| # | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|
| 1 | Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’- recording engineer and mixer:
- Bruce Swedien
- drum machine programming and co-producer:
- Michael Jackson
- producer:
- Quincy Jones
- electric bass guitar:
- Louis Johnson
- flugelhorn and trumpet:
- Gary Grant and Jerry Hey
- flute and saxophone:
- Larry Williams
- foot stomps [bathroom stomp board]:
- Nelson Hayes, Michael Jackson and Steven Ray
- guitar:
- David Williams
- percussion:
- Paulinho da Costa
- Rhodes piano and synthesizer:
- Greg Phillinganes
- synthesizer:
- Michael Boddicker and Bill Wolfer
- trombone:
- Bill Reichenbach, Jr.
- background vocals:
- Bunny Hull, James Ingram, Michael Jackson, Becky Lopez, Julia Waters, Maxine Waters and Oren Waters
- lead vocals:
- Michael Jackson
- horn and percussion arranger:
- Michael Jackson
- horn arranger:
- Jerry Hey
- percussion arranger:
- Quincy Jones
- wind instruments arranger:
- Jerry Hey and Michael Jackson
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- MJJ Productions Inc. (in 1982)
- recorded at:
- Westlake Recording Studios in West Hollywood, California, United States (in 1982)
- samples:
- Soul Makossa by Manu Dibango
- recording of:
- Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’
- lyricist and composer:
- Michael Jackson
- publisher:
- Byefall Productions, Inc. and Sony/ATV Harmony
- quotes lyrics from:
- Soul Makossa
- part of:
- MJ: The Musical
- part of:
- MJ: The Musical
| Michael Jackson | 6:01 |
| 2 | What's Love Got to Do With It- engineer and mixer:
- John Hudson
- producer:
- Terry Britten
- drums (drum set):
- Graham Jarvis
- guitar:
- Terry Britten
- keyboard:
- Nick Glennie‐Smith and Billy Livsey
- percussion:
- Simon Morton
- background vocals:
- Terry Britten and Tessa Niles
- lead vocals:
- Tina Turner
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Capitol Records, Inc. (in 1984), Parlophone Records Ltd. (in 1984, in 1997) and EMI Records Ltd. (in 2004)
- recorded at:
- Mayfair Studios in London, England, United Kingdom
- part of:
- Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 134), Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 160) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 309)
- recording of:
- What’s Love Got to Do With It
- writer:
- Graham Lyle and Terence Ernest Britten
- publisher:
- Hornall Brothers Music Ltd., Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., Mushroom Music Pty. Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd., Goodsingle Limited (in 1984), Irving Music, Inc. (in 1984), Rondor Music (London) Ltd. (in 1984), WB Music Corp. (from 1984 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
| Tina Turner | 3:45 |
| 3 | It’s Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me | Barry White | 6:52 |
| 4 | Lovely Day | Diana Ross | 4:08 |
| 5 | Sexual Healing | Marvin Gaye | 3:58 |
| 6 | Light My Fire | Shirley Bassey | 3:24 |
| 7 | Little Ghetto Boy | Donny Hathaway | 3:50 |
| 8 | It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World | Etta James | 4:51 |
| 9 | Sing a Simple Song | Sly & the Family Stone | 3:55 |
| 10 | Today Won't Come Again | Donal Leace | 3:15 |
| 11 | Very Special | Debra Laws | 4:22 |
| 12 | The Way It Is | Bruce Hornsby & the Range | 4:55 |
| 13 | Everybody Loves the Sunshine | Roy Ayers | 3:57 |
| 14 | Your Song | Billy Paul | 6:30 |
| 15 | Mercy Mercy Mercy | Marlena Shaw | 2:58 |
| 16 | Ain’t No Sunshine | Buddy Guy & Tracy Shapman | 3:22 |
| 17 | Expansions | Lonnie Liston Smith | 5:59 |
