| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
|---|
| 1 | Celebration- background vocals:
- Kelly Barretto, Ronald Bell, George Brown , Dee Dee Bryant, Gwen Hester, Cynthia Huggins, Joan Motley, Meekaeel Muhammad, Robert Bell, Robert Mickens, Elaine Sims, James “J.T.” Taylor , Cedric Toon and Earl Toon, Jr.
- lead vocals:
- James “J.T.” Taylor
- performer:
- Kool & the Gang
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- UMG Recordings, Inc. (in 1980, in 2020)
- part of:
- Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 298)
- recording of:
- Celebration
- writer:
- Robert “Kool” Bell, Ronald Bell, George Brown , Eumir Deodato, Robert Spike Mickens, Claydes Smith, James “J.T.” Taylor , Dennis “D.T.” Thomas and Earl Toon, Jr.
- publisher:
- Delightful Music Publishing Ltd., Double F Music Co., EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd , EMI Music Publishing WP Ltd., Fresh Start Music, Intersong-Förlagen AB, Planetary Nom (London) Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. , Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (in 1980) and WB Music Corp. (in 1980)
| Kool & the Gang | 4.5 | 4:57 |
| 2 | Just an Illusion | Imagination | 4 | 6:28 |
| 3 | Going Back to My Roots | Odyssey | 5 | 5:26 |
| 4 | Never Knew Love Like This Before | Stephanie Mills | | 3:27 |
| 5 | The Lover in Me- assistant engineer:
- Andy "Opie" Batwinas (task: mixing), Don Sullivan , Toni Greene and Fred Howard
- engineer:
- Jon Gass and Jon Gass (task: mixing)
- producer:
- L.A. & Babyface
- mixer:
- Babyface and L.A. Reid
- drums (drum set) [drums] and percussion:
- L.A. Reid
- keyboard [keyboards]:
- Babyface and Kayo
- solo saxophone:
- Larry Williams
- background vocals:
- Babyface , Sheena Easton, Daryl Simmons and Karyn White
- produced for:
- La'Face, Inc.
- recorded at:
- Elumba Recording Studio in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States and Galaxy Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
- mixed at:
- Larrabee Sound in West Hollywood, California, United States
- remixed at:
- Elumba Recording Studio in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
- instrumental versions:
- The Lover in Me (instrumental) by Sheena Easton, The Lover in Me (instrumental) by Sheena Easton and The Lover in Me (instrumental) by Sheena Easton
- recording of:
- The Lover in Me
- writer:
- Antonio M. Reid, Kenneth Edmonds and Daryl Simmons
- publisher:
- Green Skirt Music , Hip Trip Music and Kear Music
| Sheena Easton | | 5:00 |
| 6 | Funkin’ for Jamaica | Tom Browne | | 3:53 |
| 7 | The Real Thing (West 26th Streetmix) | Jellybean | | 7:41 |
| 8 | Caribean Queen | Billy Ocean | | 4:30 |
| 9 | Don’t Waste My Time | Paul Hardcastle & Carol Kenyon | | 4:27 |
| 10 | Respectable | Mel & Kim | 2.5 | 5:40 |
| 11 | Never Gonna Give You Up- keyboard [Fairlight] programming:
- Ian Curnow (in 1986-10)
- additional engineer:
- Jamie Bromfield , Mike Duffy , Phil Harding and Karen Hewitt
- assistant engineer:
- Boky, Peter Day, Gordon Dennis , Jonathan King and Yoyo
- engineer:
- Mark McGuire
- producer:
- Aitken, Stock , Stock Aitken Waterman and Waterman
- mixer:
- Mixmasters Pete Hammond (on 1987-01-01)
- drums (drum set) [drums]:
- A Linn (in 1986-10)
- guitar [guitars]:
- Matt Aitken (in 1986-10)
- keyboard [keyboards]:
- Matt Aitken (in 1986-10) and Mike Stock (in 1986-10)
- background vocals [backing vocals]:
- Dee Lewis (in 1986-10), Shirley Lewis (in 1986-10), Mae McKenna (in 1986-10) and Suzanne Rhatigan (in 1986-10)
- lead vocals:
- Rick (in 1986-10)
- arranger:
- Gordon Jenkins
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- BMG Records (UK) Ltd. (from 1987 to present), BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. (in 1987), Pete Waterman Ltd. (in 1987) and PWL (in 1987)
- miscellaneous support:
- PWL (task: original sound recordings made by)
- recorded at:
- PWL Studio 1 (in 1986-10), PWL Studio 2 (in 1986-10) and PWL Studios in London , England, United Kingdom (in 1986-10)
- mixed at:
- PWL Studio 1 (on 1987-01-01) and PWL Studio 2 (on 1987-01-01)
- music videos:
- Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley
- part of:
- Cachitos Nochevieja 2022 (number: 48) and Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 244)
- recording of:
- Never Gonna Give You Up (in 1986-10)
- writer:
- Matt Aitken, Mike Stock and Pete Waterman
- publisher:
- All Boys Music Ltd., BMG Music, Copyright Control , Hammer Music , Mike Stock Publishing Limited, Sid’s Songs Limited, Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing, Universal Music Careers, Universal–Songs of PolyGram International, Inc. and Terrace Music (in 1987)
- sub-publisher:
- Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. , Universal Music Publishers MGB Australia Pty Ltd, シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント , ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
| Rick Astley | 4.4 | 3:32 |
| 12 | Let Me Be the One | Five Star | | 3:37 |
| 13 | The Sound of Music | Dayton | | 3:39 |
| 14 | Back to Life | Soul II Soul | 4.2 | 3:47 |
| 15 | Hanging on a String | Loose Ends | 3 | 5:55 |
| 16 | Funky Town- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- PolyGram Records, Inc. (in 1979), The Island Def Jam Music Group (in 1979) and UMG Recordings, Inc. (in 1980)
- edit of:
- Funkytown (12″ version) by Lipps, Inc.
- part of:
- VH1’s 100 Greatest One‐Hit Wonders of the ’80s (number: 37)
- recording of:
- Funkytown
- lyricist and composer:
- Steven Greenberg
- publisher:
- Copyright Control , Intersong Music, Red Sea Songs, Rick S. Music , Steven Greenberg Music, Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Music , Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd. and Warner/Chappell Music Ltd.
| Lipps, Inc. | 4.1 | 3:56 |
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