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Willa Was Here is the debut and to-date only studio album by American pop singer Willa Ford, released on July 17, 2001^{[citation needed]} in the United States on the former Atlantic imprint Lava Records. The album debuted and peaked at number fifty-six on the Billboard 200 chart. It spawned the top twenty-five hit single "I Wanna Be Bad", which sold over 250,000 copies,[2] as well as "Did Ya' Understand That", which failed to chart. The album also contained a hyperlink to the video for "I Wanna Be Bad". "Ooh Ooh" was released as a promotional single, but failed to chart as well. Ford co-wrote nine of the twelve tracks.

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Willa Was Here
Studio album by Willa Ford
Released	July 17, 2001
Recorded	2001
Genre	Pop, dance-pop
Length	38:56
Label	Lava Atlantic
Producer	Josh Schwartz, Brian Kierulf, Michael D. Goodman (a.k.a. Sheppard), Tim & Bob, Eve Nelson, Andy Marvel, Robert D. Fusari, Kenny Gioia, Howie Hirsh, Robbie Nevil, Scott Ialacci (a.k.a. DJ Skribble), Anthony Acid
Singles from Willa Was Here
"I Wanna Be Bad" Released: April 24, 2001 "Did Ya' Understand That" Released: September 11, 2001 "Ooh Ooh" Released: 2002 (promo)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

Sample credits

• "Somebody Take the Pain Away" contains an interpolation of "Here Comes the Rain Again" by Eurythmics.

Personnel

• Willa Ford - vocals, background vocals
• Joshua M. Schwartz - multiple instruments
• Brian Kierulf - multiple instruments
• Eve Nelson - keyboards
• Masa Shimizu - guitar
• Robin Daniels - percussion
• Andy Marvel - keyboards
• Gerry Leonard - guitar
• Jen Carr - background vocals
• Sabelle Breer - background vocals
• Tim Kelley - keyboards, drums, bass
• Bob Robinson - guitar, piano
• Michael Nigro - keyboards
• Royce Da 5'9 - vocals

Production

• Producers: Josh Schwartz, Brian Kierulf, Michael D. Goodman (aka Sheppard), Kenny Gioia, Eve Nelson, Andy Marvel, Robert D. Fusari, Tim Kelley, Bob Robinson, Howie Hirsh, Robbie Nevil, Scott Ialacci, Anthony Acid
• Executive producer: Willa Ford, Jason Flom, Andy Shane
• Management: DAS Communications, Ltd.
• Engineers: Eve Nelson, Tim Kelley, Bob Robinson, Stephen George, Kenny Gioia
• Assistant engineers: Benjamin Jelen
• Vocal engineers: Stephen George
• Mix engineers: Manny Marriquin
• Mixing: Rob Chiarelli, Michael D. Goodman, Kenny Gioia, Eve Nelson, Andy Marvel, Jim "Bonzai" Caruso, Robert D. Fusari, Bill Lee
• Mixing assistants: Jay Nichlas
• Mastering: Tom Coyne
• A&R direction: Jason Flom, Andy Shane
• A&R administration: Gregg Nadel
• Programming: Josh Schwartz, Brian Kierulf, Eve Nelson, Andy Marvel, Robert D. Fusari, Falonte Moore, Tim Kelley
• Drum programming: Kenny Gioia, Eve Nelson
• Keyboard Programming: Darius Rustam
• Pro Tools whiz: Alan Friedman
• Vocal Production Effect: Cynthia Daniels
• Arrangers: Andy Marvel
• Vocal arrangement: Willa Ford, Jen Carr, Sabelle Breer
• String arrangements: Josh Schwartz

Charts

Chart (2001)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[3]	56

References

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