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Released on Atlantic, also Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin), Back in Black (AC/DC) and Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin)
Written by Spooner Oldham, also A Woman Left Lonely (Janis Joplin), I’m Your Puppet (James & Bobby Purify) and Cry Like a Baby (The Box Tops)
Part of The Best of Percy Sledge, also Warm and Tender Love
Written by Dan Penn, also A Woman Left Lonely (Janis Joplin), Do Right Woman – Do Right Man (Aretha Franklin) and I’m Your Puppet (James & Bobby Purify)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Spooner Oldham wrote 40 songs on fono
Dan Penn wrote 23 songs on fono
Spooner Oldham’s most frequent co-writer is Patterson Hood (18 songs together)
Dan Penn’s most frequent co-writer is Spooner Oldham (16 songs together)
Credits
All 4 credits
- Written by
- Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham
- Part of
- The Best of Percy Sledge
- Released on
- Atlantic
- Written by
- Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham
- Part of
- The Best of Percy Sledge
- Released on
- Atlantic
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Spooner Oldham
Same label: Atlantic
Same release: The Best of Percy Sledge
Same writer: Spooner Oldham
Same writer: Dan Penn
Same label: Atlantic
Same writer: Spooner Oldham
Same label: Atlantic
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz It Tears Me Up was written by Dan Penn
2MusicBrainz It Tears Me Up was written by Spooner Oldham
It Tears Me Up was written by Spooner Oldham
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz It Tears Me Up is part of the release The Best of Percy Sledge
It Tears Me Up is part of the release The Best of Percy Sledge
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Atlantic is the label of the song It Tears Me Up
Atlantic is the label of the song It Tears Me Up
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz It Tears Me Up was released on 1969