What We Have Known

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"What We Have Known"
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Single by Joanna Newsom
ReleasedJuly 19, 2011
Recorded2003-2004
Genre Indie folk
Length6:06
Label Drag City
Songwriter(s) Joanna Newsom
Producer(s) Noah Georgeson
Joanna Newsom singles chronology
"Sprout and the Bean"
(2004)
"What We Have Known"
(2011)

"What We Have Known" is a single by Joanna Newsom. The song appeared on 2003's Yarn and Glue EP and as the b-side to her 2004 single, Sprout and the Bean before being released on its own limited edition 12" vinyl in 2011. [1]

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Track listing

  1. "What We Have Known" – 6:06

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References

  1. "Joanna Newsom to Release "What We Have Known" Single". Paste Magazine. 2011-06-23. Retrieved 2012-06-02.