The Very Best of the 80's: 1989, Volume 2

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Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Listen to Your Heart
recording of:
Listen to Your Heart (Roxette song)
lyricist:
Per Gessle (Swedish singer and guitarist)
composer:
Per Gessle (Swedish singer and guitarist) and Mats Arne Persson (“M.P.”)
publisher:
Jimmy Fun Music
Roxette5:14
2Ride on TimeBlack Box3:49
3Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart
performer:
Gene Pitney
cover recording of:
Something’s Gotten Hold of My Heart
lyricist and composer:
Roger Cook (singer, songwriter, producer) and Roger Greenaway
strings arranger:
Mick Harvey
Marc Almond44:42
4Straight Up
producer:
Keith Cohen and Elliot Wolff
recording of:
Straight Up
lyricist and composer:
Elliot Wolff
publisher:
Elliott Wolff Music and Virgin Music, Inc. (The American arm of Virgin's publishing company)
Paula Abdul3.53:50
5Back to Life
recording of:
Back to Life
writer:
Nellee Hooper, Simon Law (Soul II Soul), Beresford Romeo and Caron Wheeler (English singer, songwriter, and record producer)
Soul II Soul3:52
6I Feel the Earth MoveMartika14:14
7Losing My Mind
Liza Minnelli4:04
8Room With a View
recording of:
Room With a View
lyricist and composer:
Tony Carey
Tony Carey3:21
9Too Much
recording of:
Too Much
lyricist and composer:
Luke Goss, Matt Goss and Nicky Graham
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Maximum Music Limited
Bros3:35
10Blow the House DownLiving in a Box24:18
11Don't Walk Away
assistant engineer:
Saul Raye
associate producer:
David Ricketts (of David & David)
producer:
David Tickle
vocals:
Toni Childs
recording of:
Don't Walk Away
composer:
Toni Childs and Phil Ramacom
Toni Childs4:00
12I'm So Excited
bass guitar:
Nathan East
drums (drum set):
John “JR” Robinson (session drummer)
guitar:
George Doering and Lee Ritenour
keyboard [keyboards] and synthesizer:
Michael Boddicker and Greg Phillinganes
piano:
William D. “Smitty” Smith (organist/keyboardist)
background vocals:
June Pointer and Ruth Pointer
lead vocals:
Anita Pointer
part of:
RuPaul’s Drag Race Lip Sync Performances (season 5) (number: 6)
recording of:
I’m So Excited
writer:
Anita Pointer, June Pointer, Ruth Pointer and Trevor Lawrence (70s-90s saxophonist & producer, father of Trevor Lawrence Jr.)
publisher:
’Til Dawn Music, EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (1989-07-24–present), EMI Songs Ltd., Fujipacific Music Inc. SBK Division (until 2014-12-31), EMI Music Publishing Japan Ltd., Sony Division (until 2021-06-30), Fuji Pacific Music SBK Department (from 2015-01-01 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 Pointer Sisters4.83:50
13Magic Symphony
co-producer:
Luis Rodríguez (Spanish producer and engineer)
producer:
Dieter Bohlen
arranger:
Dieter Bohlen
recording of:
Magic Symphony
lyricist and composer:
Dieter Bohlen
Blue System3:38
14This Is the Right Time
recording of:
This Is the Right Time
writer:
Ian Devaney, Andy Morris (former member of Blue Zone (UK), worked with Lisa Stansfield) and Lisa Stansfield
Lisa Stansfield4:14
15Around My Heart
recording of:
Around My Heart
lyricist:
Klaus Hirschburger and Hubert Kemmler (singer, songwriter, producer)
composer:
Hubert Kemmler (singer, songwriter, producer) and Markus Löhr
Sandra3:08
16Looking for Freedom
cover recording of:
Looking for Freedom
lyricist:
Gary Cowtan (songwriter)
composer:
Jack White (German producer Horst Nußbaum)
David Hasselhoff3:56
17French Kiss
cover recording of:
French Kiss
lyricist:
Karlana Johnson and Lil’ Louis (American DJ and producer, Marvin Louis Burns)
composer:
Lil’ Louis (American DJ and producer, Marvin Louis Burns)
publisher:
London Music Ltd.
Honesty 693:39
18The Ballad of Lucy Jordan
cover recording of:
The Ballad of Lucy Jordan
lyricist and composer:
Shel Silverstein
publisher:
Evil Eye Music Inc.
Lee Hazlewood4:23

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part of:The Very Best of the 80's (2 volumes per year) (number: 1989-2) (order: 20)