Great Original Hits of the 80’s

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

Tracklist

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1La Bamba
producer:
Mitchell Froom
arranger:
Ritchie Valens
cover recording of:
La bamba (additional lyrics by Ritchie Valens)
additional lyricist:
Ritchie Valens
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
EMI Longitude Music and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
version of:
La bamba
Los Lobos4.32:51
2Vamos A La Playa
recording of:
Vamos a la playa
lyricist:
Johnson Righeira (Italian artist Stefano Righi)
composer:
Carmelo La Bionda and Johnson Righeira (Italian artist Stefano Righi)
Righeira3:39
3I Think We’re Alone Now
additional recording engineer:
John Kerns (US engineer)
drum machine [drum] programming:
John Duarte
engineer:
Bill Smith (US recording engineer)
producer:
George E. Tobin
guitar:
Chuck Yamek
synthesizer:
John Duarte
background vocals and lead vocals:
Tiffany (US 1980s pop star, "I Think We’re Alone Now")
remixer:
Bill Smith (US recording engineer) and George E. Tobin
arranger:
John Duarte
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) (in 1987)
cover recording of:
I Think We’re Alone Now
lyricist and composer:
Ritchie Cordell
publisher:
EMI Longitude Music
Tiffany3.853:46
4Head Over Heels
recording of:
Head Over Heels
writer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
publisher:
Artwork Music Co., Inc. (from 1981 to present)
ABBA3:49
519
recording of:
19
lyricist:
Bill Couturié, Paul Hardcastle and Jonas McCord
composer:
Paul Hardcastle
Paul Hardcastle3:39
6Puttin’ On the Ritz
recording of:
Puttin’ On the Ritz
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1929)
publisher:
Berlin Irving Music Corp and Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
part of:
Idiot’s Delight (film)
Taco4:38
7I Should Be So Lucky
engineer:
Mark McGuire (UK producer/engineer)
producer:
Matt Aitken, Mike Stock (of Stock Aitken Waterman) and Pete Waterman
mixer:
Pete Hammond (UK producer aka "Mixmaster")
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mushroom Records (from 1988 to present)
recording of:
I Should Be So Lucky
writer:
Matt Aitken, Mike Stock (of Stock Aitken Waterman) and Pete Waterman
publisher:
Mushroom Music Pty. Ltd. (from 1988 to present)
Kylie Minogue43:24
8I See a Boat on the River
recording of:
I See a Boat on the River
writer:
Frank Farian, Fred Jay, Helmut Rulofs and Gilla Winger
Boney M.3:10
9Pass the Dutchie
Musical Youth3:24
10Beats of Love
recording of:
Beats of Love
lyricist and composer:
Patrick Schools (Singer of Nacht Und Nebel)
Nacht und Nebel3:18
11Marina
recording of:
Marina (English version)
lyricist and composer:
Rocco Granata (Italian-born singer, songwriter, accordionist)
translator:
Ray Maxwell (Belgian-American producer, manager, songwriter)
translated version of:
Marina (original italian lyrics)
Rocco Granata & the Carnations3:57
12Don’t Stop the Music
recording of:
Don't Stop the Music
writer:
Jonah Ellis, Alisa Peoples and Lonnie Simmons (producer, songwriter)
Yarbrough & Peoples7:52
13Axel F
producer:
Harold Faltermeyer
synthesizer:
William Goldstein
arranger:
Louis Febre, William Goldstein and Peter Rotter (score composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Geffen Records (in 1984)
recorded at:
New Gold Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1988-02-01 until 1988-07-15)
recording of:
Axel F (Beverly Hills Cop)
composer:
Harold Faltermeyer
Harold Faltermeyer43:01
14Pump Up the Jam
producer:
Jo Bogaert (Belgian producer)
vocals:
Ya Kid K (Belgian-Congolese singer Manuela Kamosi)
performer:
Felly (Felly Kilingi, “frontwoman” for Technotronic in the early ’90s)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
ARS Productions Benelux (in 1989)
recording of:
Pump Up the Jam
lyricist:
Manuela Kamosi (Belgian-Congolese singer Manuela Kamosi)
composer:
Patrick de Meyer (Belgian electronic music producer) and Thomas de Quincey (Belgian producer Jo Bogaert [Technotronic])
is based on:
Technotronic
Technotronic feat. Felly3.453:36