The Very Best of the 80's: 1984, Volume 2

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Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Dr. Mabuse
producer:
Trevor Horn
recording of:
Dr. Mabuse
lyricist:
Ralf Dörper
composer:
Ralf Dörper, Michael Mertens (German musician & producer) and Andreas Thein
publisher:
Perfect Songs Ltd.
Propaganda5:03
2Somebody Else's GuyJocelyn Brown4:19
3Show You the Way to Love
Philip Bailey4:37
4She's StrangeCameo6:53
5Two Tribes
additional producer:
Stephen Lipson
producer:
Trevor Horn
bass guitar:
Mark O’Toole (former bassist of Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
drums (drum set):
Peter Gill (UK drummer for Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
guest keyboard:
Andrew Richards (Strawbs keyboard player/record producer) and Anne Dudley (English score composer)
guest percussion:
Luis Jardim
guitar:
Brian Nash (British guitarist (Frankie Goes to Hollywood) and songwriter)
lead vocals:
Holly Johnson, Mark O’Toole (former bassist of Frankie Goes to Hollywood) and Paul Rutherford (Member of Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
conductor:
Stuart Bruce
part of:
TV Cream: Real 100 Best Singles Ever (number: 27)
recording of:
Two Tribes
written in:
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom (from 1982 until 1983)
lyricist and composer:
Peter Gill (UK drummer for Frankie Goes to Hollywood), Mark William O'Toole (former bassist of Frankie Goes to Hollywood) and William Johnson
publisher:
Perfect Songs Ltd.
Frankie Goes to Hollywood4.253:25
6Only When You Leave
producer:
Steve Jolley, Spandau Ballet and Tony Swain (songwriter, producer)
recording of:
Only When You Leave
lyricist and composer:
Gary Kemp
publisher:
Reformation Publishing Co. Ltd.
Spandau Ballet34:47
7Love of the Common People
producer:
Laurie Latham
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1983)
cover recording of:
Love of the Common People
lyricist and composer:
John Hurley and Ronnie Wilkins
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd., Tideland Music Publishing Corporation, Tree Pub. Co. Inc., TRO Essex Music Ltd., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) (in 1983) and Westminster Music Ltd. (in 1983)
Paul Young23:40
8Only You
producer:
The Flying Pickets and John Sherry
performer:
The Flying Pickets
music videos:
Only You by The Flying Pickets
cover recording of:
Only You
lyricist and composer:
Vince Clarke (member of Erasure, Depeche Mode, Yazoo,…)
publisher:
Musical Moments Ltd., SM Publishing (UK) Limited (current name of Sony Music Publishing UK) and Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd.
The Flying Pickets43:25
9Feels Like Heaven
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1983)
recording of:
(Feels Like) Heaven
lyricist and composer:
Eddie Jordan (songwriter) and Kevin Patterson (songwriter)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corp.
Fiction Factory43:32
10Turn Your Back on MeKajagoogoo4:03
11Missing You
engineer and mixer:
David Thoener
drums (drum set):
Curly Smith (Jo Jo Gunne musician)
electric bass guitar [bass]:
Donnie Nossov
guitar:
Gary Myrick
keyboard:
Bruce Brody
percussion:
Steve Scales
lead vocals:
John Waite
recording of:
Missing You
lyricist:
John Waite
composer:
Mark Leonard, Chas Sandford and John Waite
publisher:
Everpop Songs, Markmeem Music (publisher), Quartet Music Inc., Sony Music Publishing (worldwide except Japan, ended 1995), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28), Fallwater Music (in 1984), Markeem Music (publisher) (in 1984), Paperwaite Music (publisher) (in 1984), The Hudson Bay Music Co. (publisher) (in 1984) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
John Waite3.754:26
12Kalimba De LunaBoney M.4:29
13High on Emotion
recording of:
High on Emotion
lyricist and composer:
Chris de Burgh (British-Irish singer-songwriter and instrumentalist)
Chris de Burgh54:25
14She Bop
lead vocals:
Cyndi Lauper
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1983)
recording of:
She Bop
writer:
Rick Chertoff, Gary Corbett, Cyndi Lauper and Steve Lunt (British musician, songwriter, music executive also credited as Stephen Broughton)
publisher:
PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998) (ended), ATV/Sony Songs, LLC, Concord Copyrights (BMI), Hobbler Music, Noyb Music Company, Perfect Punch Music (publisher), Rellla Music Company, Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label), Spirit One Music, Twenty Twenty 6 Music, Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998), Wall to Wall Music, シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント, ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部, フジパシフィック音楽出版 (until 2014-12-31) and フジパシフィックミュージック (from 2015-01-01 to present)
Cyndi Lauper3.83:48
15Sunglasses at Night
recording of:
Sunglasses at Night
lyricist and composer:
Corey Hart
publisher:
Edition Meridian
Corey Hart3:55
16Wishful Thinking
producer:
Mike Howlett
vocals:
Eddie Lundon (China Crisis)
recording of:
Wishful Thinking
lyricist:
Eddie Lundon (China Crisis)
composer:
Gary Daly and Eddie Lundon (China Crisis)
China Crisis4:43
17Too Late for Goodbyes
recorded in:
United States (from 1984-02 until 1984-08)
producer:
Phil Ramone
mixer:
Bradshaw Leigh
guest guitar:
Martin Briley (from 1984-02 until 1984-08)
guest harmonica:
Jean Thielemans (from 1984-02 until 1984-08)
lead vocals:
Julian Lennon (from 1984-02 until 1984-08)
mixed at:
The Hit Factory in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Too Late for Goodbyes (from 1984-02 until 1984-08)
lyricist and composer:
Julian Lennon
Julian Lennon43:33

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part of:The Very Best of the 80's (2 volumes per year) (number: 1984-2) (order: 10)