The Essential Chaka Khan

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

Tracklist

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▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1I Feel for You
bass, drum machine and guitar:
Reggie Griffin (in 1984)
chromatic harmonica:
Stevie Wonder (in 1984)
drums (drum set):
Steve Ferrone (in 1984)
keyboard and synthesizer:
Robbie Buchanan (Canadian producer) (in 1984), David Frank (American keyboardist, producer, writer; The System) (in 1984), Reggie Griffin (in 1984) and Philippe Saisse (in 1984)
background vocals and lead vocals:
Chaka Khan (in 1984)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) (in 1984)
part of:
Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 395)
cover recording of:
I Feel for You (in 1984)
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
publisher:
Controversy Music
Chaka Khan3.755:47
2I'm Every Woman
engineer:
James Douglass (engineer)
producer:
Arif Mardin
background vocals:
Will Lee (US jazz/rock bassist) and Hamish Stuart (Scottish guitarist, bassist, singer composer & producer)
background vocals and lead vocals:
Chaka Khan
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 Khan3.54:04
3Clouds
bass and bass guitar:
Anthony Jackson (US bassist)
drums (drum set) and membranophone:
Steve Ferrone
guitar:
Jeff Mironov and Hamish Stuart (Scottish guitarist, bassist, singer composer & producer)
percussion:
Arthur Jenkins
piano:
Leon Pendarvis
solo guitar:
Hiram Bullock
background vocals:
Charlotte Crossley, Cissy Houston, Whitney Houston, Chaka Khan and Mark Stevens (US funk musician/songwriter, brother of Chaka Khan)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 1980)
recording of:
Clouds
writer:
Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
Chaka Khan54:29
4Ain'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
Chaka Khan with Rufus4.054:43
5The Message in the Middle of the Bottom
engineer:
James Douglass (engineer)
producer:
Arif Mardin
vocals:
Chaka Khan
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)
recording of:
The Message in the Middle of the Bottom
lyricist and composer:
Lalomie Washburn
Chaka Khan4:16
6Roll Me Through the Rushes
engineer:
James Douglass (engineer)
producer:
Arif Mardin
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)
cover recording of:
Roll Me Through the Rushes
writer:
David Lasley and Lana Marrano
publisher:
Funzalo Music, World Song Publishing Inc. and フジパシフィックミュージック BMG事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc., BMG Division)
Chaka Khan4:43
7Life Is a Dance
engineer:
James Douglass (engineer)
producer:
Arif Mardin
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)
recording of:
Life Is a Dance
lyricist and composer:
Gavin Christopher
Chaka Khan4:20
8Papillon (Hot Butterfly)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 1980)
cover recording of:
Papillon (a.k.a. Hot Butterfly)
lyricist and composer:
Gregg Diamond
Chaka Khan4:08
9We Can Work It Out
recording engineer:
Jeremy Smith (producer/engineer)
brass [horns] arranger:
Larry Williams ([Jazz] keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet - Producer, composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist)
drums (drum set) arranger:
Greg Phillinganes
strings arranger:
Arif Mardin
cover recording of:
We Can Work It Out
lyricist and composer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (in 1965) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (in 1965)
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI‐affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?), Northern Songs, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
Chaka Khan3:43
10Any Old Sunday
cover recording of:
Any Ol’ Sunday
writer:
Andy Fraser (English bassist, member of Free), Danny Ironstone, Alfred McCrary and Linda McCrary
Chaka Khan3:38
11Got 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 Khan3:51
12Lover's Touch
recording of:
Lover's Touch
lyricist and composer:
Beloyd Taylor (guitarist, songwriter, vocalist, ex-member of Earth, Wind & Fire)
Chaka Khan4:33
13What'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., 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 Khan3:54
14I Know You I Live You
brass [horns] arranger:
Larry Williams ([Jazz] keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet - Producer, composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist)
recording of:
I Know You, I Live You
writer:
Arif Mardin and Yvette M. Stevens
publisher:
Chaka Khan Music
Chaka Khan54:29
15And the Melody Still Lingers On (A Night in Tunisia)
recording engineer:
Jeremy Smith (producer/engineer)
arranger:
Arif Mardin
recording of:
And the Melody Still Lingers On (Night in Tunisia)
lyricist:
Chaka Khan and Arif Mardin
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie and Frank Paparelli
version of:
Night in Tunisia (instrumental)
Chaka Khan5:03
16Stronger Than Before
cover recording of:
Stronger Than Before
writer:
Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager and Bruce Roberts (American singer-songwriter)
publisher:
Begonia Melodies Inc., New Hidden Valley Music Co., Reservoir Media Music, 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), フジパシフィックミュージック 第2事業部 (Fujipacific Music, Inc. Division 2) 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)
Chaka Khan4:22
17This Is My Night
recording of:
This Is My Night
writer:
David Frank (American keyboardist, producer, writer; The System) and Mic Murphy
Chaka Khan4:41
18Eye to Eye
recording of:
Eye to Eye
writer:
Don Freeman, Danny Sembello, John Sembello and Michael Sembello
Chaka Khan4:39
▼ CD 2
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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)
Chaka Khan4:47
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
Chaka Khan4:17
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
Chaka Khan5:12
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, Syreeta (US singer-songwriter active 1970s-80s) and Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Black Bull Music, Jobete Music Co., Inc., Sawandi Music, Stone Agate Music and 大洋音楽 (Taiyō Music)
Chaka Khan44:48
6I'll Be Around
cover recording of:
I’ll Be Around
lyricist and composer:
Alec Wilder
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)
Chaka Khan5:13
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)
Chaka Khan4:44
10Don't Look at Me That Way
recording of:
Don't Look at Me That Way
lyricist and composer:
Diane Warren (US songwriter)
Chaka Khan4:52
11You Can Make the Story Right
recording of:
You Can Make the Story Right
writer:
Wayne Brathwaite and Gabrielle Goodman
Chaka Khan6:32
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)
Chaka Khan43:15
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.
Chaka Khan8:22
15Ain't Nobody (remix)
producer:
Russ Titelman
remixer:
Frankie Knuckles
recording of:
Ain’t Nobody
lyricist and composer:
David Wolinski
publisher:
Overdue Music
Chaka Khan4:25