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Released on De‐Lite Records, also Summer Madness, Hollywood Swinging and Get Down on It
Written by Gene Redd, also Baby, You Make Me Crazy (Sam Smith), Breathe and Stop (Q‐Tip) and Send It On (D’Angelo)
Written by Gene Redd, also Please Come Home for Christmas (Eagles), He Went to Sleep and the Hogs Ate Him (The Stanley Brothers) and I Don't Want Your Rambling Letters (The Stanley Brothers)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Kool & the Gang wrote 18 songs on fono
Gene Redd wrote 17 songs on fono
Gene Redd’s most frequent co-writer is Kool & the Gang (11 songs together)
Gene Redd first appears on fono in 1963, 8 years before this song
Credits
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- Written by
- Gene Redd, Gene Redd and Kool & the Gang
- Part of
- Who’s Gonna Take the Weight
- Released on
- De‐Lite Records
- Written by
- Gene Redd, Gene Redd and Kool & the Gang
- Part of
- Who’s Gonna Take the Weight
- Released on
- De‐Lite Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Gene Redd
Same writer: Gene Redd
Same label: De‐Lite Records
Same writer: Gene Redd
Same writer: Gene Redd
Same label: De‐Lite Records
Same writer: Gene Redd
Same writer: Gene Redd
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Who’s Gonna Take the Weight, Part 1 was written by Gene Redd
Who’s Gonna Take the Weight, Part 1 was written by Gene Redd
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Who’s Gonna Take the Weight, Part 1 was written by Gene Redd
Who’s Gonna Take the Weight, Part 1 was written by Gene Redd
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Who’s Gonna Take the Weight, Part 1 was written by Kool & the Gang
Who’s Gonna Take the Weight, Part 1 was written by Kool & the Gang
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Who’s Gonna Take the Weight, Part 1 is part of the release Who’s Gonna Take the Weight
Who’s Gonna Take the Weight, Part 1 is part of the release Who’s Gonna Take the Weight
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz De‐Lite Records is the label of the song Who’s Gonna Take the Weight, Part 1
De‐Lite Records is the label of the song Who’s Gonna Take the Weight, Part 1
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Who’s Gonna Take the Weight, Part 1 was released on 1971
Who’s Gonna Take the Weight, Part 1 was released on 1971
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026