Smash Hits 1986

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

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
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1Don’t Leave Me This Way
recording of:
Don’t Leave Me This Way (Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes song)
writer:
Kenneth Gamble (songwriter for Philadelphia International), Cary Gilbert and Leon Huff (Philly soul producer, of Gamble & Huff)
publisher:
Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Communards with Sarah Jane Morris4:50
2Venus
music videos:
Venus by Bananarama
part of:
New York Post: 100 Greatest Covers (2007) (number: 73)
cover recording of:
Venus (Shocking Blue (I’m Your Venus))
lyricist and composer:
Robbie van Leeuwen
publisher:
ATV Music Ltd. and The International Music Network
is based on:
The Banjo Song
Bananarama43:49
3Each Time You Break My Heart
Nick Kamen4:25
4I Can’t Wait
Nu Shooz5:27
5Glory of Love
Peter Cetera4:23
6Holding Back the Years
assistant engineer:
Chris Dickie
engineer and mixer:
Femi Jiya
producer:
Stewart Levine (record producer and saxophonist)
bass:
Tony Bowers (in 1985)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Chris Joyce (in 1985)
guitar:
Sylvan (in 1985)
keyboard and background vocals:
Fritz McIntyre (in 1985)
trumpet:
Tim Kellett (in 1985)
lead vocals:
Mick Hucknall (lead singer of Simply Red) (in 1985)
performer:
Simply Red (English soul and pop band) (in 1985)
recorded at:
RAK Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1985) and Soundpush Studio in Blaricum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (in 1985)
mixed at:
Air Recording Studio No. 1 (located at Oxford Street 1970–1991) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1985)
music videos:
Holding Back the Years by Simply Red (English soul and pop band)
recording of:
Holding Back the Years (in 1985)
lyricist:
Mick Hucknall (lead singer of Simply Red)
composer:
Mick Hucknall (lead singer of Simply Red) and Neil Moss
Simply Red44:31
7Cry Wolf
recording of:
Cry Wolf
lyricist and writer:
Magne Furuholmen and Paul Waaktaar-Savoy
composer:
Magne Furuholmen
publisher:
ATV Music
a‐ha4:06
8Hit That Perfect Beat
Bronski Beat3:39
9What’s the Colour of Money
Hollywood Beyond3:27
10Suspicious Minds
Fine Young Cannibals3:59
11For America
producer:
David Motion
recording of:
For America
lyricist and composer:
Simon Toulson-Clarke
publisher:
Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23)
Red Box53:46
12Love Is the Slug
Fuzzbox3:08
13All and All
Joyce Sims4:02
14Sweet Love
Anita Baker4:27
15No One Is to Blame
Howard Jones3:30
16Shellshock
recording of:
Shellshock
writer:
Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris (New Order), John Robie and Bernard Sumner
publisher:
Be Music (New Order’s own publishing company), Ensign Music Corporation, Indulgent Music (BMI) and Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23)
New Order4:24
17Some Candy Talking
Jesus and Mary Chain3:18
18Rough Boy
ZZ Top4:53