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Released on RCA, also The Pretender (Foo Fighters), Sex on Fire (Kings of Leon) and Last Nite (The Strokes)
Written by Lamont Dozier, also I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) (Four Tops), The Other Side (Aerosmith) and It’s the Same Old Song (Four Tops)
Part of I Got the Melody, also Baby That’s All I Want, Hold On to Love and I Can’t Keep Holding Back My Love
Released on Legacy, also September (Earth, Wind & Fire), Sexy M.F. (Prince) and Can You Feel It (The Jacksons)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Lamont Dozier wrote 162 songs on fono
Lamont Dozier’s most frequent co-writer is Brian Holland (129 songs together)
Lamont Dozier first appears on fono in 1962, 19 years before this song
Credits
All 4 credits
- Written by
- Lamont Dozier
- Part of
- I Got the Melody
- Written by
- Lamont Dozier
- Part of
- I Got the Melody
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Lamont Dozier
Same label: RCA
Same release: I Got the Melody
Same label: Legacy
Same writer: Lamont Dozier
Same label: RCA
Same release: I Got the Melody
Same label: Legacy
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Going Back to My Roots was written by Lamont Dozier
Going Back to My Roots was written by Lamont Dozier
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Going Back to My Roots is part of the release I Got the Melody
Going Back to My Roots is part of the release I Got the Melody
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Legacy is the label of the song Going Back to My Roots
Legacy is the label of the song Going Back to My Roots
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz RCA is the label of the song Going Back to My Roots
RCA is the label of the song Going Back to My Roots
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Going Back to My Roots was released on 1981
Going Back to My Roots was released on 1981
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026