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Released on CBS, also Should I Stay or Should I Go (The Clash), Down Under (Men at Work) and (Don’t Fear) The Reaper (Blue Öyster Cult)
Written by Bob Marley, also Could You Be Loved (Bob Marley & The Wailers), Exodus (Bob Marley & The Wailers) and Jamming (Bob Marley & The Wailers)
Part of Legalize It, also Legalize It, Ketchy Shuby and Burial
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Bob Marley wrote 158 songs on fono
Peter Tosh wrote 28 songs on fono
Bob Marley’s most frequent co-writer is Lee “Scratch” Perry (12 songs together)
Peter Tosh’s most frequent co-writer is Bob Marley (4 songs together)
Credits
All 5 credits
- Written by
- Bob Marley and Peter Tosh
- Produced by
- Peter Tosh
- Part of
- Legalize It
- Released on
- CBS
- Written by
- Bob Marley and Peter Tosh
- Produced by
- Peter Tosh
- Part of
- Legalize It
- Released on
- CBS
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Bob Marley
Same label: CBS
Same release: Legalize It
Same writer: Bob Marley
Same label: CBS
Same release: Legalize It
Same writer: Bob Marley
Same label: CBS
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Why Must I Cry was produced by Peter Tosh
Why Must I Cry was produced by Peter Tosh
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Why Must I Cry was written by Bob Marley
Why Must I Cry was written by Bob Marley
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Why Must I Cry was written by Peter Tosh
Why Must I Cry was written by Peter Tosh
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Why Must I Cry is part of the release Legalize It
Why Must I Cry is part of the release Legalize It
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz CBS is the label of the song Why Must I Cry
CBS is the label of the song Why Must I Cry
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Why Must I Cry was released on 1976