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Released on Qwest Records, also Blue Monday (New Order), The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite) and Party Animal (James Ingram)
Written by Andraé Crouch, also (Intro) I Love to Give You Light (Snoop Dogg), I’ve Got Confidence (Elvis Presley) and If Heaven Was Never Promised to Me (Heritage Singers)
Part of The Color Purple, also Miss Celie’s Blues (Sister), Careless Love and Don’t Make Me No Never Mind
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Quincy Jones wrote 181 songs on fono
Quincy Jones’s most frequent co-writer is Rod Temperton (9 songs together)
Quincy Jones first appears on fono in 1955, 31 years before this song
Andraé Crouch first appears on fono in 1972, 14 years before this song
Credits
All 4 credits
- Written by
- Andraé Crouch and Quincy Jones
- Part of
- The Color Purple
- Released on
- Qwest Records
- Written by
- Andraé Crouch and Quincy Jones
- Part of
- The Color Purple
- Released on
- Qwest Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Andraé Crouch
Same label: Qwest Records
Same release: The Color Purple
Same writer: Andraé Crouch
Same label: Qwest Records
Same release: The Color Purple
Same writer: Andraé Crouch
Same label: Qwest Records
Elsewhere
Sources (5)
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1MusicBrainz Maybe God Is Tryin’ to Tell You Somethin’ was written by Andraé Crouch
Maybe God Is Tryin’ to Tell You Somethin’ was written by Andraé Crouch
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2MusicBrainz Maybe God Is Tryin’ to Tell You Somethin’ was written by Quincy Jones
Maybe God Is Tryin’ to Tell You Somethin’ was written by Quincy Jones
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3MusicBrainz Maybe God Is Tryin’ to Tell You Somethin’ is part of the release The Color Purple
Maybe God Is Tryin’ to Tell You Somethin’ is part of the release The Color Purple
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4MusicBrainz Qwest Records is the label of the song Maybe God Is Tryin’ to Tell You Somethin’
Qwest Records is the label of the song Maybe God Is Tryin’ to Tell You Somethin’
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5MusicBrainz Maybe God Is Tryin’ to Tell You Somethin’ was released on 1986
Maybe God Is Tryin’ to Tell You Somethin’ was released on 1986
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026