For a Friend: The Best of Jimmy Somerville

~ Release by Jimmy Somerville (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Track 2-3: the version name is incorrectly given as "Freddie Bastone's San Paulo remix".

Annotation last modified on 2021-10-14 12:09 UTC.

Tracklist

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▼ CD 1
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1Smalltown Boy
recording engineer:
Pete Griffiths (UK studio technician, programmer & producer)
producer:
Mike Thorne (UK producer & keyboardist)
mixer:
Harvey Goldberg
recording of:
Smalltown Boy
writer:
Steve Bronski, Jimmy Somerville and Larry Steinbachek
publisher:
BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use!), Bronski Music Ltd., Fujipacific Music, Inc., The Copyright Collective, Warner/Chappell Music Japan, Synch division and Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (holding company – do not use as release label)
part of:
Gotcha! (1985 film soundtrack)
Bronski Beat3.655:05
2Why?
recording of:
Why?
composer:
Steve Bronski, Jimmy Somerville and Larry Steinbachek
Bronski Beat4:05
3Ain't Necessarily So
cover recording of:
It Ain’t Necessarily So (jazz standard originally from Porgy and Bess; catch-all for unspecified pop and jazz arrangements)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin, Dorothy Heyward (playwright) and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell Music (ASCAP), Gershwin Publishing Corp and Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)
was commissioned by:
Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1935)
is based on:
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. “It ain’t necessarily so”
Bronski Beat4:44
4I Feel Love
cover recording of:
I Feel Love
lyricist:
Pete Bellotte (English lyricist and producer)
composer:
Pete Bellotte (English lyricist and producer), Giorgio Moroder and Donna Summer (soul/disco diva)
publisher:
Budde Music Inc. (US publisher), Rick's Music (publishing company associated with Casablanca), Rightsong Music Inc., Sweet Summer Night Music and Warner Chappell
Bronski Beat medley with Marc Almond8:23
5Screaming
recording of:
Screaming
writer:
Steve Bronski, Jimmy Somerville and Larry Steinbachek
Bronski Beat4:15
6Run From Love
recording of:
Run From Love
composer:
Steve Bronski, Jimmy Somerville and Larry Steinbachek
Bronski Beat7:36
7Hard Rain
recording of:
Hard Rain
composer:
Steve Bronski, Jimmy Somerville and Larry Steinbachek
Bronski Beat6:49
8Don't Leave Me This Way
cover recording of:
Don’t Leave Me This Way (Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes song)
writer:
Kenneth Gamble, Cary Gilbert and Leon Huff (Philly soul producer, of Gamble & Huff)
publisher:
Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
The Communards feat. Sarah Jane Morris6:17
9La Dolarosa
recording of:
La Dolarosa
writer:
Richard Coles and Jimmy Somerville
The Communards2:44
10Disenchanted
producer:
Mike Thorne (UK producer & keyboardist)
recording of:
Disenchanted
writer:
Richard Coles and Jimmy Somerville
The Communards54:14
11So Cold the Night
producer:
Mike Thorne (UK producer & keyboardist)
recording of:
So Cold the Night
writer:
Richard Coles and Jimmy Somerville
publisher:
Mistramark Ltd., Rocket Music Ltd., Rownmark Ltd. (publisher) and William A. Bong Ltd.
The Communards24:40
12You Are My World
producer:
Mike Thorne (UK producer & keyboardist)
recording of:
You Are My World
writer:
Richard Coles and Jimmy Somerville
publisher:
EMI Virgin Music Ltd. (do not use this as a release label!) and Rocket Music Ltd.
The Communards34:31
13Forbidden Love
recording of:
Forbidden Love
writer:
Richard Coles and Jimmy Somerville
The Communards5:00
14Breadline Britain
The Communards2:32
15Tomorrow
producer:
Stephen Hague
recording of:
Tomorrow
writer:
Richard Coles and Jimmy Somerville
The Communards44:49
16There's More to Love (Than Boy Meets Girl)
producer:
Stephen Hague
recording of:
There’s More to Love Than Boy Meets Girl
writer and composer:
Richard Coles and Jimmy Somerville
publisher:
BMG Rights Management (France) (not for release label use! file releases under its imprint “BMG (2008–present)), BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use!), Mistramark Ltd. and フジパシフィックミュージック BMG事業部
The Communards43:50
▼ CD 2
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1Victims
producer:
Stephen Hague
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
London Records Ltd. (not release label) (in 1987)
recording of:
Victims
writer:
Richard Coles and Jimmy Somerville
The Communards34:34
2For a Friend
producer:
Stephen Hague
recording of:
For a Friend
writer:
Richard Coles and Jimmy Somerville
dedicated to:
Mark Ashton (British gay rights activist)
The Communards54:36
3Never Can Say Goodbye (Shep Pettibone remix)
additional producer:
Shep Pettibone
producer:
Stephen Hague
mixer:
Steve Peck
remixer:
Shep Pettibone
cover recording of:
Never Can Say Goodbye
lyricist and composer:
Clifton Davis (musical theatre actor, singer and songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), EMI Songs Ltd., Jobete Music Co., Inc. and Portable Music Co., Inc.
The Communards7:49
4Comment te dire adieu
engineer:
Stephen W. Tayler (UK engineer)
producer:
Pascal Gabriel (Belgian-born, UK based producer, musician, songwriter)
mixer:
Avril MacKintosh (producer/engineer)
strings:
David Emanuel (violinist), Wilfred Gibson (UK violinist) and Gavyn Wright (UK violinist)
trumpet:
Luke Tunney
turntable:
DJ D-Zire
vocals:
June Miles-Kingston and Jimmy Somerville
guest performer:
June Miles-Kingston
arranger:
Luke Tunney
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
FFRR Records Ltd. (company name, NOT a label!) (from 1989 to present)
cover recording of:
Comment te dire adieu ?
lyricist:
Serge Gainsbourg
composer:
Arnold Goland and Jack Gold
publisher:
EMI United Partnership Ltd. (from 1968 to present)
translated version of:
It Hurts to Say Goodbye
Jimmy Somerville feat. June Miles-Kingston23:35
5You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
producer:
Stephen Hague
cover recording of:
You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
writer:
Sylvester (US disco and soul singer-songwriter) and James Wirrick
Jimmy Somerville3.53:56
6Read My Lips (Enough Is Enough)
Jimmy Somerville4:56
7Heartbeat
Jimmy Somerville4:27
8By Your Side
Jimmy Somerville4:46
9Safe (Todd Terry short session)
Jimmy Somerville3:48
10To Love Somebody
producer:
Stephen Hague
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
FFRR Records Ltd. (company name, NOT a label!) (in 1990)
cover recording of:
To Love Somebody
written in:
New York, United States (in 1967)
writer:
Barry Gibb (in 1967) and Robin Gibb (in 1967)
publisher:
Abigail Music, BMG Music, BMG Music Publishing (NYC-based headquarters, with national subsidiaries under it), BMG Music Publishing Ltd., BMG Publishing Ltd., Careers Music, Inc., Careers‐BMG Music Publishing, Inc., Crompton Songs, Gibb Brothers Music, Nemperor, Songs of Universal, Inc. and Universal Music Careers
part of:
50/50
Jimmy Somerville14:15
11Lay Down
Jimmy Somerville3:59
12Dark Sky
producer:
Sally Herbert (violinist, composer, and conductor) and Jimmy Somerville
mixer:
Jeremy Wheatley (UK mix engineer, aka Jim Bob)
Jimmy Somerville3:17
13Something to Live For (Sounds of Life remix)
Jimmy Somerville3:32
14Can't Take My Eyes Off of You
cover recording of:
Can’t Take My Eyes Off You (1967 song)
writer:
Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio
publisher:
EMI Longitude Music, EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Music Publishing (WP) Ltd., Saturday Music, Inc., Windswept Pacific Music Ltd. and Seasons Four Music Corp. (in 1967)
sub-publisher:
EMI Music Publishing France, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
Jimmy Somerville4:03
15Come On
Jimmy Somerville3:45
16Could It Be Love
Jimmy Somerville3:36
17Sweet Unknown
Jimmy Somerville4:00
18People Are Strange
Jimmy Somerville3:09