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Released on EMI, also Karma Police (Radiohead), Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen) and Paranoid Android (Radiohead)
Recorded at Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1, also Here Comes the Sun (The Beatles), Something (The Beatles) and A Day in the Life (The Beatles)
Written by George Frideric Handel, also Joy to the World (Mariah Carey), Excerpt From Händel’s Messiah (“For unto us a child is born…”) / Because It’s Christmas (For All the Children) (Barry Manilow) and Messiah, Part II: XLIV. Chorus "Hallelujah" (The English Concert Choir)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
George Frideric Handel wrote 2066 songs on fono, the 4th most of any writer
1492 other songs on fono were recorded at Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1, by London Symphony Orchestra and John Williams and others
George Frideric Handel’s most frequent co-writer is Nicola Francesco Haym (122 songs together)
George Frideric Handel first appears on fono in 1959, 30 years before this song
Credits
All 5 credits
- Written by
- George Frideric Handel
- Performed by
- Margaret Cable
- Part of
- Messiah
- Recorded at
- Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1
- Released on
- EMI
- Written by
- George Frideric Handel
- Performed by
- Margaret Cable
- Part of
- Messiah
- Recorded at
- Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1
- Released on
- EMI
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: George Frideric Handel
Same label: EMI
Same studio: Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1
Same writer: George Frideric Handel
Same label: EMI
Same studio: Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1
Same writer: George Frideric Handel
Same label: EMI
Elsewhere
Sources (6)
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1MusicBrainz Messiah: Part II: He Was Despised was performed by Margaret Cable
Messiah: Part II: He Was Despised was performed by Margaret Cable
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Messiah: Part II: He Was Despised was written by George Frideric Handel
Messiah: Part II: He Was Despised was written by George Frideric Handel
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Messiah: Part II: He Was Despised is part of the release Messiah
Messiah: Part II: He Was Despised is part of the release Messiah
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Messiah: Part II: He Was Despised was recorded at Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1
Messiah: Part II: He Was Despised was recorded at Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz EMI is the label of the song Messiah: Part II: He Was Despised
EMI is the label of the song Messiah: Part II: He Was Despised
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Messiah: Part II: He Was Despised was released on 1989
Messiah: Part II: He Was Despised was released on 1989
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026