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| Released | 1968 | |||
| Recorded | 1964–68 | |||
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| Length | 35:39 | |||
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| Producer | Sonny Bono | |||
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Cher's Golden Greats is the first compilation album by American singer-actress Cher, released in 1968 by Imperial Records and Liberty Records. The album peaked at 195 on the US Billboard 200 chart and was released as part of the contract with Imperial Records and Liberty Records.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "You Better Sit Down Kids" (from With Love , 1967) | Sonny Bono | 3:42 |
| 2. | "Sunny" (from Chér , 1966) | Bobby Hebb | 3:06 |
| 3. | "Come and Stay With Me" (from All I Really Want to Do , 1965) | Jackie DeShannon | 2:45 |
| 4. | "Alfie" (from Chér, 1966) | 2:48 | |
| 5. | "Take Me for a Little While" (from Backstage , 1968) | Trade Martin | 2:40 |
| 6. | "All I Really Want to Do" (from All I Really Want to Do, 1965) | Bob Dylan | 2:56 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" (from The Sonny Side of Chér , 1966) | Bono | 2:40 |
| 2. | "Needles and Pins" (from All I Really Want to Do, 1965) |
| 2:26 |
| 3. | "Dream Baby" (from All I Really Want to Do, 1965) | Bono | 2:58 |
| 4. | "Elusive Butterfly" (from The Sonny Side of Chér, 1966) | Bob Lind | 2:26 |
| 5. | "Where Do You Go" (from The Sonny Side of Chér, 1966) | Bono | 3:12 |
| 6. | "Hey Joe" (from With Love, 1967) | William M. Roberts | 3:26 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "All I Really Want to Do" (from All I Really Want to Do , 1965) | Bob Dylan | 2:59 |
| 2. | "Sunny" (from Chér , 1966) | Bobby Hebb | 3:09 |
| 3. | "Alfie" (from Chér, 1966) | 2:51 | |
| 4. | "Come and Stay With Me" (from All I Really Want to Do, 1965) | Jackie DeShannon | 2:41 |
| 5. | "Magic in the Air (I Feel Something in the Air)" (from Chér, 1966) | Sonny Bono | 3:50 |
| 6. | "Where Do You Go" (from The Sonny Side of Chér , 1966) | Bono | 3:16 |
| 7. | "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" (from The Sonny Side of Chér, 1966) | Bono | 2:45 |
| 8. | "The Bells of Rhymney" (from All I Really Want to Do, 1965) | 3:07 | |
| 9. | "You Better Sit Down Kids" (from With Love , 1967) | Bono | 3:45 |
| 10. | "Hey Joe" (from With Love, 1967) | William M. Roberts | 3:28 |
| 11. | "Mama (When My Dollies Have Babies)" (from With Love, 1967) | Bono | 3:28 |
| 12. | "Until It's Time for You to Go" (from Chér, 1966) | Buffy Sainte-Marie | 2:45 |
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| Chart (1968) | Peak Position |
|---|---|
| United States Billboard 200 [2] | 195 |
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Backstage is the fifth album by American singer-actress Cher, released on May 27, 1968 by Imperial Records. This album was her first commercial failure, failing to chart. The album is by-and-large a covers album.
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"Heart of Stone" is a song written by Andy Hill and Pete Sinfield for the band Bucks Fizz in 1988, and recorded by the band at Abbey Road Studios in London. The following year it was recorded by Cher as the title track of her album of the same name.
"You Better Sit Down Kids" is a major hit single by American singer/actress Cher in 1967 from her fourth studio album With Love, Chér, released in November 1967 by Imperial Records. The song was written by her then-husband Sonny Bono. Sung from a father's perspective, the lyrics tell the story of a divorce as explained to the couple's children. The song is featured on the compilation albums Cher's Golden Greats (1968), Superpack Vol. 1 (1972) and Gold (2005).
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Dancing Queen is the twenty-sixth studio album by American singer Cher, released by Warner Bros. Records on September 28, 2018. It is Cher's first album in five years, following Closer to the Truth (2013). The album contains cover versions of songs recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA, with the title referencing their 1976 song "Dancing Queen". The album follows Cher's appearance in the 2018 musical film Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, based on the music of ABBA.
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