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Released on Warner Bros. Records, also In the End (Linkin Park), Numb (Linkin Park) and Take On Me (a‐ha)
Engineered by Donn Landee, also Beat It (Michael Jackson), Jump (Van Halen) and Ain’t Talkin’ ’Bout Love (Van Halen)
Produced by Ted Templeman, also Jump (Van Halen), Ain’t Talkin’ ’Bout Love (Van Halen) and And the Cradle Will Rock… (Van Halen)
Written by Michael McDonald, also I’ll Wait (Van Halen), Yah Mo B There (James Ingram) and This Is It (Kenny Loggins)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
177 other songs on fono were recorded at Warner Bros. Recording Studios, by Michael Giacchino and Rickie Lee Jones and others
Donn Landee engineered 7 of The Doobie Brothers’s top 10 songs
Ted Templeman produced 7 of The Doobie Brothers’s top 10 songs
Ted Templeman produced 202 songs on fono
Credits
All 15 credits
- Written by
- Kenny Loggins and Michael McDonald
- Produced by
- Ted Templeman
- Performed by
- Bill Payne, Bobby LaKind, Jeff “Skunk” Baxter, John Hartman, Michael McDonald, Patrick Simmons and Tiran Porter
- Engineered by
- Donn Landee and Loyd Clifft
- Part of
- Minute by Minute
- Recorded at
- Warner Bros. Recording Studios
- Released on
- Warner Bros. Records
- Written by
- Kenny Loggins and Michael McDonald
- Produced by
- Ted Templeman
- Performed by
- Bill Payne, Bobby LaKind, Jeff “Skunk” Baxter, John Hartman, Michael McDonald, Patrick Simmons and Tiran Porter
- Engineered by
- Donn Landee and Loyd Clifft
- Part of
- Minute by Minute
- Recorded at
- Warner Bros. Recording Studios
- Released on
- Warner Bros. Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same engineer: Donn Landee
Same producer: Ted Templeman
Same writer: Michael McDonald
Same label: Warner Bros. Records
Same studio: Warner Bros. Recording Studios
Same release: Minute by Minute
Same producer: Ted Templeman
Same writer: Michael McDonald
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz What a Fool Believes was performed by Bill Payne
What a Fool Believes was performed by Bill Payne
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz What a Fool Believes was performed by Bobby LaKind
What a Fool Believes was performed by Bobby LaKind
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz What a Fool Believes was performed by Jeff “Skunk” Baxter
What a Fool Believes was performed by Jeff “Skunk” Baxter
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz What a Fool Believes was performed by John Hartman
What a Fool Believes was performed by John Hartman
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz What a Fool Believes was performed by Michael McDonald
What a Fool Believes was performed by Michael McDonald
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz What a Fool Believes was performed by Patrick Simmons
What a Fool Believes was performed by Patrick Simmons
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz What a Fool Believes was performed by Tiran Porter
What a Fool Believes was performed by Tiran Porter
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz What a Fool Believes was produced by Ted Templeman
What a Fool Believes was produced by Ted Templeman
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz What a Fool Believes was written by Kenny Loggins
What a Fool Believes was written by Kenny Loggins
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz What a Fool Believes was written by Michael McDonald
What a Fool Believes was written by Michael McDonald
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz What a Fool Believes is part of the release Minute by Minute
What a Fool Believes is part of the release Minute by Minute
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz What a Fool Believes was recorded at Warner Bros. Recording Studios
What a Fool Believes was recorded at Warner Bros. Recording Studios
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz Warner Bros. Records is the label of the song What a Fool Believes
Warner Bros. Records is the label of the song What a Fool Believes
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
14MusicBrainz What a Fool Believes was engineered by Donn Landee
What a Fool Believes was engineered by Donn Landee
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
15MusicBrainz What a Fool Believes was engineered by Loyd Clifft
What a Fool Believes was engineered by Loyd Clifft
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
16MusicBrainz What a Fool Believes was released on 1978-12-07
What a Fool Believes was released on 1978-12-07
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026