Producer – Hal DavisProducer, Arranged By – Arthur G. WrightWritten-By – Anita Poree, Frank Wilson, Leonard Caston
4:26
2
I Won't Mistreat Your Love
Arranged By – David BlumbergCo-producer [Associate Producer] – Arthur G. Wright, Hal Davis, Russ TerranaSoloist, Alto Saxophone – Herman RileyWritten-By – Billy Preston, Bruce Fischer
3:57
3
Lay Your Feelings On Me
Arranged By – Gene PageCo-producer – Suzee IkedaProducer – Berry GordyWritten-By – Helen Lewis, Kay Lewis
4:22
4
Hope
Producer – Paul JabaraProducer, Arranged By – Bob EstyWritten-By – Bob Esty, Paul Jabara
5:17
5
Good Life Boogie
Arranged By – David BlumbergCo-producer [Associate Producer] – Arthur G. Wright, Hal Davis, Russ TerranaProducer – Billy PrestonWritten-By – Billy Preston
4:17
6
Until Then
Co-producer [Associate Producer] – Russ TerranaProducer, Arranged By – Billy PrestonWritten-By – Billy Preston, Jesse Kirkland, Joe Greene
3:35
7
A Change Is Gonna Come
Producer – Billy PrestonProducer, Arranged By – Marty PaichWritten-By – Sam Cooke
3:56
8
The Way I Am
Producer – Billy Preston, David PaichProducer, Arranged By – Marty PaichWritten-By – David Paich
4:56
9
Baby I'm Yours
Arranged By – David BlumbergProducer – Billy Preston, David ShireWritten-By – Van McCoy
3:18
Versions
Category
Artist
Title (Format)
Label
Category
Country
Year
M8-941 M1, 542003
Billy Preston
The Way I Am (LP, Album)
Motown, Vogue
M8-941 M1, 542003
France
1981
M8-941M1
Billy Preston
The Way I Am (LP, Album)
Motown
M8-941M1
US
1981
MOW 27
Billy Preston
The Way I Am (LP, Album)
Motown
MOW 27
Mexico
1981
504.7167
Billy Preston
The Way I Am (LP, Album)
Motown
504.7167
Brazil
1981
260·15·013
Billy Preston
The Way I Am (LP, Album)
Motown
260·15·013
Germany
1981
Credits
Backing Vocals – Billy Preston, Jesse Kirkland, Joe Greene, Julia Waters Tillman, Luther Waters, Maxine Waters Willard, Michael Reed, Mona Lisa Young, Oma Drake, Oren Waters, Stephanie Spruill, Syreeta, Terry Young
Drums – James Gadson, Jeff Porcaro, Ollie E. Brown, Rick Schlosser
Engineer – Allen Sides, Guy Costa, Jane Clark, Joe Robb, Kevin T. Wright, Russ Terrana
Executive-Producer – Suzanne De Passe Le Mat, Tony Jones
Guitar – Arthur G. Wright, Charles Fearing, David T. Walker, Greg Poree, Marlo Henderson, Melvin "Wah Wah" Ragin, Paul M. Jackson, Jr., Red Rhodes, Steve Lukather, Trevor Veitch
Keyboards – Billy Preston, David Paich, David Shire, Mike Lang, Reginald "Sonny" Burke, William Bryant II
Management [Project Manager] – Suzanne Coston
Mastered By – John Matousek, Russ Terrana
Other [Makeup] – Wayne Masserelli
Other [Stylist] – Suzi Biles
Percussion – Gary Coleman, Joe Clayton, Melvin Webb, Paulinho DaCosta
Photography By – Harry Langdon
Synthesizer – Billy Preston, David Budimir
Notes
Studio credits Recorded & Mixed at: Motown / Hitsville U.S.A. Recording Studios, Ocean Way Recording, NSP Studios & Cherokee Recording Studios Mastered at Motown / Hitsville U.S.A. Recording Studios Courtesy Credits - Ollie E. Brown / Brown Sugar Productions - Paulinho DaCosta / Pablo Records, Inc. - David Paich, Jeff Porcaro, David Hungate & Steve Lukather / Columbia Records - Julia Waters Tillman, Luther Waters, Maxine Waters Willard & Oren Waters / Arista Records Publishing credits Hope - Olga Music, Aller & Esty Music & Songs of Manhattan Island Music Co (BMI) Good Life Boogie - Irving Music, Inc. & WEP Music Corp. (BMI) Keep On Truckin' - Stone Diamond Music Corp. (BMI) A Change Is Gonna Come - Kags Music Corp. (BMI) Lay Your Feelings On Me - Stone Diamond Music Corp. (BMI) I Won't Mistreat Your Love - Irving Music, Inc. WEP Music Corp. (BMI) & Rich - Fish Music Co. (ASCAP) Baby I'm Yours - Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI) Until Then - Irving Music, Inc. & WEP Music Corp. (BMI) The Way I Am - Hudmar Publishing Co., Inc. (ASCAP)