Flair: 48 Favourite Summerhits (’70 ’80 ’90)

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

FIXME: The current cat# was taken from the standalone Volume 1 release. Not sure whether this also applies to its inclusion in this 4-CD set.

Tracklist

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1▼CD: Volume 1
#TitleArtistLength
1What Is Love
producer:
Dee Dee Halligan and Junior Torello
mixer:
Gary Jones
lead vocals:
Nester Alexander Haddaway
arranger:
Dee Dee Halligan and Alex Trime
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Coconut Records (in 1992, in 1993) and Jive Records (in 1992)
recording of:
What Is Love
lyricist:
Junior Torello
composer:
Dee Dee Halligan
publisher:
A la Carte Music, EMI Music Publishing Ltd., Hanseatic Musikverlag GmbH and Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd.
Haddaway4:28
2I’ve Been Thinking About You
Londonbeat5:18
3Sunny
producer:
Frank Farian
background vocals and lead vocals:
Marcia Barrett, Frank Farian and Liz Mitchell
cover recording of:
Sunny
lyricist and composer:
Bobby Hebb
publisher:
MRC Music Corp., Portable Music Co., Inc., Unichappell Music and ミュージック・セールス
Boney M4:01
4It’s My Life
engineer:
Gundars Rullis (choir vocals)
producer and mixer:
Denniz PoP
background vocals:
Paola Toro
choir vocals:
Annelie Berg, Marie Bergman, Björn Ström, Gladys del Pilar and Ricco
choir vocals arranger:
Anders Hansson
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Ariola München GmbH (in 1992, in 1993)
produced for:
SweMix Productions (in 1992)
recorded at:
Polar Studios in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden (choir vocals) and SweMix Studio in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
mixed at:
SweMix Studio in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
music videos:
It’s My Life by Dr. Alban
recording of:
It’s My Life
lyricist:
Dr. Alban
composer:
Denniz PoP
publisher:
SweMix Music, SweMix Songs and Warner Chappell Music Ltd.
Dr. Alban4:01
5I’m the Scatman
Scatman John3:32
6Tell It to My Heart
producer:
Ric Wake
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arista Records, Inc. (in 1987) and Arista Records, LLC (in 1987)
recording of:
Tell It to My Heart
writer:
Ernie Gold and Seth Swirsky
publisher:
Chappell Music, Inc., Goldpoint and Intersong Music
Taylor Dayne3:38
7Dolce Vita
recording of:
Dolce vita
lyricist:
Paul Mazzolini
composer:
Pierluigi Giombini
publisher:
Pianola Music (in 1983)
Ryan Paris3:47
8Macarena
recording of:
Macarena
lyricist and composer:
Antonio Romero Monge and Rafael Ruiz
publisher:
Canciones del Mundo, Discorama, S. L. and Editorial Discorama
Los del Río3:52
9I Can’t Stand the Rain
cover recording of:
I Can’t Stand the Rain
writer:
Don Bryant, Bernard Miller and Ann Peebles
publisher:
Irving Music, Inc. and JEC Publishing (in 1977)
Eruption3:07
10Broken Wings
recording of:
Broken Wings
writer:
Steve George, John Lang and Richard Page
publisher:
Ali‐Aja Music, Copyright Control, Entente Music, Indolent Sloth Music, Panola Park Music, Poppy‐Due Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd., Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell North America Limited, WB Music Corp. (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
sub-publisher:
Warner/Chappell Music Japan, Synch division and Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc.
Mr. Mister5:42
11How Deep Is Your Love
cover recording of:
How Deep Is Your Love (Bee Gees song)
writer:
Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb and Robin Gibb
publisher:
Abigail Music, BMG Music, BMG Music Publishing Ltd., BMG Publishing Ltd., Careers Music, Inc., Careers–BMG Music Publishing, Inc., Crompton Songs, Songs of Universal, Inc., Universal Music Careers, Universal Music Publishing International MGB Ltd., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. and Gibb Brothers Music (in 1977)
sub-publisher:
Universal Music Publishing Group Japan, シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント, ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部, 香港商華納音樂出版有限公司台灣分公司, ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (until 2017-03-31) and 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 (from 2017-04-01 to present)
Take That3:40
12Loco in Acapulco
Four Tops3:30
2▼CD: Volume 2
#TitleArtistLength
1It’s Alright (Baby’s Coming Back)
Eurythmics3:45
2She Wants to Dance With Me
Rick Astley3:17
3Never Forget
Take That6:25
4Don’t You Want Me
recording of:
Don’t You Want Me (Felix song)
writer:
Francis Wright, Derek A. Jenkins, Dwayne ‘Spen’ Richardson, Cassio Ware and Renee Washington
publisher:
Hooj Choons
is based on:
Don’t You Want My Love
FELIX5:58
5Encore Une Fois
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
X-IT Records (from 1996 to present)
recording of:
Encore une fois
writer:
Thomas Alisson, Ralf Kappmeier and Sascha Lappessen
publisher:
Copyright Control and MCA Music Publishing
Sash!3:39
6Seven Days and One Week
B.B.E.4:31
7Perfect
producer:
Fairground Attraction and Kevin Moloney
assistant mixer:
Alistair Johnson
mixer:
Kevin Moloney
lead vocals:
Eddi Reader
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Records (UK) Limited (in 1988), BMG UK & Ireland Limited (in 1988) and Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited (in 1988)
recorded at:
Chipping Norton Studios in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
music videos:
Perfect by Fairground Attraction
recording of:
Perfect
lyricist and composer:
Mark Nevin
publisher:
Copyright Control, MCA Music Ltd., Universal Music Limited and Universal/MCA Music Ltd.
Fairground Attraction3:38
8Surrender Your Love
Nightcrawlers3:49
9Go Higher
Pearl3:33
10Moving On Up
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Records (UK) Limited (from 1993 to present)
recording of:
Moving On Up
writer:
Heard and Pickering
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd., EMI Music Publishing and EMI Music Publishing Ltd.
M People5:31
11Fantasya
Robert Miles5:43
12Disco Really Made It
Gruppo Sportivo4:03
3▼CD: Volume 3
#TitleArtistLength
1Freed From Desire
recording of:
Freed From Desire
writer:
Filippo Carmeni, Gala Rizzatto and Maurizio Molella
publisher:
Baby Angel Music S.r.l., Do It Yourself SAS, Grand H. Music and Mollyville Publishing S.r.l.
Gala3:32
2Shut Up (and Sleep With Me)
recording engineer and programming:
Sin With Sebastian
producer:
Ralf Hertwig, Inga Humpe and Roi
mixer:
Andreas Herbig
vocals:
Steve
arranger:
Sin With Sebastian
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG (in 1994), BMG Ariola Media GmbH (in 1994) and Sing Sing (in 1994)
produced for:
Boogie Park Productions
recorded at and mixed at:
Boogie Park Studios in Germany
recording of:
Shut Up (and Sleep With Me)
writer:
Sebastian Roth
publisher:
Boogiesongs and Warner Chappell
Sin With Sebastian3:43
3Blame It on the Rain
producer:
Frank Farian
produced for:
Far Music Production
recording of:
Blame It on the Rain
lyricist and composer:
Diane Warren
publisher:
Realsongs
Milli Vanilli4:10
4You’re My Heart, You’re My Soul
Modern Talking5:34
5Missing You
B'Four3:57
6Beautiful People
Pop in Wonderland4:37
7Don’t Give It Up
Touch of Joy3:55
8Find My Love
Fairground Attraction3:44
9Nothing Compares 2U
Chyp-notic4:51
10Rhythm Is a Dancer
producer:
Benito Benites, John “Virgo” Garrett III and Snap!
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Ariola (in 1992) and Logic Records (in 1992)
recording of:
Rhythm Is a Dancer
writer:
Thea Austin, Benito Benites, Butler and John “Virgo” Garrett III
is based on:
Automan
Snap!3:43
11Christine
River Blue3:57
12Rivers of Babylon
cover recording of:
Rivers of Babylon
lyricist:
Brent Dowe
writer:
Brent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton
publisher:
Blue Mountain Music, BMG Music, Far Musikverlag GmbH and Polygram Music
version of:
Rivers of Babylon (Sinead O'Connor version with additional lyrics)
recording of:
Rivers of Babylon
lyricist:
Brent Dowe
writer:
Brent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton
publisher:
Blue Mountain Music, BMG Music, Far Musikverlag GmbH and Polygram Music
version of:
Rivers of Babylon (Sinead O'Connor version with additional lyrics)
Boney M.3:59
4▼CD: Volume 4
#TitleArtistLength
1The Power
recording of:
The Power
writer:
Benito Benites, Antoinette Colandero and John Garrett III
publisher:
Hanseatic Musikverlag GmbH, House of Fun Music, Inc., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
Snap!3:47
2Can’t Keep My Hands Off You
The Dinky Toys3:35
3Let a Boy Cry
recording of:
Let a Boy Cry
composer:
Filippo Carmeni, Gala Rizzatto and Maurizio Molella
Gala3:24
4Don’t Go Breaking My Heart
Poppa Doq4:00
5The Miracle of Love
Eurythmics4:36
6Doctor! Doctor!
Thompson Twins5:46
7We Built This City
Jefferson Starship4:37
8Nothing Like a Woman
Blue Blot5:41
9Could It Be I’m Falling in Love
cover recording of:
Could It Be I’m Falling in Love
writer:
Melvin Steals and Mervin Steals
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd., Warner Chappell North America and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
Worlds Apart5:37
10Felicita
Al Bano & Romina Power3:13
11Never 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 Astley3:33
12Bandolero
Paradisio3:57