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Released on Def Jam Recordings, also Diamonds (Rihanna), Fancy (Iggy Azalea) and Only Girl (In the World) (Rihanna)
Mixed by Jason Goldstein, also Deja vu (Beyoncé), Irreplaceable (Beyoncé) and Resentment (Beyoncé)
Engineered by Jon Smeltz, also The Seed (2.0), If I Told You That (Whitney Houston) and My Life (Erykah Badu)
Written by Black Thought, also The Seed (2.0), You Got Me and Yah Yah (Eminem)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Steve Mandel engineered 6 of The Roots’s top 10 songs
Jason Goldstein mixed 117 songs on fono
Steve Mandel engineered 100 songs on fono
Jon Smeltz’s most frequent co-engineer is Steve Mandel (23 songs together)
Credits
All 24 credits
- Written by
- ?uestlove, Black Thought, Blu, Dame “Tuba Gooding, Jr.” Bryson, Dice Raw, Frank “Knuckles” Walker, James Poyser, Kamal Gray, Katrin Newman, Owen Biddle, Phonte and “Captain” Kirk Douglas
- Produced by
- Richard Nichols and The Roots
- Performed by
- Black Thought, Blu, Patty Crash and Phonte
- Engineered by
- Chris Soper, Jon Smeltz and Steve Mandel
- Mixed by
- Jason Goldstein
- Part of
- How I Got Over
- Released on
- Def Jam Recordings
- Written by
- ?uestlove, Black Thought, Blu, Dame “Tuba Gooding, Jr.” Bryson, Dice Raw, Frank “Knuckles” Walker, James Poyser, Kamal Gray, Katrin Newman, Owen Biddle, Phonte and “Captain” Kirk Douglas
- Produced by
- Richard Nichols and The Roots
- Performed by
- Black Thought, Blu, Patty Crash and Phonte
- Engineered by
- Chris Soper, Jon Smeltz and Steve Mandel
- Mixed by
- Jason Goldstein
- Part of
- How I Got Over
- Released on
- Def Jam Recordings
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same mixer: Jason Goldstein
Same engineer: Jon Smeltz
Same producer: Richard Nichols
Same label: Def Jam Recordings
Same release: How I Got Over
Same mixer: Jason Goldstein
Same engineer: Jon Smeltz
Same writer: Black Thought
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz The Day was performed by Black Thought
2MusicBrainz The Day was performed by Blu
3MusicBrainz The Day was performed by Patty Crash
4MusicBrainz The Day was performed by Phonte
5MusicBrainz The Day was produced by Richard Nichols
6MusicBrainz The Day was produced by The Roots
7MusicBrainz The Day was written by ?uestlove
8MusicBrainz The Day was written by Black Thought
9MusicBrainz The Day was written by Blu
10MusicBrainz The Day was written by Dame “Tuba Gooding, Jr.” Bryson
The Day was written by Dame “Tuba Gooding, Jr.” Bryson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz The Day was written by Dice Raw
12MusicBrainz The Day was written by Frank “Knuckles” Walker
The Day was written by Frank “Knuckles” Walker
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz The Day was written by James Poyser
14MusicBrainz The Day was written by Kamal Gray
15MusicBrainz The Day was written by Katrin Newman
16MusicBrainz The Day was written by Owen Biddle
17MusicBrainz The Day was written by Phonte
18MusicBrainz The Day was written by “Captain” Kirk Douglas
The Day was written by “Captain” Kirk Douglas
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
19MusicBrainz The Day is part of the release How I Got Over
The Day is part of the release How I Got Over
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
20MusicBrainz Def Jam Recordings is the label of the song The Day
Def Jam Recordings is the label of the song The Day
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
21MusicBrainz The Day was engineered by Chris Soper
22MusicBrainz The Day was engineered by Jon Smeltz
23MusicBrainz The Day was engineered by Steve Mandel
24MusicBrainz The Day was mixed by Jason Goldstein
25MusicBrainz The Day was released on 2010-06-21