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Kanye West

Heartless

2008 · via Kanye West

Kanye West’s recording of “Heartless” came out in 2008, the earliest year on file; The Fray’s came out the same year. Kanye West shares the writing credit with Kid Cudi, No I.D. and Malik Yusef. Also recorded by The Word Alive (released 2010), Dia Frampton (released 2011) and Mike Posner and Eric Holljes (released 2009), among 40 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

Kanye West – Heartless
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Kanye cut "Heartless" in 2008, and The Fray had their own take on record that same year, before the original had even settled in. Play them back to back and hear how much of the song was there under the beat all along.

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Credited writers: Kid Cudi, No I.D., Ye and Malik Yusef.

Earliest release on file: this one, 2008, the same year as The Fray.

Other recordings on file · first release year

40 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Kanye West co-wrote "Heartless" with Kid Cudi, No I.D. and Malik Yusef. Which band put their own recording of it out the same year Kanye's arrived?The Fray
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