The Power of Love: The Best of Jennifer Rush

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The Power of Love: The Best of Jennifer Rush
Jennifer Rush The Power of Love The Best of Jennifer Rush album cover.jpg
Compilation album by
Released2000
Label Columbia
Jennifer Rush chronology
Classics
(1998)
The Power of Love: The Best of Jennifer Rush
(2000)
Stronghold – The Collector's Hit Box
(2007)

The Power of Love: The Best of Jennifer Rush is a compilation album by American singer Jennifer Rush, released by Sony's Columbia Records in 2000. While it was the third full-priced compilation to be issued by Sony since Rush's departure from Columbia in 1989, it was the first to be handled by Sony U.K.

Contents

Sony Germany (who, as she was based in Germany, had handled all of Rush's releases during her tenure with the Columbia label) had previously released two full-priced compilation albums on Columbia of Rush's material: 1991's The Power of Jennifer Rush (released across Europe) and The Best of Jennifer Rush in 1999 (released to limited European markets and the South African market).

For this compilation, Sony U.K. focused on Rush's success in the United Kingdom, giving it the title of her biggest-selling hit there and opening the album with that song. The featured versions of "The Power of Love" and "Ring of Ice" (a top 20 U.K. hit for Rush and her second biggest hit there) are the mixes found on the 7" singles issued in that country (as remixed by Walter Samuel), rather than the original mixes found on the German 7" singles.

An expanded "anniversary edition" was released digitally on December 13, 2024. [1] This edition adds the songs "Ave Maria (Survivors of a Different Kind)", "Come Give Me Your Hand", "Madonna's Eyes", "25 Lovers", "Wings of Desire", "Si Tu Eres Mi Hombre Y Yo Tu Mujer" (the Spanish version of "The Power of Love") and a remix of "Ring of Ice" by Stereoact, but removes the songs "Pleasure" and "Down to You" that appeared on the original edition.

Track listing

Original release (2000)

The Power of Love: The Best of Jennifer Rush track listing – Colombia 498715 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."The Power of Love" (Walter Samuel U.K. 7" Remix) Jennifer Rush 4:28
2."Destiny"
  • Rush
  • DeRouge
  • Mende
Movin' 3:37
3."Flames of Paradise" (Duet with Elton John )
Heart Over Mind 4:42
4."Love is the Language (of the Heart)" Wings of Desire 4:28
5."I Come Undone"
Heart Over Mind4:06
6."Ring of Ice" (Walter Samuel U.K. 7" Remix)
  • Rush
  • DeRouge
  • Mende
Jennifer Rush3:51
7."Same Heart" (Duet with Michael Bolton )
Passion 4:17
8."If You're Ever Gonna Lose My Love"
  • Rush
  • DeRouge
  • Mende
Movin3:48
9."Hero of a Fool" (U.S. Album Mix)
  • Rush
  • DeRouge
  • Mende
  • Applegate
Movin3:39
10."Call My Name"
Heart Over Mind4:14
11."Now That It's Over"
  • Bolton
  • Doug James
Passion4:02
12."Keep All the Fires Burning Bright"Passion4:53
13."Live Wire"
  • Rush
  • Tony Carey
Movin3:51
14."Pleasure"
Wings of Desire4:02
15."Angel"Wings of Desire4:35
16."Down to You"Heart Over Mind4:29
17."Till I Loved You" (Duet with Plácido Domingo ) Goya: A Life in Song (European edition)4:23

Expanded Anniversary Edition (2024)

Anniversary Edition [2]
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."The Power of Love" (Walter Samuel U.K. 7" Remix) Jennifer Rush 4:28
2."Destiny"
  • Rush
  • DeRouge
  • Mende
Movin' 3:37
3."Flames of Paradise" (Duet with Elton John )
Heart Over Mind 4:42
4."Ave Maria (Survivors of a Different Kind)"
  • Rush
  • DeRouge
  • Mende
  • Applegate
Movin3:47
5."I Come Undone"
Heart Over Mind4:06
6."Ring of Ice" (Walter Samuel U.K. 7" Remix)
  • Rush
  • DeRouge
  • Mende
Jennifer Rush3:51
7."If You're Ever Gonna Lose My Love"
  • Rush
  • DeRouge
  • Mende
Movin3:48
8."Come Give Me Your Hand"
  • Rush
  • DeRouge
  • Mende
Jennifer Rush3:48
9."Same Heart" (Duet with Michael Bolton )
Passion 4:17
10."Hero of a Fool" (U.S. Album Mix)
  • Rush
  • DeRouge
  • Mende
  • Applegate
Movin3:39
11."Madonna's Eyes" (Walter Samuel U.K. 7" Remix)
  • Rush
  • DeRouge
  • Mende
  • Applegate
Jennifer Rush3:38
12."Live Wire"
  • Rush
  • Tony Carey
Movin3:51
13."25 Lovers"
  • Rush
  • DeRouge
  • Mende
Jennifer Rush3:36
14."Love is the Language (of the Heart)" Wings of Desire 4:28
15."Call My Name"
Heart Over Mind4:14
16."Now That It's Over"
  • Bolton
  • Doug James
Passion4:02
17."Keep All the Fires Burning Bright"Passion4:53
18."Angel"Wings of Desire4:35
19."Heart Over Mind"
Heart Over Mind4:07
20."Wings of Desire"Wings of Desire3:58
21."Till I Loved You" (Duet with Plácido Domingo ) Goya: A Life in Song (European edition)4:23
22."Si Tu Eres Mi Hombre Y Yo Tu Mujer" (The Power of Love)
  • Luis Gómez Escolar
  • Rush
  • Applegate
  • DeRouge
  • Mende
Jennifer Rush(Spanish edition)5:17
23."Ring of Ice" (Stereoact Remix)
  • Rush
  • DeRouge
  • Mende
 3:36

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References

  1. "The Power Of Love: The Best Of Jennifer Rush (Anniversary Edition)". Spotify . Retrieved December 21, 2024.
  2. "The Power Of Love: The Best Of Jennifer Rush (Anniversary Edition)". Apple Music. Retrieved December 21, 2024.