Hello Dad… I’m in Jail

~ Release by Was (Not Was) (see all versions of this release, 5 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Listen Like Thieves
synthesizer programming:
Louis Biancaniello
producer:
Louis Biancaniello, David Was and Don Was
mixer:
David Frazer (engineer)
guitar:
Randy Jacobs (guitarist and songwriter)
saxophone:
David McMurray (American jazz musician and saxophonist)
vocals:
Sweet Pea Atkinson (in 1992-03)
arranger:
Louis Biancaniello
cover recording of:
Listen Like Thieves
writer:
Garry Gary Beers, Andrew Farriss (in band INXS) and Michael Hutchence
3:54
2Shake Your Head
additional producer:
Steve “Silk” Hurley (Chicago house DJ/producer)
producer:
David Was and Don Was
background vocals:
Cathy Cosins and Carol Hall (soul/gospel singer)
lead vocals:
Kim Basinger and Ozzy Osbourne
remixer:
Steve “Silk” Hurley (Chicago house DJ/producer)
recording of:
Shake Your Head (Let’s Go to Bed)
writer:
Jarvis Carothers Stroud, David Was and Don Was
publisher:
BMG Gold Songs and Los was cosmopolitanos
6:48
3Tell Me That I’m Dreaming
recording of:
Tell Me That I’m Dreaming
writer:
David Was and Don Was
7:47
4Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone
mixer:
Keith Cohen
guest vocals:
G Love E
cover recording of:
Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone
lyricist and composer:
Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield
publisher:
Jobete Music (appears also as: Jobete Msc.), Jobete Music (UK) Ltd., Stone Diamond Music Corporation, イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan, Fujipacific Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., Fujipacific Division) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
6:43
5Are You Okay?
recording of:
Are You Okay?
5:59
6Spy in the House of Love
recording of:
Spy in the House of Love
writer:
David Was and Don Was
publisher:
MCA Music Pub. (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group), Monkeys Dogs Cattle Ltd., Semper Fi Music and MCA Music Ltd. (in 1987)
5:30
7I Feel Better Than James Brown
mixer:
Ed Cherney
guest keyboard:
Jeff Lorber
recording of:
I Feel Better Than James Brown
4:46
8Somewhere in America
3:43
9Out Come the Freaks
additional producer:
Paul Staveley O’Duffy
producer:
Steve 'no-wonder" Salas, David Was and Don Was
mixer:
Paul Staveley O’Duffy (task: final mix)
recording of:
Out Come the Freaks
writer:
David Was and Don Was
publisher:
Island Music Ltd. (Island Music Ltd.) and Los was cosmopolitanos
sub-publisher:
Ackee Music Inc.
14:38
10How the Heart Behaves (original acoustic Guitar demo 1989)
guitar:
Randy Jacobs (guitarist and songwriter)
Hammond organ and guitar:
David Was
harmonica:
Don Was
recording of:
Now the Heart Behaves
3:55
11Walk the Dinosaur / (Return to the Valley of) Out Come the Freaks (Semi/Historic 1983 version)
8:43
12Hello Dad… I’m in Jail
producer:
David Was and Don Was
lead vocals:
David Was
recording of:
Dad I’m in Jail
writer:
David Was and Don Was
publisher:
Deathless Pros Music, Island Music Ltd. (Island Music Ltd.), Los was cosmopolitanos and MCA Music Ltd. (in 1987)
sub-publisher:
Ackee Music Inc.
1:26