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Annotation

Original pressings feature track B1, "I'm Good At Being Bad" at 5:39; Donna Summer requested the "Love to Love You Baby" re-interpolation be removed, and all subsequent pressings have the track length at 4:36

Tracklist

1▼12" Vinyl
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A1Fanmail
assistant recording engineer:
Jeff Griffin and Sejoon Kahng
recording engineer:
Leslie Brathwaite and Carlton Lynn
sound engineer:
Rick Sheppard
producer:
Cyptron
assistant mixer:
Vernon J. Mungo
mixer:
Alvin Speights
background vocals:
Chilli, Debra Killings and T‐Boz
lead vocals:
Chilli, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, T‐Boz and Vic‐E
arranger:
Dallas Austin
recorded at:
DARP Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States and The Enterprise in Burbank, California, United States
mixed at:
DARP Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
recording of:
FanMail
lyricist and composer:
Dallas Austin
3:59
A2The Vic-E Interpretation - Interlude
producer:
Cyptron
mixer:
Carlton Lynn
spoken vocals [speech]:
Vic‐E
recorded at and mixed at:
DARP Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
recording of:
The Vic‐E Interpretation (interlude)
lyricist and composer:
Dallas Austin
0:18
A3Silly Ho
assistant recording engineer:
Ty Hudson
recording engineer:
Leslie Brathwaite and Carlton Lynn
sound engineer:
Rick Sheppard
producer:
Cyptron
assistant mixer:
Vernon J. Mungo
mixer:
Alvin Speights
background vocals:
Debra Killings
lead vocals:
Chilli, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes and T‐Boz
other vocals [gang]:
“Big” Stan Smith, Dallas Austin, Leslie Brathwaite, Joi Gilliam, Carolyn Paige, Peach, Sonji, T‐Boz, Ty Hudson and Kevin Wales
other vocals [rap]:
Vic‐E
recorded at and mixed at:
DARP Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
recording of:
Silly Ho
lyricist and composer:
Dallas Austin
4:15
A4Whispering Playa - Interlude
producer:
Dallas Austin
mixer:
Carlton Lynn
spoken vocals [whisper vocals]:
Papi
vocals:
Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes
recorded at and mixed at:
DARP Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
recording of:
Whispering Playa (interlude)
writer:
Dallas Austin, Rick James and Marshall Lorenzo Martin
0:52
A5No Scrubs
assistant recording engineer:
Ty Hudson
recording engineer:
Carlton Lynn
sound engineer:
Shekspere
producer:
Kevin “She’kspere” Briggs
assistant mixer:
Vernon J. Mungo
mixer:
Leslie Brathwaite
background vocals:
Chilli, Tameka “Tiny” Cottle, Kandi and Debra Killings
lead vocals:
Chilli, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes and T‐Boz
recorded at and mixed at:
DARP Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
recording of:
No Scrubs
additional writer:
Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes
writer:
Kandi Burruss, Kevin Briggs and Tameka Cottle
3:39
B1I'm Good At Being Bad
5:39
B2If They Knew
assistant recording engineer:
Ty Hudson
recording engineer:
Ricciano Lumpkins
producer:
Dallas Austin
assistant mixer:
John Horesco IV and Vernon J. Mungo
mixer:
Alvin Speights
background vocals:
Debra Killings
lead vocals:
Chilli, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes and T‐Boz
arranger:
Dallas Austin
recorded at and mixed at:
DARP Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
recording of:
If They Knew
writer:
Dallas Austin, Lisa Lopes, Ricciano Lumpkins, Marshall Lorenzo Martin and Tionne “T‐Boz” Watkins
4:04
B3I Miss You So Much
additional recording engineer:
Thom “TK” Kidd
assistant recording engineer:
Ralph Cacciurri and Kevin Lively
recording engineer:
Paul Boutin
miscellaneous support:
Ivy Skoff (task: production coordinator)
producer:
Babyface and Daryl Simmons
acoustic guitar:
Michael Thompson
background vocals:
Necia Bray, Chilli and Debra Killings
lead vocals:
Chilli
recorded at:
Brandon’s Way Recording in Los Angeles, California, United States, Doppler Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States and Silent Sound Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
mixed at:
Brandon’s Way Recording in Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
I Miss You So Much
writer:
Babyface and Daryl Simmons
4:59
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