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Released on Atlantic, also Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin), Back in Black (AC/DC) and Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin)
Recorded at Atlantic Studios, also Sunshine of Your Love (Cream), Drive All Night (Bruce Springsteen) and Baby, I Love You (Aretha Franklin)
Produced by Ahmet Ertegun, also White Christmas (The Drifters), Let the Good Times Roll and Adorable (The Drifters)
Written by Ahmet Ertegun, also Don’t Play That Song (Aretha Franklin), The Joker (Steve Miller Band) and Angel (Shaggy)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
339 other songs on fono were recorded at Atlantic Studios, by Aretha Franklin and John Coltrane and others
Ahmet Ertegun produced 4 of Ray Charles’s top 10 songs
Ahmet Ertegun produced 118 songs on fono
Ahmet Ertegun’s most frequent co-producer is Jerry Wexler (76 songs together)
Credits
All 14 credits
- Written by
- Ahmet Ertegun
- Produced by
- Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson
- Performed by
- Connie Kay, Dave McRae, Jesse Drakes, Lloyd Trotman, Mickey Baker, Ray Charles, Renald Richard and Sam “The Man” Taylor
- Part of
- Ray Charles
- Recorded at
- Atlantic Studios
- Released on
- Atlantic
- Written by
- Ahmet Ertegun
- Produced by
- Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson
- Performed by
- Connie Kay, Dave McRae, Jesse Drakes, Lloyd Trotman, Mickey Baker, Ray Charles, Renald Richard and Sam “The Man” Taylor
- Part of
- Ray Charles
- Recorded at
- Atlantic Studios
- Released on
- Atlantic
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same producer: Ahmet Ertegun
Same writer: Ahmet Ertegun
Same producer: Herb Abramson
Same label: Atlantic
Same studio: Atlantic Studios
Same release: Ray Charles
Same producer: Ahmet Ertegun
Same writer: Ahmet Ertegun
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Mess Around was performed by Connie Kay
2MusicBrainz Mess Around was performed by Dave McRae
3MusicBrainz Mess Around was performed by Jesse Drakes
Mess Around was performed by Jesse Drakes
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Mess Around was performed by Lloyd Trotman
Mess Around was performed by Lloyd Trotman
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Mess Around was performed by Mickey Baker
Mess Around was performed by Mickey Baker
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Mess Around was performed by Ray Charles
Mess Around was performed by Ray Charles
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Mess Around was performed by Renald Richard
Mess Around was performed by Renald Richard
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Mess Around was performed by Sam “The Man” Taylor
Mess Around was performed by Sam “The Man” Taylor
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Mess Around was produced by Ahmet Ertegun
Mess Around was produced by Ahmet Ertegun
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz Mess Around was produced by Herb Abramson
Mess Around was produced by Herb Abramson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz Mess Around was written by Ahmet Ertegun
Mess Around was written by Ahmet Ertegun
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz Mess Around is part of the release Ray Charles
Mess Around is part of the release Ray Charles
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz Mess Around was recorded at Atlantic Studios
Mess Around was recorded at Atlantic Studios
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
14MusicBrainz Atlantic is the label of the song Mess Around
Atlantic is the label of the song Mess Around
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
15MusicBrainz Mess Around was released on 1953