Personnel
- Prince – lead and rhythm guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, piano, drums, drum programming, lead and background vocals, arranger, art direction
- Brown Mark – bass guitar, vocals
- Lisa Coleman – keyboards, piano, sitar, vocals
- Wendy Melvoin – rhythm guitars, vocals
- Dr. Fink – keyboards, organ, vocals
- Bobby Z. – drums, percussion
- Apollonia Kotero – vocals on "Take Me with U"
- David Coleman – cello on "Take Me with U", "Baby I'm a Star" and "Purple Rain"
- Suzie Katayama – cello on "Take Me with U", "Baby I'm a Star" and "Purple Rain"
- Novi Novog – violin, viola on "Take Me with U", "Baby I'm a Star" and "Purple Rain"
- David Leonard – engineer (First Avenue and Record Plant)
- Susan Rogers – engineer (The Warehouse)
- Peggy McCreary – engineer (Sunset Sound)
- David Z. – engineer (First Avenue and Record Plant)
- Bernie Grundman – mastering
- Laura LiPuma – design
- Ed Thrasher and Associates – photography (front cover)
- Ron Slenzak – photography (front cover)
- Larry Williams – additional photography
- Doug Henders – painting
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