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Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force

Planet Rock

2004 · via LL Cool J

Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force’s earliest release of “Planet Rock” on file came out in 2004. Afrika Bambaataa shares the writing credit with Robert Darrell Allen, Arthur Baker, John Miller, John Robie and Ellis Williams. The earliest release on file is Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force’s, from 1982. Also recorded by Paul Oakenfold presents Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force (released 2001) and Jason Moran (released 2002), among 144 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. LL Cool J’s “Control Myself” (2006) carries this song’s writers on its credit.

Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force – Planet Rock
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"Control Myself" runs on "Planet Rock," so here's the record sitting underneath it. Jason Moran recorded that song too, which tells you how far it got around.

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Credited writers: Afrika Bambaataa, Robert Darrell Allen, Arthur Baker, John Miller, John Robie and Ellis Williams.

Earliest release on file: Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force, 1982.

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LL Cool J’s “Control Myself” (2006) carries this song’s writers on its credit, the mark of a cleared sample or an interpolation.

Other recordings on file · first release year

144 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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