The Very Best of Melanie

~ Release by Melanie (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Ruby Tuesday
vocals:
Melanie (US singer‐songwriter Melanie Safka) (in 1970)
cover recording of:
Ruby Tuesday (in 1970)
writer:
Mick Jagger (The Rolling Stones) and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”)
44:38
2Brand New Key
recording of:
Brand New Key
lyricist and composer:
Melanie Anne Safka‐Schekeryk (US singer‐songwriter Melanie Safka)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty. Limited (not for release label use!)
2:27
3The Nickel Song
recording of:
Nickel Song
lyricist and composer:
Melanie (US singer‐songwriter Melanie Safka)
3:48
4What Have They Done to My Song Ma?
recording of:
What Have They Done to My Song, Ma?
lyricist and composer:
Melanie Safka (US singer‐songwriter Melanie Safka)
44:06
5Beautiful People
recording of:
Beautiful People
lyricist and composer:
Melanie (US singer‐songwriter Melanie Safka)
3:39
6Any Guy
recording of:
Any Guy
lyricist and composer:
Melanie (US singer‐songwriter Melanie Safka)
2:15
7Close to It All
recording of:
Close to It All
lyricist and composer:
Melanie (US singer‐songwriter Melanie Safka)
3:19
8Mr. Tamborine Man
cover recording of:
Mr. Tambourine Man
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1964-02 until 1964-04)
publisher:
Blossom Music Ltd., M. Witmark & Sons, Sony Music Publishing (worldwide except Japan, ended 1995), Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Brothers Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) (from 1964 until 1992) and Special Rider Music (from 1992 to present)
adaptations:
Setä pelimanni
4:25
9Baby Day
recording of:
Baby Day
lyricist and composer:
Melanie (US singer‐songwriter Melanie Safka)
3:46
10I Don’t Eat Animals
recording of:
I Don’t Eat Animals
lyricist and composer:
Melanie (US singer‐songwriter Melanie Safka)
2:17
11Lay Lady Lay
cover recording of:
Lay, Lady, Lay
additional lyricist:
Bob Dylan (in 1976)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1968 until 1969)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Warner Brothers Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23) and Big Sky Music (publisher for Bob Dylan) (from 1969 to present)
sub-publisher:
Sonora Musikförlags AB
6:22
12Pebbles in the Sand
recording of:
Pebbles in the Sand
lyricist and composer:
Melanie (US singer‐songwriter Melanie Safka)
3:33
13Save the Night
recording of:
Save the Night
lyricist and composer:
Melanie (US singer‐songwriter Melanie Safka)
2:20
14Gardens in the City
recording of:
Gardens in the City
lyricist and composer:
Melanie (US singer‐songwriter Melanie Safka)
2:41
15Christopher Robin Is Saying His Prayers
recording of:
Vespers
lyricist:
A.A. Milne
composer:
Harold Fraser‐Simson (English composer)
part of:
Fourteen Songs from "When We Were Very Young"
2:38
16Good Book
recording of:
Good Book
lyricist and composer:
Melanie (US singer‐songwriter Melanie Safka)
2:33
17Carolina in My Mind
cover recording of:
Carolina in My Mind
lyricist and composer:
James Taylor (singer-songwriter and guitarist)
publisher:
Country Road Music, Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated) and EMI Blackwood Music Inc.
3:49
18Somebody Loves Me
recording of:
Somebody Loves Me
lyricist:
Buddy DeSylva and Ballard MacDonald
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1924)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Stephen Ballentine Music Publishing Co.
part of:
Broadway Rhythm (film)
1:26
19Leftover Wine
recording of:
Leftover Wine
lyricist and composer:
Melanie (US singer‐songwriter Melanie Safka)
4:52
20Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)
recording of:
Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)
lyricist and composer:
Melanie (US singer‐songwriter Melanie Safka)
7:53
21Peace Will Come (According to My Plan)
recording of:
Peace Will Come (According to Plan)
lyricist and composer:
Melanie (US singer‐songwriter Melanie Safka)
3:20