The Very Best of Bananarama

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The Very Best of Bananarama
The Very Best of Bananarama cover
Compilation album by Bananarama
Released October 15, 2001
Recorded 1981 – 2001
Genre Pop
Label WEA International
Professional reviews
Bananarama chronology
Exotica
(2001)		 The Very Best of Bananarama
(2001)		 The Essentials
(2002)

The Very Best of Bananarama is one of several greatest hits collections by English girl group Bananarama.

Released by Warner Music Group, parent company of Bananarama's label London Records, this set is the "official" hits package released to celebrate the group's twentieth anniversary. Hits included here span their history from 1981 to 1993 and it is the only Bananarama release to feature all four members on its cover (Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey, Jacquie O'Sullivan and Keren Woodward). It reached #43 on the UK album chart.

This compilation features the "single" versions of the songs. Various tracks had been edited or remixed from their original album versions for their releases as singles and in the case of "I Want You Back" and "Nathan Jones", the vocals were re-recorded after original member Siobhan Fahey had left the group and been replaced by Jacquie O'Sullivan. "Nathan Jones" was also included on the Rain Man soundtrack as well as their Greatest Hits Collection. This new version was remixed for its release as a single (this is the version included here).

A limited edition of The Very Best of Bananarama, released in 2002, contained a second disc of remixes and replaced the "Tempus Fugit megamix" for the Miami mix of "I Heard a Rumour".

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Venus"
  2. "Love in the First Degree"
  3. "Robert De Niro's Waiting..."
  4. "I Heard a Rumour"
  5. "Cruel Summer"
  6. "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye"
  7. "T'ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)" (with Fun Boy Three)
  8. "Really Saying Something" (with Fun Boy Three)
  9. "I Want You Back"
  10. "Nathan Jones"
  11. "Shy Boy"
  12. "More, More, More"
  13. "Only Your Love"
  14. "I Can't Help It"
  15. "Love, Truth and Honesty"
  16. "Rough Justice"
  17. "Last Thing on My Mind"
  18. "Long Train Running"
  19. "Preacher Man"
  20. "Movin' On"
  21. "Help!" (with Lananeeneenoonoo)
  22. "Tempus Fugit Megamix"

[edit] Limited 2-CD edition

[edit] Disc one

  1. "Venus"
  2. "Love in the First Degree"
  3. "Robert De Niro's Waiting..."
  4. "I Heard a Rumour"
  5. "Cruel Summer"
  6. "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye"
  7. "T'ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)" (with Fun Boy Three)
  8. "Really Saying Something" (with Fun Boy Three)
  9. "I Want You Back"
  10. "Nathan Jones"
  11. "Shy Boy"
  12. "More, More, More"
  13. "Only Your Love"
  14. "I Can't Help It"
  15. "Love, Truth and Honesty"
  16. "Rough Justice"
  17. "Last Thing on My Mind"
  18. "Long Train Running"
  19. "Preacher Man"
  20. "Movin' On"
  21. "Help!" (with Lananeeneenoonoo)
  22. "I Heard a Rumour" (Miami Mix)

[edit] Disc two

  1. "Venus" (Hellfire Mix)
  2. "Love in the First Degree" (Eurobeat Style)
  3. "Movin' On" (Bumpin' Mix)
  4. "Cruel Summer" (Swing Beat Mix)
  5. "Only Your Love" (Milky Bar Mix)
  6. "Tripping on Your Love" (Euro Trance Mix)
  7. "I Want You Back" (Extended European Version)
  8. "Nathan Jones" (Extended Version)
  9. "I Can't Help It" (Extended Version)
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Bananarama
Sara Dallin • Keren Woodward
Siobhan Fahey • Jacquie O'Sullivan
Studio albums
Compilations
Singles
"Aie a Mwana" • "T'ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)" • "Really Saying Something" • "Shy Boy" • "Cheers Then" • "He's Got Tact" • "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" • "Cruel Summer" • "Robert DeNiro's Waiting" • "Rough Justice" • "King of the Jungle" • "Hot Line to Heaven" • "The Wild Life" • "Do Not Disturb" • "Venus" • "More Than Physical" • "A Trick of the Night" • "Set on You" • "I Heard a Rumour" • "Love in the First Degree" • "I Can't Help It" • "I Want You Back" • "The Bananarama Mega-Mix" • "Love, Truth and Honesty" • "Nathan Jones" • "Help!" • "Cruel Summer '89" • "Megarama '89" • "Only Your Love" • "Preacher Man" • "Long Train Running" • "Tripping on Your Love" • "Movin' On" • "Last Thing on My Mind" • "More, More, More" • "I Found Love" • "Every Shade of Blue" • "Take Me to Your Heart" • "Careless Whisper" • "If" • "Really Saying Something (Solasso Remix)" • "Move in My Direction" • "Look on the Floor (Hypnotic Tango)
Video compilations
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