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Released on Reprise Records, also Basket Case (Green Day), Welcome to the Black Parade (My Chemical Romance) and American Idiot (Green Day)
Produced by David Briggs, also Southern Man, Cinnamon Girl and Cowgirl in the Sand
Engineered by Henry Saskowski, also Southern Man, After the Gold Rush and Till the Morning Comes
Part of After the Gold Rush, also Southern Man, After the Gold Rush and Till the Morning Comes
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
David Briggs produced 4 of Neil Young’s top 10 songs
Neil Young wrote 472 songs on fono
Neil Young produced 381 songs on fono
David Briggs’s most frequent co-producer is Neil Young (110 songs together)
Credits
All 9 credits
- Written by
- Neil Young
- Produced by
- David Briggs and Neil Young
- Performed by
- Neil Young, Nils Lofgren and Ralph Molina
- Engineered by
- Henry Saskowski
- Part of
- After the Gold Rush
- Released on
- Reprise Records
- Written by
- Neil Young
- Produced by
- David Briggs and Neil Young
- Performed by
- Neil Young, Nils Lofgren and Ralph Molina
- Engineered by
- Henry Saskowski
- Part of
- After the Gold Rush
- Released on
- Reprise Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same producer: David Briggs
Same label: Reprise Records
Same producer: David Briggs
Same engineer: Henry Saskowski
Same label: Reprise Records
Same producer: David Briggs
Same engineer: Henry Saskowski
Same label: Reprise Records
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Tell Me Why was performed by Neil Young
2MusicBrainz Tell Me Why was performed by Nils Lofgren
Tell Me Why was performed by Nils Lofgren
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Tell Me Why was performed by Ralph Molina
Tell Me Why was performed by Ralph Molina
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Tell Me Why was produced by David Briggs
Tell Me Why was produced by David Briggs
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Tell Me Why was produced by Neil Young
6MusicBrainz Tell Me Why was written by Neil Young
7MusicBrainz Tell Me Why is part of the release After the Gold Rush
Tell Me Why is part of the release After the Gold Rush
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Reprise Records is the label of the song Tell Me Why
Reprise Records is the label of the song Tell Me Why
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Tell Me Why was engineered by Henry Saskowski
Tell Me Why was engineered by Henry Saskowski
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz Tell Me Why was released on 1970-09-19