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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)
Recorded at Chung King Studios, also Back to Black (Amy Winehouse), Stan (Eminem) and Love Is a Losing Game (Amy Winehouse)
Written by Marilyn Bergman, also Nice ’n’ Easy (Frank Sinatra), Sing About Me, I’m Dying of Thirst (Kendrick Lamar) and The Windmills of Your Mind (Dusty Springfield)
Mixed by Commissioner Gordon, also Men in Black (Will Smith), What Is It About Men? (Amy Winehouse) and October Song (Amy Winehouse)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
153 other songs on fono were recorded at Chung King Studios, by DJ Shadow and Depeche Mode and others
86 other songs on fono were recorded at RPM Studios, by Bill Frisell and Harry Connick, Jr. and others
Commissioner Gordon mixed 8 of Ms. Lauryn Hill’s top 10 songs
Commissioner Gordon engineered 7 of Ms. Lauryn Hill’s top 10 songs
Credits
All 30 credits
- Written by
- Alan Bergman, GZA/Genius, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, Marilyn Bergman, Marvin Hamlisch, Method Man, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, RZA, Raekwon and U‐God
- Produced by
- Ms. Lauryn Hill
- Performed by
- Chuck Young, James Poyser, Johari Newton, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Paul Fakhourie, Rudy Bird and Tejumold Newton
- Engineered by
- Chip Verspyck and Commissioner Gordon
- Mixed by
- Commissioner Gordon and Greg Thompson
- Recorded at
- Chung King Studios, Marley Music, Inc. and RPM Studios
- Released on
- Columbia and Ruffhouse Records
- Written by
- Alan Bergman, GZA/Genius, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, Marilyn Bergman, Marvin Hamlisch, Method Man, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, RZA, Raekwon and U‐God
- Produced by
- Ms. Lauryn Hill
- Performed by
- Chuck Young, James Poyser, Johari Newton, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Paul Fakhourie, Rudy Bird and Tejumold Newton
- Engineered by
- Chip Verspyck and Commissioner Gordon
- Mixed by
- Commissioner Gordon and Greg Thompson
- Recorded at
- Chung King Studios, Marley Music, Inc. and RPM Studios
- Released on
- Columbia and Ruffhouse Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Marilyn Bergman
Same mixer: Commissioner Gordon
Same engineer: Commissioner Gordon
Same label: Columbia
Same studio: Chung King Studios
Same release: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Same writer: Marilyn Bergman
Same engineer: Commissioner Gordon
Versions, samples and covers
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1MusicBrainz Ex‐Factor was performed by Chuck Young
2MusicBrainz Ex‐Factor was performed by James Poyser
3MusicBrainz Ex‐Factor was performed by Johari Newton
Ex‐Factor was performed by Johari Newton
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Ex‐Factor was performed by Ms. Lauryn Hill
Ex‐Factor was performed by Ms. Lauryn Hill
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Ex‐Factor was performed by Paul Fakhourie
Ex‐Factor was performed by Paul Fakhourie
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Ex‐Factor was performed by Rudy Bird
7MusicBrainz Ex‐Factor was performed by Tejumold Newton
Ex‐Factor was performed by Tejumold Newton
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Ex‐Factor samples Can It Be All So Simple / Intermission
Ex‐Factor samples Can It Be All So Simple / Intermission
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Ex‐Factor was produced by Ms. Lauryn Hill
Ex‐Factor was produced by Ms. Lauryn Hill
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz Ex‐Factor was written by Alan Bergman
11MusicBrainz Ex‐Factor was written by GZA/Genius
12MusicBrainz Ex‐Factor was written by Ghostface Killah
Ex‐Factor was written by Ghostface Killah
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz Ex‐Factor was written by Inspectah Deck
14MusicBrainz Ex‐Factor was written by Marilyn Bergman
Ex‐Factor was written by Marilyn Bergman
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
15MusicBrainz Ex‐Factor was written by Marvin Hamlisch
Ex‐Factor was written by Marvin Hamlisch
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
16MusicBrainz Ex‐Factor was written by Method Man
17MusicBrainz Ex‐Factor was written by Ms. Lauryn Hill
Ex‐Factor was written by Ms. Lauryn Hill
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
18MusicBrainz Ex‐Factor was written by Ol’ Dirty Bastard
Ex‐Factor was written by Ol’ Dirty Bastard
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
19MusicBrainz Ex‐Factor was written by RZA
20MusicBrainz Ex‐Factor was written by Raekwon
21MusicBrainz Ex‐Factor was written by U‐God
22MusicBrainz Ex‐Factor is part of the release The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Ex‐Factor is part of the release The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
23MusicBrainz Ex‐Factor was recorded at Chung King Studios
Ex‐Factor was recorded at Chung King Studios
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
24MusicBrainz Ex‐Factor was recorded at Marley Music, Inc.
Ex‐Factor was recorded at Marley Music, Inc.
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
25MusicBrainz Ex‐Factor was recorded at RPM Studios
26MusicBrainz Columbia is the label of the song Ex‐Factor
Columbia is the label of the song Ex‐Factor
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
27MusicBrainz Ruffhouse Records is the label of the song Ex‐Factor
Ruffhouse Records is the label of the song Ex‐Factor
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
28MusicBrainz Ex‐Factor was engineered by Chip Verspyck
Ex‐Factor was engineered by Chip Verspyck
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
29MusicBrainz Ex‐Factor was engineered by Commissioner Gordon
Ex‐Factor was engineered by Commissioner Gordon
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
30MusicBrainz Ex‐Factor was mixed by Commissioner Gordon
Ex‐Factor was mixed by Commissioner Gordon
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
31MusicBrainz Ex‐Factor was mixed by Greg Thompson
32MusicBrainz Ex‐Factor was released on 1998-08-19