The Very Best of Deee‐Lite (remastered)

~ Release by Deee‐Lite (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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1Deee‐Lite Theme
additional engineer:
Bob Power
assistant engineer:
Derek Lategan and Eddie Sancho
engineer:
Mike Rogers (US producer/engineer, aka Tweekin')
additional producer and additional mixer:
Mike Rogers (US producer/engineer, aka Tweekin')
producer:
Deee‐Lite
additional arranger:
Mike Rogers (US producer/engineer, aka Tweekin')
arranger:
Deee‐Lite
recording of:
Deee-Lite Theme
composer:
Deee‐Lite
2:09
2Good Beat
additional engineer:
Bob Power
assistant engineer:
Derek Lategan and Eddie Sancho
engineer:
Mike Rogers (US producer/engineer, aka Tweekin')
additional producer and additional mixer:
Mike Rogers (US producer/engineer, aka Tweekin')
producer:
Deee‐Lite
additional arranger:
Mike Rogers (US producer/engineer, aka Tweekin')
arranger:
Deee‐Lite
recording of:
Good Beat
composer:
Deee‐Lite
4:39
3Groove Is in the Heart
additional engineer:
Bob Power
assistant engineer:
Derek Lategan and Eddie Sancho
engineer:
Mike Rogers (US producer/engineer, aka Tweekin')
additional producer and additional mixer:
Mike Rogers (US producer/engineer, aka Tweekin')
producer:
Deee‐Lite
saxophone:
Maceo Parker (US funk/jazz saxophonist)
trombone:
Fred Wesley
background vocals:
Bootsy Collins (US funk musician & songwriter)
vocals:
Q‐Tip (American rapper)
additional arranger:
Mike Rogers (US producer/engineer, aka Tweekin')
arranger:
Deee‐Lite
samples:
Bring Down the Birds by Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) and Get Up by Vernon Burch
part of:
Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 68), TV Cream: Real 100 Best Singles Ever (number: 83) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 233)
recording of:
Groove Is in the Heart
writer:
Dmitry Brill, 鄭東和, Kamaal Ibn John Fareed (American rapper) and Kier Kirby
composer:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer)
4.13:52
4What Is Love?
additional engineer:
Bob Power
assistant engineer:
Derek Lategan and Eddie Sancho
engineer:
Mike Rogers (US producer/engineer, aka Tweekin')
additional producer and additional mixer:
Mike Rogers (US producer/engineer, aka Tweekin')
producer:
Deee‐Lite
additional arranger:
Mike Rogers (US producer/engineer, aka Tweekin')
arranger:
Deee‐Lite
recording of:
What is Love?
writer:
Dmitry Brill, Keir Kirby and TOWA TEI
23:40
5E.S.P.
additional engineer:
Bob Power
assistant engineer:
Derek Lategan and Eddie Sancho
engineer:
Mike Rogers (US producer/engineer, aka Tweekin')
additional producer and additional mixer:
Mike Rogers (US producer/engineer, aka Tweekin')
producer:
Deee‐Lite
additional arranger:
Mike Rogers (US producer/engineer, aka Tweekin')
arranger:
Deee‐Lite
recording of:
E.S.P.
composer:
Deee‐Lite
3:44
6Power of Love
additional engineer:
Bob Power
assistant engineer:
Derek Lategan and Eddie Sancho
engineer:
Mike Rogers (US producer/engineer, aka Tweekin')
additional producer and additional mixer:
Mike Rogers (US producer/engineer, aka Tweekin')
producer:
Deee‐Lite
additional arranger:
Mike Rogers (US producer/engineer, aka Tweekin')
arranger:
Deee‐Lite
recording of:
Power of Love
composer:
Deee‐Lite
4:41
7Who Was That?
additional engineer:
Bob Power
assistant engineer:
Derek Lategan and Eddie Sancho
engineer:
Mike Rogers (US producer/engineer, aka Tweekin')
additional producer and additional mixer:
Mike Rogers (US producer/engineer, aka Tweekin')
producer:
Deee‐Lite
bass and guitar:
Bootsy Collins (US funk musician & songwriter)
additional arranger:
Mike Rogers (US producer/engineer, aka Tweekin')
arranger:
Deee‐Lite
recording of:
Who Was That?
composer:
Deee‐Lite
4:35
8I Had a Dream I Was Falling Through a Hole in the Ozone Layer
engineer:
Michael White (sound engineer)
mixer:
Mark Plati
bass guitar:
Bootsy Collins (US funk musician & songwriter)
clavinet and piano:
Bernie Worrell (keyboardist, composer and record producer)
horn:
Maceo Parker (US funk/jazz saxophonist) and Fred Wesley
background vocals:
Gary “Mudbone” Cooper, Danny Madden, Sahirah Moore and Sheila Slappy
45:38
9Heart Be Still
bass guitar:
Bootsy Collins (US funk musician & songwriter)
clavinet:
Bernie Worrell (keyboardist, composer and record producer)
horn:
Maceo Parker (US funk/jazz saxophonist) and Fred Wesley
percussion:
Robin Lobe
background vocals:
Gary “Mudbone” Cooper
44:11
10Pussycat Meow
bass guitar:
Bootsy Collins (US funk musician & songwriter)
43:49
11Love Is Everything
bass guitar:
Bootsy Collins (US funk musician & songwriter)
guitar:
Catfish Collins
melodica:
Bernie Worrell (keyboardist, composer and record producer)
tabla:
Misha Masud
background vocals:
Bootsy Collins (US funk musician & songwriter) and Gary “Mudbone” Cooper
3.55:27
12Say Ahhh…
producer:
Deee‐Lite
assistant mixer:
Jimmie Lee (US engineer Jimmie Lee Patterson), Vaughan Merrick, Brian Miller (engineer) and Rob Rives
mixer:
Deee‐Lite and Fernando "Super Tweak" Aponte
turntable:
On-E
other vocals:
Chillblast
mixed at:
Axis Recording Studio in New York, New York, United States
samples:
Evil by Earth, Wind & Fire
recording of:
Say Ahhh...
lyricist:
Lady Kier
composer:
Ani, Super DJ Dmitry and Lady Kier
4:11
13Somebody
producer:
Deee‐Lite
assistant mixer:
Jimmie Lee (US engineer Jimmie Lee Patterson), Vaughan Merrick, Brian Miller (engineer) and Rob Rives
mixer:
Deee‐Lite and Fernando "Super Tweak" Aponte
other vocals:
Chillblast
mixed at:
Axis Recording Studio in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Somebody
lyricist:
Lady Kier
composer:
Ani, Super DJ Dmitry and Lady Kier
3:30
14Bring Me Your Love
producer:
Deee‐Lite
assistant mixer:
Jimmie Lee (US engineer Jimmie Lee Patterson), Vaughan Merrick, Brian Miller (engineer) and Rob Rives
mixer:
Deee‐Lite and Fernando "Super Tweak" Aponte
turntable:
On-E
mixed at:
Axis Recording Studio in New York, New York, United States
samples:
The Children's Song by Eddie Harris (saxophone, piano, vocals)
recording of:
Bring Me Your Love
lyricist:
Lady Kier
composer:
Ani, Super DJ Dmitry and Lady Kier
3:38
15Mind Melt
producer:
Deee‐Lite
assistant mixer:
Jimmie Lee (US engineer Jimmie Lee Patterson), Vaughan Merrick, Brian Miller (engineer) and Rob Rives
mixer:
Deee‐Lite and Fernando "Super Tweak" Aponte
Rhodes piano:
Joe Ruddick
mixed at:
Axis Recording Studio in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Mind Melt
lyricist:
Lady Kier
composer:
Ani, Super DJ Dmitry and Lady Kier
0:34
16Apple Juice Kissing
producer:
Deee‐Lite
assistant mixer:
Jimmie Lee (US engineer Jimmie Lee Patterson), Vaughan Merrick, Brian Miller (engineer) and Rob Rives
mixer:
Deee‐Lite and Fernando "Super Tweak" Aponte
mixed at:
Axis Recording Studio in New York, New York, United States
samples:
Armagideon Time (Justice Tonight version) by The Clash (70s–80s British punk rock band)
recording of:
Apple Juice Kissing
lyricist:
Lady Kier
composer:
Ani, Super DJ Dmitry and Lady Kier
3:13
17Picnic in the Summertime
producer:
Deee‐Lite
assistant mixer:
Jimmie Lee (US engineer Jimmie Lee Patterson), Vaughan Merrick, Brian Miller (engineer) and Rob Rives
mixer:
Deee‐Lite and Fernando "Super Tweak" Aponte
turntable:
On-E
mixed at:
Axis Recording Studio in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Picnic in the Summertime
lyricist:
Lady Kier
composer:
Ani, Super DJ Dmitry and Lady Kier
3:32
18Stay in Bed, Forget the Rest
producer:
Deee‐Lite
assistant mixer:
Jimmie Lee (US engineer Jimmie Lee Patterson), Vaughan Merrick, Brian Miller (engineer) and Rob Rives
mixer:
Deee‐Lite and Fernando "Super Tweak" Aponte
mixed at:
Axis Recording Studio in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Stay in Bed, Forget the Rest
lyricist:
Lady Kier
composer:
Ani, Super DJ Dmitry and Lady Kier
3:09
19Bittersweet Loving
additional recording engineer:
Steven Barkan
additional programming:
Joe Bartoldus
producer:
Deee‐Lite, Kenny “Dope” Gonzalez and “Little” Louie Vega (US house DJ/producer)
assistant mixer:
Jimmie Lee (US engineer Jimmie Lee Patterson), Vaughan Merrick, Brian Miller (engineer) and Rob Rives
mixer:
Deee‐Lite and Fernando "Super Tweak" Aponte
background vocals:
Lady Kier and Zhana Saunders
recorded at:
Bass Hit Studios in New York, New York, United States
mixed at:
Axis Recording Studio in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Bittersweet Loving
lyricist:
Lady Kier
composer:
Ani, Super DJ Dmitry and Lady Kier
3:43
20Party Happening People
additional membranophone programming:
TOWA TEI
producer:
Deee‐Lite
assistant mixer:
Jimmie Lee (US engineer Jimmie Lee Patterson), Vaughan Merrick, Brian Miller (engineer) and Rob Rives
mixer:
Deee‐Lite and Fernando "Super Tweak" Aponte
mixed at:
Axis Recording Studio in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Party Happening People
lyricist:
Lady Kier
composer:
Ani, Super DJ Dmitry and Lady Kier
3:59

Credits

Release

manufactured in:Germany
manufactured by:Warner Music Manufacturing Europe (manufacturing company; not for release label use!)
copyrighted (©) by:Elektra Entertainment Group (not for release label use! a division of Warner Communications, Inc. for the United States, and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the United States) (in 2001)
Rhino Entertainment Company (not for release label use!) (in 2001)
pressed by:WMME Alsdorf (manufacturing company; not for release label use!)
mastered at:Warner Bros. Records In-House Studios
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/944696 [info]