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A1	Out Come The Freaks (D.Was/D.Was) Lead Vocals – Harry BowensVocals [Spoken] – Marzanne McCants	5:38
A2	Where Did Your Heart Go? (D.Was/D.Was) Arranged By [Strings] – Johnny AllenLead Vocals – Sweet Pea*	4:54
A3	Tell Me That I'm Dreaming (D.Was/D.Was) Lead Vocals – Harry Bowens	4:58
A4	Oh, Mr. Friction! (D.Was/D.Was)	3:32
B1	Carry Me Back To Old Morocco (D.Was/D.Was/D.Fieger)	6:01
B2	It's An Attack! (D.Was/D.Was/Goss) Lead Vocals – Sweet Pea*	3:11
B3	The Sky's Ablaze (D.Was/D.Was)	2:15
B4	Go...Now! (D.Was/D.Was/R.Banks) Lead Vocals – Sweet Pea*	5:28

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – The Sound Suite Detroit

Credits

• Art Direction – Maverse Players
• Artwork [Airbrush] – Terry Robeson
• Artwork [Typeset/Keyline] – Bill Thomas
• Backing Vocals – Carol Hall, Carolyn Crawford*, Kathy Kosins, Michelle Goulet, Sheila Horn
• Bass – Jervonny Collier, Lamont Johnson
• Drums – Franklin K. Funklyn McCullers, Jerry Jones
• Electric Piano [Rhodes] – Raymond Johnson
• Executive-Producer – Michael Zilkha
• Guitar – Bruce Nazarian, Ricky Rouse*, Wayne Kramer
• Mandolin – Mack Pitt
• Percussion – Larry Fratangelo
• Percussion [Additional] – Gary Stuck, Jim Matthews, Les Chambers
• Percussion, Other [Electronic Hand Claps] – Kevin Tschirhart
• Percussion, Vocals [Rap] – Carl 'Butch' Small*
• Piano – Irwin Krinsky
• Piano, Synthesizer [Oberheim & Arp] – Lusi Resto
• Producer – Jack Tann
• Producer, Alto Saxophone, Piano, Vocals – David Was
• Producer, Bass, Vibraphone, Vocals, Synthesizer [Moog], Clavinet, Engineer [Recording & Mixing] – Don Was
• Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – David McMurray
• Synthesizer [Moog] – Mark Johnson
• Tenor Saxophone, Piccolo Flute – Armand Angeloni
• Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Marcus Belgrave
• Vocals [Additional] – Anthony Was, Kim Heron, Lamont Zodiac, Mark J. Norton, Mitchell Jacobs, Mrs. Martinez's Fifth Hour Vocal Music Class/Birney Middle School, Pam Schlom, Richard Pinkston, Rick Cushingberry, Rubin Weiss, Ruth Seymore, Tom Brzezina

Notes

Produced in Detroit for John Lewis Productions.
Recorded at The Sound Suite, Jan.-Mar. 1981.

Japanese Issue Comes With Additional 6cm Obi Strip Wrapped Around Front Cover

Distributed by Polystar Records And Tapes

Original sound recording made by Ze Records.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout: Side 1: 25S-45 A A - 1 - 2
• Matrix / Runout: Side 2: 25S-45 B A - 1 - 2

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
ILPS 7015	Was (Not Was)	Was (Not Was) ‎(LP)	ZE Records, Island Records	ILPS 7015	UK	1981
ZEREC LP05	Was (Not Was)	Was (Not Was) ‎(LP, Album)	ZE Records	ZEREC LP05	1981
842 683-4	Was (Not Was)	Was (Not Was) ‎(Cass, RE)	Fontana	842 683-4	UK	1990
203 752	Was (Not Was)	Was (Not Was) ‎(LP, Album)	ZE Records, Island Records	203 752	Germany	1981
25S-45	Was (Not Was)	Was (Not Was) ‎(LP, Album)	ZE Records, Island Records, Polystar	25S-45	Japan	1981

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