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Release credits

• Adrian Brett
  flute [13]
• Anne Dudley
  synthesizer [4]
• Archie Coffield
  bagpipe [6]
• Beaux Arts Orchestra
  horn [11], strings [11]
• Bill Price
  mix [7], recording [7]
• Bill Wolfer
  keyboard [8], synthesizer [8]
• Blair Cunningham
  background vocals [1], drums (drum set) [1], percussion [1]
• Bob Kraushaar
  recording [1]
• Campbell Maloney
  drums (drum set) [6]
• Campbelltown Pipe Band
  bagpipe [6]
• Chris Smith
  harmonica [8]
• Dave Paton
  background vocals [6]
• Dave Pattman
  percussion [1]
• David Gilmour
  electric guitar [4]
• David Williams
  electric guitar [8]
• Davide Giovannini
  percussion [1]
• Denny Laine
  acoustic guitar [6, 11], background vocals [6-7, 11], bass guitar [7], electric guitar [6-7, 11]
• Denny Seiwell
  drums (drum set) [7], percussion [7]
• Dougie Lang
  bagpipe [6]
• Eddie Klein
  assistant [10]
• Eric Stewart
  background vocals [4, 8]
• Ernie Watts
  horn [8]
• Gary Grant
  horn [8]
• Gary Herbig
  horn [8]
• Geoff Emerick
  engineer [4], mix [2, 6, 8, 11], recording [2, 6, 8, 11]
• George Martin
  arranger [2, 4, 8], mix [13], orchestrator [7, 13], producer [2, 4, 7-9]
• Hamish Stuart
  background vocals [1]
• Henry McCullough
  electric guitar [7]
• Henry Spinetti
  drums (drum set) [13]
• Herbie Flowers
  bass [4], bass guitar [4]
• Ian McKerral
  background vocals [6], bagpipe [6]
• Jerry Hey
  horn [8]
• Jimmy McGeachy
  drums (drum set) [6]
• Joe English
  drums (drum set) [6]
• John Lang Brown
  bagpipe [6]
• John McGeachy
  bagpipe [6]
• Jon Jacobs
  assistant [2, 4, 8]
• Jon Kelly
  assistant [4], recording [8]
• Julian Mendelsohn
  producer [1]
• Linda McCartney
  Moog [11], autoharp [1], background vocals [1, 4, 6-8, 11, 13], percussion [6], tambourine [13]
• Maurizio Ravalico
  percussion [1]
• Michael Jackson
  background vocals [8], lead vocals [8], vocal [8]
• Michael Paul Stavrou
  assistant [2]
• Monday
  assistant [11]
• Nathan Watts
  bass [8]
• Nick Glennie‐Smith
  keyboard [13]
• Nigel Kennedy
  violin [13]
• Paul McCartney
  acoustic bass guitar [6], acoustic guitar [1, 6, 11, 13], arranger [2, 4, 8], background vocals [1-2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 10-11, 13], bass [1, 10, 13], bass guitar [7, 11], drums (drum set) [10-11], electric bass guitar [2], electric guitar [1, 7, 10-11, 13], electric piano [10-11], guitar [1-2], lead vocals [1-2, 4, 6-8, 10, 10-11, 13], mix [10], percussion [2, 7, 10], piano [2, 4, 7, 13], producer [1, 6-7, 10-11], recording [10], synthesizer [2, 10-11, 13], tambourine [10], vocal [4], vocoder [2]
• Paul Wickens
  background vocals [1], drum machine [1], percussion [1], piano [1], programming [1]
• Peter Swettenham
  assistant [11]
• Phil Ramone
  producer [13]
• Ray Cooper
  duck call [7], percussion [7], timpani [7]
• Ricky Lawson
  drums (drum set) [8]
• Robbie McIntosh
  acoustic guitar [1], background vocals [1], electric guitar [1], guitar [1]
• Stan Sulzmann
  saxophone [13]
• Stevie Wonder
  background vocals [2], drums (drum set) [2], electric piano [2], lead vocals [2], percussion [2], synthesizer [2]
• Stuart Elliott
  drums (drum set) [4]
• Teri Reed
  assistant [8]
• Tim Renwick
  electric guitar [13]
• Tim Summerhayes
  assistant [6]
• Tommy Blue
  drums (drum set) [6]
• Tony Visconti
  orchestrator [11]
• Tony Wilson
  bagpipe [6]
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