Japanese Singles Collection: Greatest Hits

~ Release by Chaka Khan (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

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Annotation last modified on 2026-04-07 21:06 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1I'm Every Woman
engineer:
James Douglass (engineer)
producer:
Arif Mardin
background vocals:
Will Lee (US jazz/rock bassist) (in 1978) and Hamish Stuart (Scottish guitarist, bassist, singer composer & producer) (in 1978)
background vocals and lead vocals:
Chaka Khan (in 1978)
brass arranger, strings arranger and woodwind arranger:
Arif Mardin
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Bros. Records Inc. (not for release label use, company behind the “WB Records” imprint) (in 1978)
part of:
RuPaul’s Drag Race Lip Sync Performances (season 6) (number: 4)
recording of:
I’m Every Woman (in 1978)
writer:
Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
publisher:
Nick‐O‐Val Music Co., Inc.
Chaka Khan3.34:10
2Life Is a Dance (single version)
Chaka Khan3:25
3Clouds (single version)
Chaka Khan3:56
4What Cha' Gonna Do for Me
brass [horns] arranger:
Arif Mardin
cover recording of:
What Cha’ Gonna Do for Me
writer:
Ned Doheny and Hamish Stuart (Scottish guitarist, bassist, singer composer & producer)
publisher:
Joe’s Songs Inc. (publisher, ASCAP‐affiliated), Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music), ミュージック・セールス (Music Sales, Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment) and 日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division)
Chaka Kahn3:55
5Got to Be There
recording engineer and mixer:
Lew Hahn
assistant engineer:
Michael O’Reilly (engineer)
producer:
Arif Mardin
additional synthesizer:
Bob Christianson
bass:
Will Lee (US jazz/rock bassist)
bass synthesizer and keyboard:
Robbie Buchanan (Canadian producer)
fiddle:
Kenny Kosek
guitar:
Paul Jackson, Jr. (fusion/urban jazz composer, arranger, producer and guitarist)
harmonica:
Robert Bonfiglio (classical harmonica player)
membranophone:
Steve Ferrone
mouth harp and steel guitar:
Eric Weissberg
percussion:
Sammy Figueroa
background vocals:
Chaka Khan
arranger:
Robbie Buchanan (Canadian producer) and Arif Mardin
recorded at:
Atlantic Studios (1841 Broadway, New York, 1957–1991) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
cover recording of:
Got to Be There
lyricist and composer:
Elliot Willensky
vocals arranger:
Willie Hutch
Chaka Khan3:53
6I Feel for You (single version)
Chaka Khan4:14
7This Is My Night (single version)
recording of:
This Is My Night
writer:
David Frank (American keyboardist, producer, writer; The System) and Mic Murphy
Chaka Khan3:59
8Love of a Lifetime
recording of:
Love of a Lifetime
lyricist:
Green Gartside
composer:
David Gamson
Chaka Khan4:23
9Tight Fit
recording of:
Tight Fit
writer:
Marvin Morrow (singer-songwriter) and Bunny Sigler
Chaka Khan4:38
10It's My Party
executive producer:
Russ Titelman
mixer:
Russ Titelman and Gary Wright (Engineer)
cover recording of:
It's My Party
writer:
Cecil Womack and Linda Womack
Chaka Khan5:14
11Facts of Love
recording of:
Facts of Love
writer:
Werner Hammer, Chaka Khan, Harald Schneck and Ralf Zang
Chaka Khan4:37
12Never Miss the Water (radio edit)
Chaka Khan feat. Meshell Ndegeocello4:07
13Every Little Thing
membranophone programming:
David Gamson
mixer:
Bob Power
Chaka Khan5:13
14Ain't Nobody
additional synthesizer:
James Newton Howard (American score composer)
alto saxophone:
Larry Williams (jazz keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet; producer, composer, arranger, and multi‐instrumentalist)
bass:
Bobby Watson (bassist)
drums (drum set):
John “JR” Robinson (session drummer)
flute:
Gary Herbig, Ernie Watts (Ernest James Watts, jazz and blues saxophonist) and Larry Williams (jazz keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet; producer, composer, arranger, and multi‐instrumentalist)
guitar:
Tony Maiden
keyboard:
Kevin Murphy (American keyboardist, Rufus & The American Breed) and David “Hawk” Wolinski
percussion:
Paulinho da Costa (Brazilian percussionist)
tenor saxophone:
Gary Herbig and Ernie Watts (Ernest James Watts, jazz and blues saxophonist)
trumpet:
Jerry Hey
vocals:
Chaka Khan and Tony Maiden
part of:
VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s (compiled in 2006) (number: 88) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 403)
recording of:
Ain’t Nobody
lyricist and composer:
David Wolinski
publisher:
Overdue Music
Rufus & Chaka Khan3.74:45
15Through the Fire
recording of:
Through the Fire (in 1984)
writer:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer), Tom Keane (keyboards, of The Keane Brothers) and Cynthia Weil
publisher:
Bravo and Encore Music, Dyad Music Ltd., Peermusic III, Ltd. (BMI), Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label), TomJon Music Publishing Company, ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division) and ピアーミュージック (Peer Music Japan, Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
Chaka Khan4:49
16Love You All My Lifetime
recording of:
Love You All My Lifetime
writer:
Irmgard Klarmann and Felix Weber (German composer and producer)
Chaka Khan4:45
17Lover's Touch (single version)
recording of:
Lover's Touch
lyricist and composer:
Beloyd Taylor (guitarist, songwriter, vocalist, ex-member of Earth, Wind & Fire)
Chaka Khan4:35
18Only Once
Chaka Khan3:57