| # | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|
| 1 | The Way It Is | Bruce Hornsby & the Range | 4:56 |
| 2 | Don’t Leave Me This Way | The Communards | 6:24 |
| 3 | Walk Like an Egyptian | Bangles | 3:19 |
| 4 | Showing Out | Mel & Kim | 5:08 |
| 5 | Livin’ on a Prayer- assistant engineer:
- Tim Crich
- engineer and mixer:
- Bob Rock
- producer:
- Bruce Fairbairn
- acoustic guitar, electric guitar, guitar synthesizer [IVL Guitar Synths] and talkbox:
- Richie Sambora
- drums (drum set) and percussion:
- Tico Torres
- electric bass guitar [Bass]:
- Alec John Such
- keyboard [Keyboards, Noises]:
- Dave Bryan
- background vocals [Backing Vocals]:
- Jon Bon Jovi, Dave Bryan, Richie Sambora and Alec John Such
- lead vocals:
- Jon Bon Jovi
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- PolyGram Records, Inc. (in 1986) and The Island Def Jam Music Group (in 2011)
- recorded at:
- Little Mountain Sound in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- music videos:
- Livin’ on a Prayer by Bon Jovi
- part of:
- VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s (number: 1), Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 146), BILLIONS CLUB and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 457)
- recording of:
- Livin’ on a Prayer
- writer:
- Jon Bon Jovi, Desmond Child and Richie Sambora
- publisher:
- Aggressive Music, Aggressive Music (A), EMI Music Publishing Ltd., PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., SBK Songs Ltd., Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, Universal Music Group International, Universal Music Works, Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc., April Music Inc. (in 1986), Bon Jovi Publishing (in 1986), Desmobile Inc. (in 1986) and PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (in 1986)
- sub-publisher:
- シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント, ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
| Bon Jovi | 4:06 |
| 6 | Sailin’ Home | Piet Veerman | 4:34 |
| 7 | Crockett’s Theme | Jan Hammer | 3:24 |
| 8 | You Want Love | Mixed Emotions | 3:56 |
| 9 | I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)- recording engineer and mixer:
- David Frazer
- percussion programming:
- Preston Glass
- additional assistant engineer:
- Noah Baron, Rob Beaton, Paul Hamingson, Stuart Hirotsu, Gordon Lyon, Billy Miranda and Ross Williams
- additional engineer:
- Lincoln Clapp, Maureen Droney, Ken Kessie, Gordon Lyon and Jay Rifkin
- assistant engineer:
- Dana Jon Chappelle
- executive producer:
- Clive Davis
- producer:
- Narada Michael Walden
- alto saxophone:
- Marc Russo
- bass synthesizer [bass synth]:
- Randy Jackson
- drums (drum set):
- Narada Michael Walden
- electronic drum set [Simmons]:
- Greg “Gigi” Gonaway
- guitar synthesizer [Charvel GTM6 midi guitar synth]:
- Corrado Rustici
- synthesizer [synth horns]:
- Sterling Smith
- synthesizer [synths]:
- Walter Afanasieff
- background vocals:
- Kitty Beethoven, Kevin Dorsey, Jim Gilstrap, Jennifer Hall and Myrna Matthews
- background vocals and lead vocals:
- Whitney Houston
- arranger:
- Narada Michael Walden
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Arista Records, Inc. (in 1987) and RCA Records (in 1987)
- produced for:
- Perfection Light Productions
- recorded at:
- Clinton Recording Studios in New York, New York, United States, Right Track Recording in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, Tarpan Studios in San Rafael, California, United States and The Plant Studios in Sausalito, California, United States
- part of:
- Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 1) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 231)
- recording of:
- I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
- writer:
- George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam
- publisher:
- Boy Meets Girl Music, Copyright Control, Irving Music, Irving Music, Inc. and Rondor Music (London) Ltd.
| Whitney Houston | 4:49 |
| 10 | Right Next Door | The Robert Cray Band | 4:16 |
| 11 | La bamba | Los Lobos | 2:52 |
| 12 | Wishing Well | Terence Trent D’Arby | 3:28 |
| 13 | Never Gonna Give You Up- keyboard [Fairlight] programming:
- Ian Curnow (in 1986-10)
- additional engineer:
- Jamie Bromfield, Mike Duffy, Phil Harding and Karen Hewitt
- assistant engineer:
- Boky, Peter Day, Gordon Dennis, Jonathan King and Yoyo
- engineer:
- Mark McGuire
- producer:
- Aitken, Stock and Waterman
- mixer:
- Mixmasters Pete Hammond (on 1987-01-01)
- drums (drum set) [drums]:
- A Linn (in 1986-10)
- guitar [guitars]:
- Matt Aitken (in 1986-10)
- keyboard [keyboards]:
- Matt Aitken (in 1986-10) and Mike Stock (in 1986-10)
- background vocals [backing vocals]:
- Dee Lewis (in 1986-10), Shirley Lewis (in 1986-10), Mae McKenna (in 1986-10) and Suzanne Rhatigan (in 1986-10)
- lead vocals:
- Rick (in 1986-10)
- arranger:
- Gordon Jenkins
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. (in 1987), Pete Waterman Ltd. (in 1987) and PWL (in 1987)
- miscellaneous support:
- PWL (task: original sound recordings made by)
- recorded at:
- PWL Studio 1 (in 1986-10), PWL Studio 2 (in 1986-10) and PWL Studios in London, England, United Kingdom (in 1986-10)
- mixed at:
- PWL Studio 1 (on 1987-01-01) and PWL Studio 2 (on 1987-01-01)
- music videos:
- Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley
- part of:
- Cachitos Nochevieja 2022 (number: 48) and Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 244)
- recording of:
- Never Gonna Give You Up (in 1986-10)
- writer:
- Matt Aitken, Mike Stock and Pete Waterman
- publisher:
- All Boys Music Ltd., BMG Music, Copyright Control, Hammer Music, Mike Stock Publishing Limited, Sid’s Songs Limited, Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing, Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., Universal Music Careers, Universal Music Publishers MGB Australia Pty Ltd, Universal–Songs of PolyGram International, Inc., シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント, ヤマハミュージックEH(CM), ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 and Terrace Music (in 1987)
| Rick Astley | 3:28 |
| 14 | China in Your Hand | T’Pau | 5:03 |
| 15 | The Time of My Life- recording of:
- (I’ve Had) The Time of My Life
- lyricist:
- Franke Previte
- composer:
- John DeNicola and Donald Markowitz
- publisher:
- ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (ended), Calspen Music, Copyright Control, EMI April Music Inc., Marcu Music Company, Inc., R U Cyrius Publishing, Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部, フジパシフィックミュージック, Donald Jay Music, Ltd. (in 1987), Jemava Music Corp. (in 1987), Knockout Music Inc. (in 1987) and R.U. Cyrius Publishing (in 1987)
- part of:
- The 60th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1987 winner)
| Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes | 4:47 |