The song was covered by
Quincy Jones in 1981 on his album
The Dude, with vocals by Dune (a.k.a. Charles May) and
Patti Austin. Jones's version peaked at number 28 on the U.S.
Billboard Hot 100 and number 10 on the R&B chart. In the UK, it peaked at number 14 in May 1981.
Awards Jerry Hey and Jones received the
1982 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) for their recording of this song.
Personnel • Charles May – lead vocal •
Steve Lukather – guitar, guitar solo •
Louis Johnson – bass guitar, hand claps •
John Robinson – drums, hand claps •
Paulinho da Costa – percussion, mouth percussion •
Herbie Hancock – electric piano •
David "Hawk" Wolinski – clavinet •
Ian Underwood – synthesizer, synthesizer programming •
Greg Phillinganes – synthesizer, hand claps •
Patti Austin – background vocals, vocal arrangement •
Tom Bahler – background vocals •
Jim Gilstrap – background vocals •
Jerry Hey – horn arrangement, trumpet, synthesizer arrangement •
Chuck Findley – trumpet •
Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone •
Kim Hutchcroft – saxophone •
Ernie Watts – saxophone, tenor saxophone solo •
Quincy Jones – vocal arrangement, rhythm arrangement, synthesizer arrangement •
Craig Huxley – beam-microtonal tubules
Chart performance ==Uniting Nations version==