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What connects this song
Credits it shares with other songs, each from a cited source. Tap a number or a name.
Released on Qwest Records, also Blue Monday (New Order), The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite) and Party Animal (James Ingram)
Part of Back on the Block, also The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite), Setembro (Brazilian Wedding Song) and Back on the Block
Written by Mervyn Warren, also Who Would Imagine a King (Whitney Houston), The Power of One (Donna Summer) and The Verb to Be
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Quincy Jones produced 183 songs on fono
Quincy Jones’s most frequent co-producer is Michael Jackson (18 songs together)
Quincy Jones first appears on fono in 1962, 27 years before this song
Credits
All 4 credits
- Written by
- Mervyn Warren
- Produced by
- Quincy Jones
- Part of
- Back on the Block
- Released on
- Qwest Records
- Written by
- Mervyn Warren
- Produced by
- Quincy Jones
- Part of
- Back on the Block
- Released on
- Qwest Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Mervyn Warren
Same label: Qwest Records
Same release: Back on the Block
Same writer: Mervyn Warren
Same release: Back on the Block
Same writer: Mervyn Warren
Same label: Qwest Records
Same release: Back on the Block
Elsewhere
Sources (5)
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1MusicBrainz [The Verb to Be] was produced by Quincy Jones
[The Verb to Be] was produced by Quincy Jones
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz [The Verb to Be] was written by Mervyn Warren
[The Verb to Be] was written by Mervyn Warren
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz [The Verb to Be] is part of the release Back on the Block
[The Verb to Be] is part of the release Back on the Block
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Qwest Records is the label of the song [The Verb to Be]
Qwest Records is the label of the song [The Verb to Be]
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz [The Verb to Be] was released on 1989-08-11
[The Verb to Be] was released on 1989-08-11
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026