The RAK Singles

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Annotation

Clamshell box with individual CDs in card sleeves.
Includes a 44-page colour booklet, featuring liner notes, track notes and single sleeve images.

Annotation last modified on 2021-12-04 12:30 UTC.

Tracklist

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1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Love Is Life
producer:
Mickie Most (English record producer)
recording of:
Love Is Life
writer:
Errol Brown (British‐Jamaican singer and songwriter, in Hot Chocolate) and Tony Wilson (bassist/songwriter, member of Hot Chocolate)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (PRS‐affiliated)
3:39
2Pretty Girls
producer:
Errol Brown (British‐Jamaican singer and songwriter, in Hot Chocolate) and Tony Wilson (bassist/songwriter, member of Hot Chocolate)
recording of:
Pretty Girls
writer:
Errol Brown (British‐Jamaican singer and songwriter, in Hot Chocolate) and Tony Wilson (bassist/songwriter, member of Hot Chocolate)
2:26
3You Could've Been a Lady
producer:
Mickie Most (English record producer)
recording of:
You Could Have Been a Lady
writer:
Errol Brown (British‐Jamaican singer and songwriter, in Hot Chocolate) and Tony Wilson (bassist/songwriter, member of Hot Chocolate)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (PRS‐affiliated) and RAK Publishing Ltd.
3:41
4Everybody's Laughing
producer:
Mickie Most (English record producer)
recording of:
Everybody’s Laughing
writer:
Errol Brown (British‐Jamaican singer and songwriter, in Hot Chocolate) and Tony Wilson (bassist/songwriter, member of Hot Chocolate)
publisher:
RAK Publishing Ltd.
3:10
5I Believe (In Love)
producer:
Mickie Most (English record producer)
recording of:
Do I Believe
recording of:
I Believe (In Love)
writer:
Errol Brown (British‐Jamaican singer and songwriter, in Hot Chocolate) and Tony Wilson (bassist/songwriter, member of Hot Chocolate)
publisher:
RAK Publishing Ltd.
3:53
6Caveman Billy
producer:
Mickie Most (English record producer)
recording of:
Caveman Billy
writer:
Errol Brown (British‐Jamaican singer and songwriter, in Hot Chocolate) and Tony Wilson (bassist/songwriter, member of Hot Chocolate)
publisher:
RAK Publishing Ltd.
4:02
7Mary-Anne
recording of:
Mary‐Anne
writer:
Errol Brown (British‐Jamaican singer and songwriter, in Hot Chocolate) and Tony Wilson (bassist/songwriter, member of Hot Chocolate)
publisher:
RAK Publishing Ltd.
3:54
8Ruth
producer:
Mickie Most (English record producer)
recording of:
Ruth
writer:
Errol Brown (British‐Jamaican singer and songwriter, in Hot Chocolate) and Tony Wilson (bassist/songwriter, member of Hot Chocolate)
publisher:
RAK Publishing Ltd.
4:01
9You'll Always Be a Friend
producer:
Errol Brown (British‐Jamaican singer and songwriter, in Hot Chocolate) and Tony Wilson (bassist/songwriter, member of Hot Chocolate)
recording of:
You’ll Always Be a Friend
writer:
Errol Brown (British‐Jamaican singer and songwriter, in Hot Chocolate) and Tony Wilson (bassist/songwriter, member of Hot Chocolate)
publisher:
RAK Publishing Ltd.
3:29
10Go Go Girl
producer:
Errol Brown (British‐Jamaican singer and songwriter, in Hot Chocolate) and Tony Wilson (bassist/songwriter, member of Hot Chocolate)
recording of:
Go‐Go Girl
writer:
Errol Brown (British‐Jamaican singer and songwriter, in Hot Chocolate) and Tony Wilson (bassist/songwriter, member of Hot Chocolate)
publisher:
RAK Publishing Ltd.
3:49
11Brother Louie
producer:
Mickie Most (English record producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1973)
recording of:
Brother Louie
writer:
Errol Brown (British‐Jamaican singer and songwriter, in Hot Chocolate) and Tony Wilson (bassist/songwriter, member of Hot Chocolate)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (PRS‐affiliated), Finchley Music and RAK Publishing Ltd.
54:59
12I Want to Be Free
producer:
Mickie Most (English record producer)
recording of:
I Want to Be Free
writer:
Errol Brown (British‐Jamaican singer and songwriter, in Hot Chocolate) and Tony Wilson (bassist/songwriter, member of Hot Chocolate)
2:51
13Rumours
recording of:
Rumours
writer:
Errol Brown (British‐Jamaican singer and songwriter, in Hot Chocolate) and Tony Wilson (bassist/songwriter, member of Hot Chocolate)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (PRS‐affiliated)
4:32
14A Man Needs a Woman
recording of:
A Man Needs a Woman
writer:
Errol Brown (British‐Jamaican singer and songwriter, in Hot Chocolate) and Tony Wilson (bassist/songwriter, member of Hot Chocolate)
3:56
15Emma
producer:
Mickie Most (English record producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012)
recording of:
Emma
writer:
Errol Brown (British‐Jamaican singer and songwriter, in Hot Chocolate) and Tony Wilson (bassist/songwriter, member of Hot Chocolate)
publisher:
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!) and EMI Music Publishing (PRS‐affiliated)
3.753:55
16Makin' Music
producer:
Mickie Most (English record producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
RAK Records Ltd. (in 1974)
recording of:
Makin’ Music
writer:
Errol Brown (British‐Jamaican singer and songwriter, in Hot Chocolate) and Tony Wilson (bassist/songwriter, member of Hot Chocolate)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (PRS‐affiliated)
3:46
17Changing World
producer:
Mickie Most (English record producer)
recording of:
Changing World
writer:
Errol Brown (British‐Jamaican singer and songwriter, in Hot Chocolate) and Tony Wilson (bassist/songwriter, member of Hot Chocolate)
4:32
18Bump and Dilly Down
producer:
Mickie Most (English record producer)
recording of:
Bump and Dilly Down
writer:
Errol Brown (British‐Jamaican singer and songwriter, in Hot Chocolate) and Tony Wilson (bassist/songwriter, member of Hot Chocolate)
3:00
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1Cheri Babe
recording of:
Cheri Babe
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (PRS‐affiliated)
2:52
2Sexy Lady
recording of:
Sexy Lady
3:20
3Blue Night
recording of:
Blue Night
4:02
4You Sexy Thing (7" version) [radio edit]
4:02
5Disco Queen
recording of:
Disco Queen
writer:
Errol Brown (British‐Jamaican singer and songwriter, in Hot Chocolate) and Tony Wilson (bassist/songwriter, member of Hot Chocolate)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (PRS‐affiliated)
3:36
6You're a Natural High
producer:
Mickie Most (English record producer)
recording of:
You’re a Natural High
writer:
Errol Brown (British‐Jamaican singer and songwriter, in Hot Chocolate) and Tony Wilson (bassist/songwriter, member of Hot Chocolate)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (PRS‐affiliated)
3:08
7A Child's Prayer
producer:
Mickie Most (English record producer)
recording of:
A Child’s Prayer
lyricist and composer:
Errol Brown (British‐Jamaican singer and songwriter, in Hot Chocolate)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (PRS‐affiliated)
3:52
8Everything Should Be Funky
recording of:
Everything Should Be Funky
3:06
9You Sexy Thing
producer:
Mickie Most (English record producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1975) and CBS Records Ltd. (UK record company, subsidiary of CBS United Kingdom Ltd.) (in 1984)
recording of:
You Sexy Thing (in 1975)
writer:
Errol Brown (British‐Jamaican singer and songwriter, in Hot Chocolate) and Tony Wilson (bassist/songwriter, member of Hot Chocolate)
publisher:
Chocolate, EMI Music Publishing (PRS‐affiliated), EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd (not for release label use!), Finchley Music Corp. and RAK Publishing Ltd
3.854:05
10A Warm Smile
producer:
Mickie Most (English record producer)
recording of:
A Warm Smile
composer:
Tony Connor, Harvey Hinsley and Patrick Olive
5:24
11Don't Stop It Now
producer:
Mickie Most (English record producer)
recording of:
Don’t Stop It Now
lyricist and composer:
Errol Brown (British‐Jamaican singer and songwriter, in Hot Chocolate)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (PRS‐affiliated)
3:02
12Beautiful Lady
recording of:
Beautiful Lady
writer:
Tony Conner, Harvey Hinsley and Patrick Olive
2:48
13Man to Man
producer:
Mickie Most (English record producer)
recording of:
Man to Man
lyricist and composer:
Errol Brown (British‐Jamaican singer and songwriter, in Hot Chocolate)
4:22
14Eyes of a Growing Child
recording of:
Eyes of a Growing Child
3:56
15Heaven Is in the Back Seat of My Cadillac
recording of:
Heaven Is in the Back Seat of My Cadillac
lyricist and composer:
Errol Brown (British‐Jamaican singer and songwriter, in Hot Chocolate)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (PRS‐affiliated)
5:10
16Sex Appeal (2011 Remastered version)
producer:
Mickie Most (English record producer)
recording of:
Sex Appeal
writer:
Tony Conner, Harvey Hinsley and Patrick Olive
4:08
17So You Win Again
4:04
18A Part of Being With You
recording of:
A Part of Being With You
lyricist and composer:
Errol Brown (British‐Jamaican singer and songwriter, in Hot Chocolate)
2:56
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1Put Your Love in Me
producer:
Mickie Most (English record producer)
recording of:
Put Your Love in Me
lyricist and composer:
Errol Brown (British‐Jamaican singer and songwriter, in Hot Chocolate)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (PRS‐affiliated)
5:46
2Let Them Be the Judge
recording of:
Let Them Be the Judge
writer:
Tony Connor, Harvey Hinsley and Patrick Olive
3:26
3Every 1's a Winner
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1978) and Infinity Records Inc. (in 1978)
recording of:
Every 1’s a Winner
lyricist and composer:
Errol Brown (British‐Jamaican singer and songwriter, in Hot Chocolate)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (PRS‐affiliated) and RAK Music Publishing Ltd.
4.354:05
4The Power of Love
recording of:
Power of Love
3:19
5I'll Put You Together Again
recording of:
I’ll Put You Together Again
writer:
Don Black (English lyricist) and Geoff Stephens
3:53
6West End of Park Lane
recording of:
West End of Park Lane
3:30
7Mindless Boogie
recording of:
Mindless Boogie
lyricist and composer:
Errol Brown (British‐Jamaican singer and songwriter, in Hot Chocolate)
4:20
8Don't Turn It Off
recording of:
Don’t Turn It Off
writer:
Tony Conner, Harvey Hinsley and Patrick Olive
4:08
9Going Through the Motions
recording of:
Going Through the Motions
lyricist and composer:
Errol Brown (British‐Jamaican singer and songwriter, in Hot Chocolate)
4:11
10Stay With Me
producer:
Mickie Most (English record producer)
recording of:
Stay With Me
writer:
Tony Conner, Harvey Hinsley and Patrick Olive
4:07
11No Doubt About It
recording of:
No Doubt About It
writer:
Mike Burns (songwriter Michael Gerard Burns), Steve Glen and David Most
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (PRS‐affiliated)
3.54:30
12Gimme Some of Your Lovin'
recording of:
Gimme Some of Your Loving
3:39
13Are You Getting Enough of What Makes You Happy
recording of:
Are You Getting Enough Happiness?
writer:
Errol Brown (British‐Jamaican singer and songwriter, in Hot Chocolate) and Chris Cameron (British pianist, singer-songwriter, arranger and producer)
recording of:
Are You Getting Enough of What Makes You Happy?
lyricist and composer:
Errol Brown (British‐Jamaican singer and songwriter, in Hot Chocolate)
4:19
14I've Got You on My Mind
recording of:
I’ve Got You on My Mind
writer:
Tony Conner, Harvey Hinsley and Patrick Olive
4:59
15Love Me to Sleep
producer:
Mickie Most (English record producer)
recording of:
Love Me to Sleep
lyricist and composer:
Geoff Stephens
3:58
16The Girl's a Fox
recording of:
The Girl’s a Fox
3:37
17Losing You
producer:
Mickie Most (English record producer)
recording of:
Losing You
lyricist and composer:
Russ Ballard
4:18
18Children of Spacemen (2011 Remastered version)
producer:
Mickie Most (English record producer)
recording of:
Children of Space Men
lyricist and composer:
Errol Brown (British‐Jamaican singer and songwriter, in Hot Chocolate)
4:06
4▼CD
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1You'll Never Be So Wrong
producer:
Mickie Most (English record producer)
cover recording of:
You’ll Never Be So Wrong
writer:
Marty Wilde and Ricky Wilde
recording of:
You’ll Never Be So Wrong
writer:
Marty Wilde and Ricky Wilde
4:29
2Robot Love
4:43
3Girl Crazy
producer:
Mickie Most (English record producer)
recording of:
Girl Crazy
lyricist and composer:
Errol Brown (British‐Jamaican singer and songwriter, in Hot Chocolate)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
23:23
4Bed Games
recording of:
Bed Games
4:25
5It Started With a Kiss
producer:
Mickie Most (English record producer)
lead vocals:
Errol Brown (British‐Jamaican singer and songwriter, in Hot Chocolate) (in 1982)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1982) and Parlophone Records Ltd. (not for release label use! a Warner Music Group company) (in 2011)
music videos:
It Started With a Kiss by Hot Chocolate (70s and 80s British soul band)
recording of:
It Started With a Kiss (in 1982)
lyricist and composer:
Errol Brown (British‐Jamaican singer and songwriter, in Hot Chocolate)
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd., Chocolate Music, RAK Publishing Ltd. and Universal Music Publishing MGB Australia
34:02
6Emotion Explosion
recording of:
Emotion Explosion
lyricist and composer:
Errol Brown (British‐Jamaican singer and songwriter, in Hot Chocolate)
3:59
7Chances
producer:
Mickie Most (English record producer)
recording of:
Chances
writer:
Errol Brown (British‐Jamaican singer and songwriter, in Hot Chocolate) and Chris Cameron (British pianist, singer-songwriter, arranger and producer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (PRS‐affiliated)
4:04
8A Night to Remember
recording of:
A Night to Remember
lyricist and composer:
Errol Brown (British‐Jamaican singer and songwriter, in Hot Chocolate)
3:20
9What Kinda Boy You Lookin' For (Girl)
recording of:
What Kinda Boy You’re Lookin For (Girl)
writer:
Errol Brown (British‐Jamaican singer and songwriter, in Hot Chocolate)
3:48
10Got to Get Back to Work
recording of:
Got to Get Back to Work
3:09
11Tears on the Telephone
recording of:
Tears on the Telephone
lyricist and composer:
Errol Brown (British‐Jamaican singer and songwriter, in Hot Chocolate)
3:14
12It's My Birthday
recording of:
It’s My Birthday
lyricist and composer:
Errol Brown (British‐Jamaican singer and songwriter, in Hot Chocolate)
3:19
13I'm Sorry (2011 Remastered version)
producer:
Mickie Most (English record producer)
recording of:
I’m Sorry
writer:
Errol Brown (British‐Jamaican singer and songwriter, in Hot Chocolate) and Adrian Gurvitz
4:41
14Love Is a Good Thing
recording of:
Love Is a Good Thing
lyricist and composer:
Errol Brown (British‐Jamaican singer and songwriter, in Hot Chocolate)
3:53
15I Gave You My Heart (Didn't I)
recording of:
I Gave You My Heart (Didn’t I)
lyricist and composer:
Richard Gower (singer and keyboard player for Racey)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (PRS‐affiliated)
23:42
16Jeannie (2011 Remastered version)
producer:
Mickie Most (English record producer)
recording of:
Jeannie
lyricist and composer:
Errol Brown (British‐Jamaican singer and songwriter, in Hot Chocolate)
3:44
17Heartache No 9
recording of:
Heartache No. 9
writer:
Evan Rogers (musician/producer) and Carl Sturken
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
3:52
18One Life
4:00