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A1	Fire It Up	3:59
A2	Love Gun	5:44
A3	Lovin' You Is A Pleasure	4:08
A4	Love In The Night Choir – California St. Clair, Cynthia Gable, Cynthia Nettles, Danny LeMelle*, Jackie Ruffin, Julia Waters, Keith "Star" Ragin*, Lisa Sarna, Maxine Waters, Pat Henderson, Tom McDermott, Winston L. Allen	6:22
B1	Come Into My Life	7:10
B2	Stormy Love	2:05
B3	When Love Is Gone	7:32

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Record Plant, Sausalito
• Mastered At – Kendun Recorders
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Motown Record Corporation
• Copyright (c) – Motown Record Corporation
• Published By – Jobete Music Co., Inc.
• Published By – Stone City Music

Credits

• Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Harpsichord – Danny LeMelle*
• Art Direction – John Cabalka
• Backing Band – The Stone City Band*
• Backing Vocals – Julia Waters, Maxine Waters, Pat Henderson, The Colored Girls
• Backing Vocals [The Colored Girls] – Jackie Ruffin, Lisa Sarna
• Bass Guitar – Oscar Alston
• Design – Ginny Livingston
• Drums – Lanise Hughes
• Electric Guitar, Twelve-String Guitar, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Tom McDermott
• Engineer – Tom Flye [Super Flye]*
• Engineer [Assistant] – Rick Sanchez, Russell Curtis
• Handclaps – California St. Clair, Cliff Ervin, Danny LeMelle*, Greg Levias, Jackie Ruffin, John Ervin, Levi Ruffin*, Lisa Sarna, Dr. Rachelle L. James*, Susie Ervin, Tom McDermott, Winston L. Allen
• Keyboards, Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Greg Levias
• Mastered By – Jim Sintetos
• Percussion, Electronic Drums [Syndrums] – Shondu Akiem*
• Photography By – Ron Slenzak
• Synthesizer, Synthesizer [Strings Ensemble], Percussion, Backing Vocals, Co-producer [Production Assistant] – Levi Ruffin*
• Trombone – John Ervin
• Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Cliff Ervin
• Typography [Lettering] – Michael Manoogian
• Written-By, Arranged By, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Organ, Harpsichord, Timbales, Timpani, Electronic Drums [Syndrums], Drums, Percussion, Lyrics By – Rick James

Notes

℗ 1979, © 1979 & Trademark Motown Record Corporation, Hollywood, California 90028, All Rights Reserved, Printed in U.S.A.

All songs published by Jobete Music Company, Inc. & Stone City Music Company (ASCAP)
A product of Motown Record Corp.

Recorded at The Record Plant, Sausalito, California
Mastered at Kendun Recorders, Burbank, California

Maxine Waters & Julia Waters appear courtesy of Arista Records, Inc.

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Printed inner sleeve with all credits and lyrics.

Label variation

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Label Side A): G8-990M1A
• Matrix / Runout (Label Side B): G8-990M1B
• Matrix / Runout (Run-out A-side): G 8990M1(A) 13A AGE KENDUR-C JGS
• Matrix / Runout (Run-out B-side): G 8990M1(B) 13B AGE KENDUR-C JGS

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
G8-990MI	Rick James	Fire It Up ‎(LP, Album)	Gordy	G8-990MI	US	1979
G8-990M1	Rick James	Fire It Up ‎(LP, Album)	Gordy	G8-990M1	US	1979
VIP-6709	Rick James	Fire It Up ‎(LP, Album)	Motown	VIP-6709	Japan	1979
2C 070 63364	Rick James	Fire It Up ‎(LP, Album)	Motown, Pathé Marconi EMI	2C 070 63364	France	1979
257-15-018	Rick James	Fire It Up ‎(LP, Album)	Motown, Bellaphon	257-15-018	Germany	1979