Kiss of Life

Track listing

Side one

"K.I.S.S.I.N.G." (Dana Merino, Guy Babylon) – 5:24

"Refuse to Be Loose" (L.A. Reid, Babyface) – 4:19

"Innocent Side" (Clif Magness, Siedah Garrett) – 5:06

"Night of No Return" (Dwania Kyles, Mervine Grady) – 4:50

Side two

"Kiss of Life" (Barry Blue, Chris Birkett) – 3:49

"Groove of Midnight" (Rod Temperton) – 4:40

"The Legend of Ruby Diamond" (Glen Ballard, Siedah Garrett) – 5:32

"Baby's Got It Bad" (Rod Temperton, Siedah Garrett) – 4:42

"Nobody Does Me" (Rod Temperton) – 6:06

On the vinyl version, tracks 1–4 are marked as "This Side", while tracks 5–9 are marked as "That Side".

"Groove of Midnight" had been recorded as a demo by Michael Jackson during the 1986–87 Bad album sessions.

"Baby's Got It Bad" is a reworked version of "Got the Hots", a demo recorded by Michael Jackson during the 1982 Thriller album sessions (included as a bonus track on the Japanese release of Thriller 25).

Personnel

Musicians

Siedah Garrett – vocals, backing vocals (1, 2, 4–9)

Larry Williams – synthesizers, synthesizer programming, saxophones (5, 7, 9)

Guy Babylon – synthesizers (1), synthesizer programming (1), arrangements (1)

Babyface – synthesizers (2), synthesizer programming (2)

Clif Magness – synthesizers (3), synthesizer programming (3), arrangements (3)

Randy Waldman – synthesizers (5), synthesizer programming (5)

Glen Ballard – synthesizers (7), synthesizer programming (7), arrangements (7)

Randy Kerber – synthesizers (7), synthesizer programming (7)

George Duke – keyboards (9)

Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars (1, 6, 8, 9)

Basil Fung – guitars (5, 7, 8)

Bruce Gaitsch – guitars (5, 8)

David Williams – guitars (6, 8)

Neil Stubenhaus – bass (9)

John Robinson – drums (6, 7, 9)

Dan Higgins – saxophones (5, 7, 9)

Gary Grant – trumpet (1, 5, 7, 9), flugelhorn (1, 5, 7, 9)

Jerry Hey – trumpet (1, 5, 7, 9), flugelhorn (1, 5, 7, 9), arrangements (1, 3, 5–7, 9)

Production

Adapted from Discogs.