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Big is the fourth studio album by American singer and songwriter Macy Gray , released on March 21, 2007 by Geffen Records . It is Gray's first studio album in four years. The album debuted at number 39 on the US Billboard 200 , selling 23,000 copies in its first week.[13]
Three singles were released from the album: "Finally Made Me Happy " (a collaboration with Natalie Cole ), "Shoo Be Doo ", and "What I Gotta Do". The latter was included on the Shrek the Third soundtrack. Music from this album was also featured in the I Love New York season one reunion. The album's cover art was widely illustrated on iPhone ads and featured on the first boxes of the iPod Touch .
Track listing
Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "Finally Made Me Happy " (featuring Natalie Cole ) 4:02 2. "Shoo Be Doo "
Hinds
Jared Gosselin
Phillip White
Meldal-Johnsen
Printz Board
Mary Brown
Jessyca Wilson
4:04 3. "What I Gotta Do"
Hinds
Caleb Speir
Jeremy Ruzumna
Josh Lopez
Jason Villaroman
3:08 4. "Okay" 4:09 5. "Glad You're Here" (featuring Fergie )
Hinds
Joe Solo
O'Neil
Meldal-Johnsen
Trevor Lawrence
2:54 6. "Ghetto Love"
Hinds
Adams
Moses
Mike Shapiro
James Brown
Betty Jean Newsome
will.i.am 3:08 7. "One for Me" 4:09 8. "Strange Behavior"
Hinds
Farrell
Speir
Shapiro
3:35 9. "Slowly" Fair 3:54 10. "Get Out" (featuring Justin Timberlake) 4:01 11. "Treat Me Like Your Money" (featuring will.i.am) 3:27 12. "Everybody"
Hinds
Board
Pajon
Tim "Izo" Orindgreff
will.i.am 3:16
International bonus tracks[14] [15] [16] [17] Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 13. "AEIOU"
Gray
Moses
O'Neil
Meldal-Johnsen
Damon Elliott 3:15 14. "Breakdown" (featuring Romika) (UK and Japan only)
Gray
Gosselin
White
Speir
Josh Lopez
3:36 15. "Me with You" (Japan only)
Gray
Meldal-Johnsen
Farrell
Kiilu Beckwith
4:01
Sample credits
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Big .[19]
Macy Gray – vocals (all tracks) ; production (tracks 1, 8) ; backing vocals (tracks 4, 10) ; executive production
Jay Anderson – backing vocals (track 6) ; A&R
Davis Barnett – viola (track 4)
Dawn Beckman – backing vocals (tracks 2, 6, 7, 11, 12)
Giuliano Bekor – photography
Printz Board – trumpet (tracks 1, 8) ; keyboards (tracks 2, 5, 11, 12) ; Rhodes (track 12)
Venus Brown – A&R
Jeff Chestek – string recording (track 4)
Natalie Cole – additional vocals (track 1)
"Angry" Mike Eleopoulos – recording engineering (tracks 1–3, 5, 9)
Scott Elgin – assistant engineering (track 3)
Ron Fair – production, string arrangements, string conducting (tracks 1–3, 5, 7, 9) ; Pro Tools , recording engineering (tracks 1–3, 5, 7, 9, 12) ; piano solo (track 2) ; additional piano, Wurlitzer (track 3) ; organ (tracks 3, 5) ; piano (track 5) ; harmonica (track 9) ; executive production
Mike Farrell – keyboards (tracks 7, 8)
Fergie – additional vocals (track 5)
Ghislaine Fleischmann – violin (track 4)
Paloma Ford – backing vocals (tracks 6, 8, 9)
Nick Fournier – assistant engineering (tracks 1, 5, 11, 12)
Brian "Big Bass" Gardner – mastering
Larry Gold – string arrangements (track 4)
Jared Gosselin – production (tracks 2, 3) ; programming (track 3)
Gravillis Inc. – art direction, design
Jeremy Gregory – backing vocals, vocal arrangement (track 3)
Bernie Grundman – mastering
Keith Harris – percussion (track 2) ; drums (tracks 2, 4, 7, 12) ; Rhodes (track 5) ; keyboards (tracks 7, 11) ; piano (track 12)
Tal Herzberg – recording engineering (tracks 1–3, 5, 9, 12) ; Pro Tools (tracks 1–3, 5, 6, 8–10, 12)
Victor Indrizzo – drums (tracks 1, 3, 5, 11)
Tim Izo – saxophone (tracks 1, 12) ; flute (track 5) ; clarinet (track 7)
Eric Jackson – guitar (track 2)
Jaycen Joshua – assistant mixing engineering (track 2)
Gloria Justen – violin (track 4)
Ryan Kennedy – assistant mixing engineering (tracks 8, 10)
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Padraic Kerin – recording engineering (track 4)
Sarah Killion – assistant mixing engineering (track 6)
Emma Kummrow – violin (track 4)
Mike Lett – backing vocals (track 3)
Josh Lopez – guitar (track 3)
Jennie Lorenzo – cello (track 4)
Tony Maserati – mixing (tracks 8, 10)
Glen McIntyre – backing vocals (track 6)
Justin Meldal-Johnsen – bass (tracks 1, 2, 7, 9, 11)
Peter Mokran – mixing (tracks 3, 5, 7, 9)
Dean Nelson – assistant mixing engineering (track 1)
Peter Nocella – viola (track 4)
Noiztrip – production (track 11)
Cassandra O'Neil – organ, piano (track 1) ; keyboards (track 3)
George Pajon, Jr. – guitar (tracks 5–7, 9, 11)
Dave "Hard Drive" Pensado – mixing (track 2)
Jack Joseph Puig – mixing (track 1)
Montez Roberts – assistant engineering (track 4)
Dan Rockett – guitar (track 10)
Jeremy Ruzumna – keyboards (track 3)
Rafael Serrano – assistant mixing engineering (tracks 4, 11, 12)
Mike Shapiro – percussion (tracks 2, 9) ; drums (tracks 6, 8, 10)
Justin Siegel – A&R
Caleb Speir – bass (tracks 3–5, 8, 10)
Justin Timberlake – drums (track 4) ; backing vocals, keyboards, production (tracks 4, 10) ; guitar (track 10)
Igor Szwec – violin (track 4)
Doug Tyo – assistant engineering (tracks 2, 6, 8–10, 12)
Jason Villaroman – recording engineering (tracks 1–3, 5, 6, 9, 10–12) ; programming (tracks 8, 10)
Dave Way – mixing (tracks 4, 6, 11, 12)
Eric Weaver – assistant mixing engineering (tracks 3, 5, 7, 9)
Khalfani White – backing vocals (track 12)
Phillip White – percussion (track 2) ; backing vocals, production (tracks 2, 3)
will.i.am – production (tracks 1, 4–8, 10–12) ; recording engineering (tracks 4, 6) ; programming (tracks 5, 6, 11, 12) ; keyboards (track 6) ; executive production
Ethan Willoughby – recording engineering (track 4)
Frank Wolf – recording engineering (tracks 1–3, 5, 9, 12)
Charts
Release history
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