Wild Things Run Fast

Track listing

Personnel

• Joni Mitchell – vocals; acoustic guitar on 3,5,9,10,11; electric guitar on 4,6,8; piano on 1; electric piano on 10, cover painting
• Larry Klein – bass, rhythmic arrangements on 2, 7
• Michael Landau – electric guitar on 5,7,8,10
• Steve Lukather – electric guitar on 1,2,9,11
• John Guerin – drums on 1,4,6,9
• Vinnie Colaiuta – drums on 2,3,5,7,8,10,11, rhythmic arrangements on 2, 7
• Don Alias – rhythmic arrangements on 6
• Larry Williams – Prophet synthesizer on 1,2,3; tenor saxophone on 3,7
• Russell Ferrante – Oberheim synthesizer on 4,6,9
• Wayne Shorter – soprano saxophone on 4,6,11
• Larry Carlton – guitar on 3
• Victor Feldman – percussion on 9
• Kim Hutchcroft – baritone saxophone on 7
• Lionel Richie – backing vocals on 3,8
• Charles Valentino, Howard Kinney – backing vocals on 3
• James Taylor – backing vocals on 9
• John Guerin, Kenny Rankin, Robert De La Garza, Skip Cottrell – whisper chorus on 6

  Technical personnel

• Joni Mitchell – production, mixing
• Larry Klein – mixing
• Henry Lewy – engineering at A&M
• Skip Cottrell – engineering at A&M
• Clyde Kaplan – assistant engineering at A&M
• Jerry Hudgins – engineering at Devonshire Sound
• Larry Hirsch – mixing
• Chase Williams – assistant mixing
• John Golden – vinyl mastering
• Lee Herschberg – CD remastering