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Engineered by Jason Corsaro, also Black Hole Sun (Soundgarden), Material Girl and Spoonman (Soundgarden)
Released on Sire Records, also There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (The Smiths), Personal Jesus (Depeche Mode) and Once in a Lifetime (Talking Heads)
Mixed by Jason Corsaro, also Material Girl, Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight) (Ramones) and Pet Sematary (Ramones)
Produced by Nile Rodgers, also Material Girl, Modern Love (David Bowie) and Ricochet (David Bowie)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Madonna wrote 228 songs on fono
Nile Rodgers produced 145 songs on fono
Nile Rodgers’s most frequent co-producer is Bernard Edwards (53 songs together)
Madonna’s most frequent co-writer is Patrick Leonard (30 songs together)
Credits
All 14 credits
- Written by
- Madonna and Stephen Bray
- Produced by
- Nile Rodgers
- Performed by
- Curtis King, Frank Simms, George Simms, Madonna, Nile Rodgers and Rob Sabino
- Engineered by
- Jason Corsaro and Rob Eaton
- Mixed by
- Jason Corsaro
- Part of
- Like a Virgin
- Released on
- Sire Records
- Written by
- Madonna and Stephen Bray
- Produced by
- Nile Rodgers
- Performed by
- Curtis King, Frank Simms, George Simms, Madonna, Nile Rodgers and Rob Sabino
- Engineered by
- Jason Corsaro and Rob Eaton
- Mixed by
- Jason Corsaro
- Part of
- Like a Virgin
- Released on
- Sire Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same engineer: Jason Corsaro
Same mixer: Jason Corsaro
Same writer: Stephen Bray
Same label: Sire Records
Same mixer: Jason Corsaro
Same producer: Nile Rodgers
Same writer: Stephen Bray
Same label: Sire Records
Elsewhere
Sources (15)
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1MusicBrainz Pretender was performed by Curtis King
2MusicBrainz Pretender was performed by Frank Simms
3MusicBrainz Pretender was performed by George Simms
4MusicBrainz Pretender was performed by Madonna
5MusicBrainz Pretender was performed by Nile Rodgers
6MusicBrainz Pretender was performed by Rob Sabino
7MusicBrainz Pretender was produced by Nile Rodgers
8MusicBrainz Pretender was written by Madonna
9MusicBrainz Pretender was written by Stephen Bray
10MusicBrainz Pretender is part of the release Like a Virgin
Pretender is part of the release Like a Virgin
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz Sire Records is the label of the song Pretender
Sire Records is the label of the song Pretender
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz Pretender was engineered by Jason Corsaro
Pretender was engineered by Jason Corsaro
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz Pretender was engineered by Rob Eaton
14MusicBrainz Pretender was mixed by Jason Corsaro
15MusicBrainz Pretender was released on 1984-11-13