Closest Thing to You was produced by Stan Kesler
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz The Closest Thing to You was written by Bob McDill
The Closest Thing to You was written by Bob McDill
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz The Closest Thing to You is part of the release Country Class
The Closest Thing to You is part of the release Country Class
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Mercury Records is the label of the song The Closest Thing to You
Mercury Records is the label of the song The Closest Thing to You
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz The Closest Thing to You was engineered by Tom Sparkman
The Closest Thing to You was engineered by Tom Sparkman
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz The Closest Thing to You was mixed by Tom Sparkman
The Closest Thing to You was mixed by Tom Sparkman
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz The Closest Thing to You was released on 1976
The Closest Thing to You was released on 1976
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026