What connects this song
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Recorded at Electric Lady Studios, also Buddy Holly (Weezer), Say It Ain’t So (Weezer) and Cruel Summer (Taylor Swift)
Released on Verve, also ’S Wonderful (Ella Fitzgerald), Too Darn Hot (Ella Fitzgerald) and Baby I’m a Fool (Melody Gardot)
Mixed by Russell Elevado, also Fallin’ (Alicia Keys), How Come You Don’t Call Me (Alicia Keys) and Lovin’ U (Alicia Keys)
Written by Erykah Badu, also On & On (Erykah Badu), Humble Mumble (OutKast) and Didn’t Cha Know (Erykah Badu)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
606 other songs on fono were recorded at Electric Lady Studios, by Taylor Swift and Erykah Badu and others
Q‐Tip wrote 157 songs on fono
Russell Elevado mixed 100 songs on fono
Q‐Tip’s most frequent co-writer is Phife Dawg (76 songs together)
Credits
All 21 credits
- Written by
- Erykah Badu, Q‐Tip and Roy Hargrove
- Produced by
- Jason Olaine, Roy Hargrove and Russell Elevado
- Performed by
- Erykah Badu, Gene Lake, Jacques Schwarz-Bart, Keith Anderson, Marc Cary, Meshell Ndegeocello, Q‐Tip and Roy Hargrove
- Engineered by
- Russell Elevado, Steef van de Gevel and Steve Mandel
- Mixed by
- Russell Elevado
- Part of
- Hard Groove
- Recorded at
- Electric Lady Studios
- Released on
- Verve
- Written by
- Erykah Badu, Q‐Tip and Roy Hargrove
- Produced by
- Jason Olaine, Roy Hargrove and Russell Elevado
- Performed by
- Erykah Badu, Gene Lake, Jacques Schwarz-Bart, Keith Anderson, Marc Cary, Meshell Ndegeocello, Q‐Tip and Roy Hargrove
- Engineered by
- Russell Elevado, Steef van de Gevel and Steve Mandel
- Mixed by
- Russell Elevado
- Part of
- Hard Groove
- Recorded at
- Electric Lady Studios
- Released on
- Verve
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same mixer: Russell Elevado
Same writer: Erykah Badu
Same engineer: Steve Mandel
Same producer: Roy Hargrove
Same studio: Electric Lady Studios
Same label: Verve
Same mixer: Russell Elevado
Same writer: Erykah Badu
Elsewhere
Sources (22)
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1MusicBrainz Poetry was performed by Erykah Badu
2MusicBrainz Poetry was performed by Gene Lake
3MusicBrainz Poetry was performed by Jacques Schwarz-Bart
Poetry was performed by Jacques Schwarz-Bart
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Poetry was performed by Keith Anderson
5MusicBrainz Poetry was performed by Marc Cary
6MusicBrainz Poetry was performed by Meshell Ndegeocello
Poetry was performed by Meshell Ndegeocello
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Poetry was performed by Q‐Tip
8MusicBrainz Poetry was performed by Roy Hargrove
9MusicBrainz Poetry was produced by Jason Olaine
10MusicBrainz Poetry was produced by Roy Hargrove
11MusicBrainz Poetry was produced by Russell Elevado
12MusicBrainz Poetry was written by Erykah Badu
13MusicBrainz Poetry was written by Q‐Tip
14MusicBrainz Poetry was written by Roy Hargrove
15MusicBrainz Poetry is part of the release Hard Groove
Poetry is part of the release Hard Groove
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
16MusicBrainz Poetry was recorded at Electric Lady Studios
Poetry was recorded at Electric Lady Studios
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
17MusicBrainz Verve is the label of the song Poetry
18MusicBrainz Poetry was engineered by Russell Elevado
Poetry was engineered by Russell Elevado
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
19MusicBrainz Poetry was engineered by Steef van de Gevel
Poetry was engineered by Steef van de Gevel
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
20MusicBrainz Poetry was engineered by Steve Mandel
21MusicBrainz Poetry was mixed by Russell Elevado
22MusicBrainz Poetry was released on 2003-05-20