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Released on A&M Records, also Black Hole Sun (Soundgarden), Every Breath You Take (The Police) and Roxanne (The Police)
Engineered by Phil Schier, also Angel (Aretha Franklin), Use Me (Bill Withers) and Master of Eyes (The Deepness of Your Eyes) (Aretha Franklin)
Written by Louis Johnson, also Stomp! (The Brothers Johnson), I’ll Be Good to You (The Brothers Johnson) and Light Up the Night (The Brothers Johnson)
Part of Mellow Madness, also Is It Love That We’re Missing?, Just a Little Taste of Me and Beautiful Black Girl
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Quincy Jones produced 183 songs on fono
Phil Schier engineered 59 songs on fono
Quincy Jones’s most frequent co-producer is Michael Jackson (18 songs together)
George Johnson’s most frequent co-writer is Louis Johnson (12 songs together)
Credits
All 9 credits
- Written by
- George Johnson and Louis Johnson
- Produced by
- Quincy Jones
- Performed by
- George Johnson and Paulette McWilliams
- Engineered by
- Joan DeCola and Phil Schier
- Part of
- Mellow Madness
- Released on
- A&M Records
- Written by
- George Johnson and Louis Johnson
- Produced by
- Quincy Jones
- Performed by
- George Johnson and Paulette McWilliams
- Engineered by
- Joan DeCola and Phil Schier
- Part of
- Mellow Madness
- Released on
- A&M Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same engineer: Phil Schier
Same writer: Louis Johnson
Same engineer: Joan DeCola
Same label: A&M Records
Same release: Mellow Madness
Same engineer: Phil Schier
Same writer: Louis Johnson
Same engineer: Joan DeCola
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Listen (What It Is) was performed by George Johnson
Listen (What It Is) was performed by George Johnson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Listen (What It Is) was performed by Paulette McWilliams
Listen (What It Is) was performed by Paulette McWilliams
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Listen (What It Is) was produced by Quincy Jones
Listen (What It Is) was produced by Quincy Jones
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Listen (What It Is) was written by George Johnson
Listen (What It Is) was written by George Johnson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Listen (What It Is) was written by Louis Johnson
Listen (What It Is) was written by Louis Johnson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Listen (What It Is) is part of the release Mellow Madness
Listen (What It Is) is part of the release Mellow Madness
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz A&M Records is the label of the song Listen (What It Is)
A&M Records is the label of the song Listen (What It Is)
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Listen (What It Is) was engineered by Joan DeCola
Listen (What It Is) was engineered by Joan DeCola
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Listen (What It Is) was engineered by Phil Schier
Listen (What It Is) was engineered by Phil Schier
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz Listen (What It Is) was released on 1975
Listen (What It Is) was released on 1975
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026