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Ohio Players

Pain

1972 · via A Tribe Called Quest

Ohio Players’ 1972 recording of “Pain” is the earliest release on file. Leroy Bonner, Marshall Jones, Ralph “Pee Wee” Middlebrooks, Junie Morrison, Norman Napier, Marvin “Merv” Pierce, Clarence Satchell and Greg Webster are credited as its writers. A Tribe Called Quest’s “What Really Goes On” (1996) samples it, per MusicBrainz.

Ohio Players – Pain
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Tribe's What Really Goes On runs on Pain, an Ohio Players record from 1972, and all eight of its writers ride along on the Tribe credit. Play the Ohio Players cut first and listen for the bones Q-Tip built on.

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Credited writers: Leroy Bonner, Marshall Jones, Ralph “Pee Wee” Middlebrooks, Junie Morrison, Norman Napier, Marvin “Merv” Pierce, Clarence Satchell and Greg Webster.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1972.

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A Tribe Called Quest’s “What Really Goes On” (1996) samples it, per MusicBrainz.

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A Tribe Called Quest's What Really Goes On samples Pain, first recorded by Ohio Players. Which of these names shares the writing credit on Pain?Leroy Bonner
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