The Best of

~ Release by Gladys Knight & the Pips (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Baby Don’t Change Your Mind
cover recording of:
Baby Don’t Change Your Mind
lyricist and composer:
Van McCoy
3.653:15
2The Way We Were / Try to Remember
recording of:
The Way We Were / Try to Remember
lyricist:
Alan Bergman (American lyricist) and Marilyn Bergman
composer:
Marvin Hamlisch
4:38
3Licence to Kill
associate producer:
Walter "Babylove" Afanasieff*
producer:
Narada Michael Walden
performer:
Gladys Knight
arranger:
Narada Michael Walden
co-arranger:
Walter "Babylove" Afanasieff*
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1989)
edit of:
Licence to Kill (extended version) by Gladys Knight
recording of:
Licence to Kill
writer:
Walter Afanasieff, Jeffrey Cohen (70s/80s US funk/soul producer/songwriter) and Narada Michael Walden
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 SBK Songs Ltd. (in 1989)
part of:
James Bond themes
quotes music from:
Goldfinger
44:14
4Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me
cover recording of:
Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me
lyricist and composer:
James D. Weatherly (American singer/songwriter)
recording of:
Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me
lyricist and composer:
James D. Weatherly (American singer/songwriter)
43:45
5Midnight Train to Georgia
part of:
Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 74), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 432) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 470)
recording of:
Midnight Train to Georgia
lyricist and composer:
James D. Weatherly (American singer/songwriter)
4.54:40
6Help Me Make It Through the Night
producer:
Johnny Bristol
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Motown Record Company, L.P. (Los Angeles) (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1971)
cover recording of:
Help Me Make It Through the Night
lyricist and composer:
Kris Kristofferson
publisher:
BMG Songs Ltd., Combine Music Corp., EMI Songs Australia Pty. Ltd., EMI Songs Ltd., Keith Prowse Music Publishing Co. Ltd. and KPM (music publisher)
sub-publisher:
Air Music Scandinavia AB
4:21
7Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me
recording of:
Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me
composer:
Cornelius Grant (soul, funk and disco producer and songwriter), Roger Penzabene (songwriter, who worked mainly at Motown) and Barrett Strong
publisher:
Stone Agate Music
42:53
8Come Back and Finish What You’ve Started
cover recording of:
Come Back and Finish What You Started
writer:
Joe Cobb (Joe “Youngblood” Cobb; songwriter, producer, composer, writer) and Van McCoy
publisher:
Interior Music Corp., Van McCoy Music Inc. and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
3:24
9The One and Only
recording of:
The One and Only
lyricist:
Alan Bergman (American lyricist)
composer:
Marilyn Bergman and Patrick Williams (composer, arranger)
3:04
10So Sad the Song
recording of:
So Sad the Song
lyricist:
Gerry Goffin
composer:
Michael Masser
publisher:
Prince St. Music (Also known as "Prince St. Music") and Screen Gems–EMI Music (USA, affiliated with BMI)
3:49
11The Look of Love
cover recording of:
The Look of Love
lyricist:
Hal David
writer:
Burt Bacharach and Hal David
composer:
Burt Bacharach
publisher:
Colgems Music Corp., Colgems-EMI Music Inc., Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd., Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI), イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan, Fujipacific Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., Fujipacific Division) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
part of:
The 40th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
33:58
12Part Time Love
2:31
13Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)
producer:
Joe Porter (producer)
arranger:
Artie Butler and Michael Omartian
recording of:
Neither One of Us
lyricist:
Jim Weatherly (American singer/songwriter)
composer:
James D. Weatherly (American singer/songwriter)
publisher:
Universal–Songs of PolyGram International, Inc.
3.754:23
14Bourgie’, Bourgie’
cover recording of:
Bourgie, Bourgie
writer:
Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
publisher:
Nick‐O‐Val Music Co., Inc.
53:33
15Taste of Bitter Love
recording of:
Taste of Bitter Love
writer:
Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
4:38
16Make Yours a Happy Home
4:37
17Love Overboard
recording of:
Love Overboard
writer:
Reggie Calloway
4:27
18Save the Overtime (For Me)
4:41
19Wind Beneath My Wings
cover recording of:
Wind Beneath My Wings
writer:
Larry Henley (singer songwriter) and Jeff Silbar
publisher:
Silbar’Songs and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
3:45