Best of Black ’08

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1Disturbia
recording engineer:
Andrew Vastola (engineer) (lead vocals)
producer:
Brian Kennedy (US composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist) and Makeba (R&B vocal producer, singer / songwriter - Makeba Riddick) (lead vocals)
additional mixer:
Josh Houghkirk
assistant mixer:
Carlos Oyanedel
mixer:
Phil Tan (Malaysian-American audio engineer)
background vocals:
Chris Brown (US R&B/pop singer and dancer) and Andre Merritt
mixed for:
RiotProof Productions
produced for:
Team BK
recorded at:
Rocky Mountain Recorders in Denver, Colorado, United States (lead vocals)
mixed at:
Soapbox Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
music videos:
Disturbia (edited) by Rihanna (Barbadian R&B/pop singer)
recording of:
Disturbia
writer:
Robert Allen (songwriter, e.g. Disturbia by Rihanna), Brian Seals (US composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist), Chris Brown (US R&B/pop singer and dancer) and Andre Merritt
Rihanna3.953:58
2When I Grow Up
producer:
Rodney Jerkins
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Pussycat Dolls, LLC (in 2008)
samples:
He’s Always There by The Yardbirds
part of:
RuPaul’s Drag Race Lip Sync Performances (season 5) (number: 3)
recording of:
When I Grow Up
writer:
Rodney Jerkins, Theron Thomas and Timothy Thomas (US-based caribbean R&B/hip hop musician)
The Pussycat Dolls44:05
3Closer
recording of:
Closer (Ne‐Yo)
lyricist:
Magnus Beite, Bernt Stray and Shaffer Chimere Smith
composer:
Magnus Beite, Bernt Stray, Mikkel Sindberg Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen and Shaffer Chimere Smith
Ne‐Yo33:56
4Lollipop
guest vocals and guest performer:
Static Major (US rapper, songwriter & producer, aka Static)
recording of:
Lollipop
Lil Wayne34:09
5Beggin’
producer:
3Elementz
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Bonnier Amigo Music Norway AS (do not use as a release label! NO division of Bonnier Amigo Music Group AB) (in 2008)
cover recording of:
Beggin’ (in 2008)
writer:
B. Gaudio and P. Farina
publisher:
EMI Longitude Music, Saturday Music, Inc. and Seasons Four Music Corp.
Madcon4.23:36
6Tattoo
recording of:
Tattoo
writer:
Ian Dench, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Amanda Ghost and Tor Erik Hermansen
Jordin Sparks3.253:53
7Back to Black
assistant recording engineer:
Jesse Gladstone and Mike Makowski
recording engineer:
Vaughan Merrick and Mark Ronson (British DJ and producer)
miscellaneous support:
Isobel Griffiths (task: contractor)
engineer:
Dom Morley
producer:
Mark Ronson (British DJ and producer)
assistant mixer:
Matt Paul
mixer:
Tom Elmhirst (mixing engineer)
alto saxophone:
Chris Davies and Andy Mackintosh (British-born saxophonist)
baritone saxophone:
Dave Bishop (saxophonist)
bass guitar:
Nick Movshon
cello:
John Heley (cellist), Joely Koos (cellist) and Anthony Pleeth (cellist)
drums (drum set):
Homer Steinweiss
guitar:
Thomas Brenneck and Binky Griptite
percussion:
Frank Ricotti (percussionist)
piano:
Victor Axelrod
tambourine:
Mark Ronson (British DJ and producer)
tenor saxophone:
Jamie Talbot (English jazz alto saxophonist)
viola:
Rachel Bolt (violist), Jonathan Thorne (viola), Bruce White (violist) and Katie Wilkinson (violist)
violin:
Mark Berrow (violinist), Elizabeth Edwards (violinist), Peter Hanson (violinist), Boguslaw Kostecki (violinist), Perry Montague‐Mason (violinist), Everton Nelson (violinist), Tom Pigott‐Smith (violinist), Jonathan Rees, Chris Tombling (violinist) and Warren Zielinski (violinist)
conductor:
Chris Elliott (composer and arranger)
strings arranger:
Chris Elliott (composer and arranger)
arranger:
Gabriel Roth (Gabriel Alexander Roth)
recorded at:
Chung King Studios in New York, New York, United States, Daptone’s House of Soul in Bushwick, New York, New York, United States and Metropolis (London) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
part of:
BILLIONS CLUB, Helsingin Sanomat: 100 maailman parasta laulua (2022-1-15) (number: 62) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 79)
recording of:
Back to Black
writer:
Mark Ronson (British DJ and producer) and Amy Winehouse
publisher:
BMG Platinum Songs, BMG VM Music Ltd., EMI Blackwood Music Inc. and EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
Amy Winehouse4.354:01
8Forever
recording of:
Forever
writer:
Chris Brown (US R&B/pop singer and dancer), Brian Kennedy (US composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist), Andre Merritt, Polow da Don and Rob. A! (songwriter, e.g. Disturbia by Rihanna)
Chris Brown2.554:37
9What’s Love
recording engineer:
Hasham "Sham" Hussain, Tony Kelly (reggae producer), Eliud “Lou” Ortiz and Claude "Weakhand" Reynolds
producer:
Tony Kelly (reggae producer)
mixer:
Shaun Pizzonia
instruments:
Maurice Gregory (reggae artist) and Tony Kelly (reggae producer)
background vocals:
Akon (US singer and producer), Kimberly Lee and Shaggy (Orville Richard Burrell, dancehall and reggae singer)
additional performer:
Akon (US singer and producer)
recording of:
What’s Love
writer:
Ricardo “Rik Rok” Ducent, Maurice Gregory (reggae artist), Tony Kelly (reggae producer) and Orville Richard Burrell (Orville Richard Burrell, dancehall and reggae singer)
Shaggy feat. Akon3:07
10American Boy
vocals:
Estelle (British vocalist/MC Estelle Swaray)
recording of:
American Boy
writer:
Estelle Fanta Swaray (British vocalist/MC Estelle Swaray), John Stephens, Kanye West (formerly Kanye West) and Keith Harris (00s US producer & musician)
Estelle2.54:04
11Don’t Sweat That (Whistle Song)
Dr. Stay Dry feat. Lumidee3:28
12Suddenly
guest vocals:
Rebecca (Swedish singer Rebecca Zadig)
Arash feat. Rebecca3:18
13Work
recording of:
Work
writer:
Poo Bear (US producer, singer & songwriter; Jason Boyd), Kelly Rowland and Scott Storch (producer)
Kelly Rowland3:29
14Baby
LL Cool J4:07
15Big Dreams
The Game4:49
16Body on Me
Nelly feat. Ashanti feat. Akon4.53:32
17I Can’t Wait
Akon3:47
18Flashing Lights
recording engineer:
Andrew Dawson (US mix engineer) and Anthony Kilhoffer
assistant engineer:
Matty Green (mix engineer), Andy Marcinkowski and Anthony Palazzole
producer:
Eric Hudson (producer, songwriter) and Kanye West (formerly Kanye West)
mixer:
Andrew Dawson (US mix engineer)
bass:
Tim Ressler
cello:
Jennifer Lorenzo (cellist)
viola:
Alexandra Leem and Peter Nocella
violin:
Gloria Justen, Olga Konopelsky, Emma Kummrow, Luigi Mazzochi (violinist), Charles Parker (violinist) and Igor Szwec
additional vocals:
Connie Mitchell
conductor:
Larry Gold
guest performer:
Dwele
strings arranger:
Larry Gold
live recording of:
Flashing Lights (on 2011-04-17)
composer:
Kanye West (formerly Kanye West)
Kanye West feat. Dwele4.254:00
19Low
recording engineer:
Geoff Gibbs and Javon Thomas (recording engineer; aka. 4Mil)
producer:
DJ Montay
mixer:
Fabian Marasciullo
guest performer:
T‐Pain
part of:
Billboard: Greatest of All Time Hot 100 Songs (number: 31), BILLIONS CLUB and Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 445)
recording of:
Low
writer:
Faheem Najm, DJ Montay and Tramar Dillard (American rapper)
Flo Rida feat. T‐Pain3.43:51
20Sensual Seduction
recording of:
Sensual Seduction
Snoop Dogg4:06
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1Apologize
assistant engineer:
Fareed Salamah
co-producer:
Timbaland
producer:
Ryan Tedder (American singer, songwriter, and producer) and Greg Wells
additional keyboard and strings:
Jerome Harmon (producer)
guest vocals:
OneRepublic
remixer:
Timbaland
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Blackground Records (fka Blackground Entertainment, renamed since 2000) (in 2007) and Interscope Records (part of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 2007)
co-produced for:
Timbaland Productions
recorded at:
The Hit Factory Criteria in Miami, Florida, United States and The Studio at the Palms in Paradise, Nevada, United States
mixed at:
The Hit Factory Criteria in Miami, Florida, United States
remix of:
Apologize (album version) by OneRepublic
music videos:
Apologize by Timbaland presents OneRepublic
part of:
Billboard: Greatest of All Time Hot 100 Songs (number: 71)
recording of:
Apologize
lyricist and composer:
Ryan Tedder (American singer, songwriter, and producer)
publisher:
Midnite Miracle Music and Sony/ATV Pop Music Publishing
Timbaland feat. OneRepublic3.553:06
2No One
drums (drum set) programming:
Kerry Brothers
additional engineer:
Brendan Dekora, Zach Hancock and Stuart White
engineer:
Ann Mincieli
mixer:
Manny Marroquin
bass:
Steve Mostyn
piano:
Alicia Keys
part of:
BILLIONS CLUB
recording of:
No One
writer:
Kerry Brothers, George M. Harry and Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys3.854:14
3Bleeding Love
programming, engineer and producer:
Ryan ‘Alias’ Tedder (American singer, songwriter, and producer)
assistant engineer:
Craig Durrance and Nate Hertweck
mixer:
Phil Tan (Malaysian-American audio engineer)
instruments:
Ryan ‘Alias’ Tedder (American singer, songwriter, and producer)
strings [string] arranger:
Ryan ‘Alias’ Tedder (American singer, songwriter, and producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Simco Limited (not for release label use, for copyright/licensor use only) (in 2007)
recorded at:
Encore in Burbank, California, United States, Mansfield Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States and Record Plant (aka “Record Plant” Los Angeles) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
music videos:
Bleeding Love (music video, UK Edition) by Leona Lewis
recording of:
Bleeding Love
writer:
Jesse McCartney and Ryan Tedder (American singer, songwriter, and producer)
publisher:
Jambition Music (ASCAP) and Write 2 Live
Leona Lewis44:23
4Love in This Club
Usher3:41
5Just Dance
recording of:
Just Dance
writer:
Aliaune Thiam (US singer and producer), Lady Gaga and RedOne
publisher:
Byefall Productions, Inc., Byfall Music, Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), GloJoe Music Inc., House of Gaga Publishing Inc., RedOne Productions LLC, Sony/ATV Songs LLC and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division)
Lady Gaga feat. Colby O’Donis4:35
6Feel the Rush
producer:
Andreas Litterscheid, Reinhard Raith and Shaggy (Orville Richard Burrell, dancehall and reggae singer)
guest performer:
Trix & Flix
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Ministry of Sound Recordings (Germany) GmbH (copyrights use only, for the imprint use "Ministry of Sound"/"Ministry of Sound (Germany)" or other as appropriate) (in 2008)
music videos:
Feel the Rush (radio edit) by Shaggy (Orville Richard Burrell, dancehall and reggae singer), Trix & Flix
recording of:
Feel the Rush
writer:
Andres Paz Barros, Esteban Montaño Polo, Andre Fennell, Marc F. Jackson, Andreas Litterscheid, Luis Enrique Martínez Argote, Orvilla Burrell (Orville Richard Burrell, dancehall and reggae singer), Hugo Oscar, Reinhard Raith and Samim Winiger (Swiss DJ/producer)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Ediciones La Palmera, Edition Noiseless, EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), G Chyl Publishing, Livingsting Music, Matthias Möbius, Prodemus LTDA, Robidog Publishing, Ultra Tunes and Warner Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
Shaggy3:06
7Love Is Wicked
Brick ’n Lace4:03
8Run the Show
Kat DeLuna3:14
9Piece of Me
recording engineer, programming and producer:
Bloodshy & Avant
executive producer:
Britney Spears
mixer:
Niklas Flyckt
additional bass:
Klas Åhlund
additional guitar:
Henrik Jonback (Swedish producer, engineer, songwriter, guitarist)
bass, guitar and keyboard [keyboards]:
Bloodshy & Avant
background vocals:
Robyn Carlsson (Swedish singer and songwriter Robin Carlsson)
recorded at:
Bloodshy & Avant Studios in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden and Chalice Recording Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
mixed at:
Mandarine Studios in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden
music videos:
Piece of Me (official music video) by Britney Spears
recording of:
Piece of Me
writer:
Klas Åhlund, Christian Karlsson (Swedish producer, remixer, songwriter, DJ, piano, guitar) and Pontus Winnberg (Swedish composer, lyricist, producer, engineer, multi-instrumentalist)
publisher:
Crosstown Songs UK Ltd., Madhouse Music AB, Murlyn Songs AB and Universal Music Publishing MGB Scandinavia AB
Britney Spears3.93:32
10Hit ’n’ Run
recording of:
Hit 'n' Run
lyricist:
Charlie Mason (lyricist)
Monrose53:13
11Amazing
recording engineer and producer:
Stuart Price
engineer:
Nate Hertweck and Ali Staton
mixer:
Jaycen Joshua, Dave Pensado (mixer) and Stuart Price
lead vocals:
Seal (English‐born singer and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Music Argentina S.A. (in 2009) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2009)
recorded at:
Studio 99 in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
mixed at:
The Record Plant (aka “Record Plant” Los Angeles) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Amazing
lyricist and composer:
Seal (English‐born singer and songwriter)
Seal3.53:02
12Just Fine
producer:
Jazze Pha and Christopher Stewart (producer, C. “Tricky” Stewart)
part of:
Amazon – Best Songs of 2007: Editor Picks (number: 53)
recording of:
Just Fine
writer:
Mary J. Blige, Phalon Anton Alexander, Christopher Stewart (producer, C. “Tricky” Stewart) and Terius Youngdell Nash (US singer, songwriter & RnB producer Terius Youngdell Nash)
Mary J. Blige2.64:04
13Take You There
recording of:
Take You There
writer:
E. Kidd Bogart, Kisean Paul Anderson (Jamaican-American rapper, singer, composer & record producer), Jonathan “J.R.” Rotem, Theron Thomas and Timothy Thomas (US-based caribbean R&B/hip hop musician)
Sean Kingston3.653:57
14Heartbreaker
guest performer:
Cheryl (formerly Cheryl Cole)
part of:
Amazon – Best Songs of 2007: Editor Picks (number: 77)
recording of:
Heartbreaker
lyricist and composer:
William Adams (American rapper and producer)
will.i.am55:30
15In Love Again
Massari2:54
16Herz
Sido4:06
17Ching Ching
Bushido4:19
18Bettina, zieh dir bitte etwas an
recording of:
Bettina, zieh dir bitte etwas an
lyricist:
Boris Lauterbach, Martin Vandreier and Björn Warns
composer:
Gernot Bronsert, Boris Lauterbach, Sebastian Szary, Martin Vandreier and Björn Warns
publisher:
Fettes Brot Schallplatten GmbH and Hanseatic Musikverlag GmbH (1964–2001)
Fettes Brot3:50
19Alles neu
recording of:
Alles neu
lyricist:
Pierre Baigorry and David Conen (German hip-hop producer, aka Monk)
composer:
Pierre Baigorry, David Conen (German hip-hop producer, aka Monk) and Vincent von Schlippenbach
quotes music from:
Symphony no. 7 in C major, op. 60 "Leningrad": IV. Allegro non troppo
Peter Fox4:11
20Das hat die Welt noch nicht gesehen
Söhne Mannheims5:22

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Release

copyrighted (©) by:Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Germany) GmbH (use as © & ℗ holders or as distributors only, between 2005/03/24–2009/01/14)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/25957126 [info]
ASIN:DE: B001GVOXYQ [info] (ended)
other databases:https://www.musik-sammler.de/media/1153220/ [info]

Release group

part of:Best of Black (number: 2008) (order: 10)