The Very Best of Bananarama is one of several greatest hits collections 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...

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Released by Warner Music Group

Warner Music Group

Warner Music Group is the third largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the big four record companies...

, parent company of Bananarama's label 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....

, this set is the "official" hits package released to celebrate the group's twentieth anniversary. Hits included here span their history from 1981 to 1993 and it is the only Bananarama release to feature all four members on its cover (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...

, 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...

, 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....

). It reached #43 on the UK Albums Chart.

This compilation features the "single" versions of the songs. Various tracks had been edited or remixed from their original album versions for their releases as singles and in the case 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...

" and "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...

", the vocals were re-recorded after original member Siobhan Fahey had left the group and been replaced by Jacquie O'Sullivan. "Nathan Jones" was also included on 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 as well as their Greatest Hits Collection

Greatest Hits Collection (Bananarama album)

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...

. This new version was remixed for its release as a single by the legendary Bob Carter, nom de plume, DJ SBL, (this is the version included here).

A limited edition of The Very Best of Bananarama, released in 2002, contained a second disc of 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 ....

es and replaced the "Tempus Fugit megamix" for the Miami mix of "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....

".

Track listing

Standard version

1. "Venus"
2. "Love in the First Degree
   Love 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. "Robert De Niro's Waiting..."
4. "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....
   
   "
5. "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...
   
   "
6. "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye
   Na 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,...
   
   "
7. "It Ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)" (with Fun Boy Three
   Fun Boy Three
   Fun 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:...
   
   )
8. "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...
   
   " (with Fun Boy Three)
9. "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...
   
   "
10. "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...
    
    "
11. "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. "More, More, More
    More, More, More
    "More, More, More" is a song written by Gregg Diamond and recorded by American disco artist Andrea True, who performed under the name "The Andrea True Connection"...
    
    "
13. "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...
    
    "
14. "I Can't Help It
    I 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...
    
    "
15. "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...
    
    "
16. "Rough Justice
    Rough 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....
    
    "
17. "Last Thing on My Mind
    Last Thing on My Mind
    "Last Thing on My Mind" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. The song is featured on their album Please Yourself and was released as the album's second single in the UK in 1992. It was produced by Mike Stock and Pete Waterman, two-thirds of the Stock Aitken Waterman ...
    
    "
18. "Long Train Running
    Long Train Running
    "Long Train Runnin" is a song written by musician Tom Johnston and recorded by The Doobie Brothers. It was included on the band's 1973 album The Captain and Me and released as a single, becoming a top-ten hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number eight...
    
    "
19. "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...
    
    "
20. "Movin' On"
21. "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 La na nee nee noo noo)
22. "Tempus Fugit Megamix"

Limited 2-CD edition

Disc one

1. "Venus"
2. "Love in the First Degree"
3. "Robert De Niro's Waiting..."
4. "I Heard a Rumour"
5. "Cruel Summer"
6. "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye"
7. "T'ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)" (with Fun Boy Three)
8. "Really Saying Something" (with Fun Boy Three)
9. "I Want You Back"
10. "Nathan Jones"
11. "Shy Boy"
12. "More, More, More"
13. "Only Your Love"
14. "I Can't Help It"
15. "Love, Truth and Honesty"
16. "Rough Justice"
17. "Last Thing on My Mind"
18. "Long Train Running"
19. "Preacher Man"
20. "Movin' On"
21. "Help!" (with Lananeeneenoonoo)
22. "I Heard a Rumour" (Miami Mix)

Disc two

1. "Venus" (Hellfire Mix)
2. "Love in the First Degree" (Eurobeat Style)
3. "Movin' On" (Bumpin' Mix)
4. "Cruel Summer" (Swing Beat Dub)
5. "Only Your Love" (Milky Bar Mix)
6. "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...
   
   " (Euro Trance Mix)
7. "I Want You Back" (extended European version)
8. "Nathan Jones" (extended version)
9. "I Can't Help It" (extended version)