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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)
Mixed by Lee Herschberg, also Midnight at the Oasis (Maria Muldaur), Short People (Randy Newman) and Mexico (James Taylor)
Written by Charles Calhoun, also Shake Rattle and Roll (Bill Haley and His Comets), Razzle Dazzle (Bill Haley and His Comets) and Your Cash Ain’t Nothin’ but Trash (Steve Miller Band)
Part of Chicken Skin Music, also Always Lift Him Up / Kanaka Wai Wai, Yellow Roses and The Bourgeois Blues
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Lee Herschberg mixed 4 of Ry Cooder’s top 10 songs
Lee Herschberg mixed 161 songs on fono
Ry Cooder produced 129 songs on fono
Lee Herschberg’s most frequent co-mixer is Mark Linett (20 songs together)
Credits
All 12 credits
- Written by
- Charles Calhoun
- Produced by
- Ry Cooder
- Performed by
- Bobby King, Chris Ethridge, Cliff Givens, Jim Keltner, Milt Holland, Ry Cooder and Terry Evans
- Mixed by
- Lee Herschberg
- Part of
- Chicken Skin Music
- Released on
- Reprise Records
- Written by
- Charles Calhoun
- Produced by
- Ry Cooder
- Performed by
- Bobby King, Chris Ethridge, Cliff Givens, Jim Keltner, Milt Holland, Ry Cooder and Terry Evans
- Mixed by
- Lee Herschberg
- Part of
- Chicken Skin Music
- Released on
- Reprise Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same mixer: Lee Herschberg
Same writer: Charles Calhoun
Same label: Reprise Records
Same release: Chicken Skin Music
Same mixer: Lee Herschberg
Same writer: Charles Calhoun
Same label: Reprise Records
Same release: Chicken Skin Music
Elsewhere
Sources (13)
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1MusicBrainz Smack Dab in the Middle was performed by Bobby King
Smack Dab in the Middle was performed by Bobby King
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Smack Dab in the Middle was performed by Chris Ethridge
Smack Dab in the Middle was performed by Chris Ethridge
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Smack Dab in the Middle was performed by Cliff Givens
Smack Dab in the Middle was performed by Cliff Givens
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Smack Dab in the Middle was performed by Jim Keltner
Smack Dab in the Middle was performed by Jim Keltner
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Smack Dab in the Middle was performed by Milt Holland
Smack Dab in the Middle was performed by Milt Holland
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Smack Dab in the Middle was performed by Ry Cooder
Smack Dab in the Middle was performed by Ry Cooder
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Smack Dab in the Middle was performed by Terry Evans
Smack Dab in the Middle was performed by Terry Evans
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Smack Dab in the Middle was produced by Ry Cooder
Smack Dab in the Middle was produced by Ry Cooder
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Smack Dab in the Middle was written by Charles Calhoun
Smack Dab in the Middle was written by Charles Calhoun
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz Smack Dab in the Middle is part of the release Chicken Skin Music
Smack Dab in the Middle is part of the release Chicken Skin Music
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz Reprise Records is the label of the song Smack Dab in the Middle
Reprise Records is the label of the song Smack Dab in the Middle
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz Smack Dab in the Middle was mixed by Lee Herschberg
Smack Dab in the Middle was mixed by Lee Herschberg
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz Smack Dab in the Middle was released on 1976
Smack Dab in the Middle was released on 1976
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026