• Louise McCormick
• Vocals (Background), Engineer

• Me'Shell Ndegéocello
• Guitar (Bass), Producer

• Wendy Melvoin
• Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Producer

• Ann Nesby
• Vocals, Choir, Chorus

• Derrick Perkins
• Keyboards

• Bob Power
• Mixing

• Daniel Sadownick
• Percussion

• Urbano Sanchez
• Percussion

• Speech
• Keyboards, Performer, Mixing, Producer, Vocals, Vocals (Background), Multi Instruments, Tambourine

• Alvin Speights
• Mixing

• Lisa Stansfield
• Vocals, Performer

• Billy Steele
• Keyboards, Vocals (Background), Vocals

• Mark "Spike" Stent
• Engineer

• Shawn Stockman
• Vocal Arrangement

• Stokley
• Percussion

• B.J. Thomas
• Vocals (Background), Chant

• Stevie Wonder
• Arranger, Producer, Performer, Multi Instruments, Programming

• Jimmy Wright
• Keyboards

• For Real
• Vocals (Background)

• William D. "Smitty" Smith
• Vocals (Background)

• Gerald Brazel
• Trumpet, Handclapping, Vocals (Background)

• Butterfly
• Vocals

• R.R. Harlan
• Assistant Engineer

• Gary Hines
• Producer

• Aidan McGovern
• Engineer

• Rail Jon Rogut
• Engineer

• Mark Saunders
• Multi Instruments, Mixing, ?, Producer

• Leon Ware
• Remixing

• Dave Cooley
• Organ

• Paolo Hewitt
• Liner Notes

• Avery Johnson
• Bass

• Bill Smith
• Vocals (Background)

• Jennifer Whitlock
• Vocals (Background)

• Libby Turner
• Vocals

• Roger Gorman
• Art Direction

• Julie Larson
• Project Coordinator

• Carrie Harrington
• Vocals, Vocals (Background)

• Mike Bowens
• Vocals (Background)

• Patricia Lacy
• Vocals, Vocals (Background)

• Abdulhameed Zuhri
• Guitar, Handclapping, Saxophone, Vocals (Background)

• Angela Henderson
• Vocals (Background)

• Eagle-Eye Cherry
• Piano

• Geoffrey Jones
• Vocals (Background)

• Ishmael Butler
• Producer

• Verna Francis
• Vocals (Background)

• Alecia Russell
• Vocals (Background)

• Jim "Big Jim" Wright
• Drum Programming

• Mike Scott
• Guitar

• Russell Knighton
• Vocals (Background)

• Jayne Bell
• Vocals (Background)

• Jeff Taylor
• Drum Programming

• Steve Williams
• Drums, Vocals (Background), Handclapping

• Carolyn Herbert
• Handclapping

• Bono Hooper
• Producer, Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part

• Johnny Dollar
• Mixing

• Ralph Sutton
• Engineer

• Chris Herbert
• Saxophone, Handclapping

• Julie Payne
• Vocals (Background)

• Earle Sebastian
• Producer

• Massive Attack
• Keyboards, Sound Effects, Ensemble, Performer

• Nona Gaye
• Performer

• Digable Planets
• Performer

• Johnny Adams
• Keyboards, Vocals

• Craig Armstrong
• String Arrangements

• Tom Banghart
• Assistant Engineer

• Paul Barrett
• Piano, Vibraphone, Vocals (Background), Strings

• Booga Bear
• Producer, Mixing

• Candace Bond
• Executive Producer

• Bono
• Vocals, Producer, Performer

• D.J. Brooks
• Drums

• Kim Brown
• Vocals, Vocals (Background), Choir, Chorus

• Jheryl Busby
• Executive Producer

• Carl Carter
• Guitar, Guitar (Bass), Handclapping, Vocals (Background)

• Jim Champagne
• Assistant Engineer

• Neneh Cherry
• Vocals, Performer

• Madonna
• Vocals, Performer

• Lisa Coleman
• Keyboards

• Core Cotton
• Vocals, Choir, Chorus

• Keith Crouch
• Programming, Multi Instruments, Producer, Remix Producer, Vocal Arrangement

• Dave Darlington
• Engineer, Mixing

• Marius de Vries
• Keyboards, Programming

• Ian Devaney
• Arranger, Producer

• Bill-Dog Dooley
• Engineer

• Robert Edwards
• Vocals (Background)

• Marie Graham
• Vocals, Choir, Chorus

• Mark Haynes
• Bass

• Steve Hodge
• Mixing

• Kenneth Holman
• Saxophone

• Ken Holmen
• Saxophone

• Nellee Hooper
• Producer

• Jimmy Jam
• Arranger, Executive Producer

• Booker T. Jones
• Engineer, Mixing

• Robert "Rumba" Jones
• Vocals (Background)

• Brian Kincaid
• Assistant Engineer

• Terry Lewis
• Arranger, Executive Producer

• Wanda Lewis
• Vocals (Background)

• Michael Smith
• Vocals (Background)

• Sounds of Blackness
• Vocals, Performer

• John Adams
• Arranger

• Boyz II Men
• Performer

• Marvin Gaye
• Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part