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A1	Out Come The Freaks Lead Vocals – Harry BowensVocals [Spoken] – Marzanne McCants	5:37
A2	Where Did Your Heart Go? Arranged By [Strings] – Johnny AllenLead Vocals – Sweet Pea*	4:54
A3	Tell Me That I'm Dreaming Lead Vocals – Harry Bowens	4:58
A4	Oh, Mr. Friction	3:26
B1	Carry Me Back To Old Morocco Written-By – Doug Fieger	6:01
B2	It's An Attack ! Lead Vocals – Sweet Pea*	3:11
B3	The Sky's Ablaze	2:17
B4	Go...Now ! Lead Vocals – Sweet Pea*Written-By – Ron Banks	5:28

Companies, etc.

• Mastered At – CBS Studios, New York
• 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
• Mastered By [Mastering Engineer] – Ray Janos
• Mixed By [Dance Mixes] – Ken Collier
• Percussion – Larry Fratangelo
• Percussion [Additional] – Gary Stuck, Jim Matthews, Les Chambers
• Percussion, Other [Electronic Hand Claps] – Kevin Tschirhart
• Percussion, Vocals [Rap] – Carl 'Butch' Small*
• Photography By [Cover & Liner] – Dirk Bakker
• Piano – Irwin Krinsky
• Piano, Synthesizer [Oberheim OBX & 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
• Recorded By [Remote Recording] – Burr Huntington
• 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
• Written-By – D. Was*, D. Was*

Notes

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

Original sound recording made by Ze Records.

"ZE RECORDS" pink labels.

Comes with a pictured inner sleeve with credits and lyrics.

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
203 752, 203 752-320	Was (Not Was)	Was (Not Was) ‎(LP, Album)	ZE Records, ZE Records, ZE Records, Island Records, Island Records	203 752, 203 752-320	Netherlands	1981
842 683-2	Was (Not Was)	Was (Not Was) ‎(CD, Album, RE, Jew)	Fontana, Phonogram	842 683-2	Europe	Unknown
203 752-320	Was (Not Was)	Was (Not Was) ‎(LP)	Island Records Group	203 752-320	Unknown