The Best of Village People

~ Release by Village People (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Y.M.C.A.
producer:
Jacques Morali
lead vocals:
Victor Willis (Victor Edward Willis, member of the Village People)
music videos:
Y.M.C.A. by Village People
part of:
A.Side: 10 Songs That Have Their Own Dance Moves (number: 5)
recording of:
Y.M.C.A. (in 1978)
lyricist:
Victor Edward Willis (member of the Village People)
composer:
Jacques Morali
publisher:
Can’t Stop Music (US work publisher, affiliated with BMI), EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), Harlem West Music Group, Scorpio Music (work publisher of "Scorpio Music") and Zomba Music Publishing Ltd.
34:48
2Macho Man (12″ version)
producer:
Jacques Morali
lead vocals:
Victor Willis (Victor Edward Willis, member of the Village People)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Casablanca Record and FilmWorks, Inc (imprint of Casablanca Record and FilmWorks, Inc., circa 1977-1980) (in 1978)
recording of:
Macho Man
writer:
Henri Belolo, Jacques Morali, Peter Whitehead and Victor Willis (Victor Edward Willis, member of the Village People)
publisher:
Can’t Stop Music (US work publisher, affiliated with BMI) and EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher)
45:15
3Can’t Stop the Music
producer:
Jacques Morali
lead vocals:
Ray Simpson (singer for Village People)
recording of:
Can’t Stop the Music (English)
lyricist:
Henri Belolo
composer:
Jacques Morali
translator:
Phil Hurtt and Beauris Whitehead
publisher:
EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher) and Scorpio Music (work publisher of "Scorpio Music")
translated version of:
La musique n’a pas de fin
53:39
4San Francisco (You’ve Got Me)
producer:
Jacques Morali
lead vocals:
Victor Willis (Victor Edward Willis, member of the Village People)
recording of:
San Francisco (You've Got Me)
writer:
Henri Belolo, Phil Hurtt, Jacques Morali and Peter Whitehead
5:19
5In Hollywood (Everybody Is a Star)
executive producer:
Henri Belolo
producer:
Jacques Morali
lead vocals:
Victor Willis (Victor Edward Willis, member of the Village People)
conductor:
Horace Ott (horn [horns], strings)
arranger:
Horace Ott
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
PolyGram Records, Inc. (not for release label use! US division of PolyGram) (in 1979)
recording of:
In Hollywood (Everybody Is a Star)
writer:
Henri Belolo, Phil Hurtt and Jacques Morali
4:55
6Ready for the 80’s (12″ version)
producer:
Jacques Morali
mixer:
Jürgen Koppers (engineer, producer)
lead vocals:
Ray Simpson (singer for Village People)
recording of:
Ready for the 80’s
writer:
Henri Belolo, Phil Hurtt, Jacques Morali and Peter Whitehead
publisher:
EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher)
6:54
7Key West
producer:
Jacques Morali
lead vocals:
Victor Willis (Victor Edward Willis, member of the Village People)
recording of:
Key West
writer:
Henri Belolo, Jacques Morali, Peter Whitehead and Victor Willis (Victor Edward Willis, member of the Village People)
publisher:
Can’t Stop Music (US work publisher, affiliated with BMI)
5:47
8In the Navy
engineer:
Michael Hutchinson
executive producer:
Henri Belolo
producer:
Jacques Morali
lead vocals:
Victor Willis (Victor Edward Willis, member of the Village People)
conductor:
Horace Ott
brass [horns] arranger and strings arranger:
Horace Ott
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Metronome GmbH (Manufacturing department of Metronome Records GmbH — not a label) (in 1979)
produced for:
Can’t Stop Productions, Inc.
recorded at and mixed at:
Sigma Sound Studios (New York) in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
In the Navy
lyricist:
Henri Belolo and Victor Willis (Victor Edward Willis, member of the Village People)
composer:
Jacques Morali
publisher:
Can’t Stop Music (US work publisher, affiliated with BMI), EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), Harlem West Music Group and Scorpio Music (French label and publisher) (in 1979)
43:46
9Fire Island
recording of:
Fire Island
writer:
Henri Belolo, Phil Hurtt, Jacques Morali and Peter Whitehead
publisher:
Scorpio Music (work publisher of "Scorpio Music"), フジパシフィック音楽出版 第2事業部 (Fujipacific Music Publishing Division 2) (until 2014-12-31) and フジパシフィックミュージック 第2事業部 (Fujipacific Music, Inc. Division 2) (from 2015-01-01 to present)
5:20
10Go West (12″ version)
executive producer:
Henri Belolo
producer:
Jacques Morali
lead vocals:
Victor Willis (Victor Edward Willis, member of the Village People)
conductor:
Horace Ott
horn arranger and strings arranger:
Horace Ott
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Can’t Stop Productions, Inc. (in 1979)
recording of:
Go West
lyricist:
Henri Belolo and Victor Willis (Victor Edward Willis, member of the Village People)
composer:
Jacques Morali
publisher:
EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), Leosong Copyright Service Ltd., Scorpio Music (work publisher of "Scorpio Music") and Zomba Management and Publishers Ltd.
version of:
À l'ouest
6:38
11Village People
producer:
Jacques Morali
lead vocals:
Victor Willis (Victor Edward Willis, member of the Village People)
recording of:
Village People
writer:
Henri Belolo, Phil Hurtt, Jacques Morali and Peter Whitehead
5:11
12Hot Cop
producer:
Jacques Morali
lead vocals:
Victor Willis (Victor Edward Willis, member of the Village People)
recording of:
Hot Cop (in 1978)
writer:
Henri Belolo, Jacques Morali and Victor Willis (Victor Edward Willis, member of the Village People)
6:22
13In the Navy (12″ version)
producer:
Jacques Morali
lead vocals:
Victor Willis (Victor Edward Willis, member of the Village People)
recording of:
In the Navy
lyricist:
Henri Belolo and Victor Willis (Victor Edward Willis, member of the Village People)
composer:
Jacques Morali
publisher:
Can’t Stop Music (US work publisher, affiliated with BMI), EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), Harlem West Music Group and Scorpio Music (French label and publisher) (in 1979)
6:24
14Y.M.C.A. (12″ version)
producer:
Jacques Morali
mixer:
Michael Hutchinson
lead vocals:
Victor Willis (Victor Edward Willis, member of the Village People)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Casablanca Record and FilmWorks, Inc (imprint of Casablanca Record and FilmWorks, Inc., circa 1977-1980) (in 1978)
recording of:
Y.M.C.A.
lyricist:
Victor Edward Willis (member of the Village People)
composer:
Jacques Morali
publisher:
Can’t Stop Music (US work publisher, affiliated with BMI), EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), Harlem West Music Group, Scorpio Music (work publisher of "Scorpio Music") and Zomba Music Publishing Ltd.
6:47

Credits

Release

executive producer:Bill Levenson (Producer, primarily for compilations and reissues)
producer:Harry Weinger
remastering:Joseph M. Palmaccio
design:Mark Weinberg (designer)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/985205 [info]
ASIN:US: B000001E40 [info]