Difference between revisions of "Album: Be Yourself"

Of the 3 singles released from this album, only the one with a Prince contribution is listed below:

Yo Mister b/w I Can Fly

The album contains two songs with writing input by Prince, Yo Mister, and Love 89 (co-written with Sheena Easton). Both tracks were recorded by Prince, with Patti LaBelle simply replacing Prince's vocals with her own.

Prince later contributed the song I Hear Your Voice to Patti LaBelle's next album, Burnin' in 1991.

Promotion

The album produced three singles, If You Asked Me To, Yo Mister (which contained various remixes of the track), and I Can't Complain. The album reached number 86 on the US Billboard Pop Chart, and number 14 on the Billboard Black Chart.

Details given for Prince-related tracks only:
The compact disc version is the original issue.

1. If You Asked Me To
2. I Can't Complain
3. Be Yourself
4. Yo Mister (5:08) ¹
5. I Got It Like That
6. Love 89 (5:09) ²
7. Still In Love
8. I'm Scared Of You
9. Can't Bring Me Down
10. Need A Little Faith
11. I Can Fly

1. If You Asked Me To
2. I Can't Complain
3. Be Yourself
4. Yo Mister (5:08) ¹
5. I Got It Like That

• Side 2:

1. Love 89 (5:09) ²
2. Still In Love
3. I'm Scared Of You
4. Can't Bring Me Down
5. Need A Little Faith
6. I Can Fly

¹ Written by Prince
² Written by Prince and Sheena Easton.

• Patti LaBelle - vocals
• Prince - all instruments and background vocals

• Prince - producer
• Susan Rogers - recording engineer on Yo Mister
• Coke Johnson - assistant engineer on Yo Mister
• Timmy Regisford - remix on Yo Mister (Soundworks, New York, NY, USA)
• Alan Gregorie - remix engineer on Yo Mister (Soundworks, New York, NY, USA)
• Eddie Miller - recording engineer on Love 89
• Steve Hall - mastering (at Future Disc Systems, Hollywood, California)
• John Kosh (credited as Kosh) - design and art direction
• Amy Dakos - design and art direction
• Carol Friedman - photography
• Norma Harris-Gordon - hair
• James Harris - hair
• Shelly Broomfield - stylist
• Ellen Silverstein - stylist
• Al Grundy - make-up
• Barry Kieselstein-Cord - jewelry

• SPECIAL THANKS TO: First I would like to thank God for giving me the gift. ZUBI - I LOVE YOU!!!
• Thanks to all my road family: my band, my singers, my crew, my Paz family, my MCA family (Loui Silas Jr. - Thanks for making me wait! A.D. Washington - Thanks for being there for me!);
• This album is dedicated to my very ill loved ones. Those who are still here hanging on and those who tried to hang on, had to leave and are now at peace. (Malik Smith - you'll never be forgotten; Sylvester - you make me feel mighty real.) I know you'll hear this wherever you are.
• A very special dedication to my sister Jackie - Because of you "I Can Fly."
• Dear Daddy I know you'll like this one!!
• To all the children: Believe in yourself and let's advance with faith and courage toward a drug free society.

• A promotional stamp was published in Billboard of 26 August 1989 (Vol. 101 No. 34).
• A full page press advert was published in Billboard of 9 September 1989 (Vol. 101 No. 36):
  

• The song Still In Love included on this album is a cover version of the track by Sheena Easton and included on her 1987 album No Sound But A Heart, which also includes musical input by Prince.

• The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince by Per Nilsen & jooZt Mattheij, with the UPTOWN Staff (Uptown, 2004)