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 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
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, 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