Her Greatest Hits

~ Release by Belinda Carlisle (see all versions of this release, 5 available)

Tracklist

1CD
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1Heaven Is a Place on Earth
recording engineer:
Steve McMillan
drums (drum set) [drum] programming:
Charles Judge (American guitarist, pianist, arranger and songwriter) and Rick Nowels
additional engineer:
Stacy Baird and Robert Feist
assistant engineer:
Matthew Freeman (engineer), Clark Germaine, Brian Scheuble and Joe Schiff
additional producer:
Robert Feist (other vocals [vocal]) and Ellen Shipley (other vocals [vocal])
producer:
Rick Nowels
mixer:
Shelly Yakus
acoustic guitar [acoustic guitars]:
Rick Nowels
additional guitar:
Tim Pierce (US session guitarist)
additional guitar [guitars]:
Michael Landau
additional keyboard [keyboards]:
Thomas Dolby
additional percussion:
Jimmy Bralower and Paulinho da Costa (Brazilian percussionist)
bass:
John Pierce (US session bassist)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Kenny Aronoff and Curly Smith (Jo Jo Gunne musician)
electric guitar [electric guitars]:
Dan Huff, John McCurry and Rick Nowels
guitar [air guitar] and lead vocals:
Belinda Carlisle
keyboard [keyboards]:
Charles Judge (American guitarist, pianist, arranger and songwriter) and Rick Nowels
other instruments [fairlight]:
Rhett Lawrence
piano [acoustic piano]:
Charles Judge (American guitarist, pianist, arranger and songwriter)
vocals:
Beth Anderson (US pop vocalist), Charlotte Caffey, Donna Davidson, Donna Delory, Edie Lehmann, Rick Nowels, Michelle Phillips and Ellen Shipley
arranger:
Rick Nowels
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1987) and Virgin Records Ltd (not for release label use! for company relationships only) (in 1987)
additionally recorded at:
Cherokee Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, Hollywood Sound in Los Angeles, California, United States and Music Grinder Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recorded at:
American Recording and Ocean Way Studio
mixed at:
A&M Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
part of:
Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 400)
recording of:
Heaven Is a Place on Earth
writer:
Rick Nowels and Ellen Shipley
publisher:
BMG Bumblebee (A BMI-affiliated publishing entity of BMG Rights Management), EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Virgin Music Publishing Australia P/L, Virgin Songs, Inc., Future Furniture Music (in 1987) and Shipwreck Music (publisher) (in 1987)
sub-publisher:
Fujipacific Music, Inc.
4.054:06
2I Get Weak
recording engineer:
Steve McMillan
drums (drum set) [drum] programming:
Charles Judge (American guitarist, pianist, arranger and songwriter) and Rick Nowels
additional engineer:
Stacy Baird and Robert Feist
assistant engineer:
Matthew Freeman (engineer), Clark Germaine, Brian Scheuble and Joe Schiff
additional producer:
Robert Feist (other vocals [vocal]) and Ellen Shipley (other vocals [vocal])
producer:
Rick Nowels
mixer:
Shelly Yakus
acoustic guitar [acoustic guitars]:
Rick Nowels
additional guitar:
Tim Pierce (US session guitarist)
additional guitar [guitars]:
Michael Landau
additional keyboard [keyboards]:
Thomas Dolby
additional percussion:
Jimmy Bralower and Paulinho da Costa (Brazilian percussionist)
bass:
John Pierce (US session bassist)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Kenny Aronoff and Curly Smith (Jo Jo Gunne musician)
electric guitar [electric guitars]:
Dan Huff, John McCurry and Rick Nowels
guitar [air guitar] and lead vocals:
Belinda Carlisle
keyboard [keyboards]:
Charles Judge (American guitarist, pianist, arranger and songwriter) and Rick Nowels
other instruments [fairlight]:
Rhett Lawrence
piano [acoustic piano]:
Charles Judge (American guitarist, pianist, arranger and songwriter)
vocals:
Beth Anderson (US pop vocalist), Charlotte Caffey, Donna Davidson, Donna Delory, Edie Lehmann, Rick Nowels, Michelle Phillips and Ellen Shipley
arranger:
Rick Nowels
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1987) and Virgin Records Ltd (not for release label use! for company relationships only) (in 1987)
additionally recorded at:
Cherokee Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, Hollywood Sound in Los Angeles, California, United States and Music Grinder Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recorded at:
American Recording and Ocean Way Studio
mixed at:
A&M Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
I Get Weak
lyricist and composer:
Diane Warren (US songwriter)
publisher:
Realsongs (in 1987)
4.54:53
3I Feel the Magic
producer:
Michael Lloyd (US guitarist/singer producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
International Record Syndicate, Inc. (in 1986)
produced for:
Mike Curb Productions
recording of:
I Feel the Magic
writer:
Charlotte Caffey and Jonathan Segel
3:22
4Half the World
engineer:
Greg Droman (American producer, mixing and audio engineer), Ross Hogarth and Jon Ingoldsby (songwriter)
producer:
Richard Feldman
mixer:
Peter Arata
bass:
Eric Pressly (Bassist, producer and songwriter)
drums (drum set):
Denny Fongheiser and Stan Lynch
guitar:
Rusty Anderson and Michael Landau
keyboard:
Kevin Savigar
mandolin:
Eric Bazilian
oboe:
Michael Kamen (American score composer)
percussion:
Kenny Aronoff
background vocals:
Gia Ciambotti (American singer), Cherryl Crowe and Debra Parson
lead vocals:
Belinda Carlisle
orchestrator:
Pat Seymour (UK producer, arranger, keyboardist, flutist & composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records Ltd. (not for release label use! for company relationships only) and MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1991)
mixed at:
Can-Am Recording Studios in Tarzana, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Half the World
writer:
Richard Feldman, Eric Pressly (Bassist, producer and songwriter) and Ellen Shipley
publisher:
Mechanical Panther Music, Shipwreck Music (publisher) and Virgin Music Ltd.
4:22
5Gotta Get to You
producer:
Michael Lloyd (US guitarist/singer producer)
saxophone:
Bobby Martin (US french horn, saxophone & keyboard player)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
International Record Syndicate, Inc. (in 1986)
produced for:
Mike Curb Productions
recording of:
Gotta Get to You
writer:
Paula Jean Brown, Charlotte Caffey, Belinda Carlisle and James Whelan
4:05
6Leave a Light On
producer:
Rick Nowels
12 string guitar:
Ben Schultz (guitarist, member of Barefoot Servants)
additional solo slide guitar and solo slide guitar:
George Harrison (The Beatles)
bass:
John Pierce (US session bassist)
drums (drum set) and drums (drum set) [drums]:
Rudy Richman (Lone Justice, The American Men, The Quireboys)
guitar:
X. Y. Jones and Rick Nowels
keyboard:
Charles Judge (American guitarist, pianist, arranger and songwriter)
background vocals:
Bekka Bramlett (American singer), Donna DeLory, Ellen Shipley and Maria Vidal (American singer-songwriter)
lead vocals:
Belinda Carlisle
arranger:
Rick Nowels
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1989)
recording of:
Leave a Light On
writer:
Rick Nowels and Ellen Shipley
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Virgin Music Publishing Australia P/L, Future Furniture Music (in 1989), Shipwreck Music (publisher) (in 1989) and Virgin Songs, Inc. (in 1989)
34:34
7Circle in the Sand
recording engineer:
Steve McMillan
drums (drum set) [drum] programming:
Charles Judge (American guitarist, pianist, arranger and songwriter) and Rick Nowels
additional engineer:
Stacy Baird and Robert Feist
assistant engineer:
Matthew Freeman (engineer), Clark Germaine, Brian Scheuble and Joe Schiff
additional producer:
Robert Feist (other vocals [vocal]) and Ellen Shipley (other vocals [vocal])
producer:
Rick Nowels
mixer:
Shelly Yakus
acoustic guitar [acoustic guitars]:
Rick Nowels
additional guitar:
Tim Pierce (US session guitarist)
additional guitar [guitars]:
Michael Landau
additional keyboard [keyboards]:
Thomas Dolby
additional percussion:
Jimmy Bralower and Paulinho da Costa (Brazilian percussionist)
bass:
John Pierce (US session bassist)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Kenny Aronoff and Curly Smith (Jo Jo Gunne musician)
electric guitar [electric guitars]:
Dan Huff, John McCurry and Rick Nowels
guitar [air guitar] and lead vocals:
Belinda Carlisle
keyboard [keyboards]:
Charles Judge (American guitarist, pianist, arranger and songwriter) and Rick Nowels
other instruments [fairlight]:
Rhett Lawrence
piano [acoustic piano]:
Charles Judge (American guitarist, pianist, arranger and songwriter)
vocals:
Beth Anderson (US pop vocalist), Charlotte Caffey, Donna Davidson, Donna Delory, Edie Lehmann, Rick Nowels, Michelle Phillips and Ellen Shipley
arranger:
Rick Nowels
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1987), Virgin Records Ltd (not for release label use! for company relationships only) (in 1987) and Virgin Records, Inc. (in 1988)
additionally recorded at:
Cherokee Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, Hollywood Sound in Los Angeles, California, United States and Music Grinder Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recorded at:
American Recording and Ocean Way Studio
mixed at:
A&M Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Circle in the Sand
writer:
Rick Nowels and Ellen Shipley
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd., Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd., Future Furniture Music (in 1987) and Shipwreck Music (publisher) (in 1987)
4.154:26
8Mad About You
engineer:
William Orbit (English musician, composer and record producer)
producer:
Michael Lloyd (US guitarist/singer producer)
remixer:
William Orbit (English musician, composer and record producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
International Record Syndicate, Inc. (in 1986) and Demon Music Group Ltd. (for release labels, use “Demon Music Group”; subsidiary of BBC Studios Distribution) (in 2019)
produced for:
Mike Curb Productions
recording of:
Mad About You
writer:
Paula Jean Brown, Mitchel Young Evans and James Whelan
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
3.353:37
9I Feel Free
recording engineer:
Steve McMillan
drums (drum set) [drum] programming:
Charles Judge (American guitarist, pianist, arranger and songwriter) and Rick Nowels
additional engineer:
Stacy Baird and Robert Feist
assistant engineer:
Matthew Freeman (engineer), Clark Germaine, Brian Scheuble and Joe Schiff
additional producer:
Robert Feist (other vocals [vocal]) and Ellen Shipley (other vocals [vocal])
producer:
Rick Nowels
mixer:
Shelly Yakus
acoustic guitar [acoustic guitars]:
Rick Nowels
additional guitar:
Tim Pierce (US session guitarist)
additional guitar [guitars]:
Michael Landau
additional keyboard [keyboards]:
Thomas Dolby
additional percussion:
Jimmy Bralower and Paulinho da Costa (Brazilian percussionist)
bass:
John Pierce (US session bassist)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Kenny Aronoff and Curly Smith (Jo Jo Gunne musician)
electric guitar [electric guitars]:
Dan Huff, John McCurry and Rick Nowels
guitar [air guitar] and lead vocals:
Belinda Carlisle
keyboard [keyboards]:
Charles Judge (American guitarist, pianist, arranger and songwriter) and Rick Nowels
other instruments [fairlight]:
Rhett Lawrence
piano [acoustic piano]:
Charles Judge (American guitarist, pianist, arranger and songwriter)
vocals:
Beth Anderson (US pop vocalist), Charlotte Caffey, Donna Davidson, Donna Delory, Edie Lehmann, Rick Nowels, Michelle Phillips and Ellen Shipley
arranger:
Rick Nowels
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1987) and Virgin Records Ltd (not for release label use! for company relationships only) (in 1987)
additionally recorded at:
Cherokee Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, Hollywood Sound in Los Angeles, California, United States and Music Grinder Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recorded at:
American Recording and Ocean Way Studio
mixed at:
A&M Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
I Feel Free
lyricist:
Pete Brown (UK poet & producer, with Cream and Jack Bruce)
composer:
Jack Bruce
publisher:
Casserole Music Corp., Dratleaf Music Ltd., Unichappell Music, Inc., Warner Chappell Music, Inc., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019) and Unichappell-Stigwood Music (in 1967)
34:49
10Summer Rain
producer:
Rick Nowels
bass:
John Pierce (US session bassist)
guitar:
X. Y. Jones
keyboard:
Charles Judge (American guitarist, pianist, arranger and songwriter)
background vocals:
Bekka Bramlett (American singer), N’Dea Davenport, Donna DeLory and Maria Vidal (American singer-songwriter)
lead vocals:
Belinda Carlisle
strings arranger:
Paul Buckmaster
arranger:
Rick Nowels
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1989)
recording of:
Summer Rain
writer:
Robbie Seidman and Maria Vidal (American singer-songwriter)
publisher:
Kinaalda Music Inc. (publisher) (in 1989) and Valley of Vidal Music (in 1989)
35:28
11Live Your Life Be Free
drums (drum set) programming:
Ben Schultz (guitarist, member of Barefoot Servants)
engineer:
John Kovarek
producer:
Rick Nowels
mixer:
Steve McMillan
12 string guitar [acoustic 12-string guitar]:
Rick Nowels
bass:
John Pierce (US session bassist)
guitar:
Michael Landau and Ben Schultz (guitarist, member of Barefoot Servants)
keyboard:
Charles Judge (American guitarist, pianist, arranger and songwriter) and Rick Nowels
background vocals:
Valerie Pinkston, Ellen Shipley and Maria Vidal (American singer-songwriter)
lead vocals:
Belinda Carlisle
arranger:
Rick Nowels
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records Ltd. (not for release label use! for company relationships only) and MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1991)
mixed at:
Can-Am Recording Studio in Tarzana, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Live Your Life Be Free
lyricist and composer:
Rick Nowels and Ellen Shipley
publisher:
Future Furniture Music, Shipwreck Music (publisher) and Virgin Music Ltd.
2.55:12
12Vision of You
producer:
Rick Nowels
12 string guitar and acoustic guitar:
Ben Schultz (guitarist, member of Barefoot Servants)
bongos and shakers:
Luis Conte (percussionist)
classical guitar [Spanish guitar]:
Rick Nowels
drums (drum set):
Rudy Richman (Lone Justice, The American Men, The Quireboys)
guitar:
X. Y. Jones
keyboard:
Charles Judge (American guitarist, pianist, arranger and songwriter)
background vocals:
Bekka Bramlett (American singer), N’Dea Davenport, Donna DeLory, Ellen Shipley and Maria Vidal (American singer-songwriter)
lead vocals:
Belinda Carlisle
arranger:
Rick Nowels
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1989)
recording of:
Vision of You
lyricist and composer:
Rick Nowels and Ellen Shipley
publisher:
Future Furniture Music (in 1989), Shipwreck Music (publisher) (in 1989) and Virgin Songs, Inc. (in 1989)
4:38
13Do You Feel Like I Feel?
drums (drum set) programming:
Charles Judge (American guitarist, pianist, arranger and songwriter)
engineer:
John Kovarek
producer:
Rick Nowels
mixer:
Mick Guzauski
bass:
Eric Pressly (Bassist, producer and songwriter)
guitar and solo sitar [choral sitar]:
Michael Landau
keyboard:
Charles Judge (American guitarist, pianist, arranger and songwriter) and Rick Nowels
background vocals:
Valerie Pinkston, Ellen Shipley and Maria Vidal (American singer-songwriter)
lead vocals:
Belinda Carlisle
arranger:
Rick Nowels
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records Ltd. (not for release label use! for company relationships only) and MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1991)
mixed at:
Lighthouse Studios (Los Angeles) in Studio City, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Do You Feel Like I Feel?
lyricist and composer:
Rick Nowels and Ellen Shipley
publisher:
Future Furniture Music, Shipwreck Music (publisher) and Virgin Music Ltd.
5:10

Credits

Release

art direction:Vartan (art direction)
photography:Jon Ragel (photographer)
miscellaneous support:Paul Elmore (engineer) (task: digitally compiled by)
Andy McKaie (task: MCA coordination)
Ron Stone (task: management)
drum machine [drum] programming:Charles Judge (American guitarist, pianist, arranger and songwriter)
Rick Nowels
Ben Schultz (guitarist, member of Barefoot Servants)
12 string guitar and acoustic guitar:Rick Nowels
Ben Schultz (guitarist, member of Barefoot Servants)
bass:Dennis Bolfield
Paula Brown
John Pierce (US session bassist)
Eric Pressly (Bassist, producer and songwriter)
bongos and shakers [shaker]:Luis Conte (percussionist)
drums (drum set) [drums]:Kenny Aronoff
Curly Smith (Jo Jo Gunne musician)
Denny Fongheiser
Paul Leim
Stan Lynch
Rudy Richman (Lone Justice, The American Men, The Quireboys)
guitar:Rusty Anderson
Charlotte Caffey
Dan Huff
George Black
Laurence Guber
X. Y. Jones
Michael Landau
David Lindley
John McCurry
Rick Nowels
Tim Pierce (US session guitarist)
Andy Taylor (of Duran Duran)
keyboard [keyboards]:Jim Cox (US keyboard player, composer)
Thomas Dolby
Claude Godette
Nicky Hopkins (pianist and organist)
Charles Judge (American guitarist, pianist, arranger and songwriter)
Michael Lloyd (US guitarist/singer producer)
Bobby Martin (US french horn, saxophone & keyboard player)
Rick Nowels
Phil Shenale
Kevin Savigar
oboe:Michael Kamen (American score composer)
other instruments [fairlight]:Rhett Lawrence
percussion:Kenny Aronoff
Jimmy Bralower
Paulinho da Costa (Brazilian percussionist)
Dave Kemper
piano [acoustic piano]:Charles Judge (American guitarist, pianist, arranger and songwriter)
saxophone:Bobby Martin (US french horn, saxophone & keyboard player)
synthesizer [synths]:Jim Cox (US keyboard player, composer)
Thomas Dolby
Claude Godette
Nicky Hopkins (pianist and organist)
Michael Lloyd (US guitarist/singer producer)
Bobby Martin (US french horn, saxophone & keyboard player)
Phil Shenale
trumpet:John Rosenberg (trumpet)
background vocals:Bekka Bramlett (American singer)
Charlotte Caffey
Gia Ciambotti (American singer)
Cherryl Crowe
N’Dea Davenport
Donna DeLory
Elisa Fior
Susanna Hoffs
Tom Kelly (songwriter)
Debra Parson
Paula Brown
Valerie Pinkston
Gina Schock
Ellen Shipley
Billy Steinberg
Kathy Valentine
Maria Vidal (American singer-songwriter)
The Waters (family vocal group from Los Angeles)
Jane Wiedlin
design:Junie Osaki
distributed by:Uni Distribution Corp.
copyrighted (©) by:MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1992)
miscellaneous support:Gold Mountain Entertainment (task: management for)
Heaven (fan club) (task: fan club)
Onyx (photography) (task: photography for)
engineered at:MCA Studios in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/1717257 [info]
ASIN:US: B000002OL1 [info]