Greatest Hits | ||||
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Released | September 1, 1995 | |||
Recorded | 1986–1993 | |||
Length | 54:35 | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
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Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits album by American singer-songwriter Debbie Gibson. Released on September 1, 1995, the album compiles her Atlantic Records singles from 1987 to 1993. [1]
As of December 1995, the album has sold more than 30,000 units. [2]
All tracks are written by Deborah Gibson, except where indicated.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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1. | "Only in My Dreams" (LP Version) | Out of the Blue (1987) | 3:55 | |
2. | "Electric Youth" | Electric Youth (1989) | 4:55 | |
3. | "Foolish Beat" | Out of the Blue | 4:25 | |
4. | "Anything Is Possible" |
| Anything Is Possible (1990) | 3:44 |
5. | "Staying Together" | Out of the Blue | 4:07 | |
6. | "Lost in Your Eyes" | Electric Youth | 3:34 | |
7. | "Shake Your Love" | Out of the Blue | 3:44 | |
8. | "No More Rhyme" | Electric Youth | 4:13 | |
9. | "Out of the Blue" | Out of the Blue | 3:55 | |
10. | "Only in My Dreams" (Extended Club Mix) | "Only in My Dreams" 12" single (1986) | 5:50 | |
11. | "Shake Your Love" (Vocal/Club Mix) | "Shake Your Love" 12" single (1987) | 5:56 | |
12. | "Losin' Myself" (12" Masters at Work Version) |
| Body, Mind, Soul (1993) | 5:47 |
Total length: | 54:35 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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13. | "Without You" |
| Non-album single (1990) | 4:20 |
14. | "Eyes of the Child" | Non-album single (1993) | 2:21 |
Deborah Ann Gibson is an American singer-songwriter, pianist, record producer and actress.
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"Heart of Glass" is a song by the American new wave band Blondie, written by singer Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. It was featured on the band's third studio album, Parallel Lines (1978), and was released as the album's third single in January 1979 and reached number one on the charts in several countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom.
Out of the Blue is the debut album by American singer-songwriter Debbie Gibson, released on August 18, 1987 by Atlantic Records. The album received favorable reviews from music critics and sold more than 3 million copies in the United States and 5 million copies worldwide.
Electric Youth is the second album by American singer-songwriter Debbie Gibson, released on January 24, 1989, by Atlantic Records. It is the highest-charting album of Gibson's career, staying at the top of the US Billboard 200 albums chart for five weeks, and reaching number 8 on the UK Albums Chart.
Anything Is Possible is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Debbie Gibson, released on November 20, 1990 by Atlantic Records. The album features a collaboration between Gibson and veteran Motown songwriter Lamont Dozier, who co-wrote four of the album's tracks including the title single. "Stand Your Ground" marked Gibson's final collaboration with longtime producer Fred Zarr.
Body, Mind, Soul is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Debbie Gibson, released on January 19, 1993, by Atlantic Records. The album failed to find favor with the record buying public and missed out on the U.S. top 100, peaking at No. 109, and also in the UK when it was released a few months later. However, the album was a hit in Japan, peaking at No. 13 on the charts. It was Gibson's last studio album under Atlantic Records.
"Only in My Dreams" is the debut single by American singer-songwriter-actress Debbie Gibson. Released December 16, 1986, as a maxi single, and then in remixed form February 1987, the song was written by Gibson in 1984, two years before she recorded it. Produced by Fred Zarr and engineered by Don Feinberg for BiZarr Music, Inc., mixed by "Little" Louie Vega and mastered by Herb "Pump" Powers, the dance-pop song reached No. 4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the summer of 1987. Douglas Breitbart for Broadbeard Productions, Inc. served as executive producer.
"Shake Your Love" is the second single by American singer-songwriter-actress Debbie Gibson, and the lead off single for her debut album, Out of the Blue (1987). Originally recorded in the spring of 1987, the song is written by Gibson and produced by Fred Zarr and engineered by Don Feinberg for BiZarr Music, Inc., with Douglas Breitbart as executive producer. It was released in September 1987 and reached No. 4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in December that year. It was her breakthrough single in the UK, reaching No. 7 in early 1988. Both tracks on the US-specification single also appeared among the six total tracks of the simultaneously released maxi-single, which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Maxi-Singles chart.
"Out of the Blue" is the third single by American singer-songwriter-actress Debbie Gibson. The title track of her debut album, the song was written by Gibson and co-produced and co-arranged with Fred Zarr, with Douglas Breitbart as executive producer. Released as a single in January 1988, "Out of the Blue" gave Gibson her highest chart placing at the time by reaching No. 3 in the U.S. In the UK, it did slightly less well than her two previous singles, stalling at No. 19.
"Lost in Your Eyes" is a song by American singer-songwriter Debbie Gibson, released as the first single from her second album, Electric Youth (1989). The song was written by Gibson in late 1987 and published by Creative Bloc Music, Ltd. and Deborah Ann's Music in early 1988, with the rights eventually administered by the Music Sales Corporation (ASCAP). A beta arrangement had been performed on the Out of the Blue Tour.
"Electric Youth" is a song by American singer-songwriter-actress Debbie Gibson, released as the second single from her second album, Electric Youth (1989). Produced by Fred Zarr and engineered by Phil Castellano for BiZarr Music, Inc. and released in 1989, it became one of her most famous songs, peaking at number eleven on the Billboard Hot 100 and fourteen on the UK Singles Chart. Douglas Breitbart was the single's executive producer.
"No More Rhyme" is the eighth single by American singer-songwriter-actress Debbie Gibson, and the third from her second album Electric Youth. Produced and arranged by Fred Zarr, the single reached number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number thirteen on the adult contemporary chart. It was her third ballad to be released as a single.
"Without You" is a single by American singer-songwriter Debbie Gibson. Written by Gibson and Tatsuro Yamashita, the single was released exclusively in Japan in 1990 by Warner Pioneer under the Atlantic label. It was featured in the 1990 TBS drama series Otoko ni Tsuite. Originally released as a stand-alone single, "Without You" was included as a bonus track in the Japanese releases of Gibson's 1990 album Anything Is Possible and 1995 Greatest Hits album. It was also included in her 2017 box set We Could Be Together and the 2021 Deluxe Edition release of her 1989 album Electric Youth.
"Anything Is Possible" is the first single from American singer-songwriter-actress Debbie Gibson's third album of the same title (1990). Written, arranged, and produced by Gibson and Lamont Dozier, LP version was used for the single release worldwide except the United Kingdom and Europe, where an edited version of a remix by Harding and Curnow of PWL Records was used. The single fared relatively well on the US charts, reaching No. 26 on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1991.
"Losin' Myself" is the first single from the album Body, Mind, Soul by American singer-songwriter-actress Debbie Gibson, released in January 1993. The song was written by Gibson, and co-written and co-produced with Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers.
American singer-songwriter Debbie Gibson has released eleven studio albums, six compilation albums, one box set, 41 singles, three video albums, and 27 music videos.
Ms. Vocalist is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Debbie Gibson. Released on November 3, 2010 exclusively in Japan by Sony Music Japan, the album features Gibson's English-language covers of popular male-oriented Japanese songs. In addition, the album includes a duet with Mr. Big vocalist Eric Martin and two re-recordings of her number one hit "Lost in Your Eyes", with one version sung in Japanese. A deluxe edition release features four extra re-recordings of songs from her 1987 debut album Out of the Blue, plus a DVD featuring interviews and the music video for "I Love You".
The Body Remembers is the tenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Debbie Gibson, released on August 20, 2021, independently by her own label StarGirl Records. It is her first studio release to feature completely original songs since her seventh studio album M.Y.O.B. (2001).