This Is What I Mean – Album Credits

FIRE + WATER

Written by Michael Omari and Ras ‘Kassa’ Alexander
Published by Warner Chappell
Vocals by Stormzy
Produced by PRGRSHN and KZ
Mixed by Leandro “Dro” Hidalgo
Engineered by Joel Peters, assisted by Calum Landau
Recorded at Osea Island, Studio 13 London, Westpoint Studios
Session Musicians: Jack Shepherd (electric and acoustic guitar), Sampha (BVs), Gabrielle Pribetti (Sax), Marco Bernadis (Sax & flute), Aaron Blake (keys), Jacob Collier (BVs), Debbie Ehirim (BVs), Sean Allen (Bass), Tendai (BVs, programming), Joel Peters (programming, keys), Ras ‘Kassa’ Alexander (Keys, Bass, Programming, Percussion), Calum Landau (Programming), KZ (BVs, bass, programming)
Mastered by Dale Becker
A&R Coordination by Chloe Brooker

THIS IS WHAT I MEAN

Written by Michael Omari and Andrew Jason Brown
Published by Warner Chappell
Vocals by Stormzy, Black Sheriff, Amaarae, Ms Banks
Produced by P2J
Additional Production by Knox Brown and Joel Peters
Mixed by Leandro “Dro” Hidalgo
Engineered by Joel Peters, assisted by Calum Landau
Recorded at Osea Island, Studio 13 London, Westpoint Studios
Session Musicians: Jacob Collier (BVs), Knox Brown (BVs), P2J (drums, bass, programming), Ras ‘Kassa’ Alexander (keys), Julian Hinton (string orchestration), STORRY (Operatic BVs), Ms Banks (BVs), Joel Peters (programming), Calum Landau (programming)
Mastered by Dale Becker
A&R Coordination by Chloe Brooker
Sample of ‘Waltz in Ebm (Piano solo)’ by Andrei Tudor
Black Sherif appears courtesy of Blacko Management / EMPIRE

PLEASE

Written by Michael Omari, Reuben James and Owen Cutts
Published by Warner Chappell
Vocals by Stormzy
Produced by Owen Cutts
Mixed by Mark ‘Spike’ Stent
Engineered by Joel Peters, assisted by Calum Landau
Recording location and credit: Osea Island, Studio 13 London, Westpoint Studios.
Session Musicians: Jacob Collier (BVs, keys), Linden Jay (Bass), Dion Wardle (keys), Owen Cutts (keys), Joel Peters (Programming), Stephanie Rose Johnson Hatchman (choral arrangement), Cameron Bloomfield (choral arrangement), Julian Hinton (string arrangement), Mat Bartrum (string engineer), George Oultron (string pro tools operator), Dave Foster (copyist), Bob Smissen (viola), Lydia Lowndes-Northcott (viola), Dave Daniels (Celli), Victoria Harrild (celli), Debbie (BVs)
Mastered by Dale Becker
A&R Coordination by Chloe Brooker

FIREBABE

Written by Michael Omari (Warner Chappell), George Moore (Warner Chappell), Debbie Ehirim (copyright control), Jacob Collier (CONCORD), Ras ‘Kassa’ Alexander (UMPG), Simon Tendai Senyange (copyright control)
Vocals by Stormzy, Debbie
Produced by George Moore
Additional Production by Tendai, Joel Peters, PRGRSHN, Jojo Mukeza, Miles
Mixed by Alex Ghenea
Engineered by Joel Peters and Calum Landau
Recorded at Osea Island, Studio 13 London, Westpoint Studios
Session Musicians: Jack Shepherd (electric guitar), Sampha (BVs), Ras ‘Kassa’ Alexander (keys), Joel Peters (Bass, keys, programming), Tendai (keys, programming, bass), Calum Landau (Bass, programming), Julian Hinton (string arrangement), Jacob Collier (BVs), George Moore (keys, bass, programming), Debbie Ehirim (BVs), Mat Bartram (string engineer), George Oulton (pro tools engineer), Dave Daniels (Cello), Dave Foster (Copyist), Jojo Mukeza (programming, electric guitar)
Mastered by Dale Becker
A&R Coordination by Chloe Brooker

HIDE & SEEK

Written by Michael Omari, Owen Cutts, Richard Olowaranti Mbu Isong, Ras ‘Kassa’ Alexander, Andrew Jason Brown, Temilade Openiyi, Ayanna Christie Brown
Published by Warner Chappell
Vocals by Stormzy
Produced by P2J and PRGRSHN
Vocal Production by Calum Landau
Mixed by Leandro “Dro” Hidalgo
Engineered by Joel Peters, assisted by Calum Landau
Recorded at Osea Island, Studio 13 London, Westpoint Studios
Session Musicians: Jack Shepherd (electric and acoustic guitar), Owen Cutts (BVs), Ras ‘Kassa’ Alexander (Keys), Ayanna (BVs), Teni (BVs), Oxlade (BVs), Calum Landau (programming), P2J (bass, programming)
Mastered by Dale Becker
A&R Coordination by Chloe Brooker

SAMPHA’S PLEA

Written by Michael Omari, Reuben James, Sampha Lahai Sisay
Published by Warner Chappell
Vocals by Sampha
Produced by Owen Cutts
Mixed by Mark ‘Spike’ Stent
Engineered by Joel Peters, assisted by Calum Landau
Recorded at Osea Island, Studio 13 London, Westpoint Studios
Session Musicians: Owen Cutts (keys), Jacob Collier (keys), Dion Wardle (keys), Linden Jay (bass), Stephanie Rose Johnson Hatchman (choral arrangement), Cameron Bloomfield (choral arrangement), Julian Hinton (string arrangement), Mat Bartrum (string engineer), George Oulton (pro tools engineer), Dave Foster (Copyist), Bob Smissen (viola), Lydia Lowndes-Northcott (viola), Dave Daniels (Celli), Victoria Harrild (celli)
Mastered by Dale Becker
A&R Coordination by Chloe Brooker
Sampha appears courtesy of Young

HOLY SPIRIT

Written by Michael Omari, Dion Wardle, Ras ‘Kassa’ Alexander
Published by Warner Chappell
Vocals by Stormzy
Produced by Dion Wardle and Joel Peters
Additional production by PRGRSHN
Mixed by Alex Ghenea
Engineered by Joel Peters, assisted by Calum Landau
Recording location and credit: Osea Island, Studio 13 London, Westpoint Studios
Session Musicians: Dion Wardle (keys), Julian Hinton (string arrangement, keys), Jack Shepherd (acoustic guitar), Joel Peters (keys), Olivia Williams (BVs), Serena Prince (BVs), Naomi Parchment (BVs), Maleik Loveridge (BVs), Ras ‘Kassa’ Alexander (bass, keys), Matt Jones (Strings Arrangement), Calum Landau (programming), Mat Bartrum (string engineer), George Oulton (pro tools engineer), Dave Foster (Copyist), Bob Smissen (viola), Lydia Lowndes-Northcott (viola), Dave Daniels (Celli), Victoria Harrild (celli), Jamie Hutchinson (violin), Janice Graham (violin), Steve Morris (violin), Kirsty Mangan (violin)
Mastered by Dale Becker
A&R Coordination by Chloe Brooker

MY PRESIDENTS ARE BLACK

Written by Michael Omari, Ras ‘Kassa’ Alexander
Published by Warner Chappell
Vocals by Stormzy
Produced by PRGRSHN
Additional Production by Joel Peters
Mixed by Leandro “Dro” Hidalgo
Engineered by Joel Peters, assisted by Calum Landau
Recorded at Osea Island, Studio 13 London, Westpoint Studios
Session Musicians: Jack Shepherd (guitar), Ayanna (BVs), Marco Bernadis (sax), Ras ‘Kassa’ Alexander (keys, programming), Abdala Mohamed Elmiene (BVs), Calum Landau (programming), Joel Peters (programming, keys), Nicolas Brown (choir leader)
Mastered by Dale Becker
A&R Coordination by Chloe Brooker
Contains a sample of “Nu till livet” by Daniela Rathana, used courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment Sweden

NEED YOU

Written by Michael Omari, Simon Tendai Senyange, Ras ‘Kassa’ Alexander, Dion Wardle
Published by Warner Chappell, Copyright Control.
Vocals by Stormzy, tendai, Ayra Starr
Produced by P2J and tendai.
Additional Production by Juls, Tempoe and PRGRSHN
Mixed by Leandro “Dro” Hidalgo
Engineered by Joel Peters, assisted by Calum Landau
Recording location and credit: Osea Island, Studio 13 London, Westpoint Studios
Session Musicians (and instruments played): Dion Wardle (keys), Godwin Sonzi (Guitar), Sheila Maurice-Grey (Horns), Ras ‘Kassa’ Alexander (programming, bass, keys), Joel Peters (programming), Calum Landau (programming), P2J (bass, programming), tendai (programming), Tempoe (programming, bass, keys), Juls (programming)
Mastered by Dale Becker
A&R Coordination by Chloe Brooker

BAD BLOOD

Written by Michael Omari
Published by Warner Chappell
Vocals by Stormzy, Nao
Produced by Grades and Scribz Riley
Additional Production by PRGRSHN and P2J
Mixed by Leandro “Dro” Hidalgo
Engineered by Joel Peters, assisted by Calum Landau
Recorded at Osea Island, Studio 13 London, Westpoint Studios
Session Musicians: Gabrielle Pribetti (Sax), Julian Hinton (Strings), tendai (keys), Calum Landau (programming, bass), Joel Peters (programming), P2J (programming, bass), Ras ‘Kassa’ Alexander (keys), tendai (keys), Grades (keys), Scribz Riley (keys), Olivia Williams (BVs), Naomi Parchment (BVs), Teniola Abosede (BVs), Akim Amusan (BVs), Patrick Linton (BVs)
Mastered by Dale Becker
A&R Coordination by Chloe Brooker
Nao appears courtesy of RCA, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

I GOT MY SMILE BACK

Written by Michael Omari, Jacob Collier, Debbie Ehirim, India Arie
Published by Warner Chappell
Vocals by Stormzy, India.Arie
Produced by P2J
Additional Production by Joel Peters
Mixed by Leandro “Dro” Hidalgo
Engineered by Joel Peters, assisted by Calum Landau
Recorded at Osea Island, Studio 13 London, Westpoint Studios
Session Musicians: Jacob Collier (BVs), Calum Landau (bass, programming), Julian Hinton (string arranger, programming), Ras ‘Kassa’ Alexander (keys), Moore (keys), P2J (programming), Joel Peters (bass, programming, keys)
Mastered by Dale Becker
A&R Coordination by Chloe Brooker

GIVE IT TO THE WATER

Written by Michael Omari, Debbie Ehirim, Dion Wardle, Jacob Collier
Published by Warner Chappell, Copyright Control.
Vocals by Stormzy, Debbie, Jacob Collier
Produced by Dion Wardle
Mixed by Mark ‘Spike’ Stent
Engineered by Joel Peters assisted by Calum Landau
Recorded at Osea Island, Studio 13 London, Westpoint Studios
Session Musicians: Dion Wardle (keys), Joel Peters (bass, keys), Calum Landau (bass)
Mastered by Dale Becker
A&R Coordination by Chloe Brooker

Executive Producer: PRGRSHN
Creative Executive Producer: tendai
Immersive Mix Engineer: Will Reeves
A&R by Alec Boateng & Jermaine Agyako