Best Singles of All Time, Volume 2
Compilation by Various Artists
Released 11 August 2003
Tracklist
- CD 1: The Sixties
- 1All Day and All of the NightThe Kinks2:244.3 ★
- 2She’s Not ThereThe Zombies2:25
- 3Love Is All AroundThe Troggs3:024.5 ★
- 4The TwistChubby Checker2:394.2 ★
- 5Poetry in MotionJohnny Tillotson2:264.0 ★
- 6Dancing in the StreetMartha Reeves2:40
- 7Sugar and SpiceThe Searchers2:17
- 8Chapel of LoveThe Dixie Cups2:494.0 ★
- 9Speedy GonzalesPat Boone2:375.0 ★
- 10My Boyfriend’s BackThe Angels2:14
- 11Sweets for My SweetThe Drifters2:36
- 12Surfin’ SafariThe Beach Boys1:57
- 13Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag (live)James Brown2:36
- 14Good Golly Miss MollyJerry Lee Lewis2:13
- 15He’s So FineThe Chiffons1:523.4 ★
- 16Under the BoardwalkThe Drifters2:424.4 ★
- 17Tell HimThe Exciters2:33
- 18Let’s Twist AgainChubby Checker2:234.6 ★
- 19I Love the Way You LoveMarv Johnson2:42
- 20Oh Lonesome MeJohnny Cash2:28
- CD 2: The Sixties
- 1Don’t Let Me Be MisunderstoodThe Animals4:011.0 ★
- 2Good Morning GirlDavid Bowie2:13
- 3A Groovy Kind of LoveThe Mindbenders2:013.0 ★
- 4For Your LoveThe Yardbirds2:314.5 ★
- 5Pictures of Match Stick MenStatus Quo3:11
- 6I Got You (I Feel Good) (live)James Brown3:24
- 7I Fought the LawThe Bobby Fuller Four2:194.4 ★
- 8Hold on I’m ComingSam & Dave2:24
- 9My Old Man’s a Groovy Old ManThe Valentines2:45
- 10Hitchin’ a RideVanity Fare2:54
- 11Shakin’ All OverThe Guess Who2:415.0 ★
- 12He’s a RebelThe Crystals2:18
- 13Bring It on Home to MeEddie Floyd2:41
- 14Man of the WorldFleetwood Mac2:503.5 ★
- 15What’s New Pussycat (live)Tom Jones2:16
- 16River Deep - Mountain High (live)Ike & Tina Turner3:58
- 17Catch the WindDonovan2:56
- 18I Heard It Through the Grapevine (live)Marvin Gaye3:53
- 19The First Cut Is the DeepestP.P. Arnold3:174.0 ★
- 20DowntownPetula Clark3:074.4 ★
- CD 3: The Seventies
- 1Knock Knock, Who’s ThereLiv Maessen2:30
- 2Gimme Dat DingFrankie Davidson2:16
- 3Rock and Roll Part 1Gary Glitter3:004.1 ★
- 4I GotchaJoe Tex2:16
- 5I Want to Take You HigherIke & Tina Turner2:51
- 6Spill the WineEric Burdon4:57
- 7Beautiful SundayDaniel Boone3:01
- 8Melanie Makes Me SmileThe Strangers3:04
- 9Ginger ManBrian Cadd4:08
- 10Your Mama Don’t DanceThe Bootleg Family Band3:03
- 11The World’s Greatest MumJohnny Chester2:24
- 12The Shoop Shoop SongThe Bootleg Family Band3:04
- 13Cinderella RockafellaAnne & Johnny Hawker2:28
- 14Wild WorldFourth House3:40
- 15What’s Goin’ On (live)Marvin Gaye3:57
- 16SuperflyCurtis Mayfield3:534.2 ★
- 17Help Me Make It Through the NightSammi Smith2:34
- 18She’s a Lady (live)Tom Jones2:04
- 19Beach BabyFirst Class4:464.5 ★
- 20Old Man EmuJohn Williamson2:49
- CD 4: The Seventies
- 1Horror MovieSkyhooks3:48
- 2Rapper’s DelightThe Sugarhill Gang4:534.5 ★
- 3One Nation Under a GrooveFunkadelic7:283.6 ★
- 4Ring My BellAnita Ward3:175.0 ★
- 5Love Really Hurts Without YouBilly Ocean3:08
- 6Uptown FestivalShalamar5:07
- 7Young Hearts Run FreeCandi Staton3:40
- 8Greased LightningJohn Travolta3:164.6 ★
- 9Give a Little LoveBay City Rollers3:18
- 10Car WashRose Royce3:184.6 ★
- 11Ladies Night (live)Kool & the Gang3:44
- 123:064.0 ★
- 13Build Me Up ButtercupThe Foundations2:58
- 14Sometimes When We TouchDan Hill4:033.0 ★
- 15Let GoBrian Cadd4:16
- 16Goin’ Down TownKevin Borich5:28
- 17Put Another Log on the FireBill and Boyd2:27
- 18Wasted Days and Wasted NightsFreddy Fender2:434.5 ★
- 19MaggieFoster & Allen3:36
- 20Up There CazalyThe Two-Man Band2:47
- CD 5: The Eighties
- 1Who Can It Be NowMen at Work3:234.2 ★
- 2Heaven (Must Be There)Eurogliders3:393.0 ★
- 3Making My Mind UpBucks Fizz2:35
- 4If You Want My LoveCheap Trick3:363.4 ★
- 5Time After TimeCyndi Lauper3:584.3 ★
- 6Cool WorldMondo Rock3:34
- 7RosannaToto5:314.0 ★
- 8Can You Feel ItThe Jacksons5:594.0 ★
- 9Gotta Pull Myself TogetherThe Nolans2:44
- 10No Say in ItMachinations3:19
- 11Short NoteMatt Finish3:57
- 12WordsF.R. David3:244.4 ★
- 13Wind Beneath My WingsColleen Hewett3:22
- 14Summer of ’81Mondo Rock3:55
- 15They Won’t Let My Girlfriend Talk to MeJimmy & the Boys3:14
- 16Never Gonna DieChoirboys4:03
- 17Working for the WeekendLoverboy3:424.2 ★
- 18Sexual HealingMarvin Gaye4:043.8 ★
- 19The MessageGrandmaster Flash & The Furious Five3:124.4 ★
- 20A Night to RememberShalamar3:263.6 ★
- CD 6: The Eighties
- 1Out of Mind Out of SightModels3:36
- 2I Feel the Earth MoveMartika4:132.0 ★
- 34:19
- 4Wishing WellTerence Trent D’Arby3:323.1 ★
- 5I Could Make You Love MeWa Wa Nee3:535.0 ★
- 6Lean on MeClub Nouveau4:14
- 7And the Beat Goes OnThe Whispers3:243.4 ★
- 8Chained to the WheelThe Black Sorrows3:54
- 9Do You Wanna BeI’m Talking4:11
- 10PoisonAlice Cooper4:274.4 ★
- 11He’s Gonna Step on You AgainThe Party Boys3:55
- 12Run to ParadiseChoirboys4:074.0 ★
- 13Take Me BackNoiseworks3:285.0 ★
- 14WitchqueenThe Chantoozies4:07
- 15One SummerDaryl Braithwaite3:38
- 16She’s the OneThe Cockroaches2:33
- 17Current StandKids in the Kitchen3:59
- 18Every Time You Go AwayPaul Young4:224.5 ★
- 19See the DayDee C. Lee4:36
- 20Swing the MoodJive Bunny & the Mastermixers4:063.5 ★
- CD 7: The Nineties
- 1Stone ColdJimmy Barnes3:47
- 2That Word (L.O.V.E.)Rockmelons3:49
- 3Love the One You’re WithThe Chantoozies3:49
- 4Coloured KissesMartika4:37
- 5Only to Be With YouRoachford4:18
- 6The GlobeBig Audio Dynamite II3:45
- 7Runaway TrainSoul Asylum4:214.4 ★
- 8Jukebox in SiberiaSkyhooks3:52
- 9R.I.P. MillieNoiseworks4:33
- 10Harley & RoseThe Black Sorrows3:51
- 11Damn, I Wish I Was Your LoverSophie B. Hawkins4:103.4 ★
- 123:542.0 ★
- 13Number One (Remember When We Danced All Night)Margaret Urlich4:05
- 14Happy Birthday HelenThings of Stone and Wood3:463.0 ★
- 15Cherry PieWarrant3:184.6 ★
- 16ShakeAndrew Ridgeley3:29
- 17MonaCraig McLachlan & Check 1 - 23:40
- 18She Kissed MeTerence Trent D’Arby3:40
- 19Gonna Miss Your LoveMax 22 feat. Natalie Miller3:50
- 20Things That Make You Go HmmmC+C Music Factory3:52
- CD 8: The Nineties
- 1Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!Vengaboys3:242.9 ★
- 2PashKate Ceberano3:35
- 3C’est la vieB*Witched2:533.9 ★
- 4CryThe Mavis’s4:13
- 5Good TimesCDB3:59
- 6Gimme GimmeWhigfield4:03
- 7U Sexy ThingClock3:38
- 8On the BibleDeuce3:57
- 9Sex on the BeachT‐Spoon3:442.0 ★
- 10BellissimaDJ Quicksilver3:143.0 ★
- 11Encore une foisSash!3:383.4 ★
- 12You Make Me Feel Mighty RealByron Stingily6:05
- 13Hot Shot (Never Never Gonna Lose Control)Barbara Tucker4:06
- 14In the EveningSheryl Lee Ralph4:07
- 15It’s AlrightDeni Hines3:45
- 16Feel Like Making LovePauline Henry4:00
- 17If You Love MeBrownstone3:425.0 ★
- 18I KnowDionne Farris3:444.5 ★
- 19Not a Day Goes ByRick Price3:42
- 20Two PrincesSpin Doctors4:094.2 ★
- CD 9: No.1's 60's & 70's
- 1Itchycoo ParkSmall Faces2:48
- 2In the SummertimeThe Mixtures2:49
- 3When a Man Loves a WomanPercy Sledge2:524.3 ★
- 4Green Green Grass of HomeTom Jones2:37
- 5Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)Edison Lighthouse2:453.8 ★
- 6This Is My SongPetula Clark3:165.0 ★
- 7Sugar Baby LoveThe Rubettes3:28
- 83:03
- 9DizzyTommy Roe2:58
- 10PopcornHot Butter2:334.4 ★
- 11Gimme Little SignBrenton Wood2:18
- 12Black Superman (Muhammad Ali)Johnny Wakelin3:30
- 13The LetterThe Box Tops1:564.2 ★
- 14Moon RiverJerry Butler2:34
- 15The Rhythm of the RainThe Cascades2:35
- 16Yellow RiverJigsaw2:39
- 17Daddy CoolDrummond2:40
- 18It’s a HeartacheBonnie Tyler3:273.8 ★
- 19Rock n Roll, Part IIGary Glitter3:01
- 20Santa Never Made It Into DarwinBill & Boyd4:12
- CD 10: No. 1's - 80's & 90's
- 1ShineVanessa Amorosi3:55
- 2I Say a Little PrayerDiana King3:35
- 3PonyGinuwine4:125.0 ★
- 4We Like to Party! (The Vengabus)Vengaboys3:433.1 ★
- 5StaySash!3:304.0 ★
- 6Blue (Da Ba Dee)Eiffel 653:413.5 ★
- 72 TimesAnn Lee3:473.2 ★
- 8Don’t Say GoodbyeHuman Nature4:20
- 9I’m Not Like Everybody ElseJimmy & the Boys3:14
- 10Computer GamesMi‐Sex4:00
- 11Counting the BeatThe Swingers3:01
- 12Goody Two ShoesAdam Ant3:21
- 13Down UnderMen at Work3:423.9 ★
- 14Keep on Loving YouREO Speedwagon3:203.6 ★
- 15Soul Kinda FeelingDynamic Hepnotics3:52
- 16The Final CountdownEurope4:29
- 173:35
- 18JumpKris Kross3:134.0 ★
- 19Sexy EyesWhigfield3:595.0 ★
- 20LambadaKaoma3:234.6 ★
Release credits
- background vocals [12]
- Hammond organ [20], drums (drum set) [20], percussion [20]
- engineer [7], recording [7]
- programming [4]
- co [14], drums (drum set) [14]
- background vocals [10], keyboard [10]
- double bass [3]
- percussion [8]
- lead vocals [10]
- bass [5]
- producer [2]
- engineer [20], producer [20]
- mix [7]
- harmonica [10]
- choir vocals [8]
- arranger [19]
- recording [10]
- choir vocals [8]
- background vocals [4]
- mix [15], producer [15]
- assistant [10]
- background vocals [10]
- producer [16]
- guitar [16]
- keyboard [8]
- guitar [16]
- guitar [16]
- choir vocals [8]
- engineer [17]
- engineer [4], mix [4]
- guitar [1], vocal [1]
- drums (drum set) [10]
- drums (drum set) [1]
- background vocals [7], lead vocals [7], vocal [7]
- background vocals [12]
- vocal [18]
- guitar [12]
- harpsichord [4]
- assistant [10]
- choir vocals [8]
- choir vocals [8]
- producer [7]
- producer [17]
- bass [14]
- additional [7], engineer [7], task [7]
- choir vocals [8]
- choir vocals [8]
- choir vocals [8]
- tenor vocals [16]
- vocal [20]
- guitar [4]
- vocal [18]
- additional [2], keyboard [2]
- producer [19]
- hi-hat [4]
- guitar [1], vocal [5.1, 10.13]
- assistant [7]
- guitar [16]
- guitar [16], lead vocals [16], producer [16]
- lead vocals [5]
- producer [10.4, 8.1]
- wind instruments [18]
- assistant [7]
- producer [13]
- fiddle [3]
- arranger [12]
- producer [8.1, 10.4]
- lead vocals [12]
- guitar [1]
- producer [18]
- keyboard [4], mix [4], producer [4]
- background vocals [18], drums (drum set) [18], guitar [18]
- bass [7], bass guitar [7]
- mix [8]
- keyboard [18]
- recording [7]
- producer [18]
- assistant [7]
- Hammond organ [7], additional [7], arranger [7], background vocals [7], brass [7], engineer [7], keyboard [7], piano [7], synthesizer [7], task [7], vocal [7]
- wind instruments [18]
- mix [5]
- producer [11]
- guitar [8]
- remixer [19]
- performer [2]
- mix [12], producer [12], recording [12]
- bongos [4]
- background vocals [10], producer [10]
- background vocals [10]
- additional [7], engineer [7], task [7]
- assistant [18]
- vocal [18]
- engineer [1], producer [1]
- guitar [2]
- bass [10]
- assistant [10]
- background vocals [2]
- keyboard [17]
- arranger [9.20, 4.17], producer [4.17, 9.20]
- assistant [10]
- vocal [19]
- background vocals [12], lead vocals [12]
- task [7]
- guitar [4]
- guitar [6]
- guitar [20]
- piano [16]
- guitar [3]
- baritone vocals [16]
- guitar [16]
- arranger [12]
- background vocals [12]
- engineer [20], producer [20]
- arranger [4]
- mix [20], producer [20]
- arranger [12], producer [12]
- arranger [16], conductor [16]
- performer [3]
- drums (drum set) [16]
- vibraphone [8]
- trumpet [7]
- guitar [14], producer [14]
- performer [3], producer [3]
- assistant [10]
- vibraphone [16]
- choir vocals [8]
- choir vocals [8]
- drums (drum set) [6]
- lead vocals [3]
- producer [4]
- background vocals [12]
- background vocals [18], guitar [18]
- background vocals [12]
- lead vocals [1]
- vocal [19]
- keyboard [13], saxophone [1], woodwind [13]
- engineer [7], mix [7], recording [7]
- assistant [2]
- associate [8], keyboard [8]
- keyboard [2]
- additional [10], keyboard [10], other instruments [10]
- bass guitar [1], vocal [1]
- choir vocals [8]
- drums (drum set) [12]
- background vocals [18], editor [18], mix [18]
- assistant [18]
- background vocals [10], bass guitar [10]
- bass [12]
- mix [10]
- engineer [4]
- drums (drum set) [1], vocal [1]
- arranger [12]
- arranger [8]
- guitar [6], keyboard [6]
- recording [7]
- trombone [7]
- background vocals [10]
- background vocals [10]
- background vocals [12]
- lead vocals [7]
- producer [12]
- guitar [10], mandolin [10], producer [7.10, 6.8]
- additional [8]
- assistant [14]
- background vocals [1], guitar [1]
- drums (drum set) [7], percussion [7]
- violin [10]
- arranger [7], brass [7], trumpet [7]
- drums (drum set) [5.1, 10.13]
- engineer [10.13, 5.1]
- choir vocals [8]
- saxophone [7]
- drums (drum set) [4]
- guitar [1], lead vocals [1]
- producer [7.10, 6.8], saxophone [10], vocal [6.8, 7.10]
- background vocals [10], bass guitar [10]
- background vocals [10]
- assistant [5]
- arranger [8]
- engineer [1]
- assistant [2]
- assistant [10]
- additional [5]
- engineer [18]
- engineer [7]
- guitar [10]
- drums (drum set) [18]
- keyboard [1]
- executive [20]
- background vocals [20], guest [20]
- bass [5.1, 10.13]
- lead vocals [8]
- background vocals [1]
- lead vocals [16]
- arranger [16], orchestrator [16]
- vocal [13]
- guitar [5], programming [5]
- bass guitar [16]
- choir vocals [8]
- performer [3]
- keyboard [13]
- assistant [2]
- vocal [4]
- engineer [17]
- engineer [14], producer [14]
- acoustic guitar [14], arranger [14], background vocals [14], producer [14]
- bass [18]
- drums (drum set) [13]
- guitar [10]
- vocal [5]
- executive [18]
- engineer [12]
- producer [7]
- producer [18]
- congas [7], instrument [7], percussion [7]
- producer [20]
- arranger [4]
- choir vocals [8]
- drums (drum set) [12]
- choir vocals [8]
- choir vocals [8]
- assistant [10]
- recording [7]
- background vocals [10]
- arranger [8], producer [8]
- producer [7]
- background vocals [10]
- guitar [12], vocal [12]
- producer [1]
- assistant [10]
- bass guitar [20]
- guitar [3], producer [3]
- lead vocals [4], vocal arranger [2]
- arranger [3]
- engineer [10]
- producer [4]
- background vocals [18], bell [18], bongos [18], congas [18], drums (drum set) [18], electric piano [18], finger cymbals [18], glockenspiel [18], organ [18], producer [18], synthesizer [18], vocal [18]
- percussion [16]
- drums (drum set) [17]
- mix [12], producer [12], recording [12]
- wind instruments [18]
- background vocals [10]
- mix [10]
- producer [7]
- arranger [8]
- bass [1]
- arranger [8], background vocals [12], lead vocals [8]
- arranger [2], drums (drum set) [2], producer [2], vocal arranger [2]
- engineer [2], mix [2]
- recording [12]
- bass guitar [8]
- engineer [18]
- assistant [17]
- drums (drum set) [18], percussion [18]
- producer [19]
- producer [16]
- horn [8], strings [8]
- bass [7]
- lead vocals [17]
- double bass [16]
- bass [18]
- assistant [10]
- background vocals [2]
- drums (drum set) [16]
- keyboard [10]
- background vocals [10]
- bass guitar [8]
- Hammond organ [14]
- assistant [10]
- recording [7]
- drums (drum set) [8]
- producer [10]
- vocal [19]
- drums (drum set) [18]
- additional [10], keyboard [10]
- bass [6]
- background vocals [17], guitar [17], producer [17]
- assistant [4]
- guitar [4]
- additional [10.13, 5.1]
- bass [4]
- vocal [18]
- choir vocals [8]
- background vocals [4], choir vocals [8]
- recording [7]
- vocal [3]
- piano [1]
- guitar [4]
- bass guitar [1]
- assistant [2]
- recording [5]
- mix [20], producer [20]
- drums (drum set) [7.10, 6.8], percussion [10], producer [10]
- engineer [10.13, 5.1], producer [10.13, 5.1]
- choir vocals [8]
- vocal [20]
- assistant [10]
- mix [4], recording [4]
- bass [4]
- choir vocals [8]
- drums (drum set) [4]
- producer [3]
- background vocals [4]
- producer [11]
- bass [18]
- lead vocals [8]
- lead vocals [1]
- arranger [3], producer [3]
- saxophone [8]
- guitar [1], vocal [1]
- choir vocals [8]
- assistant [2]
- drums (drum set) [10]
- background vocals [14]
- bass guitar [10]
- producer [5.5, 7.11]
- background vocals [2]
- associate [1], engineer [1], mix [1]
- assistant [17]
- mix [4], percussion [4], producer [4]
- assistant [10]
- choir vocals [8]
- arranger [5], producer [5]
- additional [5]
- engineer [16]
- drums (drum set) [3]
- choir vocals [8]
- choir vocals [8]
- bass [4]
- guitar [10.13, 5.1]
- choir vocals [8]
- keyboard [8]
- producer [18]
- recording [17]
- guitar [6], producer [1], vocal [6]
- choir vocals [8]
- producer [4]
- producer [5]
- bass guitar [17]
- producer [18]
- producer [1]
- choir vocals [8]
- engineer [20], mix [20], producer [20]
- farfisa [3]
- chorus master [8]
- bass [13]
- synthesizer [10]
- vocal [10]
- background vocals [7], guitar [7], lead vocals [7], vocal [7]
- Hammond organ [7], additional [7], engineer [7], keyboard [7], synthesizer [7], task [7], vocal [7]
- assistant [7]
- mix [10]
- acoustic guitar [18], background vocals [18], producer [18]
- background vocals [10]
- guitar [13]
- producer [19]
- lead vocals [12]
- background vocals [4]
- arranger [16]
- arranger [4], background vocals [4], baritone saxophone [4], keyboard [4], lead vocals [4], percussion [4], producer [4]
- recording [7]
- producer [8]
- wind instruments [18]
- instrument [12]
- keyboard [18]
- guitar [8]
- producer [5]
- assistant [14]
- background vocals [5.7, 10.14]
- engineer [7], recording [7]
- engineer [8]
- saxophone [7]
- background vocals [10]
- strings [8]
- producer [8]
- producer [10]
- co [1], drums (drum set) [1]
- vocal [5]
- arranger [20], conductor [20]
- producer [5]
- producer [7]
- background vocals [10], choir vocals [8]
- vocal [10]
- producer [7]
- guitar [10]
- associate [5], engineer [5]
- bass vocals [16]
- choir vocals [8]
- strings [16]
Issues
B11 August 2003