Simply the Best Songs

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

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
# Title Artist Rating Length
1 1973
James Blunt 4 4:01
2 Dead in the Water
David Gray 3:07
3 Rewind
Paolo Nutini 3:53
4 Home
Michael Bublé 3:24
5 Sewn
The Feeling 3:46
6 Man on the Moon
R.E.M. 4.65 5:13
7 Crazy
Alanis Morissette 3:38
8 Bad Day
Daniel Powter 3.5 3:55
9 Jolene
Ray LaMontagne 3:51
10 Dogs
Damien Rice 3:40
11 If Tomorrow Never Comes
Ronan Keating 1.5 3:35
12 The World Is Outside
Ghosts 3:34
13 Silver Lining
Rilo Kiley 3:37
14 A Smile That Explodes
Joseph Arthur 3:19
15 Everybody's Gone to War
Nerina Pallot 3:54
16 Goldfinger
Ash 4:33
17 Step On
Happy Mondays 5:17
18 Love Will Tear Us Apart
Joy Division 3:27
19 Blue Monday
New Order 4:08
20 Mad World
Tears for Fears 3:30
▼ CD 2
# Title Artist Rating Length
1 Suburban Knights
Hard‐Fi 4:31
2 Crazy
Gnarls Barkley 4 3:00
3 Clothes Off!!
Gym Class Heroes 3:40
4 Ugly
Sugababes 3:03
5 7 Days (Fat Joe remix)
Craig David 4:52
6 Don’t Let Go (Love)
En Vogue 4:53
7 (Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay
Otis Redding 2:44
8 Respect
Aretha Franklin 3.5 2:24
9 Stand by Me
Ben E. King 2:56
10 The Guitar Man
Bread 3:44
11 Destiny
Zero 7 2.5 3:47
12 Holding Back the Years
Simply Red 4:30
13 Fool (If You Think It's Over)
Chris Rea 4:04
14 Kiss Me
Sixpence None the Richer 3.5 3:17
15 I Want to Know What Love Is
Foreigner 4 4:59
16 Strange & Beautiful
Aqualung 3:50
17 Look What You've Done
Jet 3.5 3:52
18 It's Been Awhile
Staind 4:27
19 Only Happy When It Rains
Garbage 4.4 3:47
20 Purple Rain
Prince 4:08

Credits

CD 1

mixer:
Scott Litt (track 6)
Clif Norrell (track 6)
producer:
Scott Litt (track 6)
R.E.M. (Athens, US rock band) (track 6)
vocals:
Michael Stipe (track 6)
writer:
Mark Batson (track 1)
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer) (track 6)
Kent Blazy (track 11)
James Blunt (track 1)
Garth Brooks (track 11)
Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist) (track 6)
Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) (track 6)
Michael Stipe (track 6)
cover recording of:
If Tomorrow Never Comes (track 11)
later parody versions:
Bad Dad (track 8)
recording of:
1973 (track 1)
Bad Day (track 8)
Man on the Moon (track 6)

CD 2

bass guitar:
Tommy Cogbill (track 8)
cornet:
Melvin Lastie (track 8)
drums:
Roger Hawkins (track 8)
organ:
Spooner Oldham (track 8)
guitar:
Jimmy Johnson (Muscle Shoals rhythm section (guitar/producer)) (track 8)
piano:
Aretha Franklin (track 8)
Mark Wilson (Bass player for Jet) (track 17)
baritone saxophone:
Willie Bridges (track 8)
tenor saxophone:
Charles Chalmers (track 8)
King Curtis (saxophonist) (track 8)
additional engineer:
Greg Gordon (producer/engineer) (track 17)
additional mixer:
Kennie Takahashi (track 2)
additional vocals:
Jennifer Holliday (track 15)
arranger:
Tom Dowd (track 8)
background vocals:
Carolyn Franklin (track 8)
Erma Franklin (track 8)
Donnie Harper (track 15)
choir vocals:
The New Jersey Mass Choir (track 15)
composer:
Brian Burton (track 2)
Matt Slocum (lead guitarist for Sixpence None the Richer) (track 14)
Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth) (track 15)
Otis Redding (track 8)
conductor:
Tom Dowd (track 8)
editor:
Greg Gordon (producer/engineer) (track 17)
engineer:
Ben H. Allen (track 2)
'Evil Chris' (track 17)
Greg Fidelman (track 17)
Frank Filipetti (track 15)
guest bass:
Mike Kashou (track 19)
guest percussion:
Pauli Ryan (track 19)
lyricist:
Matt Slocum (lead guitarist for Sixpence None the Richer) (track 14)
Thomas DeCarlo Callaway (track 2)
Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth) (track 15)
Otis Redding (track 8)
mixer:
Danger Mouse (Brian Burton) (track 2)
Ben H. Allen (track 2)
Brooklyn's own Dave Sardy (track 17)
performer:
Tom Bailey (Thompson Twins) (track 15)
producer:
Danger Mouse (Brian Burton) (track 2)
Jerry Wexler (track 8)
Brooklyn's own Dave Sardy (track 17)
recording engineer:
Tom Dowd (track 8)
Arif Mardin (track 8)
vocals:
Aretha Franklin (track 8)
writer:
Sophie Barker (UK electronic vocalist) (track 11)
Henry Binns (track 11)
Duke Erikson (Member of Garbage) (track 19)
Sam Hardaker (track 11)
Shirley Manson (track 19)
Steve Marker (track 19)
Gian Franco Reverberi (track 2)
Gian Piero Reverberi (track 2)
Sia Furler (Australian singer-songwriter) (track 11)
Butch Vig (track 19)
publisher:
My So-Called Music (track 14)
Somerset Songs Publishing Inc. (track 15)
Songs of Evergreen Copyrights (track 14)
Squint Songs (track 14)
フジパシフィック音楽出版 (– 2014-12-31) (track 15)
フジパシフィックミュージック (2015-01-01 –) (track 15)
mixed at:
The Village in Los Angeles, California, United States (track 17)
recorded at:
Larrabee East in Los Angeles, California, United States (track 17)
Smart Studios in Madison, Wisconsin, United States (track 19)
Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (track 17)
edits:
Crazy (TEEMID & Joie Tan Cover) by Gnarls Barkley (track 2)
mash-ups:
Crazy (If You Want) (Modern Talking vs. Gnarls Barkley) by Party Ben (track 2)
Crazy (Nelly Furtado vs. Gnarls Barkley) by A Plus D (track 2)
Crazy Logic (Gnarls Barkley vs. Supertramp vs. Rockwell) by Arty Fufkin (track 2)
Crazy in Your Eyes (Peter Gabriel vs. Gnarls Barkley) by Bobby Martini (track 2)
Miracles by Norwegian Recycling (track 2)
Sex Crazed DJ (Justin Timberlake vs. Gnarls Barkley vs. LaTour vs. Seal vs. Donna Summer vs. Tom Neville) by DJ Shyboy (track 2)
remixes:
Crazy (Karl G. Remix) by Gnarls Barkley (track 2)
Crazy (Tripp's Bass211 mix) by Gnarls Barkley (track 2)
sampled by:
CRAZYtown by K.Flay (track 2)
Camaro by New Dreams Ltd. Initiation Tape (track 15)
In My Life by Memphis Bleek (track 15)
part of:
The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 5) (track 8)
New York Post: 100 Greatest Covers (2007) (number: 52) (track 8)
Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 357) (track 2)
Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 480) (track 19)
arrangements:
Adesso (translated) (track 15)
cover recording of:
Respect (1967-02-14) (track 8)
later translated parody versions:
Ich weiss jenau wat de meinz (track 15)
Vain Humpasta ma iloitsen (track 19)
later translated versions:
Errespetua (track 8)
Foi você quem trouxe (track 15)
Ich seh sie (track 2)
Mitä rakkaus on (track 15)
三日月の夜の小鳥たち (track 15)
recording of:
Crazy (Gnarls Barkley song) (track 2)
Destiny (track 11)
I Want to Know What Love Is (track 15)
Kiss Me (track 14)
Only Happy When It Rains (track 19)