Greatest Hits Collection (Bananarama album)
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The Greatest Hits Collection is a compilation album released by Bananarama
which features their single releases and greatest hits. It was issued by London Records
in 1988, shortly after the departure of group member Siobhan Fahey
. The track listing differed between the version of the album in the United States and the version released throughout Europe.
All songs are represented here in their "single" edits (or in some cases, a remix
) and the version of "I Want You Back
" (originally on their Wow! album) on this collection is the newer version of the song with the vocals re-recorded by Sara Dallin
and Keren Woodward
with new member Jacquie O'Sullivan
, following the departure of Fahey. One new song, "Love, Truth and Honesty", was released as a single (which featured O'Sullivan's first credits as a song-writing contributor), and peaked inside the UK top 30. The other new track on the compilation was a re-recorded version of the Supremes track "Nathan Jones
." Like "I Want You Back", this song was originally included on the Wow! album released before Fahey's departure. The new line-up re-recorded the song with new vocal and instrumental arrangements. This new version was included both on this compilation as well as the Rain Man
soundtrack. It was subsequently remixed and released as a single, reaching the UK Top 20.
Subsequent re-issues have added on dance remixes, as well as "Help!".
First CD UK release
Second CD UK release
Second Cassette UK release
CD US version
Cassette US version
1988 Canadian CD version
1999 CD re-issue plus bonus tracks
2005 US remastered version
In 2005, a remastered version of the collection was released in the United States (and other territories), now containing the "bonus" songs not found on the original U.S. release. These tracks are shown below.
Unreleased songs and demos
Musicians
Additional Personnel
Bananarama
Bananarama are an English female pop duo who have had success on the pop and dance charts since 1982. Rather than relying on a two part harmony, the duo generally sings in unison, as do their background vocalists. Although there have been line-up changes, the group enjoyed their most popular...
which features their single releases and greatest hits. It was issued by London Records
London Records
London Records, referred to as London Recordings in logo, is a record label headquartered in the United Kingdom, originally marketing records in the United States, Canada and Latin America from 1947 to 1979, then becoming a semi-independent label....
in 1988, shortly after the departure of group member Siobhan Fahey
Siobhan Fahey
Siobhan Fahey is an Irish musician and founding member of the 1980s British girl group Bananarama, and later formed the BRIT Award and Ivor Novello award winning musical outfit Shakespears Sister.-Career:Fahey was born the eldest of three daughters to Helen and...
. The track listing differed between the version of the album in the United States and the version released throughout Europe.
All songs are represented here in their "single" edits (or in some cases, a remix
Remix
A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
) and the version of "I Want You Back
I Want You Back (Bananarama song)
"I Want You Back" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It is included on their fourth studio album Wow! and was released as its fourth and final single. with the 1988 compilation album Greatest Hits Collection...
" (originally on their Wow! album) on this collection is the newer version of the song with the vocals re-recorded by Sara Dallin
Sara Dallin
Sara Elizabeth Dallin is an English musician mostly noted for her membership of the group Bananarama, which she co-founded with her childhood friend Keren Woodward.Dallin was born in Bristol, England...
and Keren Woodward
Keren Woodward
Keren Woodward is an English pop singer and songwriter of British girl group Bananarama, co-founded by her long time school friend Sara Dallin and Siobhan Fahey....
with new member Jacquie O'Sullivan
Jacquie O'Sullivan
Jacquie O'Sullivan is a singer and songwriter.-Early years:O'Sullivan was originally a member of the country/punk/rockabilly group Shillelagh Sisters. In 1978 she was one of three backing vocalists on Status Quo's album "If You Can't Stand the Heat". In 1982 O'Sullivan appeared in the videoclip of...
, following the departure of Fahey. One new song, "Love, Truth and Honesty", was released as a single (which featured O'Sullivan's first credits as a song-writing contributor), and peaked inside the UK top 30. The other new track on the compilation was a re-recorded version of the Supremes track "Nathan Jones
Nathan Jones (song)
"Nathan Jones" is a hit single recorded by The Supremes, released in spring 1971 on the Motown label. Produced by Frank Wilson and written by Leonard Caston - aka Leonard Caston, Jr...
." Like "I Want You Back", this song was originally included on the Wow! album released before Fahey's departure. The new line-up re-recorded the song with new vocal and instrumental arrangements. This new version was included both on this compilation as well as the Rain Man
Rain Man
Rain Man is a 1988 drama film written by Barry Morrow and Ronald Bass and directed by Barry Levinson. It tells the story of an abrasive and selfish yuppie, Charlie Babbitt, who discovers that his estranged father has died and bequeathed all of his multimillion-dollar estate to his other son,...
soundtrack. It was subsequently remixed and released as a single, reaching the UK Top 20.
Subsequent re-issues have added on dance remixes, as well as "Help!".
Track listing
First LP and cassette UK release- "Venus" — 3:40 (R. van Leeuween)
- "I Heard a RumourI Heard a Rumour"I Heard a Rumour" is a 1987 song recorded by English girl group Bananarama, featured on their Wow! album. It was also featured in the film Disorderlies and included on its soundtrack....
" — 3:25 (S. Dallin/S. Fahey/K. Woodward/M. Stock/ M. Aitken/P. Waterman) - "Love in the First DegreeLove in the First Degree"Love in the First Degree" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It is included on their fourth studio album Wow! and was released as its second single except in the U.S., where it was the album's third single...
" — 3:33 (S. Dallin/S. Fahey/K. Woodward/M. Stock/ M. Aitken/P. Waterman) - "I Can't Help ItI Can't Help It"I Can't Help It" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It is included on their fourth studio album Wow! and was released as its third single except in the U.S., where it was the album's second single and Australia, where it was the album's fourth single...
" — 3:32 (S. Dallin/S. Fahey/K. Woodward/M. Stock/ M. Aitken/P. Waterman) - "I Want You BackI Want You Back (Bananarama song)"I Want You Back" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It is included on their fourth studio album Wow! and was released as its fourth and final single. with the 1988 compilation album Greatest Hits Collection...
" (single version) — 3:47 (S. Dallin/S. Fahey/K. Woodward/M. Stock/ M. Aitken/P. Waterman) - "Love, Truth and HonestyLove, Truth and Honesty"Love, Truth and Honesty" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It was the first single released to promote the group's Greatest Hits Collection in 1988. The song was co-written and produced by the Stock Aitken Waterman trio.It is the only Bananarama track which gives...
" — 3:25 (S. Dallin/J. O'Sullivan/K. Woodward/M. Stock/ M. Aitken/P. Waterman) - "Nathan JonesNathan Jones (song)"Nathan Jones" is a hit single recorded by The Supremes, released in spring 1971 on the Motown label. Produced by Frank Wilson and written by Leonard Caston - aka Leonard Caston, Jr...
" (Analog Version) — 3:22 (K. Wakefield, L. Caston) - "Really Saying SomethingHe Was Really Sayin' Somethin'"He Was Really Sayin' Somethin is a soul song written by Motown Records songwriters Norman Whitfield, William "Mickey" Stevenson, and Edward Holland, Jr. in 1964...
" (with Fun Boy ThreeFun Boy ThreeFun Boy Three were a short-lived but successful English New Wave Pop band which ran from 1981 to 1983 and was formed by singers Terry Hall, Neville Staple and Lynval Golding after they left The Specials.-History:...
) — 2:45 (N. Whitfield/W. Stevenson/E. Holland, Jr) - "Shy BoyShy Boy"Shy Boy" is a song recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It appears on their 1983 debut album Deep Sea Skiving and was released as its second single...
" — 3:16 (S. Jolley/T. Swain) - "Robert De Niro's Waiting..." — 3:43 (S. Jolley/T. Swain/S. Dallin/S. Fahey/ K. Woodward)
- "Cruel SummerCruel Summer"Cruel Summer" is a pop song originally written and performed by Bananarama that was a top ten hit in Britain in 1983. Singer Sara Dallin said the song "played on the darker side : it looked at the oppressive heat, the misery of wanting to be with someone as the summer ticked by...
" — 3:35 (S. Jolley/T. Swain/S. Dallin/S. Fahey/ K. Woodward) - "It Ain't What You Do...T'ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)"It Ain't What You Do " is a calypso song written by jazz musicians Melvin "Sy" Oliver and James "Trummy" Young. It was first recorded in 1939 by Jimmie Lunceford, Harry James, and Ella Fitzgerald. The "shim-sham" is often danced to the Lunceford recording of this song.-Cover versions:The jazz tune...
" (with Fun Boy Three) — 2:54 (S. Oliver/T. Young) - "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him GoodbyeNa Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye"Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" is a song written and recorded by Paul Leka, Gary DeCarlo and Dale Frashuer, attributed to a then-fictitious band they named "Steam". It was released under the Mercury subsidiary label Fontana and became a number one pop single on the Billboard Hot 100 in late 1969,...
" — 3:30 (G. DeCarlo/D. Frashuer/P. Leka) - "Rough JusticeRough Justice"Rough Justice" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It was the third single released from their self-titled second album in 1984....
" — 3:38 (S. Jolley/T. Swain/S. Dallin/S. Fahey/ K. Woodward)
First CD UK release
- "Venus" — 3:40 (R. van Leeuween)
- "I Heard a RumourI Heard a Rumour"I Heard a Rumour" is a 1987 song recorded by English girl group Bananarama, featured on their Wow! album. It was also featured in the film Disorderlies and included on its soundtrack....
" — 3:25 (S. Dallin/S. Fahey/K. Woodward/M. Stock/ M. Aitken/P. Waterman) - "Love in the First DegreeLove in the First Degree"Love in the First Degree" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It is included on their fourth studio album Wow! and was released as its second single except in the U.S., where it was the album's third single...
" — 3:33 (S. Dallin/S. Fahey/K. Woodward/M. Stock/ M. Aitken/P. Waterman) - "I Can't Help ItI Can't Help It"I Can't Help It" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It is included on their fourth studio album Wow! and was released as its third single except in the U.S., where it was the album's second single and Australia, where it was the album's fourth single...
" — 3:32 (S. Dallin/S. Fahey/K. Woodward/M. Stock/ M. Aitken/P. Waterman) - "I Want You BackI Want You Back (Bananarama song)"I Want You Back" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It is included on their fourth studio album Wow! and was released as its fourth and final single. with the 1988 compilation album Greatest Hits Collection...
" (single version) — 3:47 (S. Dallin/S. Fahey/K. Woodward/M. Stock/ M. Aitken/P. Waterman) - "Love, Truth and HonestyLove, Truth and Honesty"Love, Truth and Honesty" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It was the first single released to promote the group's Greatest Hits Collection in 1988. The song was co-written and produced by the Stock Aitken Waterman trio.It is the only Bananarama track which gives...
" — 3:25 (S. Dallin/J. O'Sullivan/K. Woodward/M. Stock/ M. Aitken/P. Waterman) - "Nathan JonesNathan Jones (song)"Nathan Jones" is a hit single recorded by The Supremes, released in spring 1971 on the Motown label. Produced by Frank Wilson and written by Leonard Caston - aka Leonard Caston, Jr...
" (Psycho 7" Edit) — 3:03 (K. Wakefield, L. Caston) - "Really Saying SomethingHe Was Really Sayin' Somethin'"He Was Really Sayin' Somethin is a soul song written by Motown Records songwriters Norman Whitfield, William "Mickey" Stevenson, and Edward Holland, Jr. in 1964...
" (with Fun Boy ThreeFun Boy ThreeFun Boy Three were a short-lived but successful English New Wave Pop band which ran from 1981 to 1983 and was formed by singers Terry Hall, Neville Staple and Lynval Golding after they left The Specials.-History:...
) — 2:45 (N. Whitfield/W. Stevenson/E. Holland, Jr) - "Shy BoyShy Boy"Shy Boy" is a song recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It appears on their 1983 debut album Deep Sea Skiving and was released as its second single...
" — 3:16 (S. Jolley/T. Swain) - "Robert De Niro's Waiting..." — 3:43 (S. Jolley/T. Swain/S. Dallin/S. Fahey/ K. Woodward)
- "Cruel SummerCruel Summer"Cruel Summer" is a pop song originally written and performed by Bananarama that was a top ten hit in Britain in 1983. Singer Sara Dallin said the song "played on the darker side : it looked at the oppressive heat, the misery of wanting to be with someone as the summer ticked by...
" — 3:35 (S. Jolley/T. Swain/S. Dallin/S. Fahey/ K. Woodward) - "It Ain't What You Do...T'ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)"It Ain't What You Do " is a calypso song written by jazz musicians Melvin "Sy" Oliver and James "Trummy" Young. It was first recorded in 1939 by Jimmie Lunceford, Harry James, and Ella Fitzgerald. The "shim-sham" is often danced to the Lunceford recording of this song.-Cover versions:The jazz tune...
" (with Fun Boy Three) — 2:54 (S. Oliver/T. Young) - "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him GoodbyeNa Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye"Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" is a song written and recorded by Paul Leka, Gary DeCarlo and Dale Frashuer, attributed to a then-fictitious band they named "Steam". It was released under the Mercury subsidiary label Fontana and became a number one pop single on the Billboard Hot 100 in late 1969,...
" — 3:30 (G. DeCarlo/D. Frashuer/P. Leka) - "Rough JusticeRough Justice"Rough Justice" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It was the third single released from their self-titled second album in 1984....
" — 3:38 (S. Jolley/T. Swain/S. Dallin/S. Fahey/ K. Woodward) - "A Trick of the NightA Trick of the Night"A Trick Of The Night" is a ballad recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It was written and produced by Steve Jolley and Tony Swain and released as the final single from Bananarama's album True Confessions....
" (Single Version) — 4:07 (S. Jolley/T. Swain) - "Aie a MwanaAie a Mwana"Aie a Mwana" is the best-known title of a song originally written by the French-Belgian writing and production team of Daniel Vangarde and Jean Kluger....
" — 3:36 (J. Kluger/D. Vanguard) - "VenusVenusVenus is the second planet from the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. The planet is named after Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty. After the Moon, it is the brightest natural object in the night sky, reaching an apparent magnitude of −4.6, bright enough to cast shadows...
" (The Hellfire Mix) - 9:20 - "Love In The First DegreeLove in the First Degree"Love in the First Degree" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It is included on their fourth studio album Wow! and was released as its second single except in the U.S., where it was the album's third single...
" (Eurobeat Style] - 7:15
Second CD UK release
- "Venus" — 3:40 (R. van Leeuween)
- "I Heard a RumourI Heard a Rumour"I Heard a Rumour" is a 1987 song recorded by English girl group Bananarama, featured on their Wow! album. It was also featured in the film Disorderlies and included on its soundtrack....
" — 3:25 (S. Dallin/S. Fahey/K. Woodward/M. Stock/ M. Aitken/P. Waterman) - "Love in the First DegreeLove in the First Degree"Love in the First Degree" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It is included on their fourth studio album Wow! and was released as its second single except in the U.S., where it was the album's third single...
" — 3:33 (S. Dallin/S. Fahey/K. Woodward/M. Stock/ M. Aitken/P. Waterman) - "I Can't Help ItI Can't Help It"I Can't Help It" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It is included on their fourth studio album Wow! and was released as its third single except in the U.S., where it was the album's second single and Australia, where it was the album's fourth single...
" — 3:32 (S. Dallin/S. Fahey/K. Woodward/M. Stock/ M. Aitken/P. Waterman) - "I Want You BackI Want You Back (Bananarama song)"I Want You Back" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It is included on their fourth studio album Wow! and was released as its fourth and final single. with the 1988 compilation album Greatest Hits Collection...
" (single version) — 3:47 (S. Dallin/S. Fahey/K. Woodward/M. Stock/ M. Aitken/P. Waterman) - "Love, Truth and HonestyLove, Truth and Honesty"Love, Truth and Honesty" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It was the first single released to promote the group's Greatest Hits Collection in 1988. The song was co-written and produced by the Stock Aitken Waterman trio.It is the only Bananarama track which gives...
" — 3:25 (S. Dallin/J. O'Sullivan/K. Woodward/M. Stock/ M. Aitken/P. Waterman) - "Nathan JonesNathan Jones (song)"Nathan Jones" is a hit single recorded by The Supremes, released in spring 1971 on the Motown label. Produced by Frank Wilson and written by Leonard Caston - aka Leonard Caston, Jr...
" (Single Version) — 3:19 (K. Wakefield, L. Caston) - "Help!Help! (song)"Help!" is a song by The Beatles that served as the title song for both the 1965 film and its soundtrack album. It was also released as a single, and was number one for three weeks in both the United States and the United Kingdom....
" (with LananeeneenoonooFrench & SaundersFrench and Saunders is a British sketch comedy television show written by and starring comic duo Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. It is also the name by which the performers are known on the occasions when they appear elsewhere as a double act....
) — 2:58 (J. Lennon/P. McCartney) - "Really Saying SomethingHe Was Really Sayin' Somethin'"He Was Really Sayin' Somethin is a soul song written by Motown Records songwriters Norman Whitfield, William "Mickey" Stevenson, and Edward Holland, Jr. in 1964...
" (with Fun Boy ThreeFun Boy ThreeFun Boy Three were a short-lived but successful English New Wave Pop band which ran from 1981 to 1983 and was formed by singers Terry Hall, Neville Staple and Lynval Golding after they left The Specials.-History:...
) — 2:45 (N. Whitfield/W. Stevenson/E. Holland, Jr) - "Shy BoyShy Boy"Shy Boy" is a song recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It appears on their 1983 debut album Deep Sea Skiving and was released as its second single...
" — 3:16 (S. Jolley/T. Swain) - "Robert De Niro's Waiting..." — 3:43 (S. Jolley/T. Swain/S. Dallin/S. Fahey/ K. Woodward)
- "Cruel SummerCruel Summer"Cruel Summer" is a pop song originally written and performed by Bananarama that was a top ten hit in Britain in 1983. Singer Sara Dallin said the song "played on the darker side : it looked at the oppressive heat, the misery of wanting to be with someone as the summer ticked by...
" — 3:35 (S. Jolley/T. Swain/S. Dallin/S. Fahey/ K. Woodward) - "It Ain't What You Do...T'ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)"It Ain't What You Do " is a calypso song written by jazz musicians Melvin "Sy" Oliver and James "Trummy" Young. It was first recorded in 1939 by Jimmie Lunceford, Harry James, and Ella Fitzgerald. The "shim-sham" is often danced to the Lunceford recording of this song.-Cover versions:The jazz tune...
" (with Fun Boy Three) — 2:54 (S. Oliver/T. Young) - "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him GoodbyeNa Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye"Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" is a song written and recorded by Paul Leka, Gary DeCarlo and Dale Frashuer, attributed to a then-fictitious band they named "Steam". It was released under the Mercury subsidiary label Fontana and became a number one pop single on the Billboard Hot 100 in late 1969,...
" — 3:30 (G. DeCarlo/D. Frashuer/P. Leka) - "Rough JusticeRough Justice"Rough Justice" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It was the third single released from their self-titled second album in 1984....
" — 3:38 (S. Jolley/T. Swain/S. Dallin/S. Fahey/ K. Woodward) - "A Trick of the NightA Trick of the Night"A Trick Of The Night" is a ballad recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It was written and produced by Steve Jolley and Tony Swain and released as the final single from Bananarama's album True Confessions....
" (Single Version) — 4:07 (S. Jolley/T. Swain) - "Aie a MwanaAie a Mwana"Aie a Mwana" is the best-known title of a song originally written by the French-Belgian writing and production team of Daniel Vangarde and Jean Kluger....
" — 3:36 (J. Kluger/D. Vanguard) - "VenusVenusVenus is the second planet from the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. The planet is named after Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty. After the Moon, it is the brightest natural object in the night sky, reaching an apparent magnitude of −4.6, bright enough to cast shadows...
" (The Hellfire Mix) - 9:20 - "Love In The First DegreeLove in the First Degree"Love in the First Degree" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It is included on their fourth studio album Wow! and was released as its second single except in the U.S., where it was the album's third single...
" (Eurobeat Style] - 7:15
Second Cassette UK release
- "Venus" — 3:40 (R. van Leeuween)
- "I Heard a RumourI Heard a Rumour"I Heard a Rumour" is a 1987 song recorded by English girl group Bananarama, featured on their Wow! album. It was also featured in the film Disorderlies and included on its soundtrack....
" — 3:25 (S. Dallin/S. Fahey/K. Woodward/M. Stock/ M. Aitken/P. Waterman) - "Love in the First DegreeLove in the First Degree"Love in the First Degree" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It is included on their fourth studio album Wow! and was released as its second single except in the U.S., where it was the album's third single...
" — 3:33 (S. Dallin/S. Fahey/K. Woodward/M. Stock/ M. Aitken/P. Waterman) - "I Can't Help ItI Can't Help It"I Can't Help It" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It is included on their fourth studio album Wow! and was released as its third single except in the U.S., where it was the album's second single and Australia, where it was the album's fourth single...
" — 3:32 (S. Dallin/S. Fahey/K. Woodward/M. Stock/ M. Aitken/P. Waterman) - "I Want You BackI Want You Back (Bananarama song)"I Want You Back" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It is included on their fourth studio album Wow! and was released as its fourth and final single. with the 1988 compilation album Greatest Hits Collection...
" (single version) — 3:47 (S. Dallin/S. Fahey/K. Woodward/M. Stock/ M. Aitken/P. Waterman) - "Love, Truth and HonestyLove, Truth and Honesty"Love, Truth and Honesty" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It was the first single released to promote the group's Greatest Hits Collection in 1988. The song was co-written and produced by the Stock Aitken Waterman trio.It is the only Bananarama track which gives...
" — 3:25 (S. Dallin/J. O'Sullivan/K. Woodward/M. Stock/ M. Aitken/P. Waterman) - "Nathan JonesNathan Jones (song)"Nathan Jones" is a hit single recorded by The Supremes, released in spring 1971 on the Motown label. Produced by Frank Wilson and written by Leonard Caston - aka Leonard Caston, Jr...
" (Single Version) — 3:19 (K. Wakefield, L. Caston) - "Help!Help! (song)"Help!" is a song by The Beatles that served as the title song for both the 1965 film and its soundtrack album. It was also released as a single, and was number one for three weeks in both the United States and the United Kingdom....
" (with LananeeneenoonooFrench & SaundersFrench and Saunders is a British sketch comedy television show written by and starring comic duo Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. It is also the name by which the performers are known on the occasions when they appear elsewhere as a double act....
) — 2:58 (J. Lennon/P. McCartney) - "Really Saying SomethingHe Was Really Sayin' Somethin'"He Was Really Sayin' Somethin is a soul song written by Motown Records songwriters Norman Whitfield, William "Mickey" Stevenson, and Edward Holland, Jr. in 1964...
" (with Fun Boy ThreeFun Boy ThreeFun Boy Three were a short-lived but successful English New Wave Pop band which ran from 1981 to 1983 and was formed by singers Terry Hall, Neville Staple and Lynval Golding after they left The Specials.-History:...
) — 2:45 (N. Whitfield/W. Stevenson/E. Holland, Jr) - "Shy BoyShy Boy"Shy Boy" is a song recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It appears on their 1983 debut album Deep Sea Skiving and was released as its second single...
" — 3:16 (S. Jolley/T. Swain) - "Robert De Niro's Waiting..." — 3:43 (S. Jolley/T. Swain/S. Dallin/S. Fahey/ K. Woodward)
- "Cruel SummerCruel Summer"Cruel Summer" is a pop song originally written and performed by Bananarama that was a top ten hit in Britain in 1983. Singer Sara Dallin said the song "played on the darker side : it looked at the oppressive heat, the misery of wanting to be with someone as the summer ticked by...
" — 3:35 (S. Jolley/T. Swain/S. Dallin/S. Fahey/ K. Woodward) - "It Ain't What You Do...T'ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)"It Ain't What You Do " is a calypso song written by jazz musicians Melvin "Sy" Oliver and James "Trummy" Young. It was first recorded in 1939 by Jimmie Lunceford, Harry James, and Ella Fitzgerald. The "shim-sham" is often danced to the Lunceford recording of this song.-Cover versions:The jazz tune...
" (with Fun Boy Three) — 2:54 (S. Oliver/T. Young) - "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him GoodbyeNa Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye"Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" is a song written and recorded by Paul Leka, Gary DeCarlo and Dale Frashuer, attributed to a then-fictitious band they named "Steam". It was released under the Mercury subsidiary label Fontana and became a number one pop single on the Billboard Hot 100 in late 1969,...
" — 3:30 (G. DeCarlo/D. Frashuer/P. Leka) - "Rough JusticeRough Justice"Rough Justice" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It was the third single released from their self-titled second album in 1984....
" — 3:38 (S. Jolley/T. Swain/S. Dallin/S. Fahey/ K. Woodward)
CD US version
- "Venus"
- "I Heard a RumourI Heard a Rumour"I Heard a Rumour" is a 1987 song recorded by English girl group Bananarama, featured on their Wow! album. It was also featured in the film Disorderlies and included on its soundtrack....
" - "Love in the First DegreeLove in the First Degree"Love in the First Degree" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It is included on their fourth studio album Wow! and was released as its second single except in the U.S., where it was the album's third single...
" - "I Can't Help ItI Can't Help It"I Can't Help It" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It is included on their fourth studio album Wow! and was released as its third single except in the U.S., where it was the album's second single and Australia, where it was the album's fourth single...
" - "I Want You BackI Want You Back (Bananarama song)"I Want You Back" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It is included on their fourth studio album Wow! and was released as its fourth and final single. with the 1988 compilation album Greatest Hits Collection...
" (single mix) - "Love, Truth and HonestyLove, Truth and Honesty"Love, Truth and Honesty" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It was the first single released to promote the group's Greatest Hits Collection in 1988. The song was co-written and produced by the Stock Aitken Waterman trio.It is the only Bananarama track which gives...
" - "Nathan JonesNathan Jones (song)"Nathan Jones" is a hit single recorded by The Supremes, released in spring 1971 on the Motown label. Produced by Frank Wilson and written by Leonard Caston - aka Leonard Caston, Jr...
" (Psycho 7-inch edit) - "Really Saying SomethingHe Was Really Sayin' Somethin'"He Was Really Sayin' Somethin is a soul song written by Motown Records songwriters Norman Whitfield, William "Mickey" Stevenson, and Edward Holland, Jr. in 1964...
" (with Fun Boy ThreeFun Boy ThreeFun Boy Three were a short-lived but successful English New Wave Pop band which ran from 1981 to 1983 and was formed by singers Terry Hall, Neville Staple and Lynval Golding after they left The Specials.-History:...
) - "Shy BoyShy Boy"Shy Boy" is a song recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It appears on their 1983 debut album Deep Sea Skiving and was released as its second single...
" - "Robert De Niro's Waiting..."
- "Cruel SummerCruel Summer"Cruel Summer" is a pop song originally written and performed by Bananarama that was a top ten hit in Britain in 1983. Singer Sara Dallin said the song "played on the darker side : it looked at the oppressive heat, the misery of wanting to be with someone as the summer ticked by...
" - "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him GoodbyeNa Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye"Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" is a song written and recorded by Paul Leka, Gary DeCarlo and Dale Frashuer, attributed to a then-fictitious band they named "Steam". It was released under the Mercury subsidiary label Fontana and became a number one pop single on the Billboard Hot 100 in late 1969,...
" - "A Trick of the NightA Trick of the Night"A Trick Of The Night" is a ballad recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It was written and produced by Steve Jolley and Tony Swain and released as the final single from Bananarama's album True Confessions....
" (Tricky Edit) — 4:07 (S. Jolley/T. Swain) - "Aie a MwanaAie a Mwana"Aie a Mwana" is the best-known title of a song originally written by the French-Belgian writing and production team of Daniel Vangarde and Jean Kluger....
" — 3:36 (J. Kluger/D. Vanguard)
Cassette US version
- "Venus" — 3:40 (R. van Leeuween)
- "I Heard a RumourI Heard a Rumour"I Heard a Rumour" is a 1987 song recorded by English girl group Bananarama, featured on their Wow! album. It was also featured in the film Disorderlies and included on its soundtrack....
" — 3:25 (S. Dallin/S. Fahey/K. Woodward/M. Stock/ M. Aitken/P. Waterman) - "Love in the First DegreeLove in the First Degree"Love in the First Degree" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It is included on their fourth studio album Wow! and was released as its second single except in the U.S., where it was the album's third single...
" — 3:33 (S. Dallin/S. Fahey/K. Woodward/M. Stock/ M. Aitken/P. Waterman) - "I Can't Help ItI Can't Help It"I Can't Help It" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It is included on their fourth studio album Wow! and was released as its third single except in the U.S., where it was the album's second single and Australia, where it was the album's fourth single...
" — 3:32 (S. Dallin/S. Fahey/K. Woodward/M. Stock/ M. Aitken/P. Waterman) - "I Want You BackI Want You Back (Bananarama song)"I Want You Back" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It is included on their fourth studio album Wow! and was released as its fourth and final single. with the 1988 compilation album Greatest Hits Collection...
" (single version) — 3:47 (S. Dallin/S. Fahey/K. Woodward/M. Stock/ M. Aitken/P. Waterman) - "Nathan JonesNathan Jones (song)"Nathan Jones" is a hit single recorded by The Supremes, released in spring 1971 on the Motown label. Produced by Frank Wilson and written by Leonard Caston - aka Leonard Caston, Jr...
" (Psycho 7-inch edit) — 3:03 (K. Wakefield, L. Caston) - "Really Saying SomethingHe Was Really Sayin' Somethin'"He Was Really Sayin' Somethin is a soul song written by Motown Records songwriters Norman Whitfield, William "Mickey" Stevenson, and Edward Holland, Jr. in 1964...
" (with Fun Boy ThreeFun Boy ThreeFun Boy Three were a short-lived but successful English New Wave Pop band which ran from 1981 to 1983 and was formed by singers Terry Hall, Neville Staple and Lynval Golding after they left The Specials.-History:...
) — 2:45 (N. Whitfield/W. Stevenson/E. Holland, Jr) - "Shy BoyShy Boy"Shy Boy" is a song recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It appears on their 1983 debut album Deep Sea Skiving and was released as its second single...
" — 3:16 (S. Jolley/T. Swain) - "Robert De Niro's Waiting..." — 3:43 (S. Jolley/T. Swain/S. Dallin/S. Fahey/ K. Woodward)
- "Cruel SummerCruel Summer"Cruel Summer" is a pop song originally written and performed by Bananarama that was a top ten hit in Britain in 1983. Singer Sara Dallin said the song "played on the darker side : it looked at the oppressive heat, the misery of wanting to be with someone as the summer ticked by...
" — 3:35 (S. Jolley/T. Swain/S. Dallin/S. Fahey/ K. Woodward) - "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him GoodbyeNa Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye"Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" is a song written and recorded by Paul Leka, Gary DeCarlo and Dale Frashuer, attributed to a then-fictitious band they named "Steam". It was released under the Mercury subsidiary label Fontana and became a number one pop single on the Billboard Hot 100 in late 1969,...
" — 3:30 (G. DeCarlo/D. Frashuer/P. Leka) - "Help!Help! (song)"Help!" is a song by The Beatles that served as the title song for both the 1965 film and its soundtrack album. It was also released as a single, and was number one for three weeks in both the United States and the United Kingdom....
" (with LananeeneenoonooFrench & SaundersFrench and Saunders is a British sketch comedy television show written by and starring comic duo Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. It is also the name by which the performers are known on the occasions when they appear elsewhere as a double act....
) — 2:58 (J. Lennon/P. McCartney)
1988 Canadian CD version
- "Venus"
- "I Heard A RumourI Heard a Rumour"I Heard a Rumour" is a 1987 song recorded by English girl group Bananarama, featured on their Wow! album. It was also featured in the film Disorderlies and included on its soundtrack....
" - "Love In The First DegreeLove in the First Degree"Love in the First Degree" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It is included on their fourth studio album Wow! and was released as its second single except in the U.S., where it was the album's third single...
" - "I Can't Help ItI Can't Help It"I Can't Help It" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It is included on their fourth studio album Wow! and was released as its third single except in the U.S., where it was the album's second single and Australia, where it was the album's fourth single...
" - "I Want You BackI Want You Back (Bananarama song)"I Want You Back" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It is included on their fourth studio album Wow! and was released as its fourth and final single. with the 1988 compilation album Greatest Hits Collection...
" (single mix) - "Really Saying SomethingHe Was Really Sayin' Somethin'"He Was Really Sayin' Somethin is a soul song written by Motown Records songwriters Norman Whitfield, William "Mickey" Stevenson, and Edward Holland, Jr. in 1964...
" (with Fun Boy ThreeFun Boy ThreeFun Boy Three were a short-lived but successful English New Wave Pop band which ran from 1981 to 1983 and was formed by singers Terry Hall, Neville Staple and Lynval Golding after they left The Specials.-History:...
) - "Love, Truth and HonestyLove, Truth and Honesty"Love, Truth and Honesty" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It was the first single released to promote the group's Greatest Hits Collection in 1988. The song was co-written and produced by the Stock Aitken Waterman trio.It is the only Bananarama track which gives...
" - "Nathan JonesNathan Jones (song)"Nathan Jones" is a hit single recorded by The Supremes, released in spring 1971 on the Motown label. Produced by Frank Wilson and written by Leonard Caston - aka Leonard Caston, Jr...
" - "Shy BoyShy Boy"Shy Boy" is a song recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It appears on their 1983 debut album Deep Sea Skiving and was released as its second single...
" - "Cruel SummerCruel Summer"Cruel Summer" is a pop song originally written and performed by Bananarama that was a top ten hit in Britain in 1983. Singer Sara Dallin said the song "played on the darker side : it looked at the oppressive heat, the misery of wanting to be with someone as the summer ticked by...
" - "A Trick of the NightA Trick of the Night"A Trick Of The Night" is a ballad recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It was written and produced by Steve Jolley and Tony Swain and released as the final single from Bananarama's album True Confessions....
" - "Robert De Niro's Waiting..."
- "It Ain't What You Do...T'ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)"It Ain't What You Do " is a calypso song written by jazz musicians Melvin "Sy" Oliver and James "Trummy" Young. It was first recorded in 1939 by Jimmie Lunceford, Harry James, and Ella Fitzgerald. The "shim-sham" is often danced to the Lunceford recording of this song.-Cover versions:The jazz tune...
" (with Fun Boy Three) - "More Than PhysicalMore Than Physical"More Than Physical" is a song written and performed by English girl group Bananarama. It was one of two tracks on the group's True Confessions album produced by the Stock Aitken Waterman trio instead of Jolley & Swain...
" - "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him GoodbyeNa Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye"Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" is a song written and recorded by Paul Leka, Gary DeCarlo and Dale Frashuer, attributed to a then-fictitious band they named "Steam". It was released under the Mercury subsidiary label Fontana and became a number one pop single on the Billboard Hot 100 in late 1969,...
" - "Rough JusticeRough Justice"Rough Justice" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It was the third single released from their self-titled second album in 1984....
"
1999 CD re-issue plus bonus tracks
- "Venus"
- "I Heard a RumourI Heard a Rumour"I Heard a Rumour" is a 1987 song recorded by English girl group Bananarama, featured on their Wow! album. It was also featured in the film Disorderlies and included on its soundtrack....
" - "Love in the First DegreeLove in the First Degree"Love in the First Degree" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It is included on their fourth studio album Wow! and was released as its second single except in the U.S., where it was the album's third single...
" - "I Can't Help ItI Can't Help It"I Can't Help It" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It is included on their fourth studio album Wow! and was released as its third single except in the U.S., where it was the album's second single and Australia, where it was the album's fourth single...
" - "I Want You BackI Want You Back (Bananarama song)"I Want You Back" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It is included on their fourth studio album Wow! and was released as its fourth and final single. with the 1988 compilation album Greatest Hits Collection...
" (single mix) - "Love, Truth and HonestyLove, Truth and Honesty"Love, Truth and Honesty" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It was the first single released to promote the group's Greatest Hits Collection in 1988. The song was co-written and produced by the Stock Aitken Waterman trio.It is the only Bananarama track which gives...
" - "Nathan JonesNathan Jones (song)"Nathan Jones" is a hit single recorded by The Supremes, released in spring 1971 on the Motown label. Produced by Frank Wilson and written by Leonard Caston - aka Leonard Caston, Jr...
" (Psycho 7-inch edit) - "Really Saying SomethingHe Was Really Sayin' Somethin'"He Was Really Sayin' Somethin is a soul song written by Motown Records songwriters Norman Whitfield, William "Mickey" Stevenson, and Edward Holland, Jr. in 1964...
" (with Fun Boy ThreeFun Boy ThreeFun Boy Three were a short-lived but successful English New Wave Pop band which ran from 1981 to 1983 and was formed by singers Terry Hall, Neville Staple and Lynval Golding after they left The Specials.-History:...
) - "Shy BoyShy Boy"Shy Boy" is a song recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It appears on their 1983 debut album Deep Sea Skiving and was released as its second single...
" - "Robert De Niro's Waiting..."
- "Cruel SummerCruel Summer"Cruel Summer" is a pop song originally written and performed by Bananarama that was a top ten hit in Britain in 1983. Singer Sara Dallin said the song "played on the darker side : it looked at the oppressive heat, the misery of wanting to be with someone as the summer ticked by...
" - "T'ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)T'ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)"It Ain't What You Do " is a calypso song written by jazz musicians Melvin "Sy" Oliver and James "Trummy" Young. It was first recorded in 1939 by Jimmie Lunceford, Harry James, and Ella Fitzgerald. The "shim-sham" is often danced to the Lunceford recording of this song.-Cover versions:The jazz tune...
" (with Fun Boy Three) - "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him GoodbyeNa Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye"Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" is a song written and recorded by Paul Leka, Gary DeCarlo and Dale Frashuer, attributed to a then-fictitious band they named "Steam". It was released under the Mercury subsidiary label Fontana and became a number one pop single on the Billboard Hot 100 in late 1969,...
" - "Rough JusticeRough Justice"Rough Justice" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It was the third single released from their self-titled second album in 1984....
" - "A Trick of the NightA Trick of the Night"A Trick Of The Night" is a ballad recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It was written and produced by Steve Jolley and Tony Swain and released as the final single from Bananarama's album True Confessions....
" (Tricky Edit) - "Aie a MwanaAie a Mwana"Aie a Mwana" is the best-known title of a song originally written by the French-Belgian writing and production team of Daniel Vangarde and Jean Kluger....
" - "Venus" (12"12-inch singleThe 12-inch single is a type of gramophone record that has wider groove spacing compared to other types of records. This allows for louder levels to be cut on the disc by the cutting engineer, which in turn gives a wider dynamic range, and thus better sound quality...
Hellfire Mix) - "Love in the First DegreeLove in the First Degree"Love in the First Degree" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It is included on their fourth studio album Wow! and was released as its second single except in the U.S., where it was the album's third single...
" (Eurobeat Style) - "Preacher ManPreacher Man"Preacher Man" is a song recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It appears on the group's fifth studio album Pop Life and was released as the album's second single...
" (7" Mix) — 3:15 (S. Dallin/Youth/A. Caine) - "Help!Help! (song)"Help!" is a song by The Beatles that served as the title song for both the 1965 film and its soundtrack album. It was also released as a single, and was number one for three weeks in both the United States and the United Kingdom....
" (with LananeeneenoonooFrench & SaundersFrench and Saunders is a British sketch comedy television show written by and starring comic duo Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. It is also the name by which the performers are known on the occasions when they appear elsewhere as a double act....
) (J. Lennon/P. McCartney)
2005 US remastered version
In 2005, a remastered version of the collection was released in the United States (and other territories), now containing the "bonus" songs not found on the original U.S. release. These tracks are shown below.
- "Venus"
- "I Heard a RumourI Heard a Rumour"I Heard a Rumour" is a 1987 song recorded by English girl group Bananarama, featured on their Wow! album. It was also featured in the film Disorderlies and included on its soundtrack....
" - "Love in the First DegreeLove in the First Degree"Love in the First Degree" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It is included on their fourth studio album Wow! and was released as its second single except in the U.S., where it was the album's third single...
" - "I Can't Help ItI Can't Help It"I Can't Help It" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It is included on their fourth studio album Wow! and was released as its third single except in the U.S., where it was the album's second single and Australia, where it was the album's fourth single...
" - "I Want You BackI Want You Back (Bananarama song)"I Want You Back" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It is included on their fourth studio album Wow! and was released as its fourth and final single. with the 1988 compilation album Greatest Hits Collection...
" (single mix) - "Love, Truth and HonestyLove, Truth and Honesty"Love, Truth and Honesty" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It was the first single released to promote the group's Greatest Hits Collection in 1988. The song was co-written and produced by the Stock Aitken Waterman trio.It is the only Bananarama track which gives...
" - "Nathan JonesNathan Jones (song)"Nathan Jones" is a hit single recorded by The Supremes, released in spring 1971 on the Motown label. Produced by Frank Wilson and written by Leonard Caston - aka Leonard Caston, Jr...
" (Single Version) - "Help!Help! (song)"Help!" is a song by The Beatles that served as the title song for both the 1965 film and its soundtrack album. It was also released as a single, and was number one for three weeks in both the United States and the United Kingdom....
" (with LananeeneenoonooFrench & SaundersFrench and Saunders is a British sketch comedy television show written by and starring comic duo Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. It is also the name by which the performers are known on the occasions when they appear elsewhere as a double act....
) - "Really Saying SomethingHe Was Really Sayin' Somethin'"He Was Really Sayin' Somethin is a soul song written by Motown Records songwriters Norman Whitfield, William "Mickey" Stevenson, and Edward Holland, Jr. in 1964...
" (with Fun Boy ThreeFun Boy ThreeFun Boy Three were a short-lived but successful English New Wave Pop band which ran from 1981 to 1983 and was formed by singers Terry Hall, Neville Staple and Lynval Golding after they left The Specials.-History:...
) - "Shy BoyShy Boy"Shy Boy" is a song recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It appears on their 1983 debut album Deep Sea Skiving and was released as its second single...
" - "Robert De Niro's Waiting..."
- "Cruel SummerCruel Summer"Cruel Summer" is a pop song originally written and performed by Bananarama that was a top ten hit in Britain in 1983. Singer Sara Dallin said the song "played on the darker side : it looked at the oppressive heat, the misery of wanting to be with someone as the summer ticked by...
" - "T'ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)T'ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)"It Ain't What You Do " is a calypso song written by jazz musicians Melvin "Sy" Oliver and James "Trummy" Young. It was first recorded in 1939 by Jimmie Lunceford, Harry James, and Ella Fitzgerald. The "shim-sham" is often danced to the Lunceford recording of this song.-Cover versions:The jazz tune...
" (with Fun Boy Three) - "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him GoodbyeNa Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye"Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" is a song written and recorded by Paul Leka, Gary DeCarlo and Dale Frashuer, attributed to a then-fictitious band they named "Steam". It was released under the Mercury subsidiary label Fontana and became a number one pop single on the Billboard Hot 100 in late 1969,...
" - "Rough JusticeRough Justice"Rough Justice" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It was the third single released from their self-titled second album in 1984....
" - "A Trick of the NightA Trick of the Night"A Trick Of The Night" is a ballad recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It was written and produced by Steve Jolley and Tony Swain and released as the final single from Bananarama's album True Confessions....
" - "Aie a MwanaAie a Mwana"Aie a Mwana" is the best-known title of a song originally written by the French-Belgian writing and production team of Daniel Vangarde and Jean Kluger....
" - "Venus" (12"12-inch singleThe 12-inch single is a type of gramophone record that has wider groove spacing compared to other types of records. This allows for louder levels to be cut on the disc by the cutting engineer, which in turn gives a wider dynamic range, and thus better sound quality...
Hellfire Mix) - "Love in the First Degree" (Eurobeat Style)
- "Preacher ManPreacher Man"Preacher Man" is a song recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It appears on the group's fifth studio album Pop Life and was released as the album's second single...
"
Unreleased songs and demos
- "Love Generation"
- "Wake Up and Love Me"
- "One in a Million"
Personnel
Bananarama- Sara DallinSara DallinSara Elizabeth Dallin is an English musician mostly noted for her membership of the group Bananarama, which she co-founded with her childhood friend Keren Woodward.Dallin was born in Bristol, England...
- Vocals - Siobhan FaheySiobhan FaheySiobhan Fahey is an Irish musician and founding member of the 1980s British girl group Bananarama, and later formed the BRIT Award and Ivor Novello award winning musical outfit Shakespears Sister.-Career:Fahey was born the eldest of three daughters to Helen and...
- Vocals - Jacquie O'SullivanJacquie O'SullivanJacquie O'Sullivan is a singer and songwriter.-Early years:O'Sullivan was originally a member of the country/punk/rockabilly group Shillelagh Sisters. In 1978 she was one of three backing vocalists on Status Quo's album "If You Can't Stand the Heat". In 1982 O'Sullivan appeared in the videoclip of...
- Vocals on "I Want You BackI Want You Back (Bananarama song)"I Want You Back" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It is included on their fourth studio album Wow! and was released as its fourth and final single. with the 1988 compilation album Greatest Hits Collection...
", "Love, Truth and HonestyLove, Truth and Honesty"Love, Truth and Honesty" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It was the first single released to promote the group's Greatest Hits Collection in 1988. The song was co-written and produced by the Stock Aitken Waterman trio.It is the only Bananarama track which gives...
", "Nathan JonesNathan Jones (song)"Nathan Jones" is a hit single recorded by The Supremes, released in spring 1971 on the Motown label. Produced by Frank Wilson and written by Leonard Caston - aka Leonard Caston, Jr...
", "Help!Help! (song)"Help!" is a song by The Beatles that served as the title song for both the 1965 film and its soundtrack album. It was also released as a single, and was number one for three weeks in both the United States and the United Kingdom....
" and "Preacher ManPreacher Man"Preacher Man" is a song recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It appears on the group's fifth studio album Pop Life and was released as the album's second single...
" - Keren WoodwardKeren WoodwardKeren Woodward is an English pop singer and songwriter of British girl group Bananarama, co-founded by her long time school friend Sara Dallin and Siobhan Fahey....
- Vocals
Musicians
- Fun Boy ThreeFun Boy ThreeFun Boy Three were a short-lived but successful English New Wave Pop band which ran from 1981 to 1983 and was formed by singers Terry Hall, Neville Staple and Lynval Golding after they left The Specials.-History:...
- Vocals on "Really Saying Something" and "T'ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)T'ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)"It Ain't What You Do " is a calypso song written by jazz musicians Melvin "Sy" Oliver and James "Trummy" Young. It was first recorded in 1939 by Jimmie Lunceford, Harry James, and Ella Fitzgerald. The "shim-sham" is often danced to the Lunceford recording of this song.-Cover versions:The jazz tune...
" - LananeeneenoonooFrench & SaundersFrench and Saunders is a British sketch comedy television show written by and starring comic duo Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. It is also the name by which the performers are known on the occasions when they appear elsewhere as a double act....
- Backing vocals on "Help!Help! (song)"Help!" is a song by The Beatles that served as the title song for both the 1965 film and its soundtrack album. It was also released as a single, and was number one for three weeks in both the United States and the United Kingdom....
"
Additional Personnel
- Andrew Biscomb - Sleeve design
- Peter Barrett - Sleeve design
- Herb RittsHerb RittsHerbert "Herb" Ritts was an American fashion photographer who concentrated on black-and-white photography and portraits, often in the style of classical Greek sculpture.-Early life and career:...
- Cover and inner sleeve photography - Andrew McPherson - Inner sleeve photography