La Disco funk : C’était mieux avant

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1Word Up
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
PolyGram Records, Inc. (not for release label use! US division of PolyGram) (in 1986) and The Island Def Jam Music Group (American holding company, not normally a release label) (in 1986)
music videos:
Word Up! by Cameo (American soul-influenced funk group)
part of:
TV Cream: Real 100 Best Singles Ever (number: 70) and VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s (compiled in 2006) (number: 81)
recording of:
Word Up!
writer:
Larry Blackmon and Tomi Jenkins
publisher:
All Seeing Eye Music, Better Days Music and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
Cameo44:20
2Got to Give It Up
recording of:
Got to Give It Up
lyricist and composer:
Marvin Gaye
publisher:
Jobete Music (UK) Ltd. and Jobete Music Publishing
Marvin Gaye6:02
3High on Sunshine
recording of:
High on Sunshine
writer:
Thomas McClary and Lionel Richie
Commodores4:26
4Like Sugar
engineer:
Sanford Livingston
producer:
Sarah Ruba Taylor and David Taylor (House producer)
mixer:
Switch (UK house DJ/producer/remixer Dave Taylor)
bass guitar:
Samuel Aaron Wilkes (bass)
timbales:
Chaka Khan
background vocals:
Sarah Ruba Taylor and Tiffany Smith
vocals:
Chaka Khan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Diary Records Inc. (in 2019)
recording of:
Like Sugar
writer:
John Flippin, Chaka Khan, Sarah Ruba Taylor, David Taylor (House producer) and William Curtis (The Fatback Band)
publisher:
BMG (publisher) (from 2019 to present), Diary Publishing (from 2019 to present), iKhan Sounds (from 2019 to present), Secret Road Publishing (from 2019 to present) and Warner Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) (from 2019 to present)
Chaka Khan4.54:02
5Funkytown
recording of:
Funkytown
lyricist and composer:
Steven Greenberg
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Intersong Music, Red Sea Songs, Rick S. Music (publishing company associated with Casablanca), Steven Greenberg Music, Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music), Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd. and Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019)
Lipps, Inc.3:57
6A Place in Space
Kool & the Gang3:16
7Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone
cover recording of:
Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone
lyricist and composer:
Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield
publisher:
Jobete Music (appears also as: Jobete Msc.), Jobete Music (UK) Ltd., Stone Diamond Music Corporation, イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan, Fujipacific Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., Fujipacific Division) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
The Temptations5:10
8Never, Never, Gonna Give Ya Up
recording of:
Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up
lyricist and composer:
Barry White
Barry White4:08
9Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
producer:
Hal Davis
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Motown Record Corporation (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1970) and Motown Records (not for label use; use “Motown” instead) (in 2013)
part of:
Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-27 (number: 47)
cover recording of:
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (in 1970)
lyricist:
Haven Gillespie (in 1932)
composer:
J. Fred Coots (in 1932)
publisher:
EMI Allans Music Australia Pty Ltd, EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd (not for release label use!), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), EMI United Partnership Ltd., Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Haven Gillespie Music Publishing, Jobete Music Co., Inc., Leo Feist Ltd, Leo Feist, Inc., SBK United Partnership and The Songwriters Guild
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label)
The Jacksons3.52:26
10Nightshift
choir vocals [background vocal chorus]:
Gregory Alexander, Ambrose Price, Tracy Augcomfar, Debbie Garrett, Doris Garrett, Patricia Hamlin, Philip Ingram, William King (William Atwell King Jr. (member of Commodores)), Dennis Lambert, Ronald LaPread, J.D. Nicholas, Walter Orange, Darryl Phinnessee, Sheldon Reynolds and David Swanson (US soul/funk pianist/synthesizer)
performer:
J.D. Nicholas and Walter Orange
recording of:
Nightshift
writer:
Franne Golde, Dennis Lambert and Walter Orange
arranger:
Peter Wolf (Austrian classical/jazz composer/producer, keyboards for Zappa)
publisher:
BMG Platinum Songs US, Careers–BMG Music Publishing, Inc., Franne Golde Music, Reservoir Media Music, Rightsong Music Inc., Universal Music Careers, Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Zomba Enterprises, Inc.
Commodores4.355:06
11Sayonara
A Taste of Honey4:09
12Somebody’s Watching Me
producer:
Curtis Anthony Nolen and Rockwell (R & B – “Somebody’s Watching Me”)
background vocals:
Jermaine Jackson (soul/pop singer, of Jackson 5)
guest vocals:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Motown Record Corporation (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1983)
part of:
VH1’s 100 Greatest One‐Hit Wonders of the ’80s (number: 20)
recording of:
Somebody’s Watching Me
lyricist and composer:
Rockwell (R & B – “Somebody’s Watching Me”)
publisher:
EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher) and Jobete Music (appears also as: Jobete Msc.)
Rockwell3.853:59
13Let It Whip
producer:
Reggie Andrews
arranger:
Reggie Andrews and Dazz
recording of:
Let It Whip
writer and composer:
Reggie Andrews and Leon Ndugu Chancler
Dazz Band54:05
14Got to Be Enough
Con Funk Shun5:42
15Take Your Time (Do It Right)
producer:
Sigidi (aranger, writer)
background vocals:
Mary Davis (soul singer), Michele Morgan (short-lived backup singer for R&B/soul group The S.O.S. Band), Freddi Rawls, Gertha Simms and Rosalind Sweeper
lead vocals:
Mary Davis (soul singer)
arranger:
S.O.S., Sigidi (aranger, writer) and Fred Wesley
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1980)
recording of:
Take Your Time (Do It Right)
writer:
Sigidi Bashir Abdullah (aranger, writer) and Harold Clayton (aranger, writer)
publisher:
Avant Garde Music Publishing, Inc., Interior Music Corp. and Sigidi Song
The S.O.S. Band47:39
16You Can’t Hide (Your Love From Me)
David Joseph6:07

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part of:C’était mieux avant (order: 11)