Top 40: 80s Essentials

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

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Walk Right Now
The Jacksons3:33
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’Arby3.53:13
3Automatic
edit of:
Automatic by The Pointer Sisters
recording of:
Automatic
composer:
Brock Patrick Walsh (singer, producer, songwriter) and Mark Goldenberg
The Pointer Sisters44:01
4Dr. Beat
recording of:
Dr. Beat
lyricist and composer:
Enrique Garcia (Miami Sound Machine)
publisher:
EMI Songs Ltd.
Miami Sound Machine4:17
5Tell It to My Heart
recording of:
Tell It to My Heart
writer:
Ernie Gold and Seth Swirsky
Taylor Dayne3:38
6Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car
recording of:
Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car
writer:
Robert John “Mutt” Lange and Billy Ocean
Billy Ocean2.354:41
7I Want Candy
producer:
Kenny Laguna
cover recording of:
I Want Candy (in 1982)
writer:
Bert Russell Berns, Bob Feldman (of The Strangeloves), Jerry Goldstein and Richard Gottehrer (American songwriter and music executive)
publisher:
Sloopy II Music, Sony/ATV Songs LLC and Wren Music Co.
Bow Wow Wow42:44
8Sonic Boom Boy
recording of:
Sonic Boom Boy
writer:
Bob Derwood Andrews, Nick Burton (UK techno producer/artwork/photography) and Elizabeth Westwood
Westworld2:55
9Whenever You Need Somebody
cover recording of:
Whenever You Need Somebody (O'Chi Brown/ Rick Astley Song)
lyricist and composer:
Matt Aitken, Mike Stock (of Stock Aitken Waterman) and Pete Waterman
publisher:
Terrace Music (in 1986)
Rick Astley3:54
10Hold Me Now
recording of:
Hold Me Now (Thompson Twins song)
writer:
Alannah Joy Currie, Joseph Martin Leeway and Thomas Alexander Bailey (Thompson Twins)
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd., BMG Songs, Inc. and Point Music (publisher)
part of:
50 First Dates
Thompson Twins4:27
11Fantastic Day
producer:
Bob Sargeant
recording of:
Fantastic Day
lyricist and composer:
Nick Heyward
Haircut 10023:14
12Medicine Show
Big Audio Dynamite6:33
13My Camera Never Lies
recording of:
My Camera Never Lies
writer:
Andy Hill (English producer & songwriter) and Nichola Martin (songwriter)
publisher:
Big Note Music Ltd., Paper Music Ltd. and Universal Music Publishing MGB Limited
Bucks Fizz4:03
14Digging 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 Monkeys3.54:05
15Japanese Boy
producer:
Neil Ross (UK based Music Engineer)
part of:
TV Cream: Real 100 Best Singles Ever (number: 26)
recording of:
Japanese Boy
lyricist and composer:
Bobby Heatlie (songwriter)
publisher:
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) (in 1981)
Aneka33:55
16Brilliant Mind
engineer:
John Brough, Renny Hill (engineer) and Seb (Engineer)
producer:
Mick Glossop (Producer & Engineer)
bass:
Sally Still
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Hamilton Lee
guitar and background vocals:
Tim Whelan
keyboard:
Maya Gilder (Keyboardist)
saxophone:
Larry Whelan (Saxophonist)
strings:
Tim Beaton and Charlie Buchannon
lead vocals:
Jim Irvin
recorded at:
Townhouse 3 in Battersea, Wandsworth, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
mixed at:
Sarm East in Whitechapel, Tower Hamlets, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
part of:
TV Cream: Real 100 Best Singles Ever (number: 86)
recording of:
Brilliant Mind
writer:
Jim Irvin, Hamilton Lee, Sally Still and Tim Whelan
Furniture3.353:42
17Norman Bates
recording of:
Norman Bates
Landscape3:41
18Everyday Hurts
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Entertainment International UK & Ireland Ltd. (for © & ℗ copyright use only; file no releases here!) (in 1979)
recording of:
Every Day Hurts
writer:
Vic Emerson, John Stimpson and Paul Young (Sad Café, Mike + The Mechanics)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated) and St. Anne’s Music Ltd.
Sad Café3.54:05
19Starmaker
recording of:
Starmaker
writer:
Carole Bayer Sager and Bruce Roberts (American singer-songwriter)
publisher:
Alley Music Corp., EMI Sosaha Music, Inc., R2M Music (BMI), Songs of Lastrada (BMI-affiliated), Trio Music Company, フジパシフィックミュージック, 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), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部, イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30), The EMP Company (from 1974 to present), The Times Square Music Publications Co. (from 1974 to present) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
The Kids From 'Fame'4:07
20Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?)
music videos:
Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do) by Wham!
recording of:
Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?)
lyricist and composer:
George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley
publisher:
Morrison Leahy Music Ltd.
Wham!3:32