| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
|---|
| 1 | Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’- recording engineer and mixer:
- Bruce Swedien
- drum machine programming and co-producer:
- Michael Jackson
- producer:
- Quincy Jones
- electric bass guitar:
- Louis Johnson
- flugelhorn and trumpet:
- Gary Grant and Jerry Hey
- flute and saxophone:
- Larry Williams
- foot stomps [bathroom stomp board]:
- Nelson Hayes, Michael Jackson and Steven Ray
- guitar:
- David Williams
- percussion:
- Paulinho da Costa
- Rhodes piano and synthesizer:
- Greg Phillinganes
- synthesizer:
- Michael Boddicker and Bill Wolfer
- trombone:
- Bill Reichenbach, Jr.
- background vocals:
- Bunny Hull, James Ingram , Michael Jackson , Becky Lopez, Julia Waters, Maxine Waters and Oren Waters
- lead vocals:
- Michael Jackson
- horn and percussion arranger:
- Michael Jackson
- horn arranger:
- Jerry Hey
- percussion arranger:
- Quincy Jones
- wind instruments arranger:
- Jerry Hey and Michael Jackson
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- MJJ Productions Inc. (in 1982)
- recorded at:
- Westlake Recording Studios in West Hollywood, California, United States (in 1982)
- samples:
- Soul Makossa by Manu Dibango
- recording of:
- Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ (from 1982-04 until 1982-10)
- lyricist and composer:
- Michael Jackson
- publisher:
- Byefall Productions, Inc. and Sony/ATV Harmony
- quotes lyrics from:
- Soul Makossa
- part of:
- MJ: The Musical
- part of:
- MJ: The Musical
| Michael Jackson | 3.95 | 6:01 |
| 2 | What's Love Got to Do With It- engineer and mixer:
- John Hudson
- producer:
- Terry Britten
- drums (drum set):
- Graham Jarvis
- guitar:
- Terry Britten
- keyboard:
- Nick Glennie‐Smith and Billy Livsey
- percussion:
- Simon Morton
- background vocals:
- Terry Britten and Tessa Niles
- lead vocals:
- Tina Turner
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Capitol Records, Inc. (in 1984), Parlophone Records Ltd. (in 1984, in 1997) and EMI Records Ltd. (in 2004)
- recorded at:
- Mayfair Studios in London , England, United Kingdom
- part of:
- Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 134), Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 160) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 309)
- recording of:
- What’s Love Got to Do With It
- writer:
- Graham Lyle and Terence Ernest Britten
- publisher:
- Hornall Brothers Music Ltd. , Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., Mushroom Music Pty. Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. , Goodsingle Limited (in 1984), Irving Music, Inc. (in 1984), Rondor Music (London) Ltd. (in 1984), WB Music Corp. (from 1984 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
- recording of:
- What’s Love Got to Do With It
- writer:
- Terry Britten, Kyrre Gørvell-Dahll and Graham Lyle
- publisher:
- Kobalt Music (from 2020 to present) and WC Music Corp. (from 2020 to present)
- is based on:
- What’s Love Got to Do With It
| Tina Turner | 4.05 | 3:45 |
| 3 | It’s Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me | Barry White | 3 | 6:52 |
| 4 | Lovely Day | Diana Ross | | 4:08 |
| 5 | Sexual Healing- assistant engineer:
- Henri Van Durme and Didier Leonard
- engineer:
- Dan Bates (wind instruments [horns]), Mike Butcher and John Kovorak
- executive producer:
- Larkin Arnold
- producer:
- Marvin Gaye
- mixer and editor:
- Harvey Fuqua
- bell [bells], bell [orchestra bells], bongos, congas, drums (drum set), electric piano [Fender Rhodes], finger cymbals, glockenspiel, organ and synthesizer:
- Marvin Gaye
- guitar:
- Gordon Banks
- wind instruments [horns]:
- The L.A. Horn Section and David Stout
- background vocals:
- Gordon Banks, Harvey Fuqua and Marvin Gaye
- vocals:
- Marvin Gaye
- conductor:
- McKinley T. Jackson (wind instruments [horns])
- wind instruments [horns] arranger:
- McKinley T. Jackson
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- CBS, Inc. (in 1982), Columbia Records (in 1982), Sony BMG Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1982) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1982)
- recorded at:
- Arco Studios in München , Bayern , Germany (lead vocals, background vocals), Kendun Recorders in Burbank, California, United States (wind instruments [horns]), Studio Katy in Waterloo, Brabant wallon , Wallonie , Belgium and Studio Katy in Waterloo, Brabant wallon , Wallonie , Belgium (lead vocals, background vocals)
- mixed at:
- Studio Katy in Waterloo, Brabant wallon , Wallonie , Belgium
- edited at and remixed at:
- Devonshire Studios in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
- part of:
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock, Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 198) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 231)
- recording of:
- Sexual Healing
- writer:
- Odell Brown, Marvin Gaye and David Ritz
- publisher:
- April Music Publishing Inc., Blackwood Music Inc. , Bugpie Music Publishing, EMI Songs Australia Pty. Ltd., EMI Songs Ltd. and April Music Inc. (in 1982)
| Marvin Gaye | 3.65 | 3:58 |
| 6 | Light My Fire | Shirley Bassey | 2.5 | 3:24 |
| 7 | Little Ghetto Boy | Donny Hathaway | | 3:50 |
| 8 | It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World | Etta James | | 4:51 |
| 9 | Sing a Simple Song | Sly & the Family Stone | 4 | 3:55 |
| 10 | Today Won't Come Again | Donal Leace | | 3:15 |
| 11 | Very Special | Debra Laws | | 4:22 |
| 12 | The Way It Is | Bruce Hornsby & the Range | 4.05 | 4:55 |
| 13 | Everybody Loves the Sunshine | Roy Ayers | 4 | 3:57 |
| 14 | Your Song | Billy Paul | | 6:30 |
| 15 | Mercy Mercy Mercy | Marlena Shaw | | 2:58 |
| 16 | Ain’t No Sunshine | Buddy Guy & Tracy Shapman | 4 | 3:22 |
| 17 | Expansions | Lonnie Liston Smith | 3 | 5:59 |
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