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Willa Ford Amanda Lee Williford (born January 22, 1981), known by her stage name Willa Ford, is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, model, television personality and film actress. She released her debut album, ''Willa Was Here'', in 2001. Ford also ha ...

, released on July 17, 2001 in the United States on the former

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. The album debuted and peaked at number fifty-six on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart. It spawned the top twenty-five hit single "

I Wanna Be Bad "I Wanna Be Bad" is a song by American singer Willa Ford from her first studio album, ''Willa Was Here'' (2001). The song features a guest appearance from rapper Royce da 5'9". Ford wrote it alongside Brian Kierulf and Josh Schwartz, who both h ...

", which sold over 250,000 copies,
as well as "Did Ya' Understand That", which failed to chart. The album also contained a hyperlink to the music video, video for "I Wanna Be Bad". "Ooh Ooh" was released as a promotional single, but failed to chart as well. Ford co-wrote nine of the twelve tracks.

Track listing

Sample credits *"Somebody Take the Pain Away" contains an interpolation of "

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Personnel

*Willa Ford -

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

, background vocals * Joshua M. Schwartz - multiple instruments *

Brian Kierulf Brian Kierulf is a songwriter and producer from the United States. He usually writes songs with Joshua M. Schwartz. They are a part of KNS Productions. Selected discography Aaron Carter - album ''Oh Aaron'' *"Oh Aaron" (Written by Andy Goldmark ...

- multiple instruments *Eve Nelson -

keyboards Keyboard may refer to: Text input * Keyboard, part of a typewriter * Computer keyboard ** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping ** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware Music * Musi ...

*Masa Shimizu -

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

*Robin Daniels -

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

*Andy Marvel - keyboards *Gerry Leonard - guitar *Jen Carr - background vocals *Sabelle Breer - background vocals *Tim Kelley - keyboards,

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, bass *Bob Robinson - guitar,

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

*Michael Nigro - keyboards *Royce Da 5'9 - vocals

Production

*Producers: Josh Schwartz, Brian Kierulf, Michael D. Goodman (aka Sheppard), Kenny Gioia, Eve Nelson, Andy Marvel, Robert D. Fusari, Tim Kelley, Bob Robinson, Howie Hirsh, Robbie Nevil, Scott Ialacci, Anthony Acid *Executive producer: Willa Ford, Jason Flom, Andy Shane *Management: DAS Communications, Ltd. *Engineers: Eve Nelson, Tim Kelley, Bob Robinson, Stephen George, Kenny Gioia *Assistant engineers: Benjamin Jelen *Vocal engineers: Stephen George *Mix engineers: Manny Marriquin *Mixing: Rob Chiarelli, Michael D. Goodman, Kenny Gioia, Eve Nelson, Andy Marvel, Jim "Bonzai" Caruso, Robert D. Fusari, Bill Lee *Mixing assistants: Jay Nichlas *Mastering: Tom Coyne *A&R direction: Jason Flom, Andy Shane *A&R administration: Gregg Nadel *Programming: Josh Schwartz, Brian Kierulf, Eve Nelson, Andy Marvel, Robert D. Fusari, Falonte Moore, Tim Kelley *Drum programming: Kenny Gioia, Eve Nelson *Keyboard Programming: Darius Rustam *Pro Tools whiz: Alan Friedman *Vocal Production Effect: Cynthia Daniels *Arrangers: Andy Marvel *Vocal arrangement: Willa Ford, Jen Carr, Sabelle Breer *String arrangements: Josh Schwartz

Charts

References

{{Authority control 2001 debut albums Willa Ford albums Atlantic Records albums Lava Records albums