The Very Best of Earth, Wind & Fire

~ Release by Earth, Wind & Fire (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
# Title Rating Length
1 In the Stone
4:52
2 Boogie Wonderland
4 4:48
3 Let's Groove
4.65 5:38
4 Got to Get You Into My Life
3 4:04
5 Takin' Chances
3:31
6 After the Love Has Gone
3 4:32
7 Fall in Love With Me
3 5:54
8 Getaway
3 3:47
9 Let Me Talk
4:09
10 Serpentine Fire
4.5 3:54
11 In the Market Place (Interlude) / Jupiter
3:57
12 Sing a Song
3 3:25
13 Reasons
2.5 4:59
14 September
4.85 3:37
15 Fantasy
3.5 3:48
16 I'll Write a Song for You
5:22

Credits

CD 1

arranger:
Charles Stepney (track 13)
Earth, Wind & Fire (track 13)
co-producer:
Charles Stepney (track 13)
composer:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer) (track 1)
Jon Lind (track 2)
Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire) (track 1)
Allee Willis (track 1)
engineer:
George Massenburg (tracks 10, 13, 16)
lyricist:
Allee Willis (track 2)
producer:
Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire) (tracks 10, 13, 16)
vocals:
The Emotions (Chicago soul, disco and R&B female vocal group) (track 2)
vocals arranger:
Joe Herbert (vocal arranger) (track 14)
writer:
Philip Bailey (tracks 13, 16)
Steve Beckmeier (track 16)
Reginald "Sonny" Burke (Keyboard player) (track 10)
Bill Champlin (track 6)
Peter Cor (track 8)
Eduardo Del Barrio (track 15)
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer) (track 6)
Jay Graydon (track 6)
John Lennon (Beatle) (track 4)
Paul McCartney (track 4)
Al McKay (tracks 12, 14, 16)
Charles Stepney (track 13)
Bernard Taylor (guitarist, songwriter, vocalist, ex-member of Earth, Wind & Fire) (track 8)
Wayne Vaughn (tracks 3, 7)
Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire) (tracks 3, 7, 10, 12–15)
Verdine White (tracks 10, 15)
Allee Willis (track 14)
phonographic copyright by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (1975) (track 13)
Sony Music Entertainment (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (1975) (track 12)
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004; operated worldwide except in JP) (1978 –) (track 4)
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004; operated worldwide except in JP) (1978) (track 14)
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004; operated worldwide except in JP) (1981) (track 3)
publisher:
Criga Music (track 15)
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (track 6)
EMI Songs Ltd. (tracks 3, 6, 14)
Foster Frees Music Inc. (track 6)
Fozbeats Music (track 6)
Garden Rake Music Inc. (track 6)
Irving Music (BMI) (track 6)
Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) (track 6)
Northern Songs Ltd. (track 4)
Noted for the Record (track 6)
Rondor Music (London) Ltd. (tracks 6, 14)
Saggifire Music (track 15)
Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd. (track 6)
The International Music Network (track 14)
フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (track 6)
compilation of:
In the Marketplace (interlude) by Earth, Wind & Fire (track 11)
Jupiter by Earth, Wind & Fire (track 11)
DJ-mixes:
Mixtape, Side A: Funky by Housse de Racket (track 11)
has remixes:
September (FPM Beautiful Latin Mix) by Earth, Wind & Fire (track 14)
sampled by:
Boogie Down by Break Science & Gramatik (track 3)
Hold On Be Strong by 2Pac (track 16)
Kobiety są gorące by Norbi (track 14)
To Me You’re Everything by 98° (track 15)
cover recording of:
Got to Get You Into My Life (track 4)
is the basis for:
I’m Alive (track 2)
later translated parody versions:
A Kapella (track 14)
later translated versions:
Je veux te graver dans ma vie (track 4)
Kaikki yhtä ympyrää (track 4)
recording of:
After the Love Has Gone (track 6)
Boogie Wonderland (track 2)
Fall in Love With Me (track 7)
Fantasy (track 15)
Getaway (track 8)
In the Stone (track 1)
Let's Groove (track 3)
Reasons (track 13)
September (track 14)
Sing a Song (track 12)
I'll Write a Song for You (1977-08) (track 16)
Serpentine Fire (1977-08) (track 10)
referred to in medleys:
Megamix: September, Let's Groove, Rock That!, Boogie Wonderland (tracks 2–3, 14)
The Music of The Beatles (track 4)

Release

ASIN: US: B00000JQFI [info]