The Next Best Thing: Music From the Motion Picture

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

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Boom Boom Ba
Métisse3:42
2Bongo Bong
recording of:
Bongo Bong
lyricist and composer:
Manu Chao (French singer‐songwriter)
arrangement of:
King of Bongo
Manu Chao2:55
3Don’t Make Me Love You (’Til I’m Ready)
recording of:
Don’t Make Me Love You (’Til I’m Ready)
writer:
Todd Chapman (Producer, songwriter, composer, musician, keyboardist, guitarist, and engineer) and Shelly Peiken
publisher:
Sushi Too Music, Todski Music, Universal Music Careers and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Christina Aguilera43:40
4American Pie
programming:
Rico Conning and Sean Spuehler
engineer:
Jake Davies, Mark Endert and Sean Spuehler
producer:
Madonna (“Queen of Pop”) and William Orbit (English musician, composer and record producer)
mixer:
Mark “Spike” Stent (producer, engineer)
keyboard:
Damian LeGassick
background vocals [backup vocals]:
Rupert Everett
lead vocals:
Madonna (“Queen of Pop”)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Bros. Records Inc. (not for release label use, company behind the “WB Records” imprint) (in 2000) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2000)
mixed at:
Olympic Studios (1966–2009) in Barnes, Richmond upon Thames, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
cover recording of:
American Pie
lyricist and composer:
Don McLean
publisher:
Benny Bird Co. Inc. (BMI-affiliated), Illegal Songs Inc., Mayday Music, MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group), MCA Publishing Ltd., Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures), Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (Hong Kong), Universal Records (UMG subsidiary, “RECORDS” must be a part of the logo; read annotation), Universal/MCA Music Publishing Pty Ltd and Yahweh Tunes, Inc.
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
Madonna3.24:34
5This Life
producer:
Mandalay (trip hop duo) and Guy Sigsworth
mixer:
Andy Bradfield
publisher:
Chrysalis Music Ltd. (music publisher, affiliated with PRS)
recording of:
This Life
composer:
Saul Freeman and Nicola Hitchcock
publisher:
Chrysalis Music Ltd. (music publisher, affiliated with PRS)
Mandalay4:19
6If Everybody Looked the Same
producer:
Groove Armada
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Zomba Records Limited (not strictly a label - avoid adding releases here) (in 1999)
samples:
1nce Again (Twister mix) by A Tribe Called Quest feat. Tammy Lucas vs. Aphrodite (UK Drum & Bass producer Gavin King) and We Are Neighbors by The Chi‐Lites
recording of:
If Everybody Looked the Same
writer:
Andrew Derek Cocup, Tom Findlay (UK electronic DJ/producer, Groove Armada), James Yancey (US producer and rapper aka Jay Dee), Quinton Joseph, Kamaal Ibn John Fareed (American rapper), Malik Isaac Taylor, Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Eugene Record
publisher:
PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Zomba Music Publishers (UK subsidiary of Zomba Music Publishing)
Groove Armada3.753:40
7Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?
engineer, producer and mixer:
Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
choir vocals:
The Shining Light Gospel Choir
performer:
Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mute Records Ltd. (not for release label use! original company behind the Mute label) (in 1999)
recording of:
Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?
lyricist and composer:
Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
publisher:
Little Idiot Music and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Moby3.554:24
8I’m Not in Love
assistant engineer:
James McNicol
engineer:
Mark Evans (UK engineer/producer/songwriter aka Tufty) (task: mix)
producer:
Tim Kellett and Roger Lyons
vocals:
Ruth‐Ann Boyle
cover recording of:
I’m Not in Love
writer:
Graham Gouldman and Eric Stewart
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Man-Ken Music Ltd. (, in 1975), Schubert Music Publishing, St. Anne's Music and St. Anne’s Music Ltd.
sub-publisher:
イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan Ltd., Sony Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
Olive4.354:41
9Stars All Seem to Weep
programming, engineer and producer:
Ben Watt
mixer:
Andy Bradfield and Ben Watt
drums (drum set):
Will Blanchard
guest guitar, keyboard and other instruments:
Ben Watt
guitar:
Ted Barnes
vocals:
Beth Orton
recording of:
Stars All Seem to Weep
lyricist and composer:
Beth Orton
Beth Orton44:39
10Time Stood Still
recording of:
Time Stood Still
writer:
Madonna (“Queen of Pop”) and William Orbit (English musician, composer and record producer)
Madonna53:48
11Swayambhu
recording of:
Swayambhu
writer:
David Norland and Joanna Stevens
Solar Twins3:08
12Forever and Always
recording of:
Forever (And Always)
composer:
Gabriel Yared (Lebanese‐French score composer)
Gabriel Yared6:01