Mack the Knife

~ Recording by Frank Sinatra duet with Jimmy Buffett

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.11Mack the Knife4:26Frank Sinatra duet with Jimmy BuffettDuets IIFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
  • DE1994-11-07
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)7243 8 31252 2 7
1.11Mack the Knife4:27Frank Sinatra duet with Jimmy BuffettDuets IIFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
  • US1994-11-15
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)C2 7243 8 28103 2 2
1.11Mack the Knife4:27Frank Sinatra duet with Jimmy BuffettDuets IIFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
  • US1995-01-05
DCC Compact ClassicsGZS-1073
2.11Mack the Knife4:27Frank Sinatra with Jimmy BuffettDuets and Duets II (limited edition)Frank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)C2 7243 4 96965 2 5, CDP 0777 7 89611 2, CDP 0777 7 89611 2 3, CDP 7243 8 28103 2 2, DPRO 7087 6 12899 2 3
1.9Mack the Knife4:24Frank Sinatra with Jimmy BuffettThe Best DuetsFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
  • -1999
STORM2446
1.11Mack the Knife4:27Frank Sinatra duet with Jimmy BuffettDuets IIFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
EMI Music Colombia S.A., Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)0724383125227
1.25Mack the Knife4:22Frank Sinatra & Jimmy Buffett100 Hits One Way TicketVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
RMG RecordsRMG 1400 MP3
1.102Mack the Knife4:22Frank Sinatra & Jimmy Buffett100 Hits Singing in the RainVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
RMG Records
2.11Mack the Knife4:27Frank Sinatra with Jimmy BuffettDuets and Duets II (90th birthday limited collector’s edition)Frank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)0946-3-42807-2-3, 342 8072
2.11Mack the Knife4:27Frank Sinatra with Jimmy BuffettDuets and Duets II (90th birthday limited collector’s edition)Frank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
  • US2005-11-22
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)09463-43377-2-4
2.11Mack the Knife4:26Frank Sinatra with Jimmy BuffettDuets and Duets II (limited edition)Frank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)3428072
2.11Mack the Knife4:26Frank Sinatra & Jimmy BuffettDuets (twentieth anniversary deluxe edition)Frank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2013-11-19
Frank Sinatra Hybrid
2.11Mack the Knife4:27Frank Sinatra duet with Jimmy BuffettDuets (twentieth anniversary)Frank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), Signature SinatraB0019342-00
2.11Mack the Knife4:29Frank Sinatra duet with Jimmy BuffettDuets (twentieth anniversary)Frank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), Signature Sinatra, UMe (imprint of Universal Music Enterprises)B0019451-02
4.11Mack the Knife4:26Frank Sinatra duet with Jimmy BuffettDuets (twentieth anniversary)Frank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), Signature SinatraB0019342-00
1.17Mack the Knife4:24Frank SinatraGrand CollectionFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
1.21Mack the Knife4:28Frank Sinatra with Jimmy BuffettMy Way: The Best of Frank SinatraFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation

Relationships

co-producer:Hank Cattaneo
producer:Phil Ramone
assistant mixer:Sean Chambers (American blues rock singer, guitarist, and songwriter)
Dennis Cordero
mixer:Eric Schilling
vocals:Jimmy Buffett (from 1993 until 1994)
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (from 1993 until 1994)
arranger:Frank Foster (saxophonist)
Patrick Williams (composer, arranger)
mixed at:Crescent Moon Studios in Miami, Florida, United States
recording of:Mack the Knife (1954 Blitzstein translation) (cover)

Related works

Mack the Knife (1954 Blitzstein translation)

lyricist:Bertolt Brecht
composer:Kurt Weill (composer)
translator:Marc Blitzstein (American composer) (in 1954)
publisher:Universal Edition (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
later translated parody versions:Mondsüchtig
translated version of:Die Dreigroschenoper: Vorspiel. Die Moritat von Mackie Messer