Abraham Laboriel
bass guitar [2.13, 1.13]
Andraé Crouch
choir vocals [1.11-12, 2.11-12]
Andres McKenzie
spoken vocals [1.8, 2.8]
Ashley Farell
other vocals [1.7, 2.7]
Bill Bottrell
bass guitar [2.10, 1.10], drums (drum set) [2.9-10, 1.9-10], guitar [2.8, 2.10, 1.8, 1.10], mellotron [2.10, 1.10], mix [2.8-10, 1.8-10], percussion [2.8, 1.8], producer [2.8-10, 1.8-10], recording [1.8-10, 2.8-10], synthesizer [1.9, 2.9]
Brad Buxer
drums (drum set) [2.11, 1.11], guest [2.8, 1.8], keyboard [2.1, 2.7-9, 2.9, 2.11, 1.1, 1.7-9, 1.9, 1.11], percussion [1.8, 1.11, 2.8, 2.11], synthesizer [2.1, 2.14, 1.1, 1.14]
Bruce Swedien
arranger [1.1, 2.1], co [1.7, 1.11-13, 2.7, 2.11-13], drums (drum set) [2.1, 2.11-12, 1.1, 1.11-12], keyboard [1.1, 2.1], mix [2.1-7, 2.11-14, 1.1-7, 1.11-14], percussion [1.11-12, 2.11-12], producer [2.1, 1.1], recording [2.1-7, 2.11-14, 1.1-7, 1.11-14]
Bryan Loren
Moog [2.8, 1.8], drums (drum set) [1.8-9, 2.8-9], percussion [2.7, 1.7]
Christa Larson
additional [1.7, 2.7], lead vocals [2.7, 1.7]
Craig Brock
additional [1.10, 2.10], assistant [2.10, 1.10]
Dave Way
mix [1.1-6, 2.1-6], recording [1.1-6, 2.1-6]
David Paich
additional [2.13, 1.13], keyboard [2.7, 2.9, 2.13, 1.7, 1.9, 1.13], synthesizer [1.7, 1.13, 2.7, 2.13]
David Williams
guitar [2.12, 1.12]
Endre Granat
violin [2.9, 1.9]
George Del Barrio
strings [1.9, 2.9]
Glen Ballard
arranger [1.12, 2.12]
Greg Phillinganes
additional [1.11, 2.11], keyboard [1.11, 2.11]
Heavy D
other vocals [2.1, 1.1]
Jai Winding
bass guitar [2.12, 1.12], keyboard [2.9, 1.9], piano [1.12, 2.12]
Jasun Martz
keyboard [1.8, 2.8]
Jean‐Marie Horvat
mix [2.2-4, 2.6, 1.2-4, 1.6], recording [2.2-4, 2.6, 2.14, 1.2-4, 1.6, 1.14]
Jeff Porcaro
drums (drum set) [2.7, 1.7]
Jerry Hey
arranger [2.12, 1.12]
Jim Mitchell
additional [2.10, 1.10]
John Bahler
vocal arranger [2.7, 1.7]
John Barnes
keyboard [1.8, 2.8]
Johnny Mandel
additional [2.11, 1.11], conductor [2.11, 1.11]
L.T.B.
other vocals [2.8, 1.8], spoken vocals [2.8, 1.8]
Larry Corbett
cello [1.9, 2.9]
Linda Harmon
soprano vocals [1.9, 2.9]
Louis Johnson
bass guitar [1.9, 2.9]
Marty Paich
additional [2.7, 2.13, 1.7, 1.13], conductor [1.7, 1.13, 2.7, 2.13]
Matt Forger
additional [1.8, 2.8], mix [1.7, 1.11, 2.7, 2.11], recording [2.7, 2.11, 1.7, 1.11]
Michael Boddicker
keyboard [2.9, 1.9], synthesizer [1.1, 1.7, 1.11-13, 2.1, 2.7, 2.11-13]
Michael Jackson
additional [2.7, 2.11, 1.7, 1.11], arranger [1.1, 1.9, 2.1, 2.9], background vocals [2.1-12, 2.14, 1.1-12, 1.14], lead vocals [2.1-5, 2.5-7, 2.7-14, 2.14, 1.1-5, 1.5-7, 1.7-14, 1.14], producer, soprano vocals [1.9, 2.9], vocal [1.14, 2.14], vocal arranger [1.1-7, 1.11, 1.14, 2.1-7, 2.11, 2.14]
Paul Jackson, Jr.
guitar [2.2, 1.2]
Paulinho da Costa
percussion [1.11, 1.13, 2.11, 2.13]
René Moore
arranger [1.1, 2.1], keyboard [2.1, 1.1]
Rhett Lawrence
arranger [1.12, 2.12], drums (drum set) [2.12, 1.12], percussion [1.12, 2.12], synthesizer [2.1, 2.11, 2.11-12, 2.14, 1.1, 1.11, 1.11-12, 1.14]
Sandra Crouch
choir vocals [1.11-12, 2.11-12]
Shanice
background vocals [1.12, 2.12]
Siedah Garrett
background vocals [1.12, 2.12]
Slash
electric guitar [1.8, 1.10, 2.8, 2.10], guest [1.8, 1.10, 2.8, 2.10]
Steve Porcaro
keyboard [1.9, 2.9], synthesizer [1.7, 1.13, 2.7, 2.13]
Stéphanie
additional [1.3, 2.3]
Teddy Riley
additional [1.3-6, 1.14, 2.3-6, 2.14], arranger [2.1, 1.1], co [2.5, 1.5], drums (drum set) [2.1-2, 1.1-2], guitar [1.1-2, 2.1-2], keyboard [2.1-6, 1.1-6], mix [2.1-6, 2.14, 1.1-6, 1.14], producer [2.1-6, 2.14, 1.1-6, 1.14], recording [2.1-6, 2.14, 1.1-6, 1.14], synthesizer [1.1-3, 1.3-4, 1.4-5, 1.5-6, 1.6, 1.14, 2.1-3, 2.3-4, 2.4-5, 2.5-6, 2.6, 2.14]
Terry Jackson
bass guitar [1.8, 2.8]
The Andraé Crouch Singers
choir vocals [2.11-12, 1.11-12], guest [2.11-12, 1.11-12]
The John Bahler Singers
choir vocals [2.7, 1.7], guest [1.7, 2.7]
Thom Russo
recording [1.14, 2.14]
Tim Pierce
guitar [2.8, 2.10, 1.8, 1.10]
Wayne Cobham
programming [2.2-6, 1.2-6]
Wreckx‐n‐Effect
other vocals [1.4, 2.4]