100 Hits: 80s Essentials

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

CD 1
CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Freedom
recording of:
Freedom (Wham!)
lyricist and composer:
George Michael
publisher:
Chappell Music (UK) and Morrison Leahy Music Ltd. (in 1984)
Wham!5:23
2Together ForeverRick Astley3:07
3Take That Situation
recording of:
Take That Situation
lyricist and composer:
Nick Heyward
Nick Heyward3:20
4Hangin' Tough
producer:
Maurice Starr
recording of:
Hangin' Tough
lyricist and composer:
Maurice Starr
New Kids on the Block3:50
5Ghostbusters
producer:
Ray Parker Jr.
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
RCA Records (not for release label use! for the imprint, please use “RCA” instead) (from 2016 to present)
recording of:
Ghostbusters
lyricist and composer:
Ray Parker Jr.
publisher:
EMI Golden Torch Music Corp., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated), IQ Music Ltd., Golden Torch Music Corp. (in 1984) and Raydiola Music (in 1984)
is based on:
I Want a New Drug
lyrics quoted on:
Ghostingbust
Ray Parker Jr.4.154:05
6Favourite Shirts
producer:
Bob Sargeant
part of:
TV Cream: Real 100 Best Singles Ever (number: 31)
recording of:
Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)
lyricist and composer:
Nick Heyward
Haircut One Hundred53:07
7Find the Time
Five Star4:31
8Lover Come Back (To My)
Dead or Alive3:09
9The Land of Make BelieveBucks Fizz3:46
10Freak
Bruce Foxton3:25
11I Owe You Nothing
Bros3:42
12Shiny ShinyHaysi Fantayzee3:44
13StarmakerThe Kids From Fame4:08
14Losing My Mind
Liza Minnelli4:02
15Break My Stride
drums (drum set) programming:
John Gilston
producer:
Peter Bunetta, Rick Chudacoff and Bill Elliott (keyboardist/composer)
analog synthesizer [Prophet-5]:
Bill Elliott (keyboardist/composer) and Matthew Wilder
drum machine [Oberheim DMX], drums (drum set) and percussion:
Peter Bunetta
guitar:
Dennis Herring
background vocals:
Greg Prestopino, Joe Turano (singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer/arranger, jazz) and Matthew Wilder
lead vocals:
Matthew Wilder
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1983)
recorded at:
Pasha Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1983)
recording of:
Break My Stride
writer:
Greg Prestopino and Matthew Wilder
publisher:
Big Ears Music (publisher) (in 1983), No Ears Music (in 1983) and Streetwise Music (US publisher) (in 1983)
Matthew Wilder3.43:02
16Love & Pride
producer:
Richard James Burgess
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1984)
recording of:
Love & Pride
writer:
Paul King (British-Irish singer/musician/VJ) and Mick Roberts
publisher:
EMI Songs Ltd. and King Songs
King43:22
17This Ole House
cover recording of:
This Ole House
lyricist and composer:
Stuart Hamblen
Shakin’ Stevens3:07
18Family Man
recording of:
Family Man
lyricist and composer:
Andrew Roachford (the man)
Roachford3:50
19My Favourite Waste of Time
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1986)
cover recording of:
My Favourite Waste of Time
lyricist and composer:
Marshall Crenshaw
publisher:
Bug Music Ltd., Warner Brothers (publisher, not an imprint) and Warner Brothers Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23)
Owen Paul23:24
20Digging Your Scene
recording of:
Digging Your Scene
lyricist and composer:
Robert Howard (pop songwriter)
publisher:
RCA Music Ltd. (publisher) (in 1986) and Trashsongs (publisher) (in 1986)
The Blow Monkeys3.54:06
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