Cameo – Word Up

Companies

• Marketed By – PolyGram Records, Inc.
• Manufactured By – PolyGram Records, Inc.
• Produced For – Atlanta Artists Productions
• Produced For – Atlanta Artists Records
• Phonographic Copyright ℗ – PolyGram Records, Inc.
• Copyright © – PolyGram Records, Inc.
• Recorded At – Quad Recording Studios
• Recorded At – Counterpoint Studios
• Recorded At – Power Station
• Recorded At – Sound Ideas Studios
• Mixed At – Quad Recording Studios
• Mastered At – Sterling Sound
• Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Carrollton, GA

Credits

• Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Crispin Cloe*
• Arranged By [Horns, Vocals] – Cameo
• Arranged By [Horns, Vocals], Backing Vocals, Bass, Drums, Percussion, Producer, Lead Vocals – Larry Blackmon
• Art Direction – Bill Levy
• Backing Vocals – Nathan Leftenant, Willie Morris
• Backing Vocals, Bass, Guitar – Michael Burnett
• Backing Vocals, Guitar – Charlie Singleton
• Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals – Tomi Jenkins
• Backing Vocals, Saxophone – Melvin Wells
• Bass – Aaron Mills
• Coordinator [Direction] – David Krebs, Louis Levin (3), Steve Leber
• Costume Designer [Clothes] – Jean Paul Gaultier
• Design – Paula Scher
• Drum Programming – Sammy Merendino
• Engineer – Jerry Soloman*, Larry Alexander, Matthew “Krash” Kasha*, Michel Sauvage
• Engineer [Assistant] – Henry Falco
• Guitar – Patrick Buchanon*
• Hair, Make-Up – John Dellaria
• Keyboards – Bernard Wright, Eric Rehl, Kenni Hairston, Kevin Kendrick, Merv DePeyer*
• Lacquer Cut By – [Star Symbol] STERLING*
• Mastered By – José Rodriguez
• Mixed By – Alan Myerson*, David Ogrin*, Eric Calvi, Matthew “Krash” Kasha*
• Percussion – Duduka Fonseca*, Giovanni Hidalgo
• Photography By – Chris Callas*
• Programmed By [Synclavier] – Peter Scherer
• Saxophone – Michael Brecker
• Stylist – Toyce Anderson
• Tenor Saxophone – Arno Hecht
• Trombone – Robert Funk*
• Trumpet – Paul Litteral, Randy Brecker