Personnel:
David Bowie – vocals, keyboards, backing vocals, saxophone
Dennis Davis – percussion
George Murray – bass
Carlos Alomar – guitars
Additional musicians
Chuck Hammer – guitar/synthesizer on "Ashes to Ashes" and "Teenage Wildlife"
Robert Fripp – guitar on "Fashion", "It's No Game", "Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)", "Kingdom Come", "Up the Hill Backwards" and "Teenage Wildlife"
Roy Bittan – piano on "Teenage Wildlife", "Ashes to Ashes" and "Up the Hill Backwards"
Andy Clark – synthesizer on "Fashion", "Scream Like a Baby", "Ashes to Ashes" and "Because You're Young"
Pete Townshend – guitar on "Because You're Young"
Tony Visconti – acoustic guitar on "Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)" and "Up the Hill Backwards", backing vocals
Lynn Maitland – backing vocals
Chris Porter – backing vocals
Michi Hirota – voice on "It's No Game (No. 1)"
David Bowie, Tony Visconti – production and engineering
Larry Alexander, Jeff Hendrickson – engineering assistance
Peter Mew, Nigel Reeve – mastering