Mack the Knife

~ Recording by Bobby Darin

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1Mack the Knife3:11Bobby DarinThat's AllBobby DarinAlbum
ATCO Records33-104
1.1Mack the Knife3:04Bobby DarinMack the Knife / Was There a Call for MeBobby DarinSingle
ATCO Records45-6147
1.5Mack the Knife3:09Bobby DarinThe Ultimate Bobby DarinBobby DarinAlbum + Compilation
  • CA1986-10-09
1.1Mack the Knife3:07Bobby DarinOldies but Goodies, Volume 3Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Original Sound Recordings (compilations, pre-90s)8853R
1.5Mack the Knife3:09Bobby DarinThe Big TownVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)7 81769-2
4.8Mack the Knife3:06Bobby DarinYesterdays Gold: 120 Golden Oldies, Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
YDG 2552
1.1Mack the Knife3:10Bobby DarinBillboard Top Rock’n’Roll Hits: 1959Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Rhino (reissue label)R2 70620
1.2Mack the Knife3:06Bobby DarinHit Singles 1958–1977Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)7 81909-2
1.5Mack the Knife3:09Bobby DarinParty Time FiftiesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Warner Special ProductsOPCD-1562
1.5Mack the Knife3:09Bobby DarinParty Time FiftiesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
JCIJCD-3201
1.8Mack the Knife3:06Bobby DarinYesterdays Gold, Volume 9Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Yesterdays GoldCD-Ydg 74626
1.1Mack the Knife3:09Bobby DarinA Portrait of Bobby DarinBobby DarinAlbum + Compilation
Revival (Denmark)BCD 00789
1.5Mack the Knife3:09Bobby DarinThe Ultimate Bobby DarinBobby DarinAlbum + Compilation
  • US1990-12-25
Warner Special Products9-27606-2
3.5Mack the Knife3:11Bobby DarinOriginal OldiesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Pop Records (Pomona NY, budget oldies comps)P12287R, P32061R, P42062R, P52063R
1.13Mack the Knife3:09Bobby DarinRock Times, Volume 3: 1959-1960Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Zounds27000237 A
1.4Mack the Knife3:07Bobby DarinRockfile, Volume 31Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Backline Records (Line Music GmbH)BLCD 9.00956 L
1.14Mack the Knife3:05Bobby DarinThe Weekender Classic Collection IIVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
wea (has logo with just “wea” on it)WCC2-2
1.1Mack the Knife3:12Bobby DarinYour Hit Parade: 1959Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
CBS Special Products, Time–Life MusicA21449, HPD-13
1.7Mack the Knife?:??Bobby Darin25 Years of #1 HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Warner Special Products, Time–Life MusicOPCD-8501, R103-09
1.1Mack the Knife3:09Bobby DarinMack the Knife: The Best of Bobby Darin, Volume 2Bobby DarinAlbum + Compilation
ATCO Records91795-2
1.12Mack the Knife3:07Bobby DarinDe Pre Historie 1960, Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EVA (for use with NL/BE/FR releases only. see annotation)74321 16216 2
1.1Mack the Knife3:12Bobby DarinSentimental Journey: Pop Vocal Classics Volume 4 (1954-1959)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -1993
Rhino (reissue label)
1.8Mack the Knife3:07Bobby DarinThe Atlantic StoryVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)9548-32258-2
1.8Mack the Knife3:07Bobby DarinThe Atlantic Story (Different tracks on disc 2 (Yes track 37 / Led Zeppelin track 28))Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)9548-32258-2
1.1Mack the Knife3:11Bobby DarinThat's AllBobby DarinAlbum
  • US1994-06-28
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)82627-2
1.8Mack the Knife3:05Bobby DarinAfter Midnight: Another 20 Cool Cuts On the Lighter Side of JazzVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1994-10-03
PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.)516 871-2
2.1Mack the Knife3:06Bobby DarinAs Long as I'm Singing: The Bobby Darin CollectionBobby DarinAlbum + Compilation
  • US1995-11-21
Rhino (reissue label)72206
1.12Mack the Knife3:08Bobby DarinGreatest HitsBobby DarinAlbum + Compilation
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)9548336102, OMCD 1108
2.4Mack the Knife3:04Bobby DarinThat’s Jazz: Simply the Best of JazzVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI TV7243 8 36436 2 2, CDEMTVD 104
1.8Mack the Knife3:10Bobby DarinThe Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of FameVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Reader’s Digest300639300-1/2/3
1.5Mack the Knife3:11Bobby DarinDream LoverBobby DarinAlbum + Live
Music DigitalMC 7040
2.2Mack the Knife3:03Bobby DarinSwingersVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1997-10-27
Telstar TVTTVCD2937
1.1Mack the Knife3:09Bobby Darin16 Greatest HitsBobby DarinAlbum + Compilation
Companion6187062
1.15Mack the Knife3:05Bobby DarinThings Are SwingingVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -1997
Crimson Productions (UK budget reissue label; imprint of Crimson Productions Ltd.)
1.3Mack the Knife3:08Bobby DarinAtlantic Records 50 Years: The Gold Anniversary CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1998-03-10
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)83088
3.9Mack the Knife3:09Bobby DarinThe Late ’50s: The Top Ten CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Reader’s Digest
2.6Mack the Knife3:04Bobby DarinEasy Listening: Music Inspired by the ITV Series Big Bad WorldVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1999-07-05
1.5Mack the Knife3:04Bobby DarinThe Best… And Friends Album in the World… Ever!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1999-11-22
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)VTDCD 286
1.16Mack the Knife3:07Bobby DarinBBC Radio 2 Songs of the CenturyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Global TelevisionRADCD119
3.11Mack the Knife3:10Bobby DarinLegendary Singers of the CenturyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -1999
Reader’s Digest MusicH3B 5H5
2.16Mack the Knife3:05Bobby DarinThe Best Musicals in the World …Ever!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)7243 8 48059 2 0, VTDCD 277
2.13Mack the Knife3:07Bobby DarinThe Fabulous Fifties: Unforgettable FiftiesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
BMG Special Products, Heartland Music1072/4-2, DVC20867
1.5Mack the Knife3:08Bobby DarinMusic to Watch Girls By, Volume 3Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2000-11-27
Sony Music TVSONYTV96CD
1.7Mack the Knife3:08Bobby DarinWhat Women Want: Music From the Motion PictureVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation + Soundtrack
  • US2000-12-12
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Sony Music SoundtraxCK 61595
1.7Mack the Knife3:09Bobby DarinSwingers: Music for the International Jet SetVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2000
wea (has logo with just “wea” on it)
1.7Mack the Knife3:08Bobby DarinWhat Women Want: Music From the Motion PictureVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation + Soundtrack
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)501715 2
1.7Mack the Knife3:08Bobby DarinWhat Women Want: Music From the Motion PictureVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation + Soundtrack
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)5017152000
2.8Mack the Knife3:07Bobby DarinRock, Rhythm and Doo Wop: The Greatest Songs From Early Rock 'n' RollVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2001-11-06
Rhino (reissue label)R2 78353
4.6Mack the Knife3:10Bobby DarinThe Legendary Stars of the 20th CenturyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Reader’s Digest0350902-1/2/3/4
1.4Mack the Knife3:09Bobby DarinThe Perfect Mix: All-Time Lounge FavoritesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Reader’s DigestRG7-083
1.6Mack the Knife3:07Bobby DarinThe Hit Singles CollectionBobby DarinAlbum + Compilation
  • US2002-04-02
ATCO Records, Elektra Entertainment (renamed from Elektra 1989–2004; revived as Elektra 2009-06-01), Rhino (reissue label)R2 78326
2.10Mack the Knife3:04Bobby DarinSomething Swingin’Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Warner Strategic Marketing Germany (subsidiary of Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH)0927 42968-2
1.10Mack the Knife3:11Bobby DarinSplish SplashBobby DarinAlbum + Live
Columbia River Entertainment Group
1.17Mack the Knife3:04Bobby DarinThe Leopard LoungeVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2003-09-25
Warner Strategic Marketing5050466554123
1.3Mack the Knife3:08Bobby DarinCapital Gold Las Vegas LegendsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2003-09-29
Virgin TV
2.18Mack the Knife3:08Bobby DarinDance 'til You DropVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2003-12-02
1.2Mack the Knife3:08Bobby DarinAs Time Goes ByVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Dynamic (UK Budget label)DYN 2054
1.1Mack the Knife3:08Bobby DarinBobby Darin: Mack the Knife (and other hits)Bobby DarinAlbum + Compilation
Elektra Entertainment (renamed from Elektra 1989–2004; revived as Elektra 2009-06-01)OPCD-8227
4.9Mack the Knife?:??Bobby DarinKeep on Swinging: The Finest CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Warner Strategic Marketing
2.12Mack the Knife3:11Bobby DarinMalt Shop ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
NorthQuest
1.8Mack the Knife3:05Bobby DarinRyan Tubridy's Full LoungeVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI Music IrelandCDFULL1
2.9Mack the Knife3:03Bobby DarinSomething Swingin’Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Warner Music Poland
1.10Mack the Knife3:07Bobby DarinThe Fabulous Fifties: Unforgettable FiftiesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicTL FFC 03
1.4Mack the Knife3:09Bobby DarinThe Perfect Mix: All‐Time Lounge FavouritesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Reader’s Digest0351058-1/2/3/4
1.20Mack the Knife3:08Bobby DarinYou Must Remember ThisVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Reader’s DigestB0000594-02 SSTC04196
1.11Mack the Knife3:03Bobby DarinEdel & Starck 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • DE2004-02-09
Sony Music Media515380 2
1.8Mack the Knife3:06Bobby DarinBeyond the Sea: The Very Best of Bobby DarinBobby DarinAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2004-07-12
Warner Strategic Marketing United KingdomWSMCD183
3.18Mack the Knife3:09Bobby DarinMagic Moments: The Best of ’50s PopVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2004-08-17
2.1Mack the Knife3:03Bobby DarinThe Original American SongbookVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2004-11-15
Warner Strategic Marketing United KingdomWSMCD197
3.8Mack the Knife3:08Bobby DarinAll That LoungeVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Warner Music Australia (AU subsidiary of Warner Music International since 1988)5046719442
2.1Mack the Knife3:10Bobby DarinLifetime of Romance: Falling in LoveVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life Music197722-2, B0001193-02
1.1Mack the Knife3:10Bobby DarinSounds of the Sixties: 1960Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicTL SCC/17
1.18Mack the Knife3:05Bobby DarinSüddeutsche Zeitung | Diskothek: 1959: Ein Jahr und seine 20 SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Süddeutsche Zeitung
2.11Mack The Knife?:??Bobby DarinThe SixtiesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Unlimited Media CZ
1.1Mack the Knife3:05Bobby DarinThe Very Best of Bobby Darin (2006 remastered version)Bobby DarinAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2006-10-09
Warner Music TVWMTV034
1.1Mack the Knife3:06Bobby DarinSwingsBobby DarinAlbum + Compilation
  • -2006-10-26
Solitudes (Dan Gibson’s record label)
1.6Mack the Knife3:06Bobby DarinThe Definitive Pop CollectionBobby DarinAlbum + Compilation
  • US2006-11-07
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label)R2 70809
2.4Mack the Knife3:04Bobby DarinLas 101 canciones de oroVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.6Mack the Knife?:??Bobby DarinThe Definitive Pop CollectionBobby DarinAlbum + Compilation
Rhino (reissue label)8122-70809-2
1.21Mack the Knife3:08Bobby DarinThe No.1 DJ Collection: 50’s, Volume 4Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Music Factory (UK promotional remix service started in 1985)CD196
2.15Mack the Knife3:04Bobby DarinLet’s Dance Vol. 2: Die Tanzhits zur ShowVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2007-06-01
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)
1.17Mack the Knife3:07Bobby DarinRespect for Ahmet Ertegün: ...The Soul ManVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Balet Plak, wea (has logo with just “wea” on it)5051442 0155 2 2
1.9Mack the Knife3:05Bobby DarinThis Is My SongVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Reader’s Digest
1.1Mack the Knife3:08Bobby DarinThe GRAMMYS: 50th Anniversary CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Rhino (reissue label)DK 10794, DK 10795
1.6Mack the Knife3:07Bobby DarinThe Hit Singles CollectionBobby DarinAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2008-05-09
Rhino (reissue label)78386
1.9Mack the Knife3:11Bobby DarinBella LunaVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Starbucks Entertainment
1.22Mack the Knife3:06Bobby DarinAtlantic Records: The Time CapsuleVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2009-11-17
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)
2.2Mack the Knife3:06Bobby DarinAbsolute UnforgettableVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • SE2009-12-09
EVA Records (Sweden)EVACD 4108
2.1Mack the Knife3:11Bobby DarinOriginal Album SeriesBobby DarinAlbum + Compilation
Rhino (reissue label)8122798366
2.1Mack the Knife3:08Bobby DarinBeyond the SeaBobby DarinAlbum + Compilation
  • -2010-04-20
1.8Mack the Knife3:08Bobby DarinThe History of Rock Times Special, Schlager Goes WelthitVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2010-12-24
Zounds27000 45102
1.16Mack the Knife3:08Bobby DarinClass Acts of the Vegas StripVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI Music Special Markets509999-19867-2-6
1.3Mack the Knife3:05Bobby DarinDancing, Strolling, Rock 'n' RollingVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
GO Entertain (bargain compilations)GO3CD7033
8.13Mack the Knife3:07Bobby DarinGolden Age of PopVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life Music25671-D
2.13Mack the Knife3:07Bobby DarinGolden Age of Pop: Catch a Falling StarVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life Music, Sony Music Custom Marketing Group25668-D, AB986567
2.2Mack the Knife3:08Bobby DarinI Love JazzVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Wagram Music (imprint/distributor)
1.17Mack the Knife3:05Bobby DarinLemon Popsicles and Strawberry Milkshakes, Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
GO Entertain (bargain compilations)GO3CD7018
1.1Mack the Knife3:09Bobby DarinMack the KnifeBobby DarinAlbum + Compilation
Not Now MusicNOT2CD330
Promotion
1.5Mack the Knife3:10Bobby DarinAs Long as I'm Singing: The Bobby Darin Collection SamplerBobby DarinAlbum + Compilation
Rhino (reissue label)PRCD 7154
Bootleg
1.4Mack the Knife3:10Bobby DarinHaruki Murakami Soundtracks, Volume IIIVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Квадро-Диск (Russia)KTL04-942

Relationships

producer:Ahmet Ertegun (US American Songwriter, producer)
Nesuhi Ertegun
Jerry Wexler
vocals:Bobby Darin
conductor:Richard Wess
arranger:Richard Wess
part of:Grammy Award: Record of the Year nominees (number: 1960 winner) (order: 2)
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1959 (number: 40) (order: 40)
Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 251) (order: 250)
recording of:Mack the Knife (1954 Blitzstein translation) (cover)

Mack the Knife (1954 Blitzstein translation)

lyricist:Bertolt Brecht
composer:Kurt Weill (composer)
translator:Marc Blitzstein (in 1954)
publisher:Universal Edition (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
translated version of:Die Dreigroschenoper: Vorspiel. Die Moritat von Mackie Messer