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Released on A&M Records, also Black Hole Sun (Soundgarden), Every Breath You Take (The Police) and Roxanne (The Police)
Written by Rod Temperton, also Thriller (Michael Jackson), Off the Wall (Michael Jackson) and Give Me the Night (George Benson)
Part of “The Dude”, also Just Once, One Hundred Ways and Ai no corrida
Written by Patti Austin, also I’ve Got the Melody (Deep in My Heart) (Kenny Loggins), Candi Bar (Keith Murray) and Love, I Never Had It So Good
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Quincy Jones produced 183 songs on fono
Quincy Jones wrote 181 songs on fono
Quincy Jones’s most frequent co-producer is Michael Jackson (18 songs together)
Quincy Jones’s most frequent co-writer is Rod Temperton (9 songs together)
Credits
All 17 credits
- Written by
- Patti Austin, Quincy Jones and Rod Temperton
- Produced by
- Quincy Jones
- Performed by
- Greg Phillinganes, James Ingram, Jerry Hey, Jim Gilstrap, Lenny Castro, Michael Boddicker, Michael Jackson, Patti Austin, Paulinho da Costa, Quincy Jones and Stevie Wonder
- Part of
- “The Dude”
- Released on
- A&M Records
- Written by
- Patti Austin, Quincy Jones and Rod Temperton
- Produced by
- Quincy Jones
- Performed by
- Greg Phillinganes, James Ingram, Jerry Hey, Jim Gilstrap, Lenny Castro, Michael Boddicker, Michael Jackson, Patti Austin, Paulinho da Costa, Quincy Jones and Stevie Wonder
- Part of
- “The Dude”
- Released on
- A&M Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Rod Temperton
Same writer: Patti Austin
Same label: A&M Records
Same release: “The Dude”
Same writer: Rod Temperton
Same writer: Patti Austin
Same label: A&M Records
Same release: “The Dude”
Elsewhere
Sources (18)
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1MusicBrainz The Dude was performed by Greg Phillinganes
The Dude was performed by Greg Phillinganes
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz The Dude was performed by James Ingram
3MusicBrainz The Dude was performed by Jerry Hey
4MusicBrainz The Dude was performed by Jim Gilstrap
5MusicBrainz The Dude was performed by Lenny Castro
6MusicBrainz The Dude was performed by Michael Boddicker
The Dude was performed by Michael Boddicker
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz The Dude was performed by Michael Jackson
The Dude was performed by Michael Jackson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz The Dude was performed by Patti Austin
9MusicBrainz The Dude was performed by Paulinho da Costa
The Dude was performed by Paulinho da Costa
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz The Dude was performed by Quincy Jones
11MusicBrainz The Dude was performed by Stevie Wonder
12MusicBrainz The Dude was produced by Quincy Jones
13MusicBrainz The Dude was written by Patti Austin
14MusicBrainz The Dude was written by Quincy Jones
15MusicBrainz The Dude was written by Rod Temperton
16MusicBrainz The Dude is part of the release “The Dude”
The Dude is part of the release “The Dude”
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
17MusicBrainz A&M Records is the label of the song The Dude
A&M Records is the label of the song The Dude
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
18MusicBrainz The Dude was released on 1981-03