On How Life Is

~ Release by Macy Gray (see all versions of this release, 8 available)

Annotation

℗ «1999 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT»

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Tracklist

▼ Digital Media 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Why Didn’t You Call Me
recording engineer and mixer:
Dave Way
drum machine programming:
Darryl Swann
producer:
Andrew Slater
bass:
Dave Wilder
drums (drum set):
Matt Chamberlain (American drummer)
guitar:
Jinsoo Lim and Arik Marshall
organ and piano:
Jeremy Ruzumna (composer, lyricist, keyboardist)
percussion:
Lenny Castro and Matt Chamberlain (American drummer)
background vocals:
Dawn Beckman, Macy Gray (American singer and actor), Musiic Galloway, Jeremy Ruzumna (composer, lyricist, keyboardist) and Dave Wilder
lead vocals:
Macy Gray (American singer and actor)
recording of:
Why Didn’t You Call Me
writer:
Macy Gray (American singer and actor) and Jeremy Ruzumna (composer, lyricist, keyboardist)
3.553:12
2Do Something
recording engineer and mixer:
Dave Way
programming:
Darryl Swann
producer:
Andrew Slater
bass:
Dion Murdock
drums (drum set):
Matt Chamberlain (American drummer)
guitar:
Jinsoo Lim and Arik Marshall
mellotron:
Jon Brion and Patrick Warren
Moog and electric piano:
Jeremy Ruzumna (composer, lyricist, keyboardist)
percussion:
Lenny Castro
turntable:
DJ Kiilu
vibraphone:
Patrick Warren
background vocals:
Dawn Beckman and Musiic Galloway
lead vocals:
Macy Gray (American singer and actor)
samples:
Funky for You by Nice & Smooth and Git Up, Git Out by OutKast
recording of:
Do Something
lyricist:
Macy Gray (American singer and actor)
composer:
Antwan André Patton, André Benjamin, Cameron Gipp, George Clinton (US funk musician), Daryl Barnes, CeeLo Green, Gregg Mays, Ray Murray (American producer, songwriter & multi-instrumentalist), Patrick Brown, Jeremy Ruzumna (composer, lyricist, keyboardist), Garry Shider, Darryl Swann, Rico Wade and Bernie Worrell (keyboardist, composer and record producer)
35:00
3Caligula
recording engineer and mixer:
Dave Way
programming:
Darryl Swann
producer:
Andrew Slater
clavinet and synthesizer:
Jeremy Ruzumna (composer, lyricist, keyboardist)
drums (drum set):
Matt Chamberlain (American drummer)
guitar:
Jon Brion, Arik Marshall and Darryl Swann
mellotron and synthesizer:
Jon Brion and Patrick Warren
percussion:
Lenny Castro and Matt Chamberlain (American drummer)
background vocals:
Dawn Beckman, Macy Gray (American singer and actor), Musiic Galloway, Sy Smith (US singer and actress) and Darryl Swann
lead vocals:
Macy Gray (American singer and actor)
recording of:
Caligula
writer:
Macy Gray (American singer and actor), Jeremy Ruzumna (composer, lyricist, keyboardist) and Darryl Swann
3.754:38
4I Try
recording engineer and mixer:
Dave Way
producer:
Andrew Slater
bass:
Dave Wilder
bell and piano:
Jon Brion
drums (drum set):
Matt Chamberlain (American drummer)
guitar:
Jon Brion, Arik Marshall and Bendrix Williams
mellotron:
Patrick Warren
organ:
Jeremy Ruzumna (composer, lyricist, keyboardist)
percussion:
Lenny Castro
background vocals and lead vocals:
Macy Gray (American singer and actor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1999)
music videos:
I Try by Macy Gray (American singer and actor)
recording of:
I Try
lyricist:
Macy Gray (American singer and actor)
composer:
Macy Gray (American singer and actor), Jinsoo Lim, Jeremy Ruzumna (composer, lyricist, keyboardist) and Dave Wilder
publisher:
Children of the Forest, Emerald Forest, EMI April Music Inc., Happy Mel Boopy’s Cocktail Longe And Music, Jinsoo Lim Music, Ooky Spinalton Music, Roasti Toasti and Zomba Songs Inc.
4.13:59
5Sex‐O‐Matic Venus Freak
recording engineer and mixer:
Dave Way
programming:
Darryl Swann
producer:
Andrew Slater
bass:
Dion Murdock
drums (drum set):
Matt Chamberlain (American drummer)
guitar:
Jon Brion, Arik Marshall, DeWayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight (US guitarist) and Gabriel Moses
organ and Rhodes piano:
Jeremy Ruzumna (composer, lyricist, keyboardist)
percussion:
Lenny Castro
synthesizer:
Rami Jaffee
background vocals:
Dawn Beckman, Macy Gray (American singer and actor), Musiic Galloway and Sy Smith (US singer and actress)
lead vocals:
Macy Gray (American singer and actor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (from 1999 to present)
recording of:
Sex‐O‐Matic Venus Freak
lyricist:
Macy Gray (American singer and actor)
composer:
Dion Murdock and Jeremy Ruzumna (composer, lyricist, keyboardist)
3.253:57
6I Can’t Wait to Meetchu
recording engineer and mixer:
Dave Way
programming:
Darryl Swann
producer:
Andrew Slater
bass:
Greg Richling
drums (drum set):
Matt Chamberlain (American drummer)
guitar:
Jon Brion, Arik Marshall and Miles Tackett
horn:
Steve Baxter (American jazz trombonist), Charlie Green (Trombonist) and Michael Harris (trumpeter, member of The Phenix Horns)
organ and Rhodes piano:
Jeremy Ruzumna (composer, lyricist, keyboardist)
percussion:
Lenny Castro
background vocals:
Dawn Beckman and Musiic Galloway
lead vocals:
Macy Gray (American singer and actor)
recording of:
I Can’t Wait to Meetchu
writer:
Macy Gray (American singer and actor), Jeremy Ruzumna (composer, lyricist, keyboardist), Darryl Swann and Miles Tackett
45:18
7Still
recording engineer and mixer:
Dave Way
producer:
Andrew Slater
bass:
Greg Richling
drums (drum set):
Matt Chamberlain (American drummer)
guitar:
Jay Joyce and Arik Marshall
mellotron:
Patrick Warren
percussion:
Lenny Castro
piano:
Jeremy Ruzumna (composer, lyricist, keyboardist)
vibraphone:
Jon Brion
background vocals:
Dawn Beckman, Musiic Galloway and Sy Smith (US singer and actress)
lead vocals:
Macy Gray (American singer and actor)
strings arranger:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger)
recording of:
Still
lyricist:
Macy Gray (American singer and actor)
composer:
Bill Esses and Jeremy Ruzumna (composer, lyricist, keyboardist)
44:15
8I’ve Committed Murder
recording engineer and mixer:
Dave Way
programming:
Kiilu Beckwith and Darryl Swann
producer:
Andrew Slater
bass:
Greg Richling
drums (drum set):
Matt Chamberlain (American drummer)
guitar:
Jon Brion and Arik Marshall
marimba, synthesizer and vibraphone:
Jon Brion
mellotron:
Jon Brion and Patrick Warren
organ:
Jeremy Ruzumna (composer, lyricist, keyboardist)
percussion:
Lenny Castro
solo saxophone:
Ngozi Inyama
turntable:
DJ Kiilu
background vocals:
Dawn Beckman and Musiic Galloway
lead vocals:
Macy Gray (American singer and actor)
samples:
Live Right Now by Eddie Harris (saxophone, piano, vocals) and Theme from Love Story by Francis Lai (French composer)
recording of:
I’ve Committed Murder
writer:
Kiilu Beckwith, Macy Gray (American singer and actor), Eddie Harris (saxophone, piano, vocals), Francis Lai (French composer), Jeremy Ruzumna (composer, lyricist, keyboardist), Carl Sigman and Darryl Swann
3.254:59
9A Moment to Myself
recording engineer and mixer:
Dave Way
programming:
Darryl Swann
producer:
Andrew Slater
bass:
Greg Richling
drums (drum set):
Matt Chamberlain (American drummer)
guitar:
Jon Brion and Arik Marshall
percussion:
Lenny Castro and Matt Chamberlain (American drummer)
Rhodes piano and Wurlitzer electric piano:
Patrick Warren
turntable:
DJ Kiilu
background vocals:
Dawn Beckman and Musiic Galloway
lead vocals:
Macy Gray (American singer and actor)
samples:
Entropy: Intropy / The Third Decade, Our Move / Count and Estimate by DJ Shadow and The Groove Robbers (US hip hop producer, DJ & instrumentalist) feat. Gift of Gab (US rapper Timothy Parker, of Blackalicious), Human Beat Box by Fat Boys (US hip-hop trio) and The Wild Style by Time Zone (1980s hiphop featuring Afrika Bambaataa)
recording of:
A Moment to Myself
writer:
Macy Gray (American singer and actor), Mark Morales, Jeremy Ruzumna (composer, lyricist, keyboardist), Miles Tackett and Damon Wimbley
3.753:59
10The Letter
recording engineer and mixer:
Dave Way
programming:
Darryl Swann
producer:
Andrew Slater
bass:
Greg Richling
drums (drum set):
Matt Chamberlain (American drummer)
guitar:
Jon Brion and Arik Marshall
keyboard and mellotron and piano:
Jeremy Ruzumna (composer, lyricist, keyboardist)
keyboard and piano and mellotron:
Jon Brion
keyboard, mellotron and piano:
Rami Jaffee
percussion:
Lenny Castro and Matt Chamberlain (American drummer)
background vocals:
Macy Gray (American singer and actor) and Musiic Galloway
lead vocals:
Macy Gray (American singer and actor)
recording of:
The Letter
writer:
Macy Gray (American singer and actor), Jamie Houston and Matt Sherrod
3.655:37