Personnel
- Susannah Melvoin – backing vocals on "Play In the Sunshine", "Starfish and Coffee" and "Sign o' the Times", co-lead vocals on "It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night"
- Eric Leeds – all saxophones
- Atlanta Bliss – all trumpets
- Sheena Easton – co-lead vocals on "U Got the Look"
- Sheila E. – drums and percussion on "U Got the Look", drums on "Transmississippirap" and "It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night"
- Clare Fischer – orchestral arrangements for "Slow Love"
- Wendy Melvoin – guitar and backing vocals on "Slow Love", tambourine and congas on "Strange Relationship"
- Lisa Coleman – backing vocals on "Slow Love", sitar and wooden flute on "Strange Relationship"
- Miko Weaver – lead guitar on "It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night"
- Jill Jones – co-lead vocals on "It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night"
- The Revolution – performance of "It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night"
- Gilbert Davison, Todd Hermann, Coke Johnson, Brad Marsh, Mike Soltys, Susan Rogers and "the Penguin" – party voices on "Housequake"
- Greg Brooks, Wally Safford, Jerome Benton and "6000 wonderful Parisians" – backing vocals on "It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night"
- Prince – all other vocals and instruments
- Susan Rogers – engineer
- Coke Johnson – engineer
- Bernie Grundman – mastering
- Jeff Katz – photography
- Laura LiPuma – art direction
- Cavallo, Ruffalo and Fargnoli – personal management
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