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Tracklist

• 1
  Groove Me
  4:23
  4.0 ★
• 2
  No One Does It Better
  3:54
  5.0 ★
• 3
  Somebody’s Gettin’ on My Nerves
  3:57
  3.0 ★
• 4
  Whatta Man
  5:08
  5.0 ★
• 5
  None of Your Business
  3:33
  5.0 ★
• 6
  Step
  3:10
  3.5 ★
• 7
  Shoop
  4:08
  4.0 ★
• 8
  Heaven or Hell
  4:44
  3.0 ★
• 9
  Big Shot
  3:50
  4.0 ★
• 10
  Sexy Noises Turn Me On
  3:57
  4.0 ★
• 11
  Somma Time Man
  3:26
  3.0 ★
• 12
  Break of Dawn
  3:46
  4.0 ★
• 13
  PSA We Talk
  3:19
• 14
  Shoop (Danny D’s radio mix)
  3:52
• 15
  Start Me Up
  3:37
  2.0 ★
• 16
  Let's Talk About Aids
  3:33
  3.0 ★

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Hold On / Waterfalls / Shoop / Whatta Man / Creep / No Scrubs / Free Your Mind / Push It / What About Your Friends

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Release credits

• 3 feet
  background vocals [4]
• Al Machera
  mix [1-10, 12], recording [1-10, 12], remixer [7], vocal [3]
• Alpha Omega
  background vocals [16]
• Alton "Wokie" Stewart
  background vocals [2]
• Andre DeBourg
  mix [2, 4, 12], recording [2, 4, 6, 12]
• Anthony "Sharkee" Williams
  additional [5], vocal [3]
• Avon Marshall
  background vocals [2], keyboard [2]
• Chris Irish
  assistant [9]
• Cleon "Eva" Earle
  vocal [10]
• DJ Wynn
  mix [11], producer [11]
• Dae Bennett
  mix [11], recording [11]
• Dave Kowalski
  assistant [11]
• Day Ta Day
  background vocals [2]
• Deidre Roper
  background vocals [6], producer [6]
• En Vogue
  background vocals [4], vocal [4]
• Futuristic Prophet
  vocal [1]
• Harold Edgar
  keyboard [11]
• Hurby Azor
  background vocals [16], executive [1-12], mix [1-6, 8-9], producer [1-5, 9, 16], vocal [3]
• Joyce Martin
  vocal [1, 7, 10]
• Julia Brereton
  background vocals [5]
• Khadejia Bass
  background vocals [5], vocal arranger [4]
• Kimiko Whittaker
  vocal arranger [4]
• Mack Robinson
  assistant [1]
• Mark Sparks
  producer [7, 12]
• Mecko Whip
  background vocals [2, 5, 9], vocal [3]
• Motif
  background vocals [2]
• Nate
  vocal [7]
• Otwane Roberts
  vocal [7]
• Salt
  additional [7], co [12], mix [7, 10, 12], producer [7, 10]
• Salt‐N‐Pepa
  executive [10-12]
• Sandra Denton
  co [7, 10]
• Steve Azor
  background vocals [9], co [3, 9], producer [8]
• Styowlz
  background vocals [8], vocal [1]
• The Invincibles
  producer [16]
• The Mau-Mau Clan Overlords
  background vocals [9]
• Tommy "DJ Grand" Shannon
  co [6]
• Vaughn Sessions
  additional [8], assistant [1-2, 5-7, 9, 12]
• Wilfred "Omega" Hilton
  background vocals [8]
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Issues

• V
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  CD
  18 October 1993
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  V
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  CD
  1993
• 

  V
  Very Necessary

  CD
  1993
• V
  Very Necessary

  CD
  1993
• V
  Very Necessary

  CD
  1993
• 

  V
  Very Necessary

  Digital Media
  2003
• 

  V
  Very Necessary

  Digital Media (30th anniversary edition)
  13 October 2023
• 

  V
  Very Necessary

  2x CD (30th Anniversary edition)
  20 October 2023
• V
  Very Necessary

  CD (AU PolyGram marketed)