Musicians
- Stevie Wonder - Drums, synthesizers, piano, electric piano, harpsichord, accordion, percussion, harmonica, Yamaha CS80, vocoder, cora, environmental percussion (crickets, bird sounds, ocean, pebbles in pond, stone dropped, crushing leaves), lead & background vocals
- Edwin Birdsong - Yamaha CS80
- Larry Gittens - Trumpet
- Bob Malach - Saxophone
- Earl Klugh - Guitar
- Ben Bridges - Guitar
- Rick Zunigar - Guitar
- Luther Vandross - Lead & background vocals
- Syreeta Wright - Background vocals
- Philip Bailey - Background vocals
- Vincent Unto - Background vocals
- Keith John - Background vocals
- Melody McCully, Billy Durham, Peter Byrne, Renee Hardaway, Darryl Phinnessee, Deniece Williams, Howard Smith, Janice Moore, Chela Akins, Carolyn Garrett, Valencia Cox, Ruthell Holmes, Ray Gibbs, Musa Dludla, Thandeka Ngono-Raasch, Linda Bottoman-Tshabalala, Muntu Myuyana, Lorraine Mahlangu-Richards, Fana Kekana, Tsepo Mokone - Background vocals
- Paul Riser - String arrangement
- Bob Bralove, Brad Buxer - programming
- Gary Olazabal - Programming, Engineer
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