The Very Best Of

Tracklist

• 1
  Long Walk to D.C.
  2:31
• 2
  The Ghetto
  3:45
• 3
  (Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay
  2:58
• 4
  When Will We Be Paid
  2:35
• 5
  Brand New Day
  3:45
• 6
  Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom-Boom)
  3:07
  5.0 ★
• 7
  Love Is Plentiful
  2:32
• 8
  Who Took the Merry Out of Christmas
  2:30
• 9
  You've Got to Earn It
  3:31
• 10
  Respect Yourself
  3:32
  5.0 ★
• 11
  I'll Take You There
  3:17
  5.0 ★
• 12
  This World
  3:40
• 13
  Oh La de Da
  3:35
• 14
  Be What You Are
  5:02
• 15
  If You're Ready (Come Go with Me)
  3:24
• 16
  Touch a Hand, Make a Friend
  3:27
• 17
  City in the Sky
  3:45
• 18
  My Main Man/There Is a God
  5:12
• 19
  Back Road Into Town
  4:21
• 20
  I Got to Be Myself
  3:36

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Release credits

• Al Bell
  arranger [12], producer [12]
• Steve Cropper
  producer [1]
• Terry Manning
  mix [12]

Issues

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  T
  The Very Best Of

  CD
  2007
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  T
  The Very Best Of

  CD
  2007