Playlist: The Very Best of Earth, Wind & Fire

~ Release by Earth, Wind & Fire (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
# Title Artist Rating Length
1 Shining Star
Earth, Wind & Fire 4 2:53
2 That’s the Way of the World
Earth, Wind & Fire 3 5:47
3 Sing a Song
Earth, Wind & Fire 3 3:27
4 Can't Hide Love
Earth, Wind & Fire 4:11
5 Getaway
Earth, Wind & Fire 3 3:47
6 Saturday Nite
Earth, Wind & Fire 4:04
7 Serpentine Fire
Earth, Wind & Fire 5 3:53
8 Fantasy
Earth, Wind & Fire 4 4:39
9 Be Ever Wonderful
Earth, Wind & Fire 5:23
10 September
Earth, Wind & Fire 4.8 3:37
11 Boogie Wonderland
Earth, Wind & Fire 4 4:50
12 After the Love Has Gone
Earth, Wind & Fire 4:28
13 In the Stone
Earth, Wind & Fire 4:28
14 Let’s Groove
Earth, Wind & Fire 4.5 5:33

Credits

CD 1

arranger:
Charles Stepney (tracks 1–2)
Earth, Wind & Fire (tracks 1–2)
co-producer:
Charles Stepney (tracks 1–2)
composer:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer) (tracks 13, 13)
Jon Lind (track 11)
Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire) (tracks 13, 13)
Allee Willis (tracks 13, 13)
Skip Scarborough (track 4)
engineer:
George Massenburg (tracks 1–2, 7–8)
lyricist:
Allee Willis (track 11)
Skip Scarborough (track 4)
producer:
Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire) (tracks 1–2, 7–8)
vocals:
The Emotions (Chicago soul, disco and R&B female vocal group) (track 11)
writer:
Philip Bailey (tracks 1, 6)
Reginald "Sonny" Burke (Keyboard player) (track 7)
Bill Champlin (track 12)
Peter Cor (track 5)
Eduardo Del Barrio (track 8)
Larry Dunn (tracks 1, 9)
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer) (track 12)
Jay Graydon (track 12)
Al McKay (tracks 3, 6, 10)
Charles Stepney (track 2)
Bernard Taylor (guitarist, songwriter, vocalist, ex-member of Earth, Wind & Fire) (track 5)
Wayne Vaughn (track 14)
Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire) (tracks 1–3, 6–10, 14)
Verdine White (tracks 2, 7–8)
Allee Willis (track 10)
phonographic copyright by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (1975) (tracks 1–2)
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 3)
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 10)
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 14)
publisher:
Criga Music (track 8)
EMI April Music Inc. (track 1)
EMI Songs Ltd. (tracks 10, 14)
Rondor Music (London) Ltd. (track 10)
Saggifire Music (track 8)
The International Music Network (track 10)
sampled by:
As One by Jay-Z feat. Memphis Bleek, Freeway, Young Gunz, Peedi Crakk, Sparks & Rell (track 8)
Boogie Down by Break Science & Gramatik (track 14)
Kobiety są gorące by Norbi (track 10)
part of:
The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 329) (track 2)
cover recording of:
You Can’t Hide Love (track 4)
is the basis for:
I’m Alive (track 11)
later parody versions:
Child of God (track 1)
later translated parody versions:
A Kapella (track 10)
live recording of:
In the Stone (track 13)
recording of:
After the Love Has Gone (track 12)
Be Ever Wonderful (track 9)
Boogie Wonderland (track 11)
Getaway (track 5)
In the Stone (track 13)
Let's Groove (track 14)
Saturday Nite (track 6)
September (track 10)
Shining Star (track 1)
Sing a Song (track 3)
That's the Way of the World (track 2)
Fantasy (1977-08) (track 8)
Serpentine Fire (1977-08) (track 7)
referred to in medleys:
Megamix: September, Let's Groove, Rock That!, Boogie Wonderland (tracks 10–11, 14)

Release Group

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