Bawitdaba

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"Bawitdaba"
Bawitdaba single.jpg
Single by Kid Rock
from the album Devil Without a Cause
B-side
  • "My Oedipus Complex"
  • "Prodigal Son"
  • "Paid"
ReleasedFebruary 15, 1999 (1999-02-15)
Studio White Room, Temple of the Dog (Detroit, Michigan)
Genre
Length
  • 4:26 (album version)
  • 3:32 (radio edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Kid Rock
  • John Travis (add.)
Kid Rock singles chronology
"I Am the Bullgod"
(1998)
"Bawitdaba"
(1999)
"Cowboy"
(1999)
Audio sample

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the UK CD1 and Devil Without a Cause liner notes. [12] [17]

Studios

Charts

Release history

Release history and formats for "Bawitdaba"
RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United StatesFebruary 15, 1999 Modern rock radio
[26]
June 1, 1999 Contemporary hit radio [27]
United KingdomApril 30, 2001CD [28]

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