| # | 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 | 6:03 |
| 2 | Automatic | The Pointer Sisters | 2 | 6:06 |
| 3 | Act Like You Know | Fat Larry’s Band | 4 | 6:28 |
| 4 | Juicy Fruit | Mtume | 3 | 5:49 |
| 5 | Behind the Groove | Teena Marie | 3 | 3:58 |
| 6 | Get Down Saturday Night | Oliver Cheatham | 2 | 6:50 |
| 7 | Ghetto Life | Rick James | 4.5 | 4:19 |
| 8 | Shame | Evelyn “Champagne” King | 3.5 | 6:32 |
| 9 | All Night Long | Mary Jane Girls | 3 | 5:44 |
| 10 | Summer Madness | Kool & the Gang | 4 | 4:16 |
| 11 | I’ll Be Good | René & Angela | 4 | 4:08 |
| 12 | Last Night a DJ Saved My Life | Indeep | 3.65 | 5:39 |
| 13 | And the Beat Goes On | The Whispers | 3.65 | 7:34 |