(Dennis Lambert, Franne Golde, Walter Orange) - 5:03 "I Keep Running" (Harold Hudson, Shirley King, William King) - 4:11 "Lay Back" (Dennis Lambert, Franne Golde, Michael Page, Milan Williams) - 5:01 "Slip of the Tongue" (Lenny Macaluso, Peter Beckett) - 3:53 "Play This Record Twice" (Kevin Smith, Ronald LaPread) - 4:22 "Janet" (Bobby Caldwell, Franne Golde, Paul Fox) - 3:41 "Woman in My Life" (Keith Stegall, Patrick Henderson) - 3:34 "Lighting Up the Night" (Diane Warren, Jeff Lorber) - 4:02 Charts Personnel Commodores William King – keyboards, backing vocals, arrangements (3) Ronald LaPread – bass, backing vocals J. D. Nicholas – lead vocals (2, 3, 4), backing vocals Walter Orange – drums, lead vocals (1, 2, 5-9), backing vocals Milan Williams – keyboards Additional musicians Gregory Alexander – backing vocals Tracee Augcomfor – backing vocals Vinnie Colaiuta – drums Paulinho da Costa – percussion Paul Fox – arrangements (3, 7), synthesizers, bass programming, drum programming Doris Garrett – backing vocals Siedah Garrett – backing vocals Gary Grant – trumpet (9), flugelhorn (9) Patricia Hamlin – backing vocals Gary Herbig – saxophones (9) Jerry Hey – horn arrangement (9), trumpet (9), flugelhorn (9) Harold Hudson – arrangements (3), synthesizers Phillip Ingram – backing vocals Paul Jackson Jr. – arrangements (6), synthesizers, guitars, bass programming, drum programming Dennis Lambert – synthesizers, percussion, backing vocals, BGV arrangements Jeff Lorber – arrangements (9), synthesizers, bass programming, drum programming Peter Maunu – guitars Darryl Phinnessee – backing vocals Ambrose Price – backing vocals Sheldon Reynolds – backing vocals John Robinson – drums Neil Stubenhaus – bass David Swanson – backing vocals "Ready" Freddie Washington – bass Larry Williams – saxophones (9) Peter Wolf – arrangements (1, 2, 4, 5, 8), keyboards, synthesizers, bass programming, drum programming Production Producer – Dennis Lambert Co-Producer on "I Keep Running" – William King Associate Producer, Engineer – Jeremy Smith Associate Engineer – Paul Ericksen Assistant Engineers – Bino Espinoza and Fred Law Mastered by John Matousek at Motown/Hitsville U.S.A Recording Studios (Hollywood, CA). Album Coordination – Marrianne Pellicci and Gail Pierson Art Direction – Johnny Lee Design – Janet Levinson Photography – Ron Slenzak Management – BNB Associates, Dan Cleary References External links The official Commodores website [ AllMusic.com: Nightshift Overview] Commodores albums 1985 albums Motown albums