The Best of M People

The Best of M People
Greatest hits album by M People
Released 2 November 1998
Genre Dance
Label M People Records
Producer M People
M People chronology

Fresco
(1997)		 The Best of M People
(1998)		 Testify
(1999)
Singles from The Best of M People
  1. "Testify"
    Released: 26 October 1998
  2. "Dreaming"
    Released: 1 February 1999
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The Best of M People is the first greatest hits album released by M People, in 1998. It has seventeen tracks, ten top ten hits and three new songs, the two top 20 hit singles: "Testify" and "Dreaming" plus a cover version of "What a Fool Believes". A limited edition included a bonus live album with eight tracks recorded live at the Later... with Jools Holland M People special, plus enhanced content. This album is now available in the United States through iTunes.

There was also an advanced sampler called Classic and a promotional version containing the same content as the bonus live disc but with more sound excerpts and full videos.

Track listing

Original version

No. TitleWriter(s)Album Length
1. "Testify"  Mike Pickering, Paul Heard, Heather SmallPreviously unreleased 3:57
2. "Search for the Hero"  Pickering, HeardBizarre Fruit 4:09
3. "Moving on Up"  Pickering, HeardElegant Slumming 3:35
4. "Angel St"  Pickering, Heard, SmallFresco 4:10
5. "One Night in Heaven"  Pickering, HeardElegant Slumming 4:23
6. "Itchycoo Park"  Steve Marriott, Ronnie LaneBizarre Fruit II 5:38
7. "Sight for Sore Eyes"  Pickering, Heard, SmallBizarre Fruit 3:56
8. "Just for You"  Pickering, Heard, SmallFresco 4:00
9. "Colour My Life"  PickeringNorthern Soul 3:40
10. "How Can I Love You More?" (Remix)Pickering, HeardNorthern Soul 4:42
11. "Dreaming"  Pickering, Heard, SmallPreviously unreleased 4:40
12. "Open Your Heart"  Pickering, Heard, SmallBizarre Fruit 3:38
13. "Don't Look Any Further"  Franne Golde, Dennis Lambert, Duane HitchingsElegant Slumming 3:50
14. "Someday"  Marshall JeffersonNorthern Soul 3:43
15. "Renaissance"  Pickering, HeardElegant Slumming 3:51
16. "Fantasy Island"  Pickering, Heard, SmallFresco 4:12
17. "What a Fool Believes"  Michael McDonald, Kenny LogginsPreviously unreleased 4:36

Classic version

No. TitleWriter(s)Album Length
1. "One Night in Heaven"  Pickering, HeardElegant Slumming 4:23
2. "Angel St"  Pickering, Heard, SmallFresco 4:10
3. "Sight for Sore Eyes"  Pickering, Heard, SmallBizarre Fruit 3:56
4. "Search for the Hero"  Pickering, HeardBizarre Fruit 4:09
5. "Colour My Life"  PickeringNorthern Soul 3:40
6. "Moving on Up"  Pickering, HeardElegant Slumming 3:35
7. "How Can I Love You More?"  Pickering, HeardNorthern Soul 4:42
8. "Itchycoo Park"  Marriott, LaneBizarre Fruit II 5:38
9. "Open Your Heart"  Pickering, Heard, SmallBizarre Fruit 3:38
10. "Just for You"  Pickering, Heard, SmallFresco 4:00
11. "Don't Look Any Further"  Golde, Lambert, HitchingsElegant Slumming 3:50
12. "Excited"  Pickering, HeardNorthern Soul 3:43
13. "Someday"  JeffersonNorthern Soul 3:43
14. "Fantasy Island"  Pickering, Heard, SmallFresco 4:12
15. "Renaissance"  Pickering, HeardElegant Slumming 3:51
16. "Love Rendezvous"  Pickering, HeardBizarre Fruit 3:48

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