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Released on Reprise Records, also Basket Case (Green Day), Welcome to the Black Parade (My Chemical Romance) and American Idiot (Green Day)
Written by [traditional], also Greensleeves (John Coltrane), Milk Cow Blues (Aerosmith) and Banana Boat Song (Day‐O) (Harry Belafonte)
Part of Paradise and Lunch, also Tattler, Ditty Wah Ditty and I’m a Fool for a Cigarette / Feelin’ Good
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
[traditional] wrote 2823 songs on fono, the 3rd most of any writer
[traditional]’s most frequent co-writer is Johannes Brahms (29 songs together)
[traditional] first appears on fono in 1925, 49 years before this song
Credits
All 3 credits
- Written by
- [traditional]
- Part of
- Paradise and Lunch
- Released on
- Reprise Records
- Written by
- [traditional]
- Part of
- Paradise and Lunch
- Released on
- Reprise Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: [traditional]
Same label: Reprise Records
Same release: Paradise and Lunch
Same writer: [traditional]
Same label: Reprise Records
Same release: Paradise and Lunch
Same writer: [traditional]
Same label: Reprise Records
Elsewhere
Sources (4)
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1MusicBrainz Jesus on the Mainline was written by [traditional]
Jesus on the Mainline was written by [traditional]
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Jesus on the Mainline is part of the release Paradise and Lunch
Jesus on the Mainline is part of the release Paradise and Lunch
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Reprise Records is the label of the song Jesus on the Mainline
Reprise Records is the label of the song Jesus on the Mainline
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Jesus on the Mainline was released on 1974
Jesus on the Mainline was released on 1974
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026