| # | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|
| 1 | Celebration- background vocals:
- Kelly Barretto, Ronald Bell, George Brown, Dee Dee Bryant, Gwen Hester, Cynthia Huggins, Joan Motley, Meekaeel Muhammad, Robert Bell, Robert Mickens, Elaine Sims, James “J.T.” Taylor, Cedric Toon and Earl Toon, Jr.
- lead vocals:
- James “J.T.” Taylor
- performer:
- Kool & the Gang
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- UMG Recordings, Inc. (in 1980, in 2020)
- part of:
- Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 298)
- recording of:
- Celebration
- writer:
- Robert “Kool” Bell, Ronald Bell, George Brown, Eumir Deodato, Robert Spike Mickens, Claydes Smith, James “J.T.” Taylor, Dennis “D.T.” Thomas and Earl Toon, Jr.
- publisher:
- Delightful Music Publishing Ltd., Double F Music Co., EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd, EMI Music Publishing WP Ltd., Fresh Start Music, Intersong-Förlagen AB, Planetary Nom (London) Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd., Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (in 1980) and WB Music Corp. (in 1980)
| Kool & the Gang | 4:57 |
| 2 | Just an Illusion | Imagination | 6:28 |
| 3 | Going Back to My Roots | Odyssey | 5:26 |
| 4 | Never Knew Love Like This Before | Stephanie Mills | 3:27 |
| 5 | The Lover in Me- assistant engineer:
- Andy "Opie" Batwinas (task: mixing), Don Sullivan, Toni Greene and Fred Howard
- engineer:
- Jon Gass and Jon Gass (task: mixing)
- producer:
- L.A. & Babyface
- mixer:
- Babyface and L.A. Reid
- drums (drum set) [drums] and percussion:
- L.A. Reid
- keyboard [keyboards]:
- Babyface and Kayo
- solo saxophone:
- Larry Williams
- background vocals:
- Babyface, Sheena Easton, Daryl Simmons and Karyn White
- produced for:
- La'Face, Inc.
- recorded at:
- Elumba Recording Studio in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States and Galaxy Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
- mixed at:
- Larrabee Sound in West Hollywood, California, United States
- remixed at:
- Elumba Recording Studio in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
- instrumental versions:
- The Lover in Me (instrumental) by Sheena Easton, The Lover in Me (instrumental) by Sheena Easton and The Lover in Me (instrumental) by Sheena Easton
- recording of:
- The Lover in Me
- writer:
- Antonio M. Reid, Kenneth Edmonds and Daryl Simmons
- publisher:
- Green Skirt Music, Hip Trip Music and Kear Music
| Sheena Easton | 5:00 |
| 6 | Funkin’ for Jamaica | Tom Browne | 3:53 |
| 7 | The Real Thing (West 26th Streetmix) | Jellybean | 7:41 |
| 8 | Caribean Queen | Billy Ocean | 4:30 |
| 9 | Don’t Waste My Time | Paul Hardcastle & Carol Kenyon | 4:27 |
| 10 | Respectable | Mel & Kim | 5:40 |
| 11 | 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 | 3:32 |
| 12 | Let Me Be the One | Five Star | 3:37 |
| 13 | The Sound of Music | Dayton | 3:39 |
| 14 | Back to Life | Soul II Soul | 3:47 |
| 15 | Hanging on a String | Loose Ends | 5:55 |
| 16 | Funky Town- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- PolyGram Records, Inc. (in 1979), The Island Def Jam Music Group (in 1979) and UMG Recordings, Inc. (in 1980)
- edit of:
- Funkytown by Lipps, Inc.
- part of:
- VH1’s 100 Greatest One‐Hit Wonders of the ’80s (number: 37)
- recording of:
- Funkytown
- lyricist and composer:
- Steven Greenberg
- publisher:
- Copyright Control, Intersong Music, Red Sea Songs, Rick S. Music, Steven Greenberg Music, Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Music, Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd. and Warner/Chappell Music Ltd.
| Lipps, Inc. | 3:56 |
