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Released on Columbia, also Chop Suey! (System of a Down), Toxicity (System of a Down) and Pumped Up Kicks (Foster the People)
Engineered by Roy Halee, also You Can Call Me Al (Paul Simon), Gumboots (Paul Simon) and All Around the World or the Myth of Fingerprints (Paul Simon)
Written by Carole King, also Surely (Carole King), Sweet Seasons (Carole King) and Up on the Roof (The Drifters)
Produced by Gary Usher, also You Ain’t Going Nowhere, Hickory Wind and So You Want to Be a Rock ’n’ Roll Star
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Gary Usher produced 3 of The Byrds’s top 10 songs
Carole King wrote 258 songs on fono
Gerry Goffin wrote 132 songs on fono
Carole King’s most frequent co-writer is Gerry Goffin (95 songs together)
Credits
All 8 credits
- Written by
- Carole King and Gerry Goffin
- Produced by
- Gary Usher
- Engineered by
- Don Thompson and Roy Halee
- Part of
- The Notorious Byrd Brothers
- Written by
- Carole King and Gerry Goffin
- Produced by
- Gary Usher
- Engineered by
- Don Thompson and Roy Halee
- Part of
- The Notorious Byrd Brothers
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same engineer: Roy Halee
Same writer: Carole King
Same producer: Gary Usher
Same label: Columbia
Same release: The Notorious Byrd Brothers
Same label: Legacy
Same engineer: Roy Halee
Same writer: Carole King
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Wasn’t Born to Follow was produced by Gary Usher
Wasn’t Born to Follow was produced by Gary Usher
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Wasn’t Born to Follow was written by Carole King
Wasn’t Born to Follow was written by Carole King
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Wasn’t Born to Follow was written by Gerry Goffin
Wasn’t Born to Follow was written by Gerry Goffin
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Wasn’t Born to Follow is part of the release The Notorious Byrd Brothers
Wasn’t Born to Follow is part of the release The Notorious Byrd Brothers
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Columbia is the label of the song Wasn’t Born to Follow
Columbia is the label of the song Wasn’t Born to Follow
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Legacy is the label of the song Wasn’t Born to Follow
Legacy is the label of the song Wasn’t Born to Follow
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Wasn’t Born to Follow was engineered by Don Thompson
Wasn’t Born to Follow was engineered by Don Thompson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Wasn’t Born to Follow was engineered by Roy Halee
Wasn’t Born to Follow was engineered by Roy Halee
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Wasn’t Born to Follow was released on 1969-08
Wasn’t Born to Follow was released on 1969-08
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026