The Very Best of Gladys Knight & The Pips

~ Release by Gladys Knight & the Pips (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
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1Midnight Train to Georgia
part of:
Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 74), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 432) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 470)
recording of:
Midnight Train to Georgia
lyricist and composer:
James D. Weatherly (American singer/songwriter)
4.54:43
2I’ve Got to Use My Imagination
part of:
RuPaul’s Drag Race Lip Sync Performances (season 4) (number: 9)
recording of:
I’ve Got to Use My Imagination
writer:
Gerry Goffin and Barry Goldberg (blues rock keyboardist and producer)
3.83:33
3So Sad the Song
3:52
4On and On
4:20
5The Way We Were (Try to Remember)
recorded at:
Pine Knob Music Theatre in Clarkston, Michigan, United States (in 1974)
live medley including a partial recording of:
The Way We Were (in 1974)
lyricist:
Alan Bergman (American lyricist) (in 1973) and Marilyn Bergman (in 1973)
composer:
Marvin Hamlisch (in 1973)
publisher:
Colgems-EMI Music Inc. (, in 1973), Pathe Publications (Far East) Limited and Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd.
sub-publisher:
イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan, Fujipacific Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., Fujipacific Division) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
part of:
The 46th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 46)
part of:
The Way We Were
live medley including a partial recording of:
Try to Remember (The Fantasticks) (in 1974)
lyricist:
Tom Jones (musical theatre lyricist)
composer:
Harvey Schmidt
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Chappell Music (UK)
4:34
6I Can See Clearly Now
cover recording of:
I Can See Clearly Now
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Nash
publisher:
Cayman Music, CP Masters B V, Rondor Music (London) Ltd., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell Artemis Music Limited, ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
4:24
7Where Peaceful Waters Flow
recording of:
Where Peaceful Waters Flow
lyricist and composer:
James D. Weatherly (American singer/songwriter)
34:30
8Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me
cover recording of:
Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me
lyricist and composer:
James D. Weatherly (American singer/songwriter)
43:49
9The Need to Be
4:15
10I Feel a Song (In My Heart)
3:24
11The Going Ups and Coming Downs
3:38
12Storms of Troubled Times
3:47
13Baby Don’t Change Your Mind
cover recording of:
Baby Don’t Change Your Mind
lyricist and composer:
Van McCoy
43:15
14Sorry Doesn’t Always Make It Right
4:12