Greatest Hits (Chuck Brown album)

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Greatest Hits
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Greatest hits album by
Released1998
Genre
Length67:30 [1]
Label Raw Venture Records
Producer
  • Reo Edwards (exec.)
  • Stephen Meyner (exec.)
Chuck Brown chronology
Timeless
(1998)
Greatest Hits
(1998)
The Spirit of Christmas
(1999)

Greatest Hits (also titled as Back it On up: Greatest Hits) is a career-spanning greatest hits album by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go musician Chuck Brown. [1] The album was released in 1998, and consists of a compilation of a compilation of eleven digitally remastered songs from his previously released studio and live albums. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Bustin' Loose"Chuck Brown7:43
2."Back It on Up (Sho' Ya Right)"Chuck Brown9:34
3."We Need Some Money"
  • Chuck Brown
  • Leroy Fleming
  • Donald Tillery
8:18
4."It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Don't Have the Go Go Swing)"3:14
5."Midnight Sun"3:24
6."Moody's Mood"5:07
7."Woody Woodpecker"
2:36
8."Run Joe"
8:54
9."Stormy Monday" T-Bone Walker 5:49
10."Misty"6:08
11."My Funny Valentine/I Can Make You Go Oooh"6:43
Total length:67:30

Personnel

See also

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References

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  2. Lornell, Kip; Stephenson, Jr., Charles C. (2001). The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop . Billboard Books. p.  252. ISBN   0-8230-7727-6.
  3. Nnamdi, Kojo (February 14, 2014). "From Go-Go's Heyday to Today: One Musician's Love Affair With D.C. Music". The Kojo Nnamdi Show. WAMU . Retrieved 2 December 2016.