Everybody Wang Chung Tonight: Wang Chung's Greatest Hits

Everybody Wang Chung Tonight: Wang Chung's Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by
ReleasedMarch 25, 1997
GenrePop, rock
Length62:06
LabelGeffen
ProducerJeff Magid
Wang Chung chronology
The Warmer Side of Cool
(1989)
Everybody Wang Chung Tonight: Wang Chung's Greatest Hits
(1997)
The Best of Wang Chung
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStarHalf star[1]

Everybody Wang Chung Tonight: Wang Chung's Greatest Hits is a compilation album of songs by English new wave band Wang Chung, released in 1997 by Geffen Records. It contains all eight of the band's charted singles from 1984 through 1989. The album also includes three unreleased songs: "Fun Tonight: The Early Years" is a balladic demo of Wang Chung's most popular hit, "Everybody Have Fun Tonight"; "Space Junk (Wang Chung '97)" is a hip-hop-infused track made exclusively for this compilation; and "Dance Hall Days (Flashing Back to Happiness 7-inch Mix)" is a house/techno version of Wang Chung's first hit.[1]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Original releaseLength
1."Dance Hall Days"Points on the Curve, 19843:58
2."Don't Let Go"
  • Hues
  • Feldman
Points on the Curve4:21
3."Don't Be My Enemy"
  • Hues
  • Feldman
  • Darren Costin
Points on the Curve4:24
4."Hypnotize Me"
  • Hues
  • Feldman
Mosaic, 19864:42
5."Let's Go"
  • Hues
  • Feldman
Mosaic4:30
6."Praying to a New God"
  • Hues
  • Feldman
  • David Chandler
The Warmer Side of Cool, 19893:56
7."What's So Bad About Feeling Good?"
  • Hues
  • Feldman
  • Chandler
The Warmer Side of Cool4:11
8."Wait"HuesPoints on the Curve4:22
9."To Live and Die in L.A."
  • Hues
  • Feldman
To Live in Die in L.A. OST, 19854:52
10."Big World"HuesThe Warmer Side of Cool6:12
11."Fun Tonight: The Early Years"
  • Hues
  • Feldman
"Everybody Have Fun Tonight" single, 19864:12
12."Everybody Have Fun Tonight"
Mosaic4:47
13."Space Junk" (Wang Chung '97)
  • Hues
  • Feldman
New track4:01
14."Dance Hall Days" (Flashing Back to Happiness 7-inch Mix)HuesNew track3:38
Total length:62:06

Personnel

Credits adapted from CD liner notes.[2]

  • Jeff Magid – compiler, producer
  • Chris Hughes – producer (1–3, 8), engineer (1–3)
  • Ross Cullum – producer (1–3, 8), engineer (1–3)
  • Peter Wolf – producer, arranger (4–7, 10)
  • Brian Malouf – engineer, mixing (4, 5, 12)
  • Peter Muller – engineer (4, 5, 12)
  • Jeremy Smith – mixing (6, 7, 10)
  • Tony Swain – producer (9)
  • Steve Jolley – producer (9)
  • Wang Chung – producers (11, 13)
  • Adam Wren – producer (13)
  • The Rapino Bros. – producers (14)
  • Sal Manna – liner notes

References

  1. ^ a b Promis, Jose F. "Everybody Wang Chung Tonight: Wang Chung's Greatest Hits". AllMusic.
  2. ^ Wang Chung (1997). Everybody Wang Chung Tonight: Wang Chung's Greatest Hits (CD liner notes). Los Angeles: Geffen Records. GEFD-25122.