Here Are Jimmy Iovine's 14 Greatest Tracks

Before he co-founded Interscope and Beats, Jimmy Iovine was a record producer and studio engineer. Here are some of our favorite songs he worked on.
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Before he co-founded Interscope Records (and way before he started Beats Electronics with Dr. Dre), our September cover co-subject Jimmy Iovine was a record producer and studio engineer who worked on dozens of legendary recordings. We put together a playlist of some of our favorite tracks that Iovine had an ear in creating. Listen on Apple Music or Spotify.

Jimmy Iovine in the Studio
[01] Patti Smith, "Because the Night"
[02] Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, "Don't Do Me Like That"
[03] Dire Straits, "Romeo and Juliet"
[04] Bruce Springsteen, "Born to Run"
[05] Stevie Nicks, "Stand Back"
[06] Simple Minds, "Alive and Kicking"
[07] Pretenders, "Don't Get Me Wrong"
[08] Alison Moyet, "Ordinary Girl"
[09] U2, "Desire"
[10] Dan Hartman, "I Can Dream About You"
[11] Stevie Nicks & Don Henley, "Leather and Lace"
[12] Shakespears Sister, "You're History"
[13] Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, "Don't Come Around Here No More"
[14] Eurythmics, "Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me"