Hits of the World 1980/1981

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Tracklist

1CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Babe
engineer:
Rob Kingsland and Gary Loizzo
producer:
Styx (rock band from Chicago)
performer:
Styx (rock band from Chicago)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
A&M Records
recorded at:
Pumpkin Studios in Oak Lawn, Illinois, United States
recording of:
Babe
lyricist and composer:
Dennis DeYoung
publisher:
Almo Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP), MDW (publisher) and Stygian Songs (publishing company for the rock band Styx) (in 1979)
Styx3.354:28
2Matador
additional producer:
Garland Jeffreys (lead vocals)
producer:
Roy Cicala
recording of:
Matador
writer:
Garland Jeffreys
Garland Jeffreys4:44
3The Ballad of Lucy Jordan
Marianne Faithfull4:12
4What You’re Proposin’
producer:
John Eden (producer) and Status Quo (UK boogie rock band)
arranger:
John Eden (producer) and Status Quo (UK boogie rock band)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1980) and Phonogram Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1980)
recording of:
What You’re Proposing
writer:
Bernie Frost and Francis Rossi
publisher:
Birchwood Music Ltd., Dump Music Ltd., Eaton Music Limited, EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher) and EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
Status Quo4:16
5I Have a Dream
engineer:
Michael B. Tretow
producer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
bass guitar:
Rutger Gunnarsson (on 1979-03-15)
cello:
Hans‐Göran Eketorp (Swedish cellist) (on 1979-03-27) and Olle Gustafsson (cellist) (on 1979-03-27)
double bass:
Bertil Andersson (Swedish double bassist) (on 1979-03-27) and Bo Hellman (Swedish double bassist) (on 1979-03-27)
drums (drum set):
Ola Brunkert (on 1979-03-15)
guitar:
Janne Schaffer (on 1979-03-15) and Björn Ulvaeus (on 1979-03-15)
synthesizer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) (on 1979-03-15)
viola:
Lars Arvinder (on 1979-03-27), Nils Heie (on 1979-03-27) and Håkan Roos (Swedish violist) (on 1979-03-27)
violin:
Anders Dahl (Swedish violinist) (on 1979-03-27), Lennart Fredriksson (Swedish violinist) (on 1979-03-27), Lars Stegenberg (Swedish violinist) (on 1979-03-27), Inge Lindstedt (on 1979-03-27), Gunnar Michols (Swedish violinist) (on 1979-03-27), Claes Nilsson (Swedish violinist) (on 1979-03-27), Bo Söderström (Swedish violinist) (on 1979-03-27), Sixten Strömvall (Swedish violinist) (on 1979-03-27), Harry Teike (on 1979-03-27) and Krzysztof Zdrzalka (Swedish violinist) (on 1979-03-27)
choir vocals:
International School of Stockholm Choir (in 1979)
lead vocals:
Frida (Swedish singer and member of ABBA) (in 1979)
chorus master:
Kernstin Feist (in 1979)
cello arranger, double bass arranger, viola arranger and violin arranger:
Rutger Gunnarsson
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polar Music International AB (in 1979)
recorded at:
Polar Studios in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden (on 1979-03-15)
mixed at:
Polar Studios in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden
recording of:
I Have a Dream (in 1979)
writer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
publisher:
Bocu Music Ltd., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Union Songs AB (publisher), Union Songs Music, Universal Music Publishing Group, Artwork Music Co., Inc. (from 1979 to ????), EMI Waterford Music (from 1979 to present), Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998) (from 1979 to present) and Universal/Union Songs Musikförlag AB (from 1979 to present)
part of:
Mamma Mia! (1999 musical)
ABBA3.64:44
6Banana Republic
recording of:
Banana Republic
writer:
Pete Briquette and Bob Geldof
The Boomtown Rats3:28
7Sun of Jamaica
recording of:
Sun of Jamaica (in 1979)
writer:
Wolfgang Jass (singer-songwriter, producer, composer, bassist) and Wolff-Ekkehardt Stein
publisher:
Autobahn (publisher), Edition Antenna Musik (Germany) and Peer Musikverlag
Goombay Dance Band24:25
8Funkytown
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
PolyGram Records, Inc. (not for release label use! US division of PolyGram) (in 1979), The Island Def Jam Music Group (American holding company, not normally a release label) (in 1979) and UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) (in 1980)
edit of:
Funkytown (12″ version) by Lipps, Inc.
part of:
VH1’s 100 Greatest One‐Hit Wonders of the ’80s (number: 37)
recording of:
Funkytown
lyricist and composer:
Steven Greenberg
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Intersong Music, Red Sea Songs, Rick S. Music (publishing company associated with Casablanca), Steven Greenberg Music, Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music), Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd. and Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019)
Lipps, Inc.4.14:02
9Fade to Grey
engineer:
John Hudson (producer, recording and mixing engineer)
producer:
Midge Ure and Visage (new romantic band from London)
performer:
Billy Currie, Rusty Egan, Dave Formula, John McGeoch, Steve Strange (Welsh pop singer, Visage) and Midge Ure
arranger:
Visage (new romantic band from London)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
PolyGram Records, Inc. (not for release label use! US division of PolyGram) (in 1980) and Universal Records (UMG subsidiary, “RECORDS” must be a part of the logo; read annotation) (in 1980)
recorded at:
Genetic Studios in West Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
mixed at:
Mayfair Sound (England) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Fade to Grey
writer:
Billy Currie, Chris Payne (UK keyboards/viola for Gary Numan/Visage/Dramatis) and Midge Ure
publisher:
Hot Food Music Ltd., Island Music Ltd., Mood Music Ltd. (publisher) and Performance Music Ltd
Visage4.14:04
10Celebration
background vocals:
Kelly Barretto, Ronald Bell, George Brown (US percussionist of Kool & the Gang), Dee Dee Bryant, Gwen Hester, Cynthia Huggins, Joan Motley, Meekaeel Muhammad, Robert Bell, Robert Mickens, Elaine Sims, James “J.T.” Taylor (US R&B vocalist for Kool & the Gang), Cedric Toon and Earl Toon, Jr.
lead vocals:
James “J.T.” Taylor (US R&B vocalist for Kool & the Gang)
performer:
Kool & the Gang
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) (in 1980, in 2020)
part of:
Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 298)
recording of:
Celebration
writer:
Robert “Kool” Bell, Ronald Bell, George Brown (US percussionist of Kool & the Gang), Eumir Deodato, Robert Spike Mickens, Claydes Smith, James “J.T.” Taylor (US R&B vocalist for Kool & the Gang), Dennis “D.T.” Thomas (Kool & The Gang) and Earl Toon, Jr.
publisher:
Delightful Music Publishing Ltd., Double F Music Co., EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd (not for release label use!), EMI Music Publishing WP Ltd., Fresh Start Music, Intersong-Förlagen AB, Planetary Nom (London) Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019), Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) (in 1980) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (in 1980)
Kool & the Gang4.55:01
11Shaddap You Face
recording of:
Shaddap You Face
lyricist and composer:
Joe Dolce
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
Joe Dolce53:14
12Super Trouper
engineer:
Michael B. Tretow
producer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
acoustic guitar:
Björn Ulvaeus (on 1980-10-03)
bass guitar:
Mike Watson (English‐Swedish rock musician) (on 1980-10-03)
drums (drum set):
Per Lindvall (on 1980-10-03)
guitar:
Janne Schaffer (on 1980-10-03)
keyboard and synthesizer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) (on 1980-10-03)
percussion:
Åke Sundqvist (on 1980-10-03)
background vocals:
Agnetha Fältskog (in 1980)
lead vocals:
Frida (Swedish singer and member of ABBA) (on 1980-10-03)
arranger:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polar Music International AB (in 1980)
recorded at:
Polar Studios in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden (on 1980-10-03, on 1980-10-14)
mixed at:
Polar Studios in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden (in 1980-10)
recording of:
Super Trouper (in 1980-10)
writer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
publisher:
Bocu Music Ltd., EMI Grove Park Music, Inc., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Union Songs Music, Universal Music Publishing Group, Universal–Songs of PolyGram International, Inc., Artwork Music Co., Inc. (from 1980 to ????), Countless Songs, Ltd. (from 1980 to ????), EMI Waterford Music (from 1980 to present), Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998) (from 1980 to present), Universal/Union Songs Musikförlag AB (from 1980 to present) and Union Songs AB (publisher) (in 1980)
part of:
Mamma Mia! (1999 musical)
ABBA3.454:13
13Life Is for Living
assistant engineer:
Liz Biddiscombe
engineer:
Martin Lawrence (engineer)
producer:
Barclay James Harvest and Martin Lawrence (engineer)
bass, guitar and keyboard:
Les Holroyd
drums (drum set):
Mel Pritchard
guitar:
John Lees
keyboard:
Stuart “Woolly” Wolstenholme
vocals:
Les Holroyd, John Lees and Stuart “Woolly” Wolstenholme
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polydor International GmbH (not for release label use!) (in 1981) and Polydor Ltd. (UK) (not for release label use; fka Polydor Records Ltd.) (in 1982)
recording of:
Life Is for Living
lyricist and composer:
Les Holroyd
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and St. Anne’s Music Ltd.
Barclay James Harvest3:42
14On the Radio
producer:
Pete Bellotte (English lyricist and producer) and Giorgio Moroder
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) (in 1979)
recording of:
On the Radio (Foxes)
writer:
Giorgio Moroder and Donna Summer (soul/disco diva)
publisher:
Budde Music Inc. (US publisher), Edition Intro Meisel GmbH, Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH (2017 – present), Rick S. Music (publishing company associated with Casablanca), Sweet Summer Night Music, Warner/Chappell Music GmbH & Co. KG Germany, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division) and 渡辺音楽出版 (Watanabe Music Publishing Co., Ltd., Japanese publisher, 1962–present)
part of:
Foxes (1980 film soundtrack)
Donna Summer4.654:08
15Do That to Me One More Time
recording engineer and mixer:
Roger Young (engineer)
assistant engineer:
David Cole (American recording engineer and producer), Ira Leslie and Wayne Neuendorf
producer:
Daryl Dragon
acoustic guitar:
Lee Ritenour
bass guitar:
Scott Edwards (bassist)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Ralph Humphrey (American drummer and teacher)
percussion:
Ken Watson (American percussionist)
Rhodes piano [Fender Rhodes electric piano], background vocals and lead vocals:
Toni Tennille
synthesizer [Oberheim Four Voice]:
Daryl Dragon
wind synthesizer [flute synthesizer]:
Tom Scott (saxophonist, Blues Brothers, LA Express, Starsky & Hutch)
assistant remixer:
Wayne Neuendorf
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Casablanca Record & FilmWorks, Inc. (not for release label use, for copyrights use only) and UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) (in 1979)
recorded at:
Capitol Records Studio (Hollywood, CA, founded 1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States and Rumbo Recorders in Canoga Park, Los Angeles, California, United States
mixed at:
The Village Recorders (Village Studios, aka The Village Recorder) in Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Do That to Me One More Time
lyricist and composer:
Toni Tennille
publisher:
Fujipacific Music, Inc. and Moonlight & Magnolias Music Publ. Co. (BMI-affiliated)
Captain & Tennille3.854:16
16Dance Little Bird
recording of:
Chicken Dance (original tune, no lyrics) (in 1980)
composer:
Werner Thomas (in 1957)
recording of:
De vogeltjesdans
writer:
Jan Bloemsma, Koos Bloemsma, Henk Bemboom, Terry Rendall (Belgian 1950-80s label manager, record producer) and Werner Thomas
De Electronica’s2:33

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part of:Hits of the World (number: 1980) (order: 9)