The Very Best of Earth Wind & Fire

~ Release by Earth, Wind & Fire (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

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Tracklist

▼ CD 1
# Title Rating Length
1 In the Stone
4:51
2 Boogie Wonderland
4 4:47
3 Let's Groove
4.5 5:38
4 Got to Get You Into My Life
3 4:04
5 Takin' Chances
3:30
6 After the Love Has Gone
4:31
7 Fall in Love With Me
5:54
8 Getaway
3 3:46
9 Sun Goddess
7:53
10 Let Me Talk
4:09
11 Serpentine Fire
5 3:53
12 In the Market Place (interlude) / Jupiter
3:57
13 Sing a Song
3 3:25
14 Reasons
2 4:57
▼ CD 2
# Title Rating Length
1 September
4.8 3:37
2 Fantasy
3.5 3:47
3 I'll Write a Song for You
5:23
4 Shining Star
4 2:54
5 Faces
8:04
6 Rock That
3:08
7 Saturday Nite
4:04
8 That's the Way of the World
3 5:45
9 Take It to the Sky
3:52
10 Daydreaming
4:03
11 Back on the Road
3:35
12 And Love Goes On
4:05
13 Sweet Sassy Lady
4:13
14 System of Survival
5:01
15 Heritage
4:07
16 Win or Lose
3:52

Credits

CD 1

arranger:
Charles Stepney (track 14)
Earth, Wind & Fire (track 14)
co-producer:
Charles Stepney (track 14)
composer:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer) (track 1)
Jon Lind (tracks 2, 9)
Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire) (tracks 1, 9)
Allee Willis (track 1)
engineer:
George Massenburg (tracks 11, 14)
lyricist:
Allee Willis (track 2)
producer:
Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire) (tracks 11, 14)
vocals:
The Emotions (Chicago soul, disco and R&B female vocal group) (track 2)
writer:
Philip Bailey (track 14)
Reginald "Sonny" Burke (Keyboard player) (track 11)
Bill Champlin (track 6)
Peter Cor (track 8)
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer) (track 6)
Jay Graydon (track 6)
John Lennon (Beatle) (track 4)
Paul McCartney (track 4)
Al McKay (track 13)
Charles Stepney (track 14)
Bernard Taylor (guitarist, songwriter, vocalist, ex-member of Earth, Wind & Fire) (track 8)
Wayne Vaughn (tracks 3, 7)
Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire) (tracks 3, 7, 11, 13–14)
Verdine White (track 11)
phonographic copyright by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (1975) (track 14)
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 13)
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 4)
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 3)
publisher:
EMI Songs Ltd. (track 3)
Northern Songs Ltd. (track 4)
compilation of:
In the Marketplace (interlude) by Earth, Wind & Fire (track 12)
Jupiter by Earth, Wind & Fire (track 12)
DJ-mixes:
Mixtape, Side A: Funky by Housse de Racket (track 12)
sampled by:
Boogie Down by Break Science & Gramatik (track 3)
cover recording of:
Got to Get You Into My Life (track 4)
is the basis for:
I’m Alive (track 2)
later translated versions:
Je veux te graver dans ma vie (track 4)
Kaikki yhtä ympyrää (track 4)
recording of:
After the Love Has Gone (track 6)
Boogie Wonderland (track 2)
Fall in Love With Me (track 7)
Getaway (track 8)
In the Stone (track 1)
Let's Groove (track 3)
Reasons (track 14)
Sing a Song (track 13)
Sun Goddess (track 9)
Serpentine Fire (1977-08) (track 11)
referred to in medleys:
Megamix: September, Let's Groove, Rock That!, Boogie Wonderland (tracks 2–3)
The Music of The Beatles (track 4)

CD 2

arranger:
Charles Stepney (tracks 4, 8)
Earth, Wind & Fire (tracks 4, 8)
co-producer:
Charles Stepney (tracks 4, 8)
composer:
Skylark (Doobie Brothers support artist) (track 14)
engineer:
George Massenburg (tracks 3–4, 8)
lyricist:
Skylark (Doobie Brothers support artist) (track 14)
performer:
The Boys (80s/90s USA RnB/motown) (track 15)
producer:
Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire) (tracks 3–4, 8)
writer:
Philip Bailey (tracks 3–4, 7)
Steve Beckmeier (track 3)
Eduardo Del Barrio (track 2)
Larry Dunn (tracks 4, 12)
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer) (track 12)
Al McKay (tracks 1, 3, 7)
Brenda Russell (track 12)
Charles Stepney (track 8)
Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire) (tracks 1–2, 4, 7–8, 12)
Verdine White (tracks 2, 8, 12)
Allee Willis (track 1)
phonographic copyright by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (1975) (tracks 4, 8)
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 1)
publisher:
Criga Music (track 2)
EMI April Music Inc. (track 4)
EMI Songs Ltd. (track 1)
Rondor Music (London) Ltd. (track 1)
Saggifire Music (track 2)
The International Music Network (track 1)
sampled by:
Hold On Be Strong by 2Pac (track 3)
Journey From the Light by 4 Hero (track 10)
Kobiety są gorące by Norbi (track 1)
To Me You’re Everything by 98° (track 2)
part of:
The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 329) (track 8)
later parody versions:
Child of God (track 4)
later translated parody versions:
A Kapella (track 1)
recording of:
And Love Goes On (track 12)
Fantasy (track 2)
Saturday Nite (track 7)
September (track 1)
Shining Star (track 4)
System of Survival (track 14)
That's the Way of the World (track 8)
I'll Write a Song for You (1977-08) (track 3)
referred to in medleys:
Megamix: September, Let's Groove, Rock That!, Boogie Wonderland (track 1)