Big Ones | ||||
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Released | October 11, 1989 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 64:11 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Bruce Fairbairn Tom Allom Bob Rock | |||
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Big Ones is a compilation album released in 1989 by the Canadian rock band Loverboy. The album was the band's first compilation, including hit tracks such as "Working for the Weekend" and "Lovin' Every Minute of it". The compilation includes 3 new studio tracks: "For You", "Ain't Looking for Love" and "Too Hot". It was also released in the same year that the band decided to break up a second time, and another compilation would not be released until five years later.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original Album | Length |
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1. | "Working for the Weekend" | Get Lucky (1981) | 3:39 | |
2. | "For You" |
| New song | 5:46 |
3. | "The Kid Is Hot Tonite" |
| Loverboy (1980) | 4:21 |
4. | "Lovin' Every Minute Of It" | Robert John Lange | Lovin' Every Minute of It (1985) | 3:31 |
5. | "Lucky Ones" |
| Get Lucky | 3:48 |
6. | "Hot Girls in Love" |
| Keep It Up (1983) | 3:56 |
7. | "This Could Be the Night" |
| Lovin' Every Minute of It | 4:55 |
8. | "Ain't Looking for Love" |
| New song | 4:34 |
9. | "Turn Me Loose" |
| Loverboy | 5:35 |
10. | "Notorious" |
| Wildside (1987) | 4:36 |
11. | "When It's Over" |
| Get Lucky | 5:02 |
12. | "Too Hot" |
| New song | 4:19 |
13. | "Take Me to the Top" |
| Get Lucky | 6:09 |
14. | "Heaven in Your Eyes" |
| Top Gun soundtrack (1986) | 4:00 |
Total length: | 64:11 |
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