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A1	The Chant Has Begun Written-By – M. King*, P. Gould*	5:23
A2	Kansas City Milkman Written-By – M. King*, M. Lindup*, P. Gould*, W. Badarou*	5:31
A3	Seven Days Written-By – M. King*, M. Lindup*, P. Gould*	4:26
A4	Hot Water Written-By – M. King*, M. Lindup*, P. Gould*, W. Badarou*	5:41
B1	A Floating Life Written-By – M. King*, P. Gould*	5:14
B2	True Believers Written-By – M. King*, P. Gould*	5:08
B3	Kouyaté Written-By – M. King*, P. Gould*, W. Badarou*	4:52
B4	Hours By The Window Written-By – M. King*, P. Gould*	5:10

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
• Produced For – KoMos Productions
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Polydor Ltd. (London)
• Copyright (c) – Polydor Ltd. (London)
• Published By – Level 42 Music Ltd.
• Published By – Chappell Music Ltd.
• Published By – Island Visual Arts
• Recorded At – Genetic Studios
• Recorded At – Parkgate Studios
• Recorded At – Total Access Recording Studios
• Mixed At – Parkgate Studios
• Mastered At – A&M Mastering Studios
• Lacquer Cut At – PRS Hannover

Credits

• Bass, Vocals, Percussion – Mark King
• Drums, Percussion – Philip Gould*
• Engineer [Assistant] – James Tippett-Iles, Jim Russell
• Guitar – Boon Gould
• Keyboards – Wally Badarou
• Keyboards, Vocals – Mike Lindup
• Lyrics By – R. Gould* (tracks: A3), P. Gould* (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B4)
• Management – Absolute Music Production
• Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
• Photography By – Sheila Rock
• Producer, Engineer – Ken Scott
• Sleeve – Baker Dave, Malcolm Garrett
• Sleeve [Company] – Assorted Images
• Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Saxophone [Electric] – Gary Barnacle

Notes

Recorded at Genetic Sound & Park Gate Studios, additional recordings at Total Access, Los Angeles.
Produced & engineered for KoMos Productions.
Mixed at Park Gate Studios, mastered at A & M, Los Angeles.

℗ 1984 Polydor Ltd. (London)
© 1984 Polydor Ltd. (London)
Printed in West Germany

Issued with a printed inner sleeve with lyrics.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 0 42282 35421 1
• Label Code: LC 0309
• Matrix / Runout (A-side, stamped, variation 1): 823 542 - 1 S 1 3 20 2 U
• Matrix / Runout (B-side, stamped, variation 1): 823 542 - 1 S 2 3 20 U 1
• Matrix / Runout (A-side, stamped, variation 2): Side 1: 823 542 - 1 S 1 3 20 A 1
• Matrix / Runout (B-side, stamped, variation 2): Side 2: 823 542 - 1 S 2 3 20 M 2
• Price Code: Ⓨ

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
POLH 10, 823 542-1	Level 42	True Colours ‎(LP, Album)	Polydor, Polydor	POLH 10, 823 542-1	UK	1984
LEVEL 2	Level 42	True Colours ‎(LP, Album, Promo)	Polydor	LEVEL 2	UK	1984
823 542-1	Level 42	True Colours ‎(LP, Album)	Polydor	823 542-1	France	1984
none	Level 42	True Colours ‎(Acetate, LP, Album)	Polydor	none	US	1986
POLHX 10, 825 291-4	Level 42	True Colours [Limited Edition Double Play] ‎(Cass, Album)	Polydor, Polydor	POLHX 10, 825 291-4	UK	1984