The Very Best of Rufus featuring Chaka Khan is a greatest hits album by funk

Funk

Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...

 band Rufus

Rufus (band)

Rufus was an American funk band from Chicago, Illinois best known for launching the career of lead singer Chaka Khan. They had several hits throughout their career, including "Tell Me Something Good," "Sweet Thing," and "Ain't Nobody."-Origins:...

 (billed as 'Rufus featuring Chaka Khan'), originally released on the MCA Records

MCA Records

MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...

 label in 1982. The collection comprises ten of the group's biggest hits on the ABC

ABC Records

ABC Records was an American record label, founded in New York City in 1955 as ABC-Paramount Records. It originated as the main popular music label operated the Am-Par Record Corporation, the music subsidiary of the American Broadcasting Company . ABC-Paramount Records' first president was Samuel H....

/MCA

MCA Records

MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...

 labels, including "You Got the Love," "Sweet Thing". "At Midnight (My Love Will Lift You Up)", "Do You Love What You Feel", "Tell Me Something Good", "Stay", "Hollywood" and "Dance Wit Me".

The Very Best of... was released in late 1982, prior to the recording of the band's two final albums, both for the Warner Bros. Records

Warner Bros. Records

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 label, and does consequently not include their hits "Ain't Nobody

Ain't Nobody

"Ain't Nobody" is a 1983 hit single by Rufus & Chaka Khan. It was released as a studio bonus track on the band's live album Stompin' at the Savoy. It reached number one on the U.S. R&B chart and twenty-two on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart...

" and "One Million Kisses", both from the 1983 double-set Stompin' at the Savoy - Live

Stompin' at the Savoy - Live

Stompin' at the Savoy – Live is an album by American R&B/funk band Rufus, , released on the Warner Bros. Records label in 1983....

. However, it doesn't contain any material from their 1973 self-titled debut album or 1981's Camouflage

Camouflage (Rufus album)

Camouflage is the tenth studio album by funk band Rufus , released on the MCA Records label in 1981. Camouflage peaked at #15 on Billboards R&B Albums chart and stalled at #98 on Pop...

. It also doesn't contain any material from the Khan-less albums Numbers

Numbers (Rufus album)

Numbers is the seventh studio album by funk band Rufus, released on the ABC Records label in 1978. It was the band's first album without Chaka Khan on lead vocals...

(1979) and Party 'Til You're Broke

Party 'Til You're Broke

Party Til' You're Broke is the ninth studio album by funk band Rufus, released on the MCA Records label in 1981. Party 'Til You're Broke which was the band's second album not to be fronted by Chaka Khan reached #24 on Billboards R&B Albums chart and #73 on Pop and included the singles "Tonight We...

(1980).

The ten track Very Best of Rufus featuring Chaka Khan was re-released on CD by MCA

MCA Records

MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...

/Geffen Records

Geffen Records

Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-Beginnings:...

 in the mid 1990's in both the US and Europe and is to date the only career retrospective available with the band.

Rufus and Chaka Khan's ABC

ABC Records

ABC Records was an American record label, founded in New York City in 1955 as ABC-Paramount Records. It originated as the main popular music label operated the Am-Par Record Corporation, the music subsidiary of the American Broadcasting Company . ABC-Paramount Records' first president was Samuel H....

/MCA

MCA Records

MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...

 back catalogue (1973–1982) is as of 2003 distributed by the Universal Music Group

Universal Music Group

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Track listing

1. "Do You Love What You Feel" (Wolinski) - 4:30
   • From 1979 album Masterjam
     Masterjam
     Masterjam is the eighth studio album by funk band Rufus , their debut on the MCA Records label following their purchase and dissolution of ABC Records, released in 1979.-History:...
     
     
2. "Tell Me Something Good" (Wonder) - 4:40
   • From 1974 album Rags to Rufus
     Rags to Rufus
     -Personnel:*Chaka Khan – lead vocals, background vocals*Dennis Belfield – background vocals, bass*André Fischer – drums, percussion, background vocals*Kevin Murphy – organ, clavinette, background vocals...
     
     
3. "Dance Wit Me" (Wright) - 4:00
   • From 1975 album Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan
     Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan (1975 album)
     -Personnel:*Chaka Khan – vocals*Tony Maiden – guitar, vocals*André Fischer – drums*Kevin Murphy – keyboards*Bobby Watson – bass, vocals*Tower of Power Horn Section – horns-Production:*Rufus – producers...
     
     
4. "Hollywood" (Fischer, Wolinski) - 4:09
   • From 1977 album Ask Rufus
     Ask Rufus
     -Personnel:*Chaka Khan – lead vocals, background vocals*Tony Maiden – guitar, background vocals*Kevin Murphy – keyboards, background vocals*Bobby Watson – bass, background vocals*André Fischer – drums, background vocals...
     
     
5. "Stay" (Calhoun, Khan 5:42
   • From 1978 album Street Player
     Street Player
     -Personnel:*Chaka Khan – lead vocals, background vocals*Tony Maiden – guitar, percussion, lead vocals, background vocals*Kevin Murphy – keyboards*Bobby Watson – bass, percussion*David "Hawk" Wolinski – keyboards, background vocals...
     
     
6. "Once You Get Started" (Wright) - 4:31
   • From 1974 album Rufusized
     Rufusized
     -Personnel:*Chaka Khan – lead vocals, background vocals*Tony Maiden – lead guitar, background vocals*Kevin Murphy – organ, clavinette, background vocals, acoustic piano, arp synthesizer*Bobby Watson – bass, background vocals...
     
     
7. "You Got the Love" (Khan, Parker, Parker) - 4:45
   • From 1974 album Rags to Rufus
     Rags to Rufus
     -Personnel:*Chaka Khan – lead vocals, background vocals*Dennis Belfield – background vocals, bass*André Fischer – drums, percussion, background vocals*Kevin Murphy – organ, clavinette, background vocals...
     
     
8. "At Midnight (My Love Will Lift You Up)" (Maiden, Washburn) - 4:21
   • From 1977 album Ask Rufus
     Ask Rufus
     -Personnel:*Chaka Khan – lead vocals, background vocals*Tony Maiden – guitar, background vocals*Kevin Murphy – keyboards, background vocals*Bobby Watson – bass, background vocals*André Fischer – drums, background vocals...
     
     
9. "Please Pardon Me (You Remind Me of a Friend)" (Gordon, Russell) - 3:06
   • From 1974 album Rufusized
     Rufusized
     -Personnel:*Chaka Khan – lead vocals, background vocals*Tony Maiden – lead guitar, background vocals*Kevin Murphy – organ, clavinette, background vocals, acoustic piano, arp synthesizer*Bobby Watson – bass, background vocals...
     
     
10. "Sweet Thing" Khan, Maiden - 3:20
    • From 1975 album Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan
      Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan (1975 album)
      -Personnel:*Chaka Khan – vocals*Tony Maiden – guitar, vocals*André Fischer – drums*Kevin Murphy – keyboards*Bobby Watson – bass, vocals*Tower of Power Horn Section – horns-Production:*Rufus – producers...