Greatest Hits

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Tracklist

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1A Change Is Gonna Come
recording engineer:
David Reitzas (choir vocals, brass [horns], strings, drums (drum set))
drum machine programming and co-producer:
Jochem van der Saag
additional engineer:
Jorge Vivo (engineer)
engineer and mixer:
Jochem van der Saag
producer:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
editor:
Jorge Vivo (engineer)
bass and keyboard:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
synthesizer:
Jochem van der Saag
background vocals and lead vocals:
Seal (English‐born singer and songwriter)
brass [horns] arranger and strings arranger:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer) and Jerry Hey
arranger:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Music Argentina S.A. (in 2009) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2009)
cover recording of:
A Change Is Gonna Come (in 2008)
lyricist and composer:
Sam Cooke (American singer and songwriter, “King of Soul”)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”) and Kags Music Corp.
3.53:56
2Amazing (Thin White Duke edit)
recording engineer, producer and mixer:
Stuart Price
engineer:
Nate Hertweck and Ali Staton
lead vocals:
Seal (English‐born singer and songwriter)
remixer:
Thin White Duke (Stuart David Price)
recorded at:
Studio 99 in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
mixed at:
The Record Plant (aka “Record Plant” Los Angeles) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
remix of:
Amazing by Seal (English‐born singer and songwriter)
recording of:
Amazing
lyricist and composer:
Seal (English‐born singer and songwriter)
33:29
3Killer
engineer:
Tony Phillips (engineer, mix, remix credits)
producer:
Trevor Horn
mixer:
Tony Philips
bass guitar:
Tony Spalding
drums (drum set):
Ian Thomas (drummer)
guitar:
Gus Isidore
keyboard:
Simon Hale
lead vocals:
Seal (English‐born singer and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
ZTT Records Ltd. (for copyrights use only; aka Zang Tuum Tumb or Zang Tumb Tuum prior to incorporation ca. 1988) (in 1991), Warner Music Argentina S.A. (in 2009) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2009)
recorded at and mixed at:
Sarm West Studios in Notting Hill, Kensington and Chelsea, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Killer (in 1991)
lyricist:
Seal (English‐born singer and songwriter)
writer:
Seal (English‐born singer and songwriter) and Adam Paul Tinley
publisher:
EMI Virgin Music Publishing Germany GmbH & Co. KG (ended), Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd. (ended), Beethoven Street Music Ltd, EMI Virgin Music Ltd. (do not use this as a release label!), MCA Music, Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!) and Universal/MCA Music Publishing GmbH
46:24
4Kiss From a Rose
assistant producer:
Richard Lowe (UK producer/engineer)
producer:
Trevor Horn
assistant mixer:
Tom Elmhirst (mixing engineer)
mixer:
Steve Fitzmaurice (Irish mixer, songwriter and producer)
lead vocals:
Seal (English‐born singer and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
ZTT Records Ltd. (for copyrights use only; aka Zang Tuum Tumb or Zang Tumb Tuum prior to incorporation ca. 1988) (in 1994), Warner Music Argentina S.A. (in 2009) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2009)
produced for:
Horn Productions
recorded at and mixed at:
Sarm West Studios in Notting Hill, Kensington and Chelsea, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
part of:
Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 308)
recording of:
Kiss From a Rose
lyricist and composer:
Seal (English‐born singer and songwriter) (in 1987)
publisher:
Beethoven Street Music, DTCM Blvd., Perfect Songs (UK publisher, affiliated with BMI) and SPZ Music Incorporated (BMI affiliated)
3.754:49
5If You Don’t Know Me by Now
recording engineer:
David Reitzas (choir vocals, brass [horns], strings, drums (drum set))
drum machine programming and co-producer:
Jochem van der Saag
additional engineer:
Jorge Vivo (engineer)
engineer and mixer:
Jochem van der Saag
producer:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
editor:
Jorge Vivo (engineer)
bass:
Nathan East and David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
guitar:
Michael Thompson (session guitarist)
keyboard and piano:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
organ and synthesizer:
Jochem van der Saag
background vocals and lead vocals:
Seal (English‐born singer and songwriter)
arranger:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Music Argentina S.A. (in 2009) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2009)
cover recording of:
If You Don’t Know Me by Now (in 2008)
writer:
Kenneth Gamble (songwriter for Philadelphia International) and Leon Huff (Philly soul producer, of Gamble & Huff)
publisher:
Island Music Ltd., Mighty Three Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner Chappell North America and Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd.
23:49
6Fly Like an Eagle
additional producer:
Craig Kallman, Rashad Smith (US hip-hop & R&B record producer) and Dominique Trenier
executive producer:
Ken Ross
producer:
Seal (English‐born singer and songwriter)
lead vocals:
Seal (English‐born singer and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
ZTT Records Ltd. (for copyrights use only; aka Zang Tuum Tumb or Zang Tumb Tuum prior to incorporation ca. 1988) (in 1996), Warner Music Argentina S.A. (in 2009) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2009)
recorded at:
The Hit Factory in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
samples:
Fly Like an Eagle by Steve Miller Band (American rock band)
cover recording of:
Fly Like an Eagle
lyricist and composer:
Steve Miller (leader of Steve Miller Band)
publisher:
P and P Songs Limited and Sailor Music
34:16
7Crazy
producer:
Trevor Horn
guitar:
Chrissie Schefts
guitar [wah-wah pedal guitar]:
Kenji Suzuki (Simply Red)
lead vocals:
Seal (English‐born singer and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
ZTT Records Ltd. (for copyrights use only; aka Zang Tuum Tumb or Zang Tumb Tuum prior to incorporation ca. 1988) (in 1990, in 1991), Warner Music Argentina S.A. (in 2009) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2009)
recorded at:
Sarm West Studios in Notting Hill, Kensington and Chelsea, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Crazy (Seal song)
writer:
Seal (English‐born singer and songwriter) and Guy Sigsworth
publisher:
Beethoven Street Music Ltd and Perfect Songs Ltd. (UK publisher, affiliated with PRS)
4.15:59
8Prayer for the Dying
assistant engineer:
Richard Lowe (UK producer/engineer)
engineer:
Steve Fitzmaurice (Irish mixer, songwriter and producer), Steve MacMillan, Carmen Rizzo and Tim Weidner (engineer)
producer:
Trevor Horn
assistant mixer:
Tom Elmhirst (mixing engineer)
mixer:
Steve Fitzmaurice (Irish mixer, songwriter and producer)
lead vocals:
Seal (English‐born singer and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
ZTT Records Ltd. (for copyrights use only; aka Zang Tuum Tumb or Zang Tumb Tuum prior to incorporation ca. 1988) (in 1994), Warner Music Argentina S.A. (in 2009) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2009)
produced for:
Horn Productions
recorded at:
Sarm West Studios in Notting Hill, Kensington and Chelsea, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
mixed at:
Sarm Hook End (Sarm Hook End) in Checkendon, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Prayer for the Dying
writer:
Gus Isidore and Seal (English‐born singer and songwriter)
45:31
9Get It Together
4:00
10Human Beings
producer:
Trevor Horn
mixer:
Steve Fitzmaurice (Irish mixer, songwriter and producer) and Tim Weidner (engineer)
lead vocals:
Seal (English‐born singer and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Bros. Records Inc. (not for release label use, company behind the “WB Records” imprint) (in 1998), Warner Music Argentina S.A. (in 2009) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2009)
produced for:
Horn Productions
recording of:
Human Beings
lyricist and composer:
Seal (English‐born singer and songwriter)
44:37
11It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World
recording engineer:
David Reitzas (choir vocals, brass [horns], strings, drums (drum set))
drum machine programming and co-producer:
Jochem van der Saag
additional engineer:
Jorge Vivo (engineer)
engineer and mixer:
Jochem van der Saag
producer:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
editor:
Jorge Vivo (engineer)
bass, keyboard and piano:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
synthesizer:
Jochem van der Saag
background vocals and lead vocals:
Seal (English‐born singer and songwriter)
brass [horns] arranger and strings arranger:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
arranger:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Music Argentina S.A. (in 2009) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2009)
cover recording of:
It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World (in 2008)
writer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) and Betty Jean Newsome
3.53:55
12Waiting for You
recording engineer:
Steve Price (UK recording engineer/producer/orchestrator/arranger) (choir vocals [choir], brass [horns], strings)
drum machine [drum] programming and co-producer:
Mark Batson (American producer, songwriter, composer, arranger, and musician)
additional engineer:
Tim Lambert
assistant engineer:
Tim Lambert and Phil Tyreman
engineer and mixer:
Robert Orton and Tim Weidner (engineer)
executive producer:
Seal (English‐born singer and songwriter) and Jill Sinclair (British record company director, co-founded Sarm Studios and ZTT Records)
producer:
Trevor Horn
bass guitar [bass] and keyboard [keyboards]:
Mark Batson (American producer, songwriter, composer, arranger, and musician) and Jamie Muhoberac
bass, keyboard, organ and piano:
Mark Batson (American producer, songwriter, composer, arranger, and musician)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Earl Harvin
guitar:
Chris Bruce, Gus Isidore and Tim Pierce (US session guitarist)
percussion:
Luís Jardim
lead vocals:
Seal (English‐born singer and songwriter)
brass [horns] arranger, strings arranger and choir vocals [choir] arranger:
Steve Sidwell (English composer & wind instrumentalist)
concertmaster:
Gavin Wright (UK violinist, conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Bros. Records Inc. (not for release label use, company behind the “WB Records” imprint) (in 2003), Warner Music Argentina S.A. (in 2009) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2009)
recorded at:
Angel Studios in Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (choir vocals [choir], brass [brass], strings), Phoenix Studios (Wembley) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (choir vocals [choir], brass [brass], strings), Sarm Hook End (Sarm Hook End) in Checkendon, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom and Sarm West in Notting Hill, Kensington and Chelsea, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
mixed at:
Sarm Hook End (Sarm Hook End) in Checkendon, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom and Sarm West in Notting Hill, Kensington and Chelsea, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Waiting for You
writer:
Mark Batson (American producer, songwriter, composer, arranger, and musician) and Seal (English‐born singer and songwriter)
43:40
13Don’t Cry
engineer:
Tim Weidner (engineer)
producer:
Trevor Horn
assistant mixer:
Richard Lowe (UK producer/engineer)
mixer:
Steve MacMillan
lead vocals:
Seal (English‐born singer and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
ZTT Records Ltd. (for copyrights use only; aka Zang Tuum Tumb or Zang Tumb Tuum prior to incorporation ca. 1988) (in 1994), Warner Music Argentina S.A. (in 2009) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2009)
produced for:
Horn Productions
recorded at:
Sarm West Studios in Notting Hill, Kensington and Chelsea, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Don’t Cry
lyricist and composer:
Seal (English‐born singer and songwriter)
46:19
14Love’s Divine
recording of:
Love’s Divine
writer:
Mark Batson (American producer, songwriter, composer, arranger, and musician) and Seal (English‐born singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Bat Future Music (BMI) and Perfect Songs (UK publisher, affiliated with BMI)
4:37
15The Beginning
5:43
16Wedding Day
3:59
17Lost My Faith
4:34
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