Personnel
- Prince – all vocals and instruments, except where noted
- Brown Mark – electric bass, percussion, keyboards, vocals, co-lead vocals on "Mountains"
- Matt Fink – keyboards, synthesizers, midi-horn synths, vocals, co-lead vocals on "Christopher Tracy's Parade"
- Bobby Z. – drums, electronic percussion, chimes
- Sheila E. – drums on "Venus de Milo", cowbell on "Life Can Be So Nice", backing vocals on "Girls & Boys"
- Miko Weaver – rhythm guitar on "Mountains"
- Jonathan Melvoin – drums on "Do U Lie?"
- Eric Leeds – horns
- Atlanta Bliss – trumpet
- Lisa Coleman - keyboards, vocals
- Wendy Melvoin - guitars, vocals, lead vocals on "I Wonder U"
- Mazarati – backing vocals and additional instrumentation on "Kiss"
- Clare Fischer - orchestral arrangements
- Susannah Melvoin – backing vocals
- Marie France – French seduction voice on "Girls & Boys"
- Sandra Francisco - little girl voice on "Do U Lie?"
- Isabelle Daskoff, Francine Walsh, Mari Botnik, Pam Gates, Janice Gower, Karen Jones, Betty Moor, Irma Neumann, Assa Drori, Bill Hymanson, Oscar Chasow, Ron Clark, Henry Ferber, Erne Granat, Ed Green, Bill Hybel, Reggie Hill, Pat Johnson, Don Palmer, Sheldon Sanov, Joe Schonbrun, Terry Schonbrun, Harold Wolf - violins
- Pam Goldsmith, Margot Maclaine, Carol Mukagawa, Myer Bello, Alan Deverich, Norman Forrest, Alan Harshman, Jorge Moraga, David Stock - violas
- Jim Arkatoff, Ray Kelley, Ray Kramer, Fred Seykora - cellos
- Chuck Domanico, Arni Egilsson - stand-up basses
- Gene Cipriano, Don Ashworth, John Clarke, Dave Edwards, Gary Foster, Jim Kanter, John Lowe, Dick Mitchell, Jack Nimitz, Joe Soldo, Bob Tricarico - woodwinds
- Ray Brown, Rich Cooper, Bob Findley, Larry Ford, Bob O'Donnell, Al Vizutti - trumpets
- Garnett Brown, Charles Loper, Morris Repass, Bill Watrous - trombones
- Marni Johnson, David Duke, Joe Myer, Brian O'Connor, Calvin Smith, Jim Thatcher - French horns
- Tommy Johnson - tuba
- Brent Fischer - timpani and additional percussion
- Susan Rogers - engineer
- Peggy McCreary - engineer
- Coke Johnson - engineer
- David Z. - engineer
- David Tickle - engineer
- David Leonard - engineer
- Arne Frager - orchestra recording (Monterey Sound)
- Bernie Grundman - mastering
- Jeff Katz - photography
- Laura LiPuma - art direction
- Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff - art direction
- Ann Field - collage
- Cavallo, Ruffalo and Fargnoli - personal management
- Fred Moultrie - business management
- Lee Phillips - legal representation
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