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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 Michael McDonald, also I’ll Wait (Van Halen), What a Fool Believes (The Doobie Brothers) and Yah Mo B There (James Ingram)
Produced by Tom Dowd, also Rock Steady (Aretha Franklin), Day Dreaming (Aretha Franklin) and Don’t Play That Song (Aretha Franklin)
Engineered by Steve Gursky, also Just a Song Before I Go (Crosby, Stills & Nash), Southern Cross (Crosby, Stills & Nash) and Cathedral (Crosby, Stills & Nash)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
25 other songs on fono were recorded at Filmways/Heider Recording, by Tom Waits and The Jacksons and others
Tom Dowd produced 311 songs on fono
Kenny Loggins wrote 69 songs on fono
Tom Dowd’s most frequent co-producer is Jerry Wexler (49 songs together)
Credits
All 15 credits
- Written by
- Kenny Loggins and Michael McDonald
- Produced by
- Tom Dowd
- Performed by
- Brian Mann, George Hawkins Jr., Kenny Loggins, Michael McDonald, Mike Hamilton, Paulinho da Costa and Tris Imboden
- Engineered by
- Michael Carnévale and Steve Gursky
- Part of
- Keep the Fire
- Recorded at
- Filmways/Heider Recording
- Released on
- Columbia
- Written by
- Kenny Loggins and Michael McDonald
- Produced by
- Tom Dowd
- Performed by
- Brian Mann, George Hawkins Jr., Kenny Loggins, Michael McDonald, Mike Hamilton, Paulinho da Costa and Tris Imboden
- Engineered by
- Michael Carnévale and Steve Gursky
- Part of
- Keep the Fire
- Recorded at
- Filmways/Heider Recording
- Released on
- Columbia
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Michael McDonald
Same producer: Tom Dowd
Same engineer: Steve Gursky
Same label: Columbia
Same studio: Filmways/Heider Recording
Same release: Keep the Fire
Same writer: Michael McDonald
Same producer: Tom Dowd
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz This Is It was performed by Brian Mann
2MusicBrainz This Is It was performed by George Hawkins Jr.
This Is It was performed by George Hawkins Jr.
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz This Is It was performed by Kenny Loggins
This Is It was performed by Kenny Loggins
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz This Is It was performed by Michael McDonald
This Is It was performed by Michael McDonald
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz This Is It was performed by Mike Hamilton
This Is It was performed by Mike Hamilton
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz This Is It was performed by Paulinho da Costa
This Is It was performed by Paulinho da Costa
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz This Is It was performed by Tris Imboden
This Is It was performed by Tris Imboden
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz This Is It was produced by Tom Dowd
9MusicBrainz This Is It was written by Kenny Loggins
10MusicBrainz This Is It was written by Michael McDonald
This Is It was written by Michael McDonald
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz This Is It is part of the release Keep the Fire
This Is It is part of the release Keep the Fire
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz This Is It was recorded at Filmways/Heider Recording
This Is It was recorded at Filmways/Heider Recording
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz Columbia is the label of the song This Is It
Columbia is the label of the song This Is It
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
14MusicBrainz This Is It was engineered by Michael Carnévale
This Is It was engineered by Michael Carnévale
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
15MusicBrainz This Is It was engineered by Steve Gursky
This Is It was engineered by Steve Gursky
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
16MusicBrainz This Is It was released on 1979