# | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
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1 | Back to Life (However Do You Want Me) | Soul II Soul | 3.65 | 3:49 |
2 | Body Talk | Imagination | | 3:39 |
3 | Long Hot Summer | The Style Council | 5 | 3:49 |
4 | State of Independence | Donna Summer | 2 | 4:25 |
5 | I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) | Hall & Oates | | 4:58 |
6 | Pull Up to the Bumper | Grace Jones | | 3:40 |
7 | On the Beach | Chris Rea | | 4:21 |
8 | Everybody Wants to Rule the World | Tears for Fears | 4 | 4:07 |
9 | Lovely Day- producer:
- Clarence McDonald and Bill Withers
- bass guitar:
- Jerry Knight (in 1977)
- drums (drum set) and shakers:
- Russell Kunkel (in 1977)
- guitar:
- Ray Parker (in 1977)
- keyboard:
- Clarence McDonald (in 1977)
- percussion:
- Ralph MacDonald (in 1977)
- lead vocals:
- Bill Withers (in 1977)
- arranger:
- Clarence McDonald
- concertmaster:
- Charles Veal (in 1977)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- CBS, Inc. (in 1977) and Columbia Records (in 1977)
- part of:
- The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 402)
- recording of:
- Lovely Day (in 1977)
- writer:
- Skip Scarborough and Bill Withers
- publisher:
- Chappell Music Ltd., Chelsea Music Publishing Co., Ltd., Golden Withers Music, Plaid Flowers Music, Sweet Cookie Music, Unichappell Music, Inc., Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. , 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 and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
| Bill Withers | 4.75 | 4:15 |
10 | I Can't Wait | Nu Shooz | | 3:40 |
11 | Ain't Nothin' Goin' on But the Rent | Gwen Guthrie | | 3:27 |
12 | I Found Lovin' | Fatback Band | 5 | 4:10 |
13 | Funkin' for Jamaica- additional recording engineer, assistant recording engineer and assistant mixer:
- Ollie Cotton
- recording engineer and mixer:
- Larry Rosen
- synthesizer [Prophet polyphonic synthesizer] programming:
- Tom Browne
- engineer:
- Richard Feldman
- producer:
- Dave Grusin and Larry Rosen
- bass guitar [bass]:
- Marcus Miller
- drums (drum set):
- Buddy Williams
- electric piano and synthesizer [Prophet polyphonic synthesizer]:
- Bernard Wright
- guitar:
- Bobby Broom
- handclaps:
- Alvin Flythe, Jr., Mike Flythe, Bob Franceschini , Omar Hakim, Martha Rojas, Kevin Osborne and Toni Smith
- percussion:
- Crusher Bennett
- piano [acoustic piano]:
- Dave Grusin
- trumpet:
- Tom Browne
- other vocals [rappers]:
- Alvin Flythe, Jr., Mike Flythe and Kevin Osborne
- vocals:
- Toni Smith
- arranger:
- Tom Browne
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Arista/GRP Records, Inc. (in 1980)
- produced for:
- Grusin/Rosen Productions
- recorded at and mixed at:
- A&R Studios in New York, New York, United States
- recording of:
- Funkin’ for Jamaica (N.Y.)
- lyricist:
- Toni Smith
- composer:
- Tom Browne
- publisher:
- Roaring Fork Music, Sony/ATV Melody, Thomas Browne Publishing, Inc. and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部
| Tom Browne | 4 | 4:40 |
14 | Love Games | Level 42 | 1 | 4:25 |
15 | Electric Avenue | Eddy Grant | 5 | 3:42 |
16 | Good Thing Going | Sugar Minott | 3 | 3:33 |
17 | Midas Touch | Midnight Star | 4 | 5:14 |
18 | Juicy Fruit | Mtume | | 3:45 |
19 | Sugar Free | Juicy | | 4:32 |