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Written by Valerie Simpson, also Tears Dry on Their Own (Amy Winehouse), I’m Every Woman (Chaka Khan) and Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing (Marvin Gaye)
Released on Blue Note, also Blue Train (John Coltrane), Creepin’ In (Norah Jones) and Sunrise (Norah Jones)
Part of What Kinda Music, also Nightrider, What Kinda Music and Lift Off
Recorded at Unwound Studios, also Nightrider, What Kinda Music and Lift Off
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
10 other songs on fono were recorded at Unwound Studios, by Yussef Dayes and Rocco Palladino and others
Yussef Dayes wrote 10 of Tom Misch’s top 10 songs
Francis White wrote 4 of Tom Misch’s top 10 songs
Nickolas Ashford wrote 72 songs on fono
Credits
All 13 credits
- Written by
- Francis White, Nickolas Ashford, Tom Misch, Valerie Simpson and Yussef Dayes
- Produced by
- Syed Adam Jeffrey and Tom Misch
- Performed by
- Tom Misch and Yussef Dayes
- Part of
- What Kinda Music
- Recorded at
- Unwound Studios
- Released on
- Beyond the Groove and Blue Note
- Written by
- Francis White, Nickolas Ashford, Tom Misch, Valerie Simpson and Yussef Dayes
- Produced by
- Syed Adam Jeffrey and Tom Misch
- Performed by
- Tom Misch and Yussef Dayes
- Part of
- What Kinda Music
- Recorded at
- Unwound Studios
- Released on
- Beyond the Groove and Blue Note
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Valerie Simpson
Same producer: Syed Adam Jeffrey
Same label: Blue Note
Same release: What Kinda Music
Same writer: Valerie Simpson
Same label: Blue Note
Same release: What Kinda Music
Same writer: Valerie Simpson
Versions, samples and covers
Elsewhere
Sources (15)
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1MusicBrainz The Real was performed by Tom Misch
2MusicBrainz The Real was performed by Yussef Dayes
3MusicBrainz The Real samples Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing
The Real samples Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz The Real was produced by Syed Adam Jeffrey
The Real was produced by Syed Adam Jeffrey
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz The Real was produced by Tom Misch
6MusicBrainz The Real was written by Francis White
7MusicBrainz The Real was written by Nickolas Ashford
The Real was written by Nickolas Ashford
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz The Real was written by Tom Misch
9MusicBrainz The Real was written by Valerie Simpson
10MusicBrainz The Real was written by Yussef Dayes
11MusicBrainz The Real is part of the release What Kinda Music
The Real is part of the release What Kinda Music
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz The Real was recorded at Unwound Studios
The Real was recorded at Unwound Studios
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz Beyond the Groove is the label of the song The Real
Beyond the Groove is the label of the song The Real
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
14MusicBrainz Blue Note is the label of the song The Real
Blue Note is the label of the song The Real
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
15MusicBrainz The Real was released on 2020-04-24