The Essential Chaka Khan

~ Release by Chaka Khan (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1Through 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)
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2Everywhere
drums (drum set) programming:
David Gamson
mixer:
Bob Power
cover recording of:
Everywhere
lyricist and composer:
Christine McVie
publisher:
Bright Music Ltd. (publisher)
Chaka Khan4:53
3Love of a Lifetime
recording of:
Love of a Lifetime
lyricist:
Green Gartside
composer:
David Gamson
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4It'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
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5Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)
executive producer:
Russ Titelman
mixer:
Russ Titelman and Gary Wright (Engineer)
cover recording of:
Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours
writer:
Lee Garrett, Lula Mae Hardaway (songwriter), Syreeta (US singer‐songwriter active 1970s–80s) and Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Black Bull Music, EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Jobete Music (appears also as: Jobete Msc.), Jobete Music Co., Inc., Sawandi Music, Stone Agate Music and 大洋音楽 (Taiyō Music)
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6I'll Be Around
cover recording of:
I’ll Be Around
lyricist and composer:
Alec Wilder (American composer)
publisher:
Ludlow Music, Inc., Primary Wave 3 Songs (BMI) and TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc.
Chaka Khan5:20
7End of a Love Affair
executive producer:
Russ Titelman
mixer:
Josh Abbey
cover recording of:
The End of a Love Affair
lyricist and composer:
Edward Redding
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
recording of:
The End of a Love Affair
lyricist and composer:
Edward Redding
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
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8Don't Go to Strangers
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)
piano:
Joe Sample
tenor saxophone:
Gary Herbig and Ernie Watts (Ernest James Watts, jazz and blues saxophonist)
trumpet:
Jerry Hey
vocals:
Chaka Khan and Tony Maiden
cover recording of:
Don’t Go to Strangers
lyricist:
Redd Evans
composer:
Arthur Kent and David Mann (American songwriter)
Chaka Khan with Rufus4:16
9Love You All My Lifetime
recording of:
Love You All My Lifetime
writer:
Irmgard Klarmann and Felix Weber (German composer and producer)
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10Don't Look at Me That Way
recording of:
Don't Look at Me That Way
lyricist and composer:
Diane Warren (US songwriter)
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11You Can Make the Story Right
recording of:
You Can Make the Story Right
writer:
Wayne Brathwaite and Gabrielle Goodman
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12Never Miss the Water
drums (drum set) programming:
David Gamson
mixer:
Bob Power
bass and additional vocals:
Meshell Ndegeocello (US singer-songwriter/poet/bassist Michelle Lynn Johnson)
recording of:
Never Miss the Water
writer:
Gerry DeVeaux (songwriter/producer), Charlie Mole (British Pop) and David “Hawk” Wolinski
Chaka Khan with Me’Shell NdegéOcello34:47
13Fate
recording of:
Fate
writer:
Dominic Bugatti and Frank Musker
publisher:
Notting Hill Music (UK) Ltd., Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing, Universal Music Careers, Universal Music Publishing MGB Ltd., シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.), 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 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)
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14I'm Every Woman (remix)
producer:
Arif Mardin
remixer:
Dancin’ Danny D (British DJ, producer, remixer and A&R)
remix of:
I’m Every Woman (album version) by Chaka Khan
recording of:
I’m Every Woman (in 1989)
writer:
Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
publisher:
Nick‐O‐Val Music Co., Inc.
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15Ain't Nobody (remix)
producer:
Russ Titelman
remixer:
Frankie Knuckles
recording of:
Ain’t Nobody
lyricist and composer:
David Wolinski
publisher:
Overdue Music
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