| A | Don’t Be Cruel (extended version)- assistant recording engineer:
- Don Emerson and John Guggenheim
- recording engineer and editor:
- Jon Gass
- executive producer:
- Louil Silas, Jr.
- producer:
- Babyface , L.A. and L.A. & Babyface
- assistant mixer:
- Toni Greene and Fred Howard
- mixer:
- Babyface , Jon Gass and L.A.
- instruments:
- Babyface and L.A.
- background vocals:
- Babyface , Bobby Brown , Kayo , Daryl Simmons and Karyn White
- other vocals [cruel rap]:
- Bobby , Daryl and L.A.
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- UMG Recordings, Inc. (in 1988)
- produced for:
- La'Face, Inc.
- recorded at:
- Silverlake Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
- mixed at:
- Elumba Recording in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
- recording of:
- Don’t Be Cruel
- writer:
- Antonio “L.A.” Reid, Babyface and Daryl Simmons
- publisher:
- Hip Trip Music , Kear Music , Wil-He Music and Chappell Music Ltd. (from 1988 to present)
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