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Written by Thom Bell, also I’ll Be Around (The Spinners), People Make the World Go ’Round (Michael Jackson) and Stop, Look, Listen (to Your Heart) (Diana Ross)
Part of Rockin' Roll Baby, also You Make Me Feel Brand New, Pay Back Is a Dog and Let Them Work It Out
Written by Linda Creed, also Hold Me (Whitney Houston), Greatest Love of All (Whitney Houston) and People Make the World Go ’Round (Michael Jackson)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Thom Bell wrote 4 of The Stylistics’s top 10 songs
Thom Bell wrote 66 songs on fono
Thom Bell first appears on fono in 1968, 5 years before this song
Credits
All 3 credits
- Written by
- Linda Creed and Thom Bell
- Part of
- Rockin' Roll Baby
- Written by
- Linda Creed and Thom Bell
- Part of
- Rockin' Roll Baby
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Thom Bell
Same writer: Linda Creed
Same release: Rockin' Roll Baby
Same writer: Thom Bell
Same writer: Linda Creed
Same release: Rockin' Roll Baby
Same writer: Thom Bell
Same release: Rockin' Roll Baby
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Only for the Children was written by Linda Creed
Only for the Children was written by Linda Creed
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Only for the Children was written by Thom Bell
Only for the Children was written by Thom Bell
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Only for the Children is part of the release Rockin' Roll Baby
Only for the Children is part of the release Rockin' Roll Baby
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Only for the Children was released on 1973
Only for the Children was released on 1973
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026