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Quincy Jones

Body Heat

1974 · via 2Pac

Quincy Jones’ 1974 recording of “Body Heat” is the earliest release on file. Quincy Jones shares the writing credit with Bruce Fisher, Stan Richardson and Leon Ware. Also recorded by Leon Ware (released 1976) and Rufus & Chaka (released 1979), among 13 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. 2Pac’s “How Do U Want It” (2000) carries this song’s writers on its credit.

Quincy Jones – Body Heat
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Before Death Row ever got near it, "Body Heat" was a Quincy Jones record, and Leon Ware, one of its writers, cut his own take a couple of years later. Play the 1974 original, then put 2Pac back on and listen to what he was standing on.

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Credited writers: Bruce Fisher, Quincy Jones, Stan Richardson and Leon Ware.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1974.

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2Pac’s “How Do U Want It” (2000) carries this song’s writers on its credit, the mark of a cleared sample or an interpolation.

Other recordings on file · first release year

13 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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2Pac's "How Do U Want It" carries the writing credit of an earlier song called "Body Heat." Who made the first recording of "Body Heat"?Quincy Jones
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