Be Thankful for What You Got

~ Recording by William DeVaughn

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1Be Thankful for What You Got3:25William DeVaughnBe Thankful for What You GotWilliam DeVaughnSingle
Roxbury Records (70s US soul, subsiduary of Chelsea Records)BRB0-0236
1.17Be Thankful for What You Got3:27William DeVaughnSouled OutVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
K‐tel (International budget record label)NU 9010
1.9Be Thankful for What You've Got3:28William DeVaughnOldies but Goodies, Volume 11Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Original SoundOSCD8861
2.1Be Thankful for What You Got3:22William DeVaughn35 soulklassiker 1970-75Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Diesel Music ABDiesel C-9
1.22Be Thankful for What You Got3:20William DeVaughnSounds of the Seventies: AM Pop ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Warner Special Products, Time–Life MusicOPCD-2712, SOD-32
1.4Be Thankful for What You Got3:29William DeVaughnRare Grooves, Volume 1: The OriginalsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1996-08-26
Priority Records (US hip hop)P2 50928
1.21Be Thankful for What You Got3:20William DeVaughnSolid Gold Soul: 1974Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicR838-09
1.18Be Thankful for What You've Got3:28William DeVaughn70's Funk 'n' Soul ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Repertoire Records (Hamburg-based multinational reissue label)REP 4717-WL
2.11Be Thankful for What You've Got3:27William DeVaughn70's Smash HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Super DoublesSD 885372
2.11Be Thankful for What You've Got3:27William DeVaughnSuper Hits of the 70'sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
DiskyBX 852692
7.9Be Thankful for What You’ve Got3:26William DeVaughnThe Beat Goes On: The Greatest Hits of the 60’s and 70’sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
DiskyHR 851902
1.8Be Thankful for What You've Got3:25William DeVaughnUnforgettable Love SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
4.10Be Thankful for What You've Got3:27William DeVaughnWow That Was the 70’sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • NL1999-10-25
DiskyDB 249302
5.1Be Thankful for What You've Got3:27William DeVaughnDisco Super StarsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
DiskyBX 857952, BX 857962, BX 857972, BX 857982, BX 857992, BX 858002, BX 858012, BX 858022
6.11Be Thankful for What You’ve Got3:27William DeVaughnThe Millennium CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -1999
  • GB2003-02-17
Disky, GrantonBX 248092, BX 248102, BX 248112, BX 248122, BX 248132, BX 248142, BX 248152, BX 248162, BX 248172, BX 248182, SP 248082
1.8Be Thankful for What You've Got3:27William DeVaughnUnforgettable Love SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Super DoublesSD 859362
1.10Be Thankful for What You've Got3:28William DeVaughnYou Sexy Thing: Die Oldie-ChartbreakerVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2000-08-11
DiskyGDC 991812
2.9Be Thankful for What You’ve Got3:27William DeVaughnGreatest Hits of Soul and R&BVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
DiskyDB 250402
4.22Be Thankful for What You Got3:28William DeVaughnCan You Dig It? The ’70s Soul ExperienceVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2001-10-16
Rhino (reissue label)R2 74346
1.14Be Thankful3:27William DeVaughnBones: Original Motion Picture Houndtrack (explicit)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Priority Records (US hip hop), Doggy Style Records0499 2 50227 2 8
2.9Be Thankful for What You Got3:22William DeVaughnSolid Gold FunkVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2002-02-05
Universal Music Special Markets, Sony Music Special Products, Time–Life Music314560067-2, A032786, M18715
1.19Be Thankful for What You've Got3:30William DeVaughnWe Got the FunkVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2002-10-28
Castle Music (subsidiary of Sanctuary Records Group Ltd.), Sanctuary Records (UK 1996–present)CMETD 598
1.9Be Thankful for What You Got3:29William DeVaughnBaadAsssss CinemaVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
TVT SoundtraxTV 6630-2, TV-6630-2
5.1Be Thankful for What You've Got3:27William DeVaughnDisco Super StarsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
DiskyBX 857952, BX 857962, BX 857972, BX 857982, BX 857992, BX 858002, BX 858012, BX 858022, SP 857942
5.1Be Thankful for What You’ve Got3:26William DeVaughnDisco Super StarsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
DiskyCB 792282
3.20Be Thankful for What You Got3:31William DeVaughnPlatinum Soul Legends: 1960–1975Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Warner Strategic Marketing United KingdomWSMCD100
1.23Be Thankful for What You Got3:31William DeVaughnCapital Gold Soul LegendsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2003-03-17
Virgin TVVTDCD 517
2.5Be Thankful for What You've Got3:33William DeVaughnChill Two: Sensual LoungeVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Jive (Jive Records imprint)
6.18Be Thankful for What You’ve Got3:26William DeVaughnGreatest Hits of the 70’s (8 CD Box)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
DiskyDB 905547
1.11Be Thankful for What You Got3:26William DeVaughnRadio Original Motion Picture SoundtrackVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
Hip‐O RecordsB0001494
2.15Be Thankful for What You've Got3:30William DeVaughnSuperbadVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2004-04-12
Warner DanceWSMCD165
1.12Be Thankful for What You've Got3:32William DeVaughnLate Night MoodsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2004-04-26
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Virgin TV7243 8 74553 2 0, VTDCD609
1.8Be Thankful for What You've Got3:27William DeVaughnSoul CroonersVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Wagram Music (imprint/distributor)3110632
2.23Be Thankful for What You've Got3:30William DeVaughnThe Seventies Album: 70 Smash Hit Singles from the Supersonic SeventiesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sanctuary Records (UK 1996–present)TLSAN013
3.4Be Thankful for What You’ve Got3:28William DeVaughnRevenge of the Pusherman: BaadAsssss Soul!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
DiskyCB 903833
1.77Be Thankful for What You Got3:28William DeVaughn100 Hits: FunkVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2014-10-06
100 HitsDMG100138
1.17Be Thankful for What You Got3:28William DeVaughnMum's MixtapeVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2015-03-02
Demon Music Group
1.17Be Thankful for What You Got3:28William De VaughnMum's MixtapeVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
CRIMCD568
1.8Be Thankful for What You've Got3:26William DeVaughnOld School 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation

Relationships

producer:John Davis (70s US funk producer/songwriter aka The Monster) (in 1974)
Frank Fioravanti (in 1974)
arranger:John Davis (70s US funk producer/songwriter aka The Monster) (in 1974)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Roxbury (70s US soul, subsiduary of Chelsea Records) (in 1974)
part of:The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 374) (order: 374)
recording of:Be Thankful for What You Got

Related works

Be Thankful for What You Got

lyricist and composer:William DeVaughn
publisher:Delicious Apple Music Corp.
EMI Jemaxal Music Inc.
H&R Lastrada Music
Melomega Music
Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
Sony/ATV Tunes, LLC
is the basis for:Everyday