What connects this song
Credits it shares with other songs, each from a cited source. Tap a number or a name.
Released on Rhino, also Boys Don’t Cry (The Cure), You Are My Sunshine and Dance Into the Light (Phil Collins)
Written by Joe Sample, also One Day I’ll Fly Away (Randy Crawford), Better Not Look Down (B.B. King) and Street Life (Randy Crawford)
Part of Genius & Friends, also Surrender to Love, All I Want to Do and Shout
Written by Steve Tyrell, also Hold On (Jamie Walters) and It’s Only Love (Elvis Presley)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Joe Sample wrote 49 songs on fono
Joe Sample’s most frequent co-writer is Will Jennings (22 songs together)
Joe Sample first appears on fono in 1967, 38 years before this song
Steve Tyrell first appears on fono in 1987, 18 years before this song
Credits
All 7 credits
- Written by
- Joe Sample, Stephanie Tyrell and Steve Tyrell
- Performed by
- Diana Ross and Ray Charles
- Part of
- Genius & Friends
- Released on
- Rhino
- Written by
- Joe Sample, Stephanie Tyrell and Steve Tyrell
- Performed by
- Diana Ross and Ray Charles
- Part of
- Genius & Friends
- Released on
- Rhino
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Joe Sample
Same writer: Steve Tyrell
Same label: Rhino
Same release: Genius & Friends
Same writer: Joe Sample
Same writer: Steve Tyrell
Same label: Rhino
Same release: Genius & Friends
Elsewhere
Sources (8)
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1MusicBrainz Big Bad Love was performed by Diana Ross
Big Bad Love was performed by Diana Ross
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Big Bad Love was performed by Ray Charles
Big Bad Love was performed by Ray Charles
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Big Bad Love was written by Joe Sample
4MusicBrainz Big Bad Love was written by Stephanie Tyrell
Big Bad Love was written by Stephanie Tyrell
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Big Bad Love was written by Steve Tyrell
Big Bad Love was written by Steve Tyrell
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Big Bad Love is part of the release Genius & Friends
Big Bad Love is part of the release Genius & Friends
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Rhino is the label of the song Big Bad Love
Rhino is the label of the song Big Bad Love
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Big Bad Love was released on 2005-09-20