Now That’s What I Call Pop Gold

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1Better the Devil You Know
producer:
Matt Aitken, Mike Stock (of Stock Aitken Waterman) and Pete Waterman
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mushroom Records Pty Ltd (in 1990) and PWL Records Ltd. (not release use) (in 1990)
part of:
TV Cream: Real 100 Best Singles Ever (number: 40)
recording of:
Better the Devil You Know
writer:
Matt Aitken, Mike Stock (of Stock Aitken Waterman) and Pete Waterman
publisher:
All Boys Music Ltd., BMG Music, BMG Music Publishing Ltd., Mike Stock Publishing Ltd., Mushroom Music (Mushroom label’s publishing company) and Sid’s Songs Ltd.
Kylie Minogue33:54
2Bad Romance
recording engineer, programming and producer:
RedOne
engineer:
Eelco Bakker, RedOne and Dave Russell (British engineer, producer)
co-producer:
Lady Gaga
assistant mixer:
Matty Green (mix engineer)
mixer:
Mark “Spike” Stent (producer, engineer)
editor:
RedOne and Johnny Severin (producer and songwriter)
background vocals:
RedOne
background vocals and lead vocals:
Lady Gaga
vocals arranger:
Lady Gaga and RedOne
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Interscope Records (part of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 2009)
recorded at:
FC Walvisch in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland (North Holland), Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands and The Record Plant (aka “Record Plant” Los Angeles) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
edit of:
Bad Romance (explicit) by Lady Gaga
part of:
RuPaul’s Drag Race Lip Sync Performances (season 3) (number: 2)
recording of:
Bad Romance
writer:
Nadir Khayat and Stefani Germanotta
publisher:
GloJoe Music Inc., House of Gaga Publishing Inc. and Sony/ATV Songs LLC
Lady Gaga4.054:55
3Unholy
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal Music Operations Limited (not for release label use! UK&IE subsidiary of UMG, legal name of Universal Music UK) (in 2022)
part of:
MTV Video Music Award for Song of the Year nominees (number: 2023), Grammy Award: Best Pop Duo/Group Performance nominees (number: 2023 winner) and Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2022 (number: 98)
recording of:
Unholy
writer:
Omer Fedi, Henry Walter, Ilya Salmanzadeh (Swedish/Iranian songwriter, producer, and singer), James Napier, Kim Petras, Blake Slatkin and Sam Smith (English singer‐songwriter)
publisher:
Back Hair Music Publishing, BUNHEAD (publisher, ASCAP affiliated), Cirkut Breaker LLC, Electric Feel Music, Omer Fedi Music, Prescription Songs, Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), Songs of Wolf Cousins, Two Hands & A Bit Publishing, Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP) and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Sam Smith & Kim Petras3.12:37
4Sweet but Psycho
producer:
Cirkut
assistant mixer:
John Hanes (audio engineer, mixer)
mixer:
Serban Ghenea
performer:
Ava Max
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Cirkut (in 2018)
mixed at:
MixStar Studios in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States
part of:
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2019 (number: 23) and BILLIONS CLUB
recording of:
Sweet but Psycho
writer:
Amanda Ava Koci, Andreas Andersen Haukeland, Henry Walter, Madison Love and William Lobban Bean
Ava Max3.253:07
5Call Me Maybe
engineer and producer:
Josh Ramsay
assistant mixer:
Zach Blackstone and Brock McFarlane
mixer:
Dave Ogilvie (Canadian producer, engineer, and musician)
additional editor:
Nik Pesut
bass guitar, drums (drum set), guitar, keyboard, strings and background vocals:
Tavish Crowe
lead vocals:
Carly Rae Jepsen
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Interscope Records (part of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 2012) and School Boy (American label) (in 2012)
recorded at:
Umbrella Studio in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
mixed at:
Mushroom Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and Warehouse Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
music videos:
Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen
part of:
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2012 (number: 2), Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 8), Huffington Post: 100 Best Canadian Songs Ever (number: 35), Stereogum: The 200 Best Songs of the 2010s (number: 36), Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Songs of the 2010s (number: 43), Billboard: Greatest of All Time Hot 100 Songs (number: 56) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 436)
recording of:
Call Me Maybe
publisher:
Tavish Crowe
writer:
Tavish Crowe, Carly Rae Jepsen and Josh Ramsay
publisher:
BMG Gold Songs, BMG Platinum Songs US, BMG Rights Management (see annotation), Charlie Rae Music, Crowe Music Publishing, Jepsen Music Publishing, Regular Monkey Productions, Inc., Regular Monkey Publishing, Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP) and Universal Music Publishing Canada I
Carly Rae Jepsen4.053:14
6Poison
recording of:
Poison
Nicole Scherzinger3:47
7Ooh Aah (Just a Little Bit)Gina G3:24
8Never Gonna Give You Up
keyboard [Fairlight] programming:
Ian Curnow (in 1986-10)
additional engineer:
Jamie Bromfield (member of SNJ Works, The Extra Beat Boys, Recall), Mike Duffy (mixing for Nitzer Ebb), Phil Harding (engineer, producer and remixer) and Karen Hewitt
assistant engineer:
Boky, Peter Day, Gordon Dennis (engineer at PWL Studios), Jonathan King and Yoyo (UK producer/engineer/mixer Yoyo Olugbo)
engineer:
Mark McGuire (UK producer/engineer)
producer:
Aitken, Stock (of Stock Aitken Waterman), Stock Aitken Waterman and Waterman
mixer:
Mixmasters Pete Hammond (UK producer aka “Mixmaster”) (on 1987-01-01)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
A Linn (Linn 9000) (in 1986-10)
guitar [guitars]:
Matt Aitken (in 1986-10)
keyboard [keyboards]:
Matt Aitken (in 1986-10) and Mike Stock (of Stock Aitken Waterman) (in 1986-10)
background vocals [backing vocals]:
Dee Lewis (in 1986-10), Shirley Lewis (in 1986-10), Mae McKenna (vocalist) (in 1986-10) and Suzanne Rhatigan (in 1986-10)
lead vocals:
Rick (English singer, songwriter and radio personality) (in 1986-10)
arranger:
Gordon Jenkins
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Records (UK) Ltd. (1987–1996) (from 1987 to present), BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! see annotation) (in 1987), Pete Waterman Ltd. (copyrights holder) (in 1987) and PWL (in 1987)
miscellaneous support:
PWL (task: original sound recordings made by)
recorded at:
PWL Studio 1 (in 1986-10), PWL Studio 2 (in 1986-10) and PWL Studios (London) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1986-10)
mixed at:
PWL Studio 1 (on 1987-01-01) and PWL Studio 2 (on 1987-01-01)
music videos:
Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley (English singer, songwriter and radio personality)
part of:
Cachitos Nochevieja 2022 (number: 48) and Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 244)
recording of:
Never Gonna Give You Up (in 1986-10)
writer:
Matt Aitken, Mike Stock (of Stock Aitken Waterman) and Pete Waterman
publisher:
All Boys Music Ltd., BMG Music, Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Hammer Music (German publisher), Mike Stock Publishing Limited, Sid’s Songs Limited, Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing, Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label), Universal Music Careers, Universal Music Publishers MGB Australia Pty Ltd, Universal–Songs of PolyGram International, Inc., シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.), ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM)), ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division) and Terrace Music (in 1987)
Rick Astley4.43:34
9When You Come Back to Me
recording of:
When You Come Back to Me
writer:
Matt Aitken, Mike Stock (of Stock Aitken Waterman) and Pete Waterman
Jason Donovan3:32
10So Macho
recording of:
So Macho
lyricist and composer:
James George Hargreaves
Sinitta3:23
11Respectable
producer:
Jamie Bromfield (member of SNJ Works, The Extra Beat Boys, Recall), Mark McGuire (UK producer/engineer) and Stock Aitken Waterman
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Cherry Red Records Ltd. (do not use as label, for copyrights and distribution credits only) (in 1987), EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1987) and The Supreme Record Company Ltd. (in 1987)
music videos:
Respectable by Mel & Kim (Appleby sisters)
recording of:
Respectable
writer:
Matt Aitken, Mike Stock (of Stock Aitken Waterman) and Pete Waterman
publisher:
All Boys Music, All Boys Music Ltd., Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Hammer Musik GmbH, Matt Aitken Publishing, MCA Gilbey, Mike Stock Publishing Limited, Mushroom Music (Mushroom label’s publishing company), Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd. and Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
Mel & Kim2.53:23
12I Don’t Wanna Get Hurt
remixer:
Phil Harding (engineer, producer and remixer)
recording of:
I Don’t Wanna Get Hurt
writer:
Matt Aitken, Mike Stock (of Stock Aitken Waterman) and Pete Waterman
publisher:
All Boys Music Ltd.
Donna Summer3:29
13Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go)
Hazell Dean3:59
14On the Bible
Deuce4:44
15Videotheque
recording of:
Videotheque
Dollar3:35
16Fantasy Island
cover recording of:
Fantasy Island (english version)
writer:
Martin Duiser and Piet Souer (composer)
publisher:
Roba Music GmbH (publisher)
Tight Fit3:25
17New Beginning (Mamba Seyra)
Bucks Fizz4:41
18C’est la vie
producer:
Ray Hedges
fiddle:
Daniel Collier (fiddler)
guitar:
Erwin Keiles
arranger:
Martin Brannigan and Ray Hedges
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1998)
music videos:
C'est la vie (music video) by B*Witched (Irish girl group)
recording of:
C’est la vie
writer:
Tracy Ackerman, B*Witched (Irish girl group), Martin Brannigan and Ray Hedges
publisher:
19 Music Ltd., BMG Music Publishing Ltd., Bucks Music Ltd, Chrysalis Music Ltd. (music publisher, affiliated with PRS), PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd. and Sugar Free Music
B*Witched3.852:54
19Joyride
recording of:
Joyride
lyricist and composer:
Per Gessle (Swedish singer and guitarist)
publisher:
Jimmy Fun Music
Roxette4:23
20FascinationAlphabeat?:??
21I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’Scissor Sisters3.8?:??
22Grace Kelly
recording engineer:
Joe Chiccarelli
producer:
MIKA (Lebanese-born English pop singer) and Greg Wells
mixer:
Greg Wells
drums (drum set) and guitar:
Greg Wells
guitar:
Lyle Workman
keyboard and background vocals:
MIKA (Lebanese-born English pop singer)
recorded at:
Rocket Carousel Studio in Los Angeles, California, United States and Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
mixed at:
Rocket Carousel Studio in Los Angeles, California, United States
music videos:
Grace Kelly by MIKA (Lebanese-born English pop singer)
recording of:
Grace Kelly
writer:
Jodi Marr (American songwriter and record producer), John Merchant, MIKA (Lebanese-born English pop singer) and Dan Warner (producer, writer and studio guitarist)
publisher:
Famous Publishing Co. Ltd., Rondor Music (London) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd. and Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
MIKA3.35?:??

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part of:Now That’s What I Call…... (UK compilations outside the main numbered series or subseries) (order: 126)