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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)
Engineered by Phil Joly, also All of the Lights (Ye), Hunter of Invisible Game (Bruce Springsteen) and Dream Baby Dream (Bruce Springsteen)
Written by Tony Shanahan, also Maria, Amerigo and This Is the Girl
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Patti Smith wrote 94 songs on fono
Phil Joly engineered 58 songs on fono
Patti Smith’s most frequent co-writer is Lenny Kaye (21 songs together)
Stewart Lerman’s most frequent co-engineer is James Frazee (15 songs together)
Credits
All 18 credits
- Written by
- Patti Smith and Tony Shanahan
- Performed by
- Jackson Smith, Jay Dee Daugherty, Lenny Kaye, Patti Smith, Tom Verlaine and Tony Shanahan
- Engineered by
- Elizabeth Bauer, Emery Dobyns, Eric Spring, Iestyn Polson, Keenan Wyatt, Pete Bischoff, Phil Joly and Stewart Lerman
- Part of
- Banga
- Released on
- Columbia
- Written by
- Patti Smith and Tony Shanahan
- Performed by
- Jackson Smith, Jay Dee Daugherty, Lenny Kaye, Patti Smith, Tom Verlaine and Tony Shanahan
- Engineered by
- Elizabeth Bauer, Emery Dobyns, Eric Spring, Iestyn Polson, Keenan Wyatt, Pete Bischoff, Phil Joly and Stewart Lerman
- Part of
- Banga
- Released on
- Columbia
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same engineer: Phil Joly
Same writer: Tony Shanahan
Same engineer: Stewart Lerman
Same engineer: Iestyn Polson
Same label: Columbia
Same engineer: Phil Joly
Same writer: Tony Shanahan
Same engineer: Iestyn Polson
Elsewhere
Sources (19)
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1MusicBrainz April Fool was performed by Jackson Smith
April Fool was performed by Jackson Smith
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz April Fool was performed by Jay Dee Daugherty
April Fool was performed by Jay Dee Daugherty
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz April Fool was performed by Lenny Kaye
4MusicBrainz April Fool was performed by Patti Smith
5MusicBrainz April Fool was performed by Tom Verlaine
April Fool was performed by Tom Verlaine
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz April Fool was performed by Tony Shanahan
April Fool was performed by Tony Shanahan
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz April Fool was written by Patti Smith
8MusicBrainz April Fool was written by Tony Shanahan
9MusicBrainz April Fool is part of the release Banga
10MusicBrainz Columbia is the label of the song April Fool
Columbia is the label of the song April Fool
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz April Fool was engineered by Elizabeth Bauer
April Fool was engineered by Elizabeth Bauer
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz April Fool was engineered by Emery Dobyns
April Fool was engineered by Emery Dobyns
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz April Fool was engineered by Eric Spring
April Fool was engineered by Eric Spring
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
14MusicBrainz April Fool was engineered by Iestyn Polson
April Fool was engineered by Iestyn Polson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
15MusicBrainz April Fool was engineered by Keenan Wyatt
April Fool was engineered by Keenan Wyatt
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
16MusicBrainz April Fool was engineered by Pete Bischoff
April Fool was engineered by Pete Bischoff
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
17MusicBrainz April Fool was engineered by Phil Joly
18MusicBrainz April Fool was engineered by Stewart Lerman
April Fool was engineered by Stewart Lerman
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
19MusicBrainz April Fool was released on 2012-04-01