The Best & le meilleur
The Best & le meilleur is the second greatest hits album by Australian singer and songwriter Tina Arena and was released on 30 March 2009 in France. The album also received a digital release on the iTunes Store in her native Australia in early April 2009.
The album contains one new recording, "This Universe", an English language version of the Italian song "Io so che tu" by Davide Esposito. The song was also the most successful single for the French singer Grégory Lemarchal when released as "Ecris une histoire" in 2005. Esposito's version was released in 2006 and peaked at #20 on the French singles chart.
The album peaked at #2 on the French Compilations chart, the album fell out of the top ten in its 5th week and spending only 8 weeks in the top 30. It also peaked at #11 on the Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart and spent 23 weeks in the top 100.
Track listing
| Writer(s) |
| 1. |
"Aller plus haut" |
J. Kapler |
5:05 |
| 2. |
"I Want to Spend My Lifetime Loving You"" (duet with Marc Anthony) |
James Horner, Will Jennings |
4:42 |
| 3. |
"Aimer jusqu'à l'impossible" |
David Gategno, Elodie Hesme |
3:19 |
| 4. |
"I Want to Know What Love Is" |
Mick Jones |
6:21 |
| 5. |
"Les trois cloches" |
Christophe Battaglia, J. Kapler |
5:18 |
| 6. |
"Je m'appelle Bagdad" |
Gategno, Hesme |
4:18 |
| 7. |
"Night Fever" |
Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb |
3:41 |
| 8. |
"Tu es toujours là" |
Jacques Veneruso |
3:14 |
| 9. |
"Entends-tu le monde?" |
Thione Seck |
3:56 |
| 10. |
"Live (For the One I Love)" |
Richard Cocciante, Jennings, Luc Plamondon |
3:38 |
| 11. |
"Symphony of Life" |
Arena, Peter-John Vettese |
4:45 |
| 12. |
"Chains" |
Arena, Pam Reswick, Steve Werfel |
4:18 |
| 13. |
"L'un pour l'autre" |
Gategno, Hesme |
3:23 |
| 14. |
"7 vies" |
Arena, Gategno, Hesme |
3:46 |
| 15. |
"Tu pourras dire" |
Patrick Fiori, Noam Kaniel, Zarb |
4:14 |
| 16. |
"Tu aurais dû me dire (Oser parler d'amour)" |
Mathias Goudeau, Kapler |
3:22 |
| 17. |
"Et puis après" (duet with Henri Salvador) |
Henri Salvador |
2:44 |
| 18. |
"This Universe" |
Francesco de Benedittis, Davide Esposito |
4:15 |
| 19. |
"Out Here on My Own" (duet with Patrick Fiori) |
Michael Gore |
3:18 |
Charts
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End of year charts
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| 2009 |
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart |
87 |
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| Compilations |
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