Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael (video)

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Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael
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ReleasedDecember 1999
Recorded1984–1998
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Length165:00
Label Sony BMG
George Michael chronology
George Michael
(1990)
Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael
(1999)
Twenty Five
(2006)

Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael is a video album by English singer-songwriter George Michael, released in 1999. It includes 23 music videos and an interview with Michael Parkinson, as well as a documentary profiling George Michael's career.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Outside"
  2. "Fastlove"
  3. "Spinning the Wheel"
  4. "Freedom! '90"
  5. "Killer"
  6. "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone"
  7. "Too Funky"
  8. "Faith"
  9. "I Want Your Sex"
  10. "Jesus to a Child"
  11. "Waltz Away Dreaming" (with Toby Bourke)
  12. "Father Figure"
  13. "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (with Elton John)
  14. "Kissing a Fool"
  15. "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" (with Aretha Franklin)
  16. "Somebody to Love" (Live) (with Queen)
  17. "Monkey"
  18. "One More Try"
  19. "Star People '97" (Live from Unplugged)
  20. "I Can't Make You Love Me" (Live from Unplugged)
  21. "A Different Corner"
  22. "You Have Been Loved" (Live from Unplugged)
  23. "Careless Whisper"

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [1] 3× Platinum45,000^
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [2] Gold25,000*
France (SNEP) [3] 2× Platinum40,000*
Germany (BVMI) [4] Gold25,000^
Poland (ZPAV) [5] Platinum10,000*
United Kingdom (BPI) [6] 4× Platinum200,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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