credits and personnel melissa etheridge -- acoustic guitar , guitar , vocals wally badarou -- keyboard craig krampf -- percussion , drums kevin mccormick -- bass johnny lee schell -- guitar scott thurston -- keyboard waddy wachtel -- guitar melissa etheridge , niko bolas , craig krampf , kevin mccormick -- producers chris blackwell , rob fraboni -- executive producers allan blazek , jim nipar -- engineer david kane -- assistant engineer duane seykora , bob vogt -- mixing assistants stephen marcussen -- mastering melissa etheridge , craig krampf -- arrangers george dubose -- photography tony wright -- cover design cover versions german band 2-4 grooves recorded the song under the title '' the way i do '' in a house version and released it as a usual single with another song as a b-side and on a remix single including the radio version and three additional remixes .