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Released on Universal Music Canada, also Dog Days Are Over (Florence + the Machine), Drumming Song (Florence + the Machine) and Cosmic Love (Florence + the Machine)
Recorded at Kingsway Studios, also Nightswimming (R.E.M.), Drive (R.E.M.) and Everybody Hurts (R.E.M.)
Engineered by Bruce Barris, also Keep the Fire Burnin’ (REO Speedwagon), New Orleans Is Sinking and Blow at High Dough
Mixed by Mark Vreeken, also Ahead by a Century, Crack My Spine Like a Whip and Just as Well
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
139 other songs on fono were recorded at Kingsway Studios, by R.E.M. and Harold Budd and others
Bruce Barris engineered 9 of The Tragically Hip’s top 10 songs
Bruce Barris engineered 56 songs on fono
The Tragically Hip wrote 29 songs on fono
Credits
All 11 credits
- Written by
- The Tragically Hip
- Performed by
- Gord Downie, Gord Sinclair, Johnny Fay, Paul Langlois and Rob Baker
- Engineered by
- Bruce Barris
- Mixed by
- Mark Vreeken
- Part of
- Road Apples
- Recorded at
- Kingsway Studios
- Released on
- Universal Music Canada
- Written by
- The Tragically Hip
- Performed by
- Gord Downie, Gord Sinclair, Johnny Fay, Paul Langlois and Rob Baker
- Engineered by
- Bruce Barris
- Mixed by
- Mark Vreeken
- Part of
- Road Apples
- Recorded at
- Kingsway Studios
- Released on
- Universal Music Canada
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same engineer: Bruce Barris
Same mixer: Mark Vreeken
Same label: Universal Music Canada
Same studio: Kingsway Studios
Same release: Road Apples
Same engineer: Bruce Barris
Same mixer: Mark Vreeken
Same label: Universal Music Canada
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Not Necessary was performed by Gord Downie
Not Necessary was performed by Gord Downie
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Not Necessary was performed by Gord Sinclair
Not Necessary was performed by Gord Sinclair
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Not Necessary was performed by Johnny Fay
Not Necessary was performed by Johnny Fay
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Not Necessary was performed by Paul Langlois
Not Necessary was performed by Paul Langlois
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Not Necessary was performed by Rob Baker
Not Necessary was performed by Rob Baker
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Not Necessary was written by The Tragically Hip
Not Necessary was written by The Tragically Hip
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Not Necessary is part of the release Road Apples
Not Necessary is part of the release Road Apples
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Not Necessary was recorded at Kingsway Studios
Not Necessary was recorded at Kingsway Studios
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Universal Music Canada is the label of the song Not Necessary
Universal Music Canada is the label of the song Not Necessary
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz Not Necessary was engineered by Bruce Barris
Not Necessary was engineered by Bruce Barris
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz Not Necessary was mixed by Mark Vreeken
12MusicBrainz Not Necessary was released on 2021-05-21
Not Necessary was released on 2021-05-21
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026