Now That’s What I Call Music! Decades: The Deluxe Edition

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1CD: 1983–1989
2CD: 1990–1996
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Killer
assistant producer:
Mark Tinley
producer:
Adamski
lead vocals:
Seal (English‐born singer and songwriter) (in 1990)
music videos:
Killer (music video) by Seal (English‐born singer and songwriter)
part of:
The Downloader’s Music Source Book (number: 198)
recording of:
Killer (in 1990)
lyricist:
Seal (English‐born singer and songwriter)
writer:
Seal (English‐born singer and songwriter) and Adam Paul Tinley
publisher:
EMI Virgin Music Publishing Germany GmbH & Co. KG (ended), Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd. (ended), Beethoven Street Music Ltd, EMI Virgin Music Ltd. (do not use this as a release label!), MCA Music, Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!) and Universal/MCA Music Publishing GmbH
Adamski3.44:14
2Dub Be Good to Me
producer:
Norman Cook
vocals:
Lindy Layton
recording of:
Dub Be Good to Me
composer:
Norman Cook, James Harris III (James Harris of Jam & Lewis) and Terry Lewis (US hip-hop/soul songwriter, producer & label owner)
version of:
Just Be Good to Me
Beats International feat. Lindy Layton2.754:00
33AM Eternal
additional recording engineer:
Julian Gordon-Hastings and Ian Richardson (Ford Timelord)
programming and producer:
The KLF (British electronic band with several aliases)
mixer:
Mark “Spike” Stent (producer, engineer) and Jeremy Wheatley (UK mix engineer, aka Jim Bob)
lead vocals [rap]:
Ricardo da Force
vocals:
P.P. Arnold
guest performer:
Children of the Revolution (Backing artists for The KLF)
performer:
The KLF (British electronic band with several aliases)
recording of:
3 A.M. Eternal (Original Edit)
composer:
Jimmy Cauty and Bill Drummond
recording of:
3 A.M. Eternal (live at the S.S.L.)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Cauty, Bill Drummond and Ricardo Lyte
version of:
3 A.M. Eternal (Original Edit)
The KLF feat. The Children of the Revolution3.853:38
4Take a Chance on Me
assistant recording engineer:
Dave Eringa
engineer and producer:
David Bascombe
assistant mixer:
Ben Darlow
additional other vocals [rap]:
MC Kinky
cover recording of:
Take a Chance on Me
writer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
publisher:
Bocu Music Ltd., Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Union Songs Music, Universal Music Publishing Group and Universal/Union Songs Musikförlag AB
part of:
Mamma Mia! (1999 musical)
Erasure2.853:38
5The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s in His Kiss)
producer:
Peter Asher
lead vocals:
Cher
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Geffen Records (in 1990)
music videos:
The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s in His Kiss) by Cher
cover recording of:
It’s in His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song)
lyricist and composer:
Rudy Clark (US songwriter)
publisher:
By the Bay Music, Pathe Publications (F.E.) Ltd., TM Music Ltd. and Trio Music Company
Cher3.22:50
6Would I Lie to You
producer:
Josh Deutsch
edit of:
Would I Lie to You? by Charles & Eddie
recording of:
Would I Lie to You?
writer:
Michael Leeson and Peter Vale (writer/arranger)
publisher:
EMI Virgin Music Publishing Australia P/L and BMG VM Music Ltd. (from 2013-05-16 to present)
Charles & Eddie3.353:38
7Dreams
producer:
Richie Fermie
mixer:
John Brough
guitar:
Paul Noble (member of "Warm Jets")
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Go Beat Ltd. (in 1993) and Go! Discs Ltd. (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1993)
recording of:
Dreams (in 1993)
writer:
Tim Laws and Louise Gabrielle Bobb (British singer-songwriter)
publisher:
Imagem London Ltd., Perfect Songs Ltd. (UK publisher, affiliated with PRS) and Zomba Music Publishers Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Zomba Music Publishing)
Gabrielle33:40
8Unchained Melody
engineer:
Larry Levine
producer:
Phil Spector
solo lead vocals:
Bobby Hatfield (in 1965-03)
arranger:
Jack Nitzsche (American musician and score composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label), PolyGram Records, Inc. (not for release label use! US division of PolyGram) (in 1965, in 1968) and Universal Records (UMG subsidiary, “RECORDS” must be a part of the logo; read annotation) (in 1966)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios (Santa Monica Blvd. location since 1949) in West Hollywood, California, United States (in 1965-03)
part of:
The Co-Op: Top 10 British Funeral Songs (number: 8), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 269) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 366)
cover recording of:
Unchained Melody (in 1965-03)
publisher:
Hy Zaret
lyricist:
Hy Zaret
composer:
Alex North (US composer)
publisher:
Frank Music Corp. (ended), HZUM Publishing, MPL Communication Ltd. (not for release label use! Paul McCartney-related, London-based company), MPL Communications Australia, MPL Musik Verlags GmbH, North Melody Publishing and Unchained Melody Publishing, LLC
sub-publisher:
日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division)
part of:
The 28th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
The Righteous Brothers33:38
9Nothing Compares 2 U
engineer:
Chris Birkett
producer:
Nellee Hooper and Sinéad O’Connor (Irish singer‐songwriter)
mixer:
Chris Birkett, Fachtna Ó Ceallaigh and Sinéad O’Connor (Irish singer‐songwriter)
vocals:
Sinéad O’Connor (Irish singer‐songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Chrysalis Records (don’t use as an imprint; please use “Chrysalis” instead) (in 1990) and Ensign Records Ltd. (company; do NOT use as release label) (in 1990)
music videos:
Nothing Compares 2 U (music video) by Sinéad O’Connor (Irish singer‐songwriter)
part of:
New York Post: 100 Greatest Covers (2007) (number: 4), AUX: 10 Cover Songs Better Than The Orignials, Paste: The 50 Greatest NON One-Hit Wonders of All Time (number: 38), Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 87), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 162), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 184) and Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 413)
cover recording of:
Nothing Compares 2 U
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), NPG Publishing and Warner Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
Sinéad O’Connor4.35:00
10Show Me Heaven
recording of:
Show Me Heaven
writer:
Eric Rackin (Production music composer), Maria McKee and Jay Rifkin
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd., Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Ensign Music Corporation, Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody) and Famous Music Publishing Limited (renamed into BMG FM Music Ltd. on 2013-05-13)
Maria McKee33:50
11I’d Do Anything for Love (but I Won’t Do That)
producer:
Jim Steinman
recording of:
I’d Do Anything for Love (but I Won’t Do That)
lyricist and composer:
Jim Steinman
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919) (in 1993)
Meat Loaf35:25
12Love Is All Around
co-producer:
Graeme Duffin
conductor:
Fiachra Trench
strings arranger:
Fiachra Trench
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1994) and Phonogram Ltd. (London) (company name, NOT a label!) (in 1994)
music videos:
Love Is All Around by Wet Wet Wet
cover recording of:
Love Is All Around
lyricist and composer:
Reg Presley
publisher:
Dick James Music Ltd. (renamed Universal/Dick James Music Ltd. since 1999‐07‐30), Universal Music Publishing (use ONLY if no country‐specific information is available), Universal–Songs of PolyGram International, Inc. and Universal/Dick James Music Ltd. (fka Dick James Music Ltd.)
recording of:
Love Is All Around
lyricist and composer:
Reg Presley
publisher:
Dick James Music Ltd. (renamed Universal/Dick James Music Ltd. since 1999‐07‐30), Universal Music Publishing (use ONLY if no country‐specific information is available), Universal–Songs of PolyGram International, Inc. and Universal/Dick James Music Ltd. (fka Dick James Music Ltd.)
Wet Wet Wet3.63:57
13A Little Time
engineer:
Rupert Coulson (sound engineer), Ben Kape and Lance Phillips
producer:
Mike Hedges (UK producer/recording engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Go! Discs Ltd. (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1990)
music videos:
A Little Time by The Beautiful South
recording of:
A Little Time
lyricist:
Paul Heaton
composer:
Paul Heaton and Dave Rotheray
publisher:
Island Music Ltd. and Universal/Island Music Ltd. (for music publishing use only, formerly Island Music Ltd.)
Beautiful South32:59
14Don’t Look Back in Anger
recording engineer:
Owen Morris
producer:
Noel Gallagher and Owen Morris
bass guitar:
Paul McGuigan (Oasis)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Alan White (Oasis drummer)
electric guitar [lead guitar] and lead vocals:
Noel Gallagher
electric guitar [rhythm guitar] and Hammond organ:
Paul Arthurs ("Bonehead", Oasis)
piano:
Paul Arthurs ("Bonehead", Oasis) and Noel Gallagher
tambourine:
Liam Gallagher (English musician, lead singer of Oasis)
recorded at:
Rockfield Studios in Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom
music videos:
Don’t Look Back in Anger by Oasis (Noel & Liam Gallagher)
part of:
NME: Greatest “Indie” Anthems Ever: 2007 (number: 14) and Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 45)
recording of:
Don’t Look Back in Anger
lyricist and composer:
Noel Gallagher
Oasis4.34:49
15Breakfast at Tiffany’s
engineer, producer and mixer:
David Castell
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
Toby Pipes, Todd Pipes and Kirk Tatom
bass guitar:
Todd Pipes and Kirk Tatom
drums (drum set) and percussion:
John Kirtland (Drummer, head of Kirtland Records)
keyboard:
Toby Pipes and Todd Pipes
lap steel guitar:
Toby Pipes
organ and piano:
Kirk Tatom
vocals:
Toby Pipes, Todd Pipes and Kirk Tatom
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Interscope Records (part of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1995) and UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) (in 1995)
recording of:
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
lyricist and composer:
Todd Pipes
publisher:
Warner Chappell North America and WC Music Corp.
Deep Blue Something3.74:18
16Baby Come Back
producer:
Stoker (production/remixing)
guest performer:
Ali Campbell (UB40’s former vocalist) and Robin Campbell
cover recording of:
Baby, Come Back
lyricist and composer:
Eddy Grant
publisher:
Kassner Music Ltd.
Pato Banton feat. Ali & Robin Campbell2.653:52
17Wannabe
assistant recording engineer:
Patrick McGovern
recording engineer:
Adrian Bushby
programming and producer:
Richard Stannard and Matt Rowe
mixer:
Mark “Spike” Stent (producer, engineer)
keyboard:
Richard Stannard and Matt Rowe
publisher:
SSO
music videos:
Wannabe (video) by Spice Girls
part of:
Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 36)
recording of:
Wannabe
writer:
Melanie Brown (Mel B), Emma Bunton, Geri Halliwell, Melanie Chisholm, Richard Stannard, Matt Rowe and Victoria Beckham (née Adams)
publisher:
PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd. and Windswept Pacific Music Ltd.
Spice Girls3.852:53
18Boombastic
recording engineer:
"Tootie" Wayne Nicholson (Engineer (recording & mixing))
miscellaneous support:
Dennis Halliburton (Engineer, producer, session musician) (task: track layed by) and Robert Livingston (Jamaican reggae and dancehall producer) (task: track layed by)
producer:
Robert Livingston (Jamaican reggae and dancehall producer) and Shaun "Sting Int'l" Pizzonia
mixer:
Sting Int'l
produced for:
Big Yard Production
recorded at and mixed at:
HC&F Recording Studio, Long Island, N.Y. (defunct) in Freeport, Hempstead, New York, United States
samples:
Baby Let Me Kiss You by King Floyd
recording of:
Boombastic
writer:
King Floyd, Robert Livingston (Jamaican reggae and dancehall producer) and Orville Richard Burrell (Orville Richard Burrell, dancehall and reggae singer)
publisher:
Jobete Music Co., Inc., Malaco Music Company, Pedigree Ranch Music, Peermusic III, Ltd. (BMI), Roffignac Music Co., Scikron Music Publishing and Stone Diamond Music Corp.
Shaggy3.554:08
19Spaceman
producer:
Jas Mann and Steve Power
mixer:
Clive Black
edit of:
Spaceman by Babylon Zoo
recording of:
Spaceman
lyricist and composer:
Jas Mann
Babylon Zoo3.54:00
20Firestarter
engineer:
Neil McLellan
producer and mixer:
Liam Howlett
vocals:
Keith Flint (vocalist in The Prodigy)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
XL Recordings (in 1996)
mixed at:
Earthbound Studios in Bradwell, Essex, England, United Kingdom
engineered at:
The Strongroom in Shoreditch, Hackney, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
produced at:
Earthbound Studios in Bradwell, Essex, England, United Kingdom
samples:
Close (to the Edit) by Art of Noise and S.O.S. by The Breeders
edit of:
Firestarter by Prodigy (UK electronic group, main member Liam Howlett)
recording of:
Firestarter
writer:
Kim Deal, Anne Dudley (English score composer), Keith Flint (vocalist in The Prodigy), Trevor Horn, Liam Howlett, J.J. Jeczalik, Gary Langan and Paul Morley
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), EMI Virgin Music Ltd. (do not use this as a release label!), EMI/Virgin Music Publishing Ltd., MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), Perfect Songs (UK publisher, affiliated with BMI), Unforgettable Songs Ltd. and Zomba Music
is based on:
S.O.S.
quotes music from:
Close (to the Edit)
Prodigy4.653:47
3CD: 1996–2003

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part of:Now That’s What I Call…... (UK compilations outside the main numbered series or subseries) (order: 6)
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