Whatever It Takes

~ Recording by Leona Lewis

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.2Whatever It Takes3:27Leona LewisSpiritLeona LewisAlbum
  • GB2007-11-12
Syco Music, Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)88697185262
1.10Whatever It Takes3:28Leona LewisSpiritLeona LewisAlbum
  • XW2008-04-08
J Records (US R&B), Syco Music
1.10Whatever It Takes3:28Leona LewisSpiritLeona LewisAlbum
  • US2008-04-08
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008), Syco Music, J Records (US R&B)88697025542
1.2Whatever It Takes3:27Leona LewisSpirit (deluxe edition)Leona LewisAlbum
  • BR2008-04-29
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)88697222432
1.2Whatever It Takes3:28Leona LewisSpiritLeona LewisAlbum
  • FI2008-10-16
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)
1.2Whatever It Takes3:28Leona LewisSpirit (Opendisc)Leona LewisAlbum
  • DE2008-11-14
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008), Syco Music88697359682
1.2Whatever It Takes3:28Leona LewisSpirit (the deluxe edition)Leona LewisAlbum
  • GB2008-11-14
Syco Music88697359692
1.2Whatever It Takes3:27Leona LewisSpirit (the deluxe edition)Leona LewisAlbum
Syco Music
1.2Whatever It Takes3:28Leona LewisSpirit (the deluxe edition)Leona LewisAlbum
  • GB2008-11-17
Syco Music, Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88697359692
1.2Whatever It Takes3:28Leona LewisSpiritLeona LewisAlbum
  • JP2008-11-26
BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation), Syco MusicBVCP-21642
1.2Whatever It Takes3:28Leona LewisSpiritLeona LewisAlbum
Syco Music
1.2Whatever It Takes3:28Leona LewisSpiritLeona LewisAlbum
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008), Syco Music88697222432
1.10Whatever It Takes3:27Leona LewisSpirit (The Deluxe Edition)Leona LewisAlbum
  • XW2009-02-03
Syco Music
1.2Whatever It Takes3:28Leona LewisSpiritLeona LewisAlbum
  • FR2009-02-23
Syco Music
1.10Whatever It Takes3:28Leona LewisSpiritLeona LewisAlbum
Syco Music
1.2Whatever It Takes3:28Leona LewisSpiritLeona LewisAlbum
Syco Music
1.2Whatever It Takes3:27Leona LewisSpirit (the deluxe edition)Leona LewisAlbum
Syco Music
1.2Whatever It Takes3:27Leona LewisSpiritLeona LewisAlbum
  • XW2020-11-20
Syco Music
1.2Whatever It Takes3:27Leona LewisSpiritLeona LewisAlbum
Syco Music
1.2Whatever It Takes3:28Leona LewisSpiritLeona LewisAlbum
Syco Music
1.2Whatever It Takes3:26Leona LewisSpirit (HMV 1921 exclusive)Leona LewisAlbum
  • GB2023-06-17
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)19658808961
Promotion
1.2Whatever It Takes3:28Leona LewisSpiritLeona LewisAlbum
BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation), Syco MusicBVCP-28094/5

Relationships

assistant recording engineer:Lloyd Cooper
Tim Sturges
recording engineer and mixer:Carlton Lynn
miscellaneous support:Kimberly L. Smith (engineer, A&R executive, production manager/coordinator) (task: project coordinator)
Fonzi Thornton (task: vocal contractor)
programming:Novel (US rapper Alonzo Stevenson)
producer:Dallas Austin
Novel (US rapper Alonzo Stevenson)
cello:Karen Freer
Daniel Laufer (cellist)
drums (drum set) [drums]:Philip Lowman
Stephan Ferrera (UK drummer)
guitar [guitars]:Tony Reyes (songwriter/producer/multi‐instrumentalist)
keyboard [keyboards]:Novel (US rapper Alonzo Stevenson)
violin [violins]:Amy Chang
William Pu
Olga Shpitko
Kenn Wagner
background vocals:Leona Lewis
choir vocals:‘Biti’ Straughn (vocalist for Degrees of Motion, also known simply as “Biti”)
Tawatha Agee
Bennie Diggs
Robin Clark (soul vocalist)
Michelle Cobbs
Tammy Lucas
Cindy Mizelle
Billy Porter
Vaneese Thomas
Fonzi Thornton
strings arranger:Eddie Horst
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Simco Limited (not for release label use, for copyright/licensor use only) (in 2007)
mixed for:Milk Money Consulting
produced for:DARP, Inc.
recorded at:Battery Studios (NYC; not to be confused with the mastering studio located at 321 W 44th Street) in New York, New York, United States
DARP Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Doppler Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
mixed at:DARP Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
recording of:Whatever It Takes

Whatever It Takes

writer:Alonzo ‘Novel’ Stevenson (US rapper Alonzo Stevenson)
Leona Lewis
Tony Reyes (songwriter/producer/multi‐instrumentalist)
publisher:EMI Blackwood Music (1989-07-24–present)
Hit Face Music
Lewis Music Publishing
Lost Poet Music
Songs of Pulse Recording (BMI)
Soundtron Tunes