50 Years of No. 1 Hits

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

Tracklist

1▶CD: The 50s!
2▶CD: The 60s!
3▶CD: The 70s!
4▶CD: The 80s!
5▼CD: The 90s…!
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1Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me
engineer:
Chris Porter (engineer and producer)
producer:
George Michael
arranger:
George Michael
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! UK subsidiary of Sony BMG Music Entertainment) (in 1991) and Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited (not for release label use! post-2008 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment) (in 1991)
recorded at:
OVO Arena Wembley in Wembley, Brent (London Borough of Brent), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1991-03-23)
live recording of:
Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me (on 1991-03-23)
lyricist:
Bernie Taupin
composer:
Elton John (English singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer)
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group) and Big Pig Music Ltd. (publisher) (in 1991)
George Michael & Elton John5:53
2Love 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 Wet3.64:00
3Sleeping Satellite
recording of:
Sleeping Satellite
writer:
Tasmin Archer (British singer-songwriter), John Beck (Writer, producer & musician) and John Hughes (Writer, Producer, Musician)
publisher:
EMI Virgin Music Ltd. (do not use this as a release label!)
Tasmin Archer4:37
4Life Is a Rollercoaster
recording of:
Life Is a Rollercoaster
composer:
Gregg Alexander and Rick Nowels
Ronan Keating2.653:52
5I Wanna Be the Only One
mixer:
Andy Bradfield
guest vocals:
BeBe Winans (American gospel/soul singer, R&B producer and radio presenter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1997)
recording of:
I Wanna Be the Only One
lyricist:
BeBe Winans (American gospel/soul singer, R&B producer and radio presenter)
composer:
Rhett Lawrence and BeBe Winans (American gospel/soul singer, R&B producer and radio presenter)
publisher:
Benny’s Music (BeBe Winans publisher), BMG Songs Inc., EMI Blackwood Music Inc. and Rhettrhyme Music
Eternal2.53:39
6Bring It All Back
additional producer:
Andy Wright (UK songwriter, producer and Simply Red keyboardist)
producer:
Eliot Kennedy (songwriter, producer), Tim Lever and Mike Percy
assistant mixer:
Jan “Stan” Kybert (producer / mixer / engineer)
mixer:
Mark “Spike” Stent (producer, engineer)
bass:
Mike Percy
drums (drum set), membranophone and tambourine:
Geoff Holroyde
guitar:
Tim Lever
keyboard:
Eliot Kennedy (songwriter, producer) and Andy Wright (UK songwriter, producer and Simply Red keyboardist)
saxophone:
Steve Beighton
trumpet:
Nicolas Coombs (trumpeter)
lead vocals and solo lead vocals:
Jo O’Meara
solo vocals:
Tina Barrett, Jo O’Meara, Hannah Spearritt and Rachel Stevens
performer:
S Club (formerly “S Club 7”)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
S Club Ltd. (in 1999)
recorded at:
Steelworks Studios (Sheffield based music production studio) in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
music videos:
Bring It All Back by S Club 7 (formerly “S Club 7”)
recording of:
Bring It All Back
writer:
Tina Barrett, Paul Cattermole, Jonathan Lee (singer, S Club 7 & musicals), Eliot Kennedy (songwriter, producer), Tim Lever, Bradley McIntosh, Jo O’Meara, Mike Percy, Hannah Spearritt and Rachel Stevens
publisher:
19 Music Ltd., BMG Music Publishing Ltd. and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
S Club 73.853:35
7Twist and Shout
performer:
Jack Radics and The Taxi Gang
cover recording of:
Twist and Shout
writer:
Bert Russell (in 1961-02) and Phil Medley (in 1961-02)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Progressive Music Publishing Company Inc., Progressive Music, Inc (publisher), Rightsong Music Inc., Robert Mellin Ltd., Robert Mellin Music Publishing Corp., Robert Mellin, Inc., Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI), Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Unichappell Music, Inc. and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
part of:
Baby It’s You! (jukebox musical, book by Floyd Mutrux and Colin Escott)
Chaka Demus & Pliers1.653:58
8Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of…)
co-producer:
Lou Bega and Zippy (Christian Königseder)
producer:
D. Fact and Frank Lio
instruments:
D. Fact and Frank Lio
vocals:
Pérez Prado (Cuban bandleader, singer, organist, pianist and composer)
contains samples by:
Pérez Prado (Cuban bandleader, singer, organist, pianist and composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Berlin Musik GmbH (this is a record company, not an imprint!) (in 1999) and Lautstark (in 1999)
produced for:
Syndicate
samples:
Mambo No. 5 by Pérez Prado (Cuban bandleader, singer, organist, pianist and composer)
part of:
Paste: The 50 Greatest NON One-Hit Wonders of All Time (number: 50)
recording of:
Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of…)
lyricist:
Lou Bega and Zippy (Christian Königseder)
composer:
Pérez Prado (Cuban bandleader, singer, organist, pianist and composer)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI), Peer Musik, Peer Musikverlag and Peermusic (Germany) GmbH
is based on:
Mambo No. 5 (original, 1949)
Lou Bega3.63:43
9Cotton Eye Joe
recording engineer and mixer:
Lee Monteverde
engineer and producer:
Pat Reiniz
banjo:
Ken Tacky
vocals:
Billy Ray (stage name of Jonas Nilsson, violinist of Swedish novelty act Rednex), Mary Joe, Bobby Sue and Ken Tacky
additional performer:
Goran Danielsson (Rednex singer Ken Tacky), Annika Ljungberg and Bosse Nilsson
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Zomba Records (in 1994) and Zomba Records Ltd (not strictly a label - avoid adding releases here) (in 1994)
recorded at and mixed at:
Future Crew Studios, Idaho in Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden
music videos:
Cotton‐Eye Joe by Rednex (Swedish Euro-House group)
part of:
A.Side: 10 Songs That Have Their Own Dance Moves (number: 7)
recording of:
Cotton-Eye Joe (Rednex version)
writer:
Jan Ericsson (Swedish producer), Örjan Öberg (Örjan “Öban” Öberg, Swedish producer) and Pat Reiniz
publisher:
Zomba Music Publishers Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Zomba Music Publishing)
version of:
Cotton‐Eyed Joe (traditional song)
Rednex43:15
10Sweet Like Chocolate
lead vocals:
Sharon Woolf
recording of:
Sweet Like Chocolate
writer:
Daniel Langsman and Steven Meade
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!) and EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
Shanks & Bigfoot3:39
11All That She Wants
engineer:
Denniz PoP
producer:
Jonas Berggren, Ulf Ekberg and Denniz PoP
additional vocals:
Jonas Berggren and Ulf Ekberg
vocals:
Jonas Berggren, Malin Berggren and Ulf Ekberg
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Playground Music Sweden (in 1992), Mega Records (Danish euro house) (in 1993) and Metronome Musik GmbH (marketing & distribution dept. spun off from Metronome Records GmbH — do not use as a release label) (in 1993)
recorded at:
SweMix Studio in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden
part of:
The Downloader’s Music Source Book (number: 122)
recording of:
All That She Wants
lyricist and composer:
J. Berggren and Ulf "Buddha" Ekberg
publisher:
Megasong Publishing A/S, PolyGram Songs and Warner Music (global imprint of Warner Music Group, ‘W’ logo either with “Warner Music” or no text)
Ace of Base3.853:35
12Nothing 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’Connor4.35:08
13Words
cover recording of:
Words
written in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
writer:
Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb and Robin Gibb
publisher:
Abigail Music, BMG Publishing, Careers–BMG Music Publishing, Inc., Casserole Music, Inc., Chappell Music Ltd., Crompton Songs, Gibb Brothers Music, Nemperor, Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI) and Universal Music Careers
Boyzone4:05
14Show 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 McKee33:52
15The 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
Cher3.22:52
16Dizzy
producer and mixer:
Mick Glossop (producer & engineer)
cover recording of:
Dizzy
lyricist and composer:
Tommy Roe and Freddy Weller
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
Vic Reeves3.653:22
17Beetlebum
engineer:
John Smith (UK producer/engineer)
producer:
Stephen Street (famous producer, songwriter)
acoustic guitar:
Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon
bass guitar:
Alex James (UK bassist for Blur/Fat Les)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Dave Rowntree
electric guitar and background vocals:
Graham Coxon
Hammond organ, keyboard, piano and lead vocals:
Damon Albarn
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1997)
recording of:
Beetlebum
lyricist:
Damon Albarn
composer:
Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James (UK bassist for Blur/Fat Les) and Dave Rowntree
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
Blur3.755:06

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