Powerlight

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Powerlight
Studio album by Earth, Wind and Fire
Publication (s)	February 1983
Label (s)	Columbia Records
Format (s)	LP
Genre (s)	Pop , R 'n' B , funk
occupation	Philip Bailey : vocals , percussion Larry Dunn: piano , organ , synthesizer Ralph Johnson: Percussion Roland Bautista: guitar Fred White : drums Maurice White : vocals, kalimba , percussion Verdine White : vocals, bass Andrew P. Woolfolk: flute , saxophone
production	Maurice White
chronology Raise! (1981) Powerlight Electric Universe (1983)

Powerlight is the twelfth studio album by the American band Earth, Wind & Fire , which was released in February 1983 by Columbia Records.

Track list

#	title	text	length
1	Fall in Love with Me	Maurice White, Wane Vaughn, Wanda VAughn	5:54
2	Spread your love	Maurice White, Beloyd Taylor, Azar Lawrence	3:51
3	Side by side	Maurice White, Wayne Vaughn, Wanda Vaughn	5:57
4th	Straight from the heart	Philip Bailey, Eduardo del BArrio, Roxanne Seeman, Freddie Washington	4:42
5	The Spread of Love	Maurice White, Wayne Vaughn, Wanda Vaughn, Tony Haynes	3:36
6th	Freedom of Choice	Maurice White, Beloyd Taylor, Azar Lawrence	4:10
7th	Something special	MAurice White, Wayne Vaughn, Wanda Vaughn	4:23
8th	Hearts to Heart	Maurice White, Beloyd Taylor, Azar Lawrence	3:45
9	Miracles	Maurice White, Eddie del Barrio, Jon Lind, Mary D'Astgues	4:58

Contributors

• Additional backing vocals - Ms. Pluto
• Additional backing vocals, guitar - Beloyd Taylor
• Bass - Verdine White
• Cello - Douglas Davis, Earl Madison, Frederick Seykora, Larry Corbett, Ronald Cooper, Suzie Katayama
• Double bass - Arni Egilsson
• Drums, percussion - Fred White
• Rhythm guitar - Roland Bautista
• Harp - Dorothy Remsen
• Keyboards - Eduardo Del Barrio, Rick Kelly, Skip Scarborough, Wayne Vaughn, George Del Barrio
• Lead & Backing Vocals, Percussion - Philip Bailey
• Lead & backing vocals, drums, kalimba - Maurice White
• Percussion - Paulinho Da Costa, Ralph Johnson
• Piano - Maxanne Lewis
• Prophet-5 Synthesizer - Azar Lawrence
• Saxophone - Donald Myrick
• Steel drum - Robert Greenidge
• Synthesizer programming - Larry Dunn
• Tabla - Zakir Hussain
• Tenor saxophone - Andrew Woolfolk
• Trombone - Bill Reichenbach Jr., Charles Loper, George Bohanon, Lew McCreary, Louis Satterfield
• Trumpet - Chuck Findley, Gary Grant, Michael Harris, Oscar Brashear, Rahmlee Michael Davis, Jerry Hey
• Violin - Alan Deveritch, Allan Harshman, Carole Mukogawa, David Schwartz, Joel Soultanian, Linn Subotnick, Milton Kestenbaum, Pamela Goldsmith, Roland Karo, Rollice Dale
• Violin - Anatol Kaminsky, Arnold Belnick, Bill Hybel, Bob Sanov, Brenton Banks, George Kast, Haim Shtrum, Harry Bluestone, Janet Lakatos, Karen Jones, Marshall Sosson, Miwako Watanabe, Myer Bello, Nathan Ross, Nicole Bush, Pam Tompkins, Robert Lipsett, Robert Sushel, Ron Clark, Shari Zippert, Sheldon Sanov, Stanley Plummer

reception

Charts and chart placements

Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK)	13 (13 weeks)	13
United Kingdom (OCC)	22nd (6 weeks)	6th
United States (Billboard)	12 (21 weeks)	21st

Awards for music sales

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
All in all	1 × gold	500,000

Individual evidence

1. ^ Earth, Wind and Fire - Powerlight. officialcharts.de, accessed on August 19, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Earth, Wind and Fire. officialcharts.com, accessed August 19, 2020 . 
3. ^ Earth, Wind and Fire - Powerlight. billboard.com, accessed August 19, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Gold & Platinum. riaa.com, accessed August 19, 2020 .