The Twelve Inches of Bananarama is a compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 by English girl group

Girl group

A girl group is a popular music act featuring several young female singers who generally harmonise together.Girl groups emerged in the late 1950s as groups of young singers teamed up with behind-the-scenes songwriters and music producers to create hit singles, often featuring glossy production...

 Bananarama

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...

, released on October 2, 2006 by Warner Bros. Records

Warner Bros. Records

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. The collection contains twelve remix

Remix

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es of Bananarama songs, spanning the years 1982 to 1991, many of which are appearing on compact disc for the first time. The photo on the album cover features group members 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...

, 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...

 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....

 from the Pop Life album era, circa 1991.

Track listing

1. "Really Saying Something
   He 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...
   
   " (Extended Mix) — 4:02

   Remixed by Fun Boy Three

2. "Shy Boy
   Shy 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...
   
   " (12" Mix) — 5:53
3. "Cruel Summer
   Cruel 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...
   
   " (The Digital Mix) — 6:03
4. "Venus" (Extended Club Mix) — 7:23

   Remixed by Stock, Aitken & Waterman

5. "More Than Physical
   More 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...
   
   " (Garage Mix) — 8:48

   Remixed by Stock, Aitken & Waterman

6. "A Trick of the Night
   A 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....
   
   " (The Number One Mix) — 8:18

   Remixed by Stock, Aitken & Waterman

7. "I Heard a Rumour
   I 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....
   
   " (Horoscope Mix) — 5:54

   Remixed by Stock, Aitken & Waterman

8. "Love, Truth and Honesty
   Love, 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...
   
   " (Hot Power 12") — 9:17

   Remixed by Phil Harding & Ian Curnow

9. "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...
   
   " (12" Mix) — 5:12
10. "Only Your Love
    Only Your Love
    "Only Your Love" is a song recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It was released as the first single from the group's fifth studio album Pop Life and was issued several months prior to the release of the album. The Pop Life album marked a break for Bananarama from their long-standing...
    
    " (Youth
    Martin Glover
    Martin Glover, also known as Youth, is a record producer and a founding member and bassist of the UK band Killing Joke. He is a member of The Fireman along with Paul McCartney. Glover was born in Africa.-Early career:...
    
     & Thrash
    Kris Weston
    Kris Weston is a British electronic musician, record producer and remixer best known for his work as a member of The Orb....
    
     On the Mix) — 6:33

    Remixed by Martin Glover & Kris Weston

11. "Preacher Man
    Preacher 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...
    
    " (Shep
    Shep Pettibone
    Robert E. Pettibone, Jr. is a record producer, remixer, songwriter and club DJ, one of the most prolific of the 1980s. His earliest work known to the public was for one of New York City's top disco/dance radio stations, WRKS 98.7 "Kiss" FM, and later as remixer/producer for the disco label Salsoul...
    
    's Club Mix) — 7:19

    Additional Production & Remix by Shep Pettibone

12. "Tripping on Your Love
    Tripping on Your Love
    "Tripping on Your Love" 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 fourth single in the UK and the first single in the United States...
    
    " (George Michael
    George Michael
    George Michael is a British musician, singer, songwriter and record producer who rose to fame in the 1980s when he formed the pop duo Wham! with his school friend, Andrew Ridgeley...
    
    's Metropolis Mix) — 3:37

    Remixed by George Michael