Knock on Wood – The Best of Amii Stewart is a compilation album

Compilation album

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 of recordings by Amii Stewart

Amii Stewart

Amy 'Amii' Paulette Stewart is an American contemporary R&B/disco/dance-pop singer, dancer and actress most famous for her hit disco record "Knock on Wood". Stewart is the stepsister of actress-singer Miquel Brown and aunt to Brown's actress-singer daughter Sinitta.-Career:Amy Stewart was the...

 released in 1996. The compilation mainly covers material from her early disco career and albums Knock On Wood

Knock on Wood (Amii Stewart album)

Knock on Wood is a studio album by Amii Stewart released in February 1979. The album yielded two successful single releases, "Knock on Wood" and "Light My Fire / 137 Disco Heaven"...

and Paradise Bird

Paradise Bird

Paradise Bird is a studio album by Amii Stewart released in September 1979. The album yielded two European single releases, "Jealousy" and double A-side "The Letter" / "Paradise Bird"...

, both from 1979. This compilation was one of the first to use the original versions of Amii Stewart's hits instead of the 1985 remixes from album The Hits, with one exception - the duet "My Guy"/"My Girl" which originally was recorded with Johnny Bristol

Johnny Bristol

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. Knock on Wood - The Best of Amii Stewart also contains two tracks from 1981's Images

Images (Amii Stewart album)

Images is a studio album by Amii Stewart released in April 1981. The album yielded three European single releases, "My Guy/My Girl" , "Where Did Our Love Go", and "Great Balls Of Fire" and had been followed by single "Rocky Woman" which was also included on the Mexican edition...

/I'm Gonna Get Your Love

I'm Gonna Get Your Love

I'm Gonna Get Your Love is a studio album by Amii Stewart released in the USA in 1981, a slightly altered version of European album Images with the title track and "Calling For Your Love" replacing her rendition of "Great Balls Of Fire" and "Love Is Bad For Your Health". The singles released in...

and finishes with 1985's European hit single "Friends".

Track listing

1. "Knock on Wood
   Knock on Wood (song)
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   " (original album version) - 6:13
2. "You Really Touched My Heart" - 4:29
3. "Light My Fire
   Light My Fire
   "Light My Fire" is a song by The Doors which was recorded in August 1966 and released the first week of January 1967 on the Doors' debut album. Released as a single in April, it spent three weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and one week on the Cash Box Top 100, nearly a year after...
   
   " / "137 Disco Heaven" (original album version) - 8:26
4. "Bring It on Back to Me" - 3:56
5. "My Guy, My Girl" (1985 version feat. Deon Estus
   Deon Estus
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   ) - 4:31
6. "Get Your Love Back" - 3:56
7. "The Letter" (original album version) - 6:58
8. "Paradise Bird" (original album version) - 6:35
9. "Jealousy" (original album version) - 6:09
10. "Right Place, Wrong Time" - 5:07
11. "Step Into the Love Line" - 5:23
12. "Why'd You Have to Be So Sexy" (extended version) - 5:20
13. "Where Did Our Love Go
    Where Did Our Love Go
    "Where Did Our Love Go" is a 1964 song recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label.Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, "Where Did Our Love Go" was the first single by the Supremes to go to the number-one position on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart...
    
    " (album version) - 4:26
14. "Friends" (long version) - 6:29

Personnel

• Amii Stewart - 23
• Barry Leng - backing vocals
  Backing vocalist
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  , guitar
  Guitar
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• Charles Angins - backing vocals
• Gerry Morris - backing vocals
• Jimmy Chambers - backing vocals
• Tony Jackson - backing vocals
• Gerry Morris - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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• Adrian Shepard - drums
  Drum kit
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• Alan Murphy - guitar
• Ian Hughes - keyboards
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• Ken Freeman - keyboards
• Pete Amesen - keyboards
• Simon May - keyboards
• Glyn Thomas - percussion
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• Mike Francis - keyboards, backing vocals (track 14)

Production

• Producer - Barry Leng (tracks 1 to 11)
• Producer - Narada Michael Walden
  Narada Michael Walden
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  (tracks 12 & 13)
• Producer - Paul Micioni (track 14)