Now That’s What I Call Music: Smash Hits

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Old-style double-width jewel case.

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Tracklist

▼CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Down to Earth
recording of:
Down to Earth
writer:
Toby Andersen (keyboardist), Julian Godfrey Brookhouse, Michael Drummond, Nicholas Bernard Thorp and Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot
Curiosity Killed the Cat3:52
2If You Let Me Stay
recording engineer and mixer:
Phil Legg
additional engineer:
Michael Brauer (engineer)
producer:
Howard Gray (UK producer, engineer, and electronic musician)
bass:
Sean Oliver
drums (drum set):
Bruce Smith (UK drummer & producer for Pop Group, Slits, P.I.L., etc.)
guitar:
Pete Glenister
keyboard:
Nick Plytas
percussion:
Terence Trent D’Arby (now known as Sananda Maitreya) and Frank Ricotti (percussionist)
background vocals:
Lance Ellington (Strictly Come Dancing) and Tony Jackson (British funk / soul musician, singer / songwriter, producer and arranger)
background vocals and lead vocals:
Terence Trent D’Arby (now known as Sananda Maitreya)
remixer:
Michael Brauer (engineer)
arranger:
Terence Trent D’Arby (now known as Sananda Maitreya)
recording of:
If You Let Me Stay
lyricist and composer:
Terence Trent D’Arby (now known as Sananda Maitreya)
Terence Trent D’Arby3.53:14
3Respectable
recording of:
Respectable
writer:
Matt Aitken, Mike Stock (of Stock Aitken Waterman) and Pete Waterman
Mel & Kim2.53:23
4Labour of Love
recording of:
Labour of Love
writer:
Gregory Kane and Patrick Kane
Hue & Cry3:33
5Rain or Shine
recording of:
Rain or Shine
writer:
Billy Livsey and Peter Sinfield
Five Star4:00
6West End Girls
engineer:
David Jacob
producer:
Stephen Hague
additional vocals:
Helena Springs
background vocals, lead vocals and spoken vocals:
Neil Tennant
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1985, in 1991)
recording of:
West End Girls (in 1985)
writer:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) and Neil Tennant
publisher:
10 Music Ltd., Edition Meridian, Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., ヤマハミュージックEH(CM), Cage Music Ltd. (from 1984 to present) and CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (from 1984 to present)
Pet Shop Boys3.84:00
7Happy Hour
engineer:
Bodger (engineer), Ted de Bono and Fred Kay (Audio engineer, BBC)
producer:
Dale Griffin (British drummer and producer) and John Williams (English A&R executive, producer, songwriter...)
bass guitar:
Norman Cook
chimes, harmonica and lead vocals:
P.d. Heaton
drums (drum set):
Hugh Whitaker
guitar:
Stan Cullimore
background vocals:
Norman Cook, Stan Cullimore, P.d. Heaton and Hugh Whitaker
vocals:
Norman Cook, Stan Cullimore and P.d. Heaton
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Ltd. (not for release label use!)
recorded at:
Strongroom in Shoreditch, Hackney, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
mixed at:
AIR Studios (Lyndhurst Hall 1991–present) in Hampstead, Camden, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Happy Hour
lyricist:
P.d. Heaton
composer:
Stan Cullimore
publisher:
Go! Discs Music (publisher)
The Housemartins4.652:23
8Holding Back the Years
recording of:
Holding Back the Years
lyricist:
Mick Hucknall (lead singer of Simply Red)
composer:
Mick Hucknall (lead singer of Simply Red) and Neil Moss
Simply Red4:15
9Take On Me
producer:
Alan Tarney
mixer:
a‐ha and John Ratcliff
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 1985)
part of:
The Downloader’s Music Source Book (number: 284)
recording of:
Take On Me
writer:
Magne Furuholmen, Morten Harket and Paul Waaktaar-Savoy
publisher:
ATV Music Ltd.
a‐ha4.453:47
10You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)
recording of:
You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)
writer:
Pete Burns, Steve Coy, Tim Lever and Mike Percy
publisher:
Burning Music Ltd., Métisse Music, Warner Chappell Music France and Westbury Music Ltd.
part of:
American Psycho
Dead or Alive3:16
11There Must Be an Angel (Playing With My Heart)
recording of:
There Must Be an Angel (Playing With My Heart)
writer:
Annie Lennox (Scottish singer-songwriter, member of Eurythmics and The Tourists) and Dave Stewart (UK guitarist/singer for Eurythmics)
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing MGB Ltd., シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
Eurythmics3.54:33
12Everybody Wants to Rule the World
recording of:
Everybody Wants to Rule the World
writer:
Christopher Merrick Hughes (Producer. aka Merrick), Roland Orzabal and Ian Stanley
composer:
Mark Lettieri
publisher:
10 Music Ltd., Amusements Ltd., BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use!), Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd., フジパシフィック音楽出版 BMG事業部 (until 2014-12-31) and フジパシフィックミュージック BMG事業部 (from 2015-01-01 to present)
Tears for Fears4:07
13Wake Me Up Before You Go Go
assistant engineer:
Paul Gomersau
engineer:
Chris Porter (engineer and producer)
producer:
George Michael
keyboard:
Tommy Eyre
saxophone:
David Baptiste (U.K. Saxophonist, flutist, percussionist, vocalist, & backing vocalist)
arranger:
George Michael
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:
Wake Me Up Before You Go‐Go
lyricist and composer:
George Michael
publisher:
Chappell Music (UK)
Wham!3.853:52
14Smalltown Boy
recording engineer:
Pete Griffiths (UK studio technician, programmer & producer)
producer:
Mike Thorne (UK producer & keyboardist)
mixer:
Harvey Goldberg
recording of:
Smalltown Boy
writer:
Steve Bronski, Jimmy Somerville and Larry Steinbachek
publisher:
BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use!), Bronski Music Ltd., Fujipacific Music, Inc., The Copyright Collective, Warner/Chappell Music Japan, Synch division and Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (holding company - do not use as release label)
part of:
Gotcha! (1985 film soundtrack)
Bronski Beat3.654:59
15Master & Servant
producer:
Depeche Mode, Gareth Jones (UK producer/engineer) and Daniel Miller (British music producer and founder of Mute Records)
recording of:
Master and Servant
lyricist and composer:
Martin L. Gore
Depeche Mode4.153:51
16Careless Whisper
producer:
George Michael
bass:
Deon Estus
drums (drum set):
Trevor Murrell
guitar:
Hugh Burns
keyboard:
Chris Parren
percussion:
Danny Cummings (British drummer and percussionist)
vocals:
George Michael
arranger:
George Michael
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS Records Inc. (for rights/distribution/manufacture use only; international subsidiary of CBS, Inc.) (in 1984)
recording of:
Careless Whisper (in 1984)
writer:
George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley
publisher:
Chappell Music (UK), Morrison Leahy Music Ltd., Warner Chappell Music Limited (2019-present), Wham! Music Ltd., 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 (holding company - do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
George Michael4.55:01
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part of:Now That’s What I Call Music! (UK) (order: 2)
Wikipedia:en: Now Smash Hits [info]
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/438515 [info]
Wikidata:Q7065435 [info]