For What It’s Worth
~ Recording by Buffalo Springfield
Annotation
USRH11800104 is 2018 remaster
USEE11200799 is 2012 remaster
Annotation last modified on 2022-03-12 22:00 UTC.
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track Artist | Release Title | Release Artist | Release Group Type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.1 | For What It’s Worth | ?:?? | Buffalo Springfield | Buffalo Springfield (Stereo, 4‐Track Cartridge) | Buffalo Springfield | Album |
| ATCO Records | |
| 1.1 | For What It’s Worth | ?:?? | Buffalo Springfield | Buffalo Springfield (4‐Track, Stereo) | Buffalo Springfield | Album |
| ATCO Records | F-45-33200 |
| 1.1 | For What It's Worth (Stop, Hey What's That Sound) | 2:37 | Buffalo Springfield | For What It's Worth / Do I Have to Come Right Out and Say It | Buffalo Springfield | Single |
| ATCO Records | 45-6459 |
| 1.1 | For What It’s Worth | 2:37 | Buffalo Springfield | Buffalo Springfield (Stereo, Orange Label, Misprint) | Buffalo Springfield | Album |
| ATCO Records | SD 33-200-A |
| 1.1 | For What It’s Worth | ?:?? | Buffalo Springfield | Buffalo Springfield (Orange Shell, Stereo) | Buffalo Springfield | Album |
| ATCO Records | ATC M 8200, TP 33200 |
| 1.10 | For What It’s Worth | 2:37 | Buffalo Springfield | Buffalo Springfield (Stereo) | Buffalo Springfield | Album |
| ATCO Records | SD 33-200 |
| 1.1 | For What It’s Worth | 2:37 | Buffalo Springfield | Buffalo Springfield (Stereo) | Buffalo Springfield | Album |
| ATCO Records | SD 33-200-A |
| 1.1 | For What It’s Worth | ?:?? | Buffalo Springfield | Buffalo Springfield (Stereo) | Buffalo Springfield | Album |
| ATCO Records | ATM 8200 |
| 1.1 | For What It’s Worth | 2:41 | Buffalo Springfield | Retrospective: The Best of Buffalo Springfield | Buffalo Springfield | Album + Compilation |
| ATCO Records | SD 33-283 |
| 1.1 | For What It's Worth (Stop, Hey What's That Sound) | ?:?? | Buffalo Springfield | Expecting To Fly | Buffalo Springfield | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 2464 012, 2464012 |
| 1.1 | For What It’s Worth | 2:37 | Buffalo Springfield | Buffalo Springfield (Stereo) | Buffalo Springfield | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | P-8053A |
| 1.1 | For What It’s Worth | 2:37 | Buffalo Springfield | Buffalo Springfield (Stereo) | Buffalo Springfield | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | (SD 33-200 A), K 40158 |
| 1.1 | For What It's Worth | 2:37 | Buffalo Springfield | Buffalo Springfield (2 disc compilation) | Buffalo Springfield | Album + Compilation |
| ATCO Records | SD2-806 |
| 1.1 | For What It’s Worth | 2:37 | Buffalo Springfield | Buffalo Springfield (Stereo) | Buffalo Springfield | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | P-8053A |
| 1.1 | For What It’s Worth | 2:37 | Buffalo Springfield | Buffalo Springfield‐The Beginning (Stereo) | Buffalo Springfield | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 2402 046, 2402 047 |
| 1.1 | For What It’s Worth | 2:37 | Buffalo Springfield | Buffalo Springfield (Stereo) | Buffalo Springfield | Album |
| ATCO Records | W 40158 |
| 1.1 | For What It’s Worth | 2:41 | Buffalo Springfield | Retrospective: The Best of Buffalo Springfield | Buffalo Springfield | Album + Compilation |
| ATCO Records | SD 38-105 |
| 1.1 | For What It’s Worth = Por Lo Que Valga | 2:37 | Buffalo Springfield | Buffalo Springfield | Buffalo Springfield | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | HATS 421-278 |
| 1.1 | For What It’s Worth | 2:37 | Buffalo Springfield | Buffalo Springfield | Buffalo Springfield | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 420020, MB 42 0020 |
| 1.1 | For What It’s Worth | 2:41 | Buffalo Springfield | Retrospective: The Best of Buffalo Springfield | Buffalo Springfield | Album + Compilation |
| ATCO Records | 7567-90417-2 |
| 1.1 | For What It’s Worth | 2:41 | Buffalo Springfield | Retrospective: The Best of Buffalo Springfield | Buffalo Springfield | Album + Compilation |
| ATCO Records | A2 38105 |
| 1.2 | For What It’s Worth | 2:39 | Buffalo Springfield | Classic Rock 1966–1988 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 781 935-2 |
| 1.7 | For What It’s Worth | 2:40 | Buffalo Springfield | Hit Singles 1958–1977 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7 81909-2 |
| 1.11 | For What It's Worth | 2:39 | Buffalo Springfield | Tagträumer | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Dino Music (subsidiary of EMI Netherlands BV) | CD 1663 |
| 1.1 | For What It’s Worth | 2:37 | Buffalo Springfield | Buffalo Springfield | Buffalo Springfield | Album |
| ATCO Records | 33200-2 |
| 1.4 | For What It’s Worth | 2:38 | Buffalo Springfield | The Wonder Years: Music From the Emmy Award‐Winning Show and It’s Era | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7 82032-2 |
| 1.1 | For What It’s Worth | 2:41 | Buffalo Springfield | Retrospective: The Best of Buffalo Springfield | Buffalo Springfield | Album + Compilation |
| ATCO Records | A2-38105 |
| 1.3 | For What It’s Worth | 2:34 | Buffalo Springfield | The Psychedelic Years 1966-1969 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Knight Records (UK compilations/reissues, division of Castle Music) | PSDLP 47003 |
| 1.3 | For What It’s Worth | 2:39 | Buffalo Springfield | The Psychedelic Years 1966-1969 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.8 | For What It’s Worth | 2:37 | Buffalo Springfield feat. Stephen Stills and Neil Young | Tour of Duty 2: More Golden Popclassics From the 60’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Magnum (Dutch Joint Venture from 1990-1997) | 845 410-2 |
| 1.8 | For What It’s Worth | 2:37 | Buffalo Springfield feat. Stephen Stills & Neil Young | Tour of Duty 2: More Golden Popclassics From the 60’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Magnum (Dutch Joint Venture from 1990-1997) | 845.483-2 |
| 2.2 | For What It’s Worth | 2:37 | Buffalo Springfield | Something in the Air | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | SETV CD2 |
| 1.3 | For What It’s Worth | 2:39 | Buffalo Springfield | The Psychedelic Years 1966-1969 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sequel Records (UK reissue label) | NXT CD 221 |
| 1.18 | For What It’s Worth | 2:39 | Buffalo Springfield | Zeppelin Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| P‐VINE RECORDS (record label — add releases here) | PCD-2538 |
| 1.2 | For What It’s Worth | 2:37 | Buffalo Springfield | The Rolling Stone Collection: 25 Years of Essential Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | A-23707/R102-34, A-23708/R102-34, A-23709/R102-34, A-23710/R102-34, OPCD-2692/R102-34, OPCD-2693/R102-34, OPCD-2694/R102-34, R102-34 |
| 1.2 | For What It’s Worth | 2:37 | Buffalo Springfield | The Rolling Stone Collection: 25 Years of Essential Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | OPCS-2692, OPCS-2693, OPCS-2694, PT-23707, PT-23708, PT-23709, PT-23710, R102-33 |
| 1.25 | For What It's Worth | 2:39 | Buffalo Springfield | De Pre Historie 1967, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA (for use with NL/BE/FR releases only. see annotation) | 74321 16223 2 |
| 1.9 | For What It's Worth | 2:42 | Buffalo Springfield | Masterpieces | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| wea (has logo with just “wea” on it) | 9548 32251 2 |
| 2.3 | For What It’s Worth | 2:41 | Buffalo Springfield | Masterpieces | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| wea (has logo with just “wea” on it) | 9548-32252-2 |
| 1.9 | For What It’s Worth | 2:38 | Buffalo Springfield | One More Night: 26 Love Ballads | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint) | CA 805 |
| 1.5 | For What It's Worth | 2:35 | Buffalo Springfield | Peace and Love 65-75, Les Années Planantes | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Delabel | 07777 882982 9 |
| 1.9 | For What It’s Worth | 2:37 | Buffalo Springfield | Radio Saigon | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint) | |
| 2.1 | For What It’s Worth | 2:37 | Buffalo Springfield | The Atlantic Story | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 9548-32258-2 |
| 2.1 | For What It’s Worth | 2:37 | Buffalo Springfield | The Atlantic Story (Different tracks on disc 2 (Yes track 37 / Led Zeppelin track 28)) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 9548-32258-2 |
| 2.11 | For What It’s Worth (Stop, Hey What’s That Sound) | 2:38 | Buffalo Springfield | The Rock Collection: Psychedelic Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL 527/35 |
| 1.13 | For What It’s Worth | 2:41 | Buffalo Springfield | Forrest Gump: The Soundtrack | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 66329 |
| 1.13 | For What It’s Worth | 2:41 | Buffalo Springfield | Forrest Gump: The Soundtrack | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Epic Soundtrax | E2K 66329 |
| 1.13 | For What It’s Worth | 2:41 | Buffalo Springfield | Forrest Gump: The Soundtrack | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Epic Soundtrax | E2K 66329 |
| 1.13 | For What It’s Worth | 2:41 | Buffalo Springfield | Forrest Gump: The Soundtrack | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Epic Soundtrax | 476941 2 |
| 1.13 | For What It’s Worth | 2:41 | Buffalo Springfield | Forrest Gump: The Soundtrack | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Epic Soundtrax | E2K66329 |
| 1.13 | For What It’s Worth | 2:41 | Buffalo Springfield | Forrest Gump: The Soundtrack (Columbia House club edition 907097T) | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Epic Soundtrax | CE2K 66329 |
| 1.6 | For What It’s Worth | 2:35 | Buffalo Springfield | L'America del rock 04: Sognando la California | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| La Repubblica | AdR-04 |
| 1.6 | For What It’s Worth | 2:36 | Buffalo Springfield | Les 20 Tubes de vos 20 ans : 1967 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Club Dial | 930095-2 |
| 1.19 | For What It's Worth | 2:37 | Buffalo Springfield | Sunny Afternoon | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.) | 525600 |
| 1.18 | For What It's Worth | 2:38 | Buffalo Springfield | Acoustic Freeway | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.) | 525 735-2 |
| 1.13 | For What It Is Worth | 2:39 | Buffalo Springfield | Gold and Green | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| wea (has logo with just “wea” on it) | |
| 1.9 | For What It's Worth | 2:36 | Buffalo Springfield | Le meilleur de la musique 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Carrère Music (imprint used by Carrère after 1989) | |
| 2.9 | For What It’s Worth | 2:35 | Buffalo Springfield | Unplugged Masters (Vol 2) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sounds Direct | A222 |
| 1.15 | For What It’s Worth | 2:34 | Buffalo Springfield | Bikers and Blues - The Harley Davidsons Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA Records ANS (Norway) | EVACD122 |
| 1.14 | For What It's Worth | 2:38 | Buffalo Springfield | Dazzling Don Daynard's Saturday Night Oldies Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| wea (has logo with just “wea” on it) | WTVD 34257 |
| 2.5 | For What It's Worth | 2:39 | Buffalo Springfield | Esta Noche Cruzamos el Mississippi | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 8427602 |
| 1.14 | For What It’s Worth | 2:36 | Buffalo Springfield | Sulle strade del rock, Vol. 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| CGD East West (New CGD after WEA acquisition) | 954833701-2 |
| 2.2 | For What It's Worth | 2:36 | Buffalo Springfield | The First Summer of Love | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.) | 553 862-2 |
| 1.13 | For What It’s Worth | 2:40 | Buffalo Springfield | Buffalo Springfield | Buffalo Springfield | Album |
| ATCO Records, Elektra (1950–1989, revived 2009‐06‐01; read annotations before use) | 7559-62080-2 |
| 2.2 | For What It's Worth (Stop, Hey What's That Sound) | 2:38 | Buffalo Springfield | Classic Rock: 1967-1968 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Time–Life Music | TL 559/12 | |
| 1.18 | For What It’s Worth | 2:30 | Buffalo Springfield | Sixties Summer Mix 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Telstar TV | TTVCD2972 |
| 2.14 | For What It’s Worth | 2:38 | Buffalo Springfield | 3 Decades of Hits: 70s 80s 90s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Startel Entertainment | STELCD0077 |
| 1.1 | For What It’s Worth | 2:37 | Buffalo Springfield | Buffalo Springfield | Buffalo Springfield | Album |
| ATCO Records | 7567-90389-2, 7567-90389-2 YG |
| 1.18 | For What It’s Worth | 2:37 | Buffalo Springfield | The Best Sixties Summer …Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | VTDCD 200 |
| 1.23 | For What It’s Worth | 2:38 | Buffalo Springfield | Absolute Sixties | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA Records (Sweden) | EVACD 4012 |
| 1.7 | For What It’s Worth | 2:34 | Buffalo Springfield | Absolute Sixties | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA Records ANS (Norway) | EVACD144 |
| 1.6 | For What It’s Worth | ?:?? | Buffalo Springfield | Les 15 Tubes de 1967 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Collections | 2000029 |
| 1.1 | For What It’s Worth | 2:37 | Buffalo Springfield | Buffalo Springfield | Buffalo Springfield | Album |
| ATCO Records | CD 90389 |
| 1.13 | For What It’s Worth | 2:38 | Buffalo Springfield | Forrest Gump: The Soundtrack (special collector's edition) | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Sony Music Soundtrax | E2K 85932 |
| 1.13 | For What It’s Worth | 2:41 | Buffalo Springfield | Forrest Gump: The Soundtrack (special collector's edition) | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EPC 504494 2 |
| 1.13 | For What It’s Worth | 2:39 | Buffalo Springfield | Forrest Gump: The Soundtrack (special collectors’ edition) | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack | Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Sony Music Soundtrax | 5044942000 | |
| 1.1 | For What It's Worth | 2:40 | Buffalo Springfield | Singers and Songwriters: Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Products, Time–Life Music | OPCD 2803, R144-31 |
| 1.5 | For What It’s Worth | 2:40 | Buffalo Springfield | Songs 2: Best of Westcoast | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Strategic Marketing Germany (subsidiary of Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH) | |
| 2.1 | For What It’s Worth | 2:39 | Buffalo Springfield | The Sound of the City: Los Angeles | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 7243 539532 2 5 |
| 1.15 | For What It's Worth | 2:37 | Buffalo Springfield | Culture Pub Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.12 | For What It's Worth | 2:43 | Buffalo Springfield | Legends: Ultimate Rock Collection: Crank It Up | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | 19593-2, OPCD-1197 |
| 1.2 | For What It's Worth | 2:41 | Buffalo Springfield | Tangled Journey | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Gallo Record Company | CDSM206 |
| 3.11 | For What It's Worth | 2:36 | Buffalo Springfield | Peace & Love: The Woodstock Generation | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Strategic Marketing | WSMCD168 |
| 1.14 | For What It’s Worth | 2:38 | Buffalo Springfield | Sounds of the Sixties: Love and Peace | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL SCC/20 |
| 3.3 | For What It’s Worth | 2:37 | Buffalo Springfield | The Peace & Love Generation | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Strategic Marketing | 5046736892 |
| 3.8 | For What It’s Worth | 2:36 | Buffalo Springfield | Radio 2 Top 2000 Editie 2005 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 0946 346069 2 9 |
| 1.3 | For What It's Worth | 2:38 | Buffalo Springfield | 100 Forgotten Sixties Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.5 | For What It's Worth | 2:38 | Buffalo Springfield | Flower Power Generation: Superhits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time-Life | SCC34/4 |
| 2.16 | For What It’s Worth | 2:36 | Buffalo Springfield | The Very Best of Heartbeat | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Virgin TV | 00946 3 73135 2 7, VTDCD 828 |
| 1.3 | For What It’s Worth | 2:35 | Buffalo Springfield | California Dreaming: The Cream of L.A.’s Seventies Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Music TV | WMTV045 |
| 2.14 | For What It’s Worth | 2:37 | Buffalo Springfield | Top Gear Anthems | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), Box Music (UK label), EMI TV | 00946 3 95745 2 0, 0094639574520, VTDCD 869 |
| 2.14 | For What It’s Worth | 2:39 | Buffalo Springfield | WDR 2: 40 Jahre Flower Power | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Ganser & Hanke Media | 770623-2 |
| 1.13 | For What It's Worth | 2:37 | Buffalo Springfield | Four Decades of Folk Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | A 700098, B0007400-02, M19215, OPCD-7917, OPCD-7918 |
| 4.8 | For What It’s Worth | 2:37 | Buffalo Springfield | 100 Hits: 60s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 100 Hits | DMG 100 001 |
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.1 | For What It’s Worth = Por Lo Que Valga | 2:37 | Buffalo Springfield | Buffalo Springfield | Buffalo Springfield | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | HATS 421-278 |
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| 1.1 | For What It's Worth | 2:37 | Buffalo Springfield | The Source | Buffalo Springfield | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 2464 015 |
| 1.4 | For What It's Worth (Stop, Hey What's That Sound) | 2:35 | Buffalo Springfield | The Wonder Years | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7 82032-2, 82032-2 |
| 1.7 | For What It's Worth | 2:39 | Buffalo Springfield | People Gotta Be Free | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.8 | For What It’s Worth | 2:33 | Buffalo Springfield | New York City, September 11, 2001 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.7 | For What It’s Worth | 2:35 | Buffalo Springfield | Las 101 canciones del cine | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Music Spain | |
Relationships
| producer: | Charles Greene (producer) Brian Stone (producer) |
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| background vocals: | Richie Furay Dewey Martin |
| vocals: | Stephen Stills |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1969) |
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| sampled by: | Children by (həd) p.e. He Got Game by Public Enemy feat. Stephen Stills |
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| mash-ups: | Colorblind’s Worth It (Buffalo Springfield vs. Counting Crows) by Mighty Mike |
| part of: | Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 63) (order: 63) |
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| recording of: | For What It’s Worth (on 1966-12-05) |
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Related works
For What It’s Worth
| lyricist and composer: | Stephen Stills |
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| publisher: | Cotillion Cotillion Music Inc. (BMI) Richie Furay Music (BMI) Springalo Toones (BMI) Ten East Ten‐East Music (BMI) |
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| later translated versions: | Menschenskinder |
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| is the basis for: | He Got Game Stop and Bust a Move (Bill McClintock mashup) What’s Goin’ Down |