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Released on Columbia, also Chop Suey! (System of a Down), Toxicity (System of a Down) and Pumped Up Kicks (Foster the People)
Written by George Jones, also We’re Gonna Hold On (George Jones & Tammy Wynette), Why Baby Why (Red Sovine) and Just One More (George Jones)
Part of The Legend, also I Walk the Line (Revisited), Casey Jones and You Can’t Beat Jesus Christ
Released on Legacy, also September (Earth, Wind & Fire), Sexy M.F. (Prince) and Can You Feel It (The Jacksons)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
George Jones wrote 73 songs on fono
Earl Montgomery wrote 38 songs on fono
Earl Montgomery’s most frequent co-writer is George Jones (13 songs together)
George Jones first appears on fono in 1955, 50 years before this song
Credits
All 6 credits
- Written by
- Earl Montgomery and George Jones
- Performed by
- Elvis Costello
- Part of
- The Legend
- Written by
- Earl Montgomery and George Jones
- Performed by
- Elvis Costello
- Part of
- The Legend
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: George Jones
Same label: Columbia
Same release: The Legend
Same label: Legacy
Same writer: George Jones
Same writer: Earl Montgomery
Same label: Columbia
Same release: The Legend
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz We Ought to Be Ashamed was performed by Elvis Costello
We Ought to Be Ashamed was performed by Elvis Costello
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2MusicBrainz We Ought to Be Ashamed was written by Earl Montgomery
We Ought to Be Ashamed was written by Earl Montgomery
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3MusicBrainz We Ought to Be Ashamed was written by George Jones
We Ought to Be Ashamed was written by George Jones
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4MusicBrainz We Ought to Be Ashamed is part of the release The Legend
We Ought to Be Ashamed is part of the release The Legend
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5MusicBrainz Columbia is the label of the song We Ought to Be Ashamed
Columbia is the label of the song We Ought to Be Ashamed
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6MusicBrainz Legacy is the label of the song We Ought to Be Ashamed
Legacy is the label of the song We Ought to Be Ashamed
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7MusicBrainz We Ought to Be Ashamed was released on 2005-08-16
We Ought to Be Ashamed was released on 2005-08-16
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026