DMC: Essential Hits 2015, Part One

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Tracklist

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1The Nights
recording of:
The Nights
writer:
Arash Pournouri, Gabriel Benjamin, Tim Bergling, John Feldmann (American producer, Goldfinger lead singer/guitarist), Nicholas Furlong and Jordan Suecof
Avicii2:52
2What I Did for LoveDavid Guetta feat. Emeli Sandé3:21
3Gravity
Daniel Stein feat. Ella Eyre3:12
4Bloodstream
additional recording engineer:
Sean Oakley
recording engineer:
Jason Lader
assistant engineer:
Eric Lynn, Sean Oakley and Joshua Smith (recording engineer)
engineer:
Geoff Swan
assistant producer:
Johnnie Burik (engineer) and Ricardo Kim
producer:
Rick Rubin (US record producer, former co‐president of Columbia Records)
mixer:
Mark “Spike” Stent (producer, engineer)
editor:
Eric Caudieux, Leggy Langdon (singer-songwriter and producer) and Sean Oakley
drums (drum set):
Chris Dave (drummer, Chris “Daddy” Dave)
guitar:
Ed Sheeran (UK singer‐songwriter)
keyboard:
Jason Lader, Eric Lynn, Adam MacDougall and Johnny McDaid
percussion:
Lenny Castro and Luis Conte (percussionist)
vocals:
Ed Sheeran (UK singer‐songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Asylum Records UK (company credits only; do not use as release label!) (in 2014), Warner Music UK Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 2014) and Warner Music UK Limited (not for release label use!) (in 2024)
recorded at:
Shangri La Studios in Malibu, California, United States
mixed at:
Mixsuite UK in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Bloodstream
writer:
Gary Lightbody, Johnny McDaid, Rudimental (UK pop / dance act) and Ed Sheeran (UK singer‐songwriter)
publisher:
Ed Sheeran Limited, Polar Patrol Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing and Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd.
Ed Sheeran34:55
5Love Me Like You Do
recording of:
Love Me Like You Do
writer:
Ilya Salmanzadeh (Swedish/Iranian songwriter, producer, and singer), Savan Kotecha, Max Martin (Swedish record producer), Ali Payami and Tove Lo
publisher:
BMG Ruby Songs, MXM Music AB, Universal Pictures Music, Warner/Chappell Music Scandinavia AB and Wolf Cousins
Ellie Goulding4:07
6Take Me to the Church
producer:
Andrew Hozier-Byrne (Irish singer/songwriter) and Rob Kirwan
mixer:
Rob Kirwan
bass:
Alex Ryan (multi-instrumentalist)
cello:
Kate Ellis (Irish cellist)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Fiachra Kinder
guitar, piano and synthesizer:
Andrew Hozier-Byrne (Irish singer/songwriter)
vocals:
Andrew Hozier-Byrne (Irish singer/songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Rubyworks (in 2013)
part of:
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2015 (number: 14) and Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 481)
recording of:
Take Me to Church
lyricist, composer and arranger:
Andrew Hozier-Byrne (Irish singer/songwriter)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Sony/ATV Songs LLC and The Evolving Music Co. Ltd.
Hozier4.44:00
7Hold Back the RiverJames Bay3:56
8Want to Want Me
recording engineer:
JP Negrete and Francisco Ramirez
engineer:
Nate Merchant
producer:
Jason Desrouleaux (lead vocals), Ian Kirkpatrick (producer/songwriter) and Ian Kirkpatrick (producer/songwriter) (lead vocals)
background vocals:
Sam Martin (US singer-songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Bros. Records Inc. (not for release label use, company behind the “WB Records” imprint) (in 2015)
part of:
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2015 (number: 17) and BILLIONS CLUB
recording of:
Want to Want Me
writer:
Mitch Allan (music producer, singer-songwriter and guitarist), Jason Desrouleaux, Ian Kirkpatrick (producer/songwriter), Lindy Robbins (American songwriter) and Samuel Denison Martin (US singer-songwriter)
Jason Derulo2.653:24
9Hold My Hand
additional drums (drum set) [drum] programming:
Wez Clarke and TIEKS
additional programming:
Wez Clarke
drums (drum set) [drum] programming:
Starsmith
engineer:
Mike Horner
co-producer:
Jack Patterson (British multi-instrumentalist , singer-songwriter)
producer:
Starsmith
mixer:
Wez Clarke
bass:
Dominic Grant
drums (drum set):
Anthony "Sweetstix" Lewis (drummer)
percussion:
Jack Dow-Smith
piano:
Starsmith and Anthony Strong
synthesizer [synthesizers] and tenor saxophone:
Starsmith
trumpet:
Jon Eades
lead vocals:
Jess Glynne
horn arranger:
Starsmith
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Atlantic Records UK Ltd (in 2015)
recorded at:
Metropolis (London) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom, RAK Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom and The Estate in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
engineered at:
RAK Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Hold My Hand
writer:
Jess Glynne, Jin Jin (Janée Bennett), Jack Patterson (British multi-instrumentalist , singer-songwriter) and Ina Wroldsen
publisher:
Black Butter Music Publishing Ltd, EMI Blackwood Music Inc., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Reverb America Music, Reverb Music Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group) and Universal–Songs of PolyGram International, Inc.
Jess Glynne3.653:43
10Uptown Funk
programming:
Mark Ronson (British DJ and producer)
additional engineer:
Riccardo Damian (recording engineer), Ken Lewis (recording engineer and mixer), Devin Nakao and Matthew Stevens (Engineer)
engineer:
Josh Blair, Wayne Gordon, Inaam Haq, Boo Mitchell, Charles Moniz and Mark Ronson (British DJ and producer)
producer:
Jeff Bhasker, Bruno Mars (US singer) and Mark Ronson (British DJ and producer)
assistant mixer:
John Hanes (audio engineer, mixer)
mixer:
Serban Ghenea
additional keyboard:
Phredley Brown
baritone saxophone:
Ian Hendrickson-Smith
drum machine [LinnDrum] and electric guitar:
Mark Ronson (British DJ and producer)
drums (drum set) and lead vocals:
Bruno Mars (US singer)
electric bass guitar:
Jamareo Artis
electric guitar:
Carlos Alomar
keyboard and talkbox:
Jeff Bhasker
tenor saxophone:
Dwayne Dugger and Neal Sugarman
trombone:
Ray Mason (trombone) and Kameron Whalum
trumpet:
David Guy, Jimmy King (American trumpeter) and Michael Leonhart
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mark Ronson (British DJ and producer) (in 2014)
recorded at:
Cherry Beach Studios in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Daptone Studios in Bushwick, New York, New York, United States, Dunham Studios in Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States, Enormous Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States, Levcon Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, Royal Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, The Armory in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and Zelig Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
mixed at:
MixStar Studios in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States
part of:
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2015 (number: 1), Billboard: Greatest of All Time Hot 100 Songs (number: 5), Billboard Decade End Chart: Streaming Songs (2010s) (number: 6), Stereogum: The 200 Best Songs of the 2010s (number: 19), Grammy Award: Best Pop Duo/Group Performance nominees (number: 2016 winner), Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Songs of the 2010s (number: 66), Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 76) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 417)
recording of:
Uptown Funk
writer:
Jeff Bhasker, Bruno Mars (US singer), Charlie Wilson (R&B singer), Devon Gallaspy, Lonnie Simmons (producer, songwriter), Mark Ronson (British DJ and producer), Nicholas Williams, Philip Lawrence (urban songwriter/producer, of The Smeezingtons), Robert Wilson (US vocalist/bassist, member of Gap Band), Ronnie Wilson (Gap Band member) and Rudolph Taylor (Memphis soul singer)
publisher:
Imagem CV, Mars Force Songs, LLC, Songs of Zelig (BMI-affiliated), Sony/ATV Ballad, Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Tig7 Publishing LLC, Trinlanta Publishing, Way Above Music and ZZR Music, LCC
is based on:
All Gold Everything
Mark Ronson3.554:27
11Sugar
recording of:
Sugar
writer:
Łukasz Gottwald, Henry Walter, Jacob Kasher Hindlen (American songwriter, producer), Joshua Coleman (American musician, songwriter and producer Joshua Coleman), Adam Levine (Maroon 5’s lead vocalist) and Mike Posner
publisher:
Each Note Counts, J. Kasher Music, Kasz Money Publishing (ASCAP affiliated), Kevinthecity Publishing, North Greenway Productions, Oneirology Publishing, Prescription Songs, Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP) and Sudgee 2 Music
Maroon 53:52
12Lips Are Movin’
vocals:
Meghan Trainor (American singer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Epic Records (a division of Sony Music Entertainment; holding company, not a release label) (in 2014, in 2015, in 2025)
part of:
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2015 (number: 22)
recording of:
Lips Are Movin
writer:
Kevin Kadish and Meghan Trainor (American singer)
Meghan Trainor3.72:58
13UpOlly Murs feat. Demi Lovato3:40
14Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn remix)
remixer:
Felix Jaehn
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Ultra Records, LLC (Ultra Records, company behind the "Ultra Music" label)
commentary for:
Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn remix) by OMI ("Cheerleader", Jamaican reggae/pop artist Omar Samuel Pasley)
recording of:
Cheerleader
writer:
Mark Bradford (member of Ray), Mark Bradford (songwriter, Cheerleader), Clifton Dillon, Ryan Dillon, Omar Samuel Pasley ("Cheerleader", Jamaican reggae/pop artist Omar Samuel Pasley) and Sly Dunbar
part of:
Matuschkes Lieblinge 2015
OMI2.82:59
15Wish You Were MinePhilip George2:54
16FourFiveSeconds
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Westbury Road Entertainment (Westbury Road Ent.) (in 2015)
part of:
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2015 (number: 42)
recording of:
FourFiveSeconds
writer:
Dallas Austin, Mike Dean (US “dirty south” hip‐hop producer & mix engineer), Noah Goldstein (R&B record producer, arranger and songwriter), Kanye West (formerly Kanye West), Kirby Lauryen (US soul musician), David Longstreth, Paul McCartney (The Beatles), Elon Rutberg and Ty Dolla $ign
Rihanna feat. Kanye West & Paul McCartney33:06
17Lay Me Down
lead vocals:
Sam Smith (English singer‐songwriter)
recording of:
Lay Me Down
writer:
Jimmy Napes, Elvin Smith and Sam Smith (English singer‐songwriter)
Sam Smith feat. John Legend43:32
18Elastic Heart
recording of:
Elastic Heart
writer:
Sia Furler (Sia, Australian singer‐songwriter), Andrew Swanson and Thomas Wesley Pentz (aka Diplo)
Sia4:13
19Blank Space
assistant recording engineer:
Cory Bice
recording engineer:
Sam Holland (sound engineer) and Michael Ilbert
programming and producer:
Max Martin (Swedish record producer) and Shellback
engineer:
John Hanes (audio engineer, mixer)
mixer:
Serban Ghenea
acoustic guitar, bass, electric guitar, foot stomps [stomps] and percussion:
Shellback
keyboard:
Max Martin (Swedish record producer) and Shellback
background vocals:
Taylor Swift
lead vocals:
Taylor Swift (from 2013 until 2014)
other vocals [shouts]:
Shellback and Taylor Swift
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Taylor Swift (in 2014)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Apollo A‐1 LLC (in 2014) and Big Machine Label Group, LLC (not for release label use) (in 2014)
recorded at:
Conway Recording Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States and MXM Studios in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden
mixed at:
MixStar Studios in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States
commentary:
Blank Space (commentary) by Taylor Swift
part of:
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2015 (number: 7), BILLIONS CLUB, Billboard Decade End Chart: Adult Contemporary Songs (2010s) (number: 49), Stereogum: The 200 Best Songs of the 2010s (number: 49), Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Songs of the 2010s (number: 73), Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 161) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 357)
recording of:
Blank Space
writer:
Max Martin (Swedish record producer), Shellback and Taylor Swift
publisher:
Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, MXM Music (from 2014 to present) and Taylor Swift Music (publisher) (from 2014 to present)
sub-publisher:
Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd. (UK), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.), ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., song publisher, never a release label), ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM)) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
Taylor Swift4.053:50
20Shake It Off
assistant recording engineer:
Cory Bice
recording engineer:
Sam Holland (sound engineer) and Michael Ilbert
programming and producer:
Max Martin (Swedish record producer) and Shellback
engineer:
John Hanes (audio engineer, mixer)
mixer:
Serban Ghenea
acoustic guitar, bass, drums (drum set) and percussion:
Shellback
keyboard:
Max Martin (Swedish record producer) and Shellback
percussion [claps], background vocals and other vocals [shouts]:
Max Martin (Swedish record producer), Shellback and Taylor Swift
saxophone:
Jonas Thander (Swedish songwriter and saxophonist)
trombone:
Magnus Wiklund
trumpet:
Jonas Lindeborg
lead vocals:
Taylor Swift (from 2013 until 2014)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Taylor Swift (in 2014)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Apollo A‐1 LLC (in 2014), Big Machine Label Group, LLC (not for release label use) (in 2014) and Big Machine Records, LLC (not for release label use; please use “Big Machine Records” instead) (in 2014)
recorded at:
Conway Recording Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States and MXM Studios in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden
mixed at:
MixStar Studios in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States
music videos:
Shake It Off: Music Video by Taylor Swift
commentary:
Shake It Off (commentary) by Taylor Swift
part of:
iHeartRadio Music Awards: Song of the Year nominees (number: 2015 winner), Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2014 (number: 13), Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2015 (number: 18), Billboard Decade End Chart: Streaming Songs (2010s) (number: 26) and BILLIONS CLUB
recording of:
Shake It Off
writer:
Max Martin (Swedish record producer) (on 2014-02-22), Shellback (on 2014-02-22) and Taylor Swift (on 2014-02-22)
publisher:
MXM Music (from 2014 to present) and Taylor Swift Music (publisher) (from 2014 to present)
composed at and lyrics written at:
Conway Recording Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 2014-02-22)
Taylor Swift4.33:35
21See You Again
executive producer:
Neal H. Moritz (American film producer)
producer:
Mike Caren (US hip hop producer), Andrew Cedar, Frank E (Justin Franks), Charlie Puth and Kevin Weaver
assistant mixer:
Chris Galland and Ike Schultz
mixer:
Manny Marroquin
background vocals:
Aton Ben-Horin, DJ Frank E (Justin Franks), Latoya Lee and The Truth Experiment
mixed at:
Larrabee Studios (present day location in North Hollywood, since 1991) in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
part of:
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2015 (number: 3), Grammy Award: Best Pop Duo/Group Performance nominees (number: 2016), Billboard Decade End Chart: Streaming Songs (2010s) (number: 40), Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2016 (number: 99) and BILLIONS CLUB
recording of:
See You Again
writer:
Andrew Cedar, DJ Frank E (Justin Franks), Josh Hardy, Dann Hume, Phoebe Lou, Charlie Puth and Wiz Khalifa (US rapper)
publisher:
Andrew Cedar Publishing, Artist 101 Publishing Group, Artist Publishing Group, Artist Publishing Group West, BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation), BMG Platinum Songs, Canadiana Music, Charlie Puth Music Publishing, J Franks Publishing, Kobalt Music (publisher), New World Music (new age music), Universal Pictures, Universal Pictures Music, UPG Music Publishing, Warner Music Group (holding company – file NO releases), Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019), WC Music Corp. and Wiz Khalifa Publishing
Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth4.43:45
22King
additional producer:
Andy Smith (performs as Lxury)
producer:
Mark Ralph and Years & Years
assistant mixer:
Geoff Swan
mixer:
Mark “Spike” Stent (producer, engineer)
bass synthesizer [bass synth], hi-hat and percussion:
Michael Goldsworthy
drum machine [beats], effects [FX] and synthesizer [synth pads]:
Emre Turkmen
synthesizer [synth]:
Olly Alexander and Emre Turkmen
vocals:
Olly Alexander
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal Music Operations Limited (not for release label use! UK&IE subsidiary of UMG, legal name of Universal Music UK) (in 2022, in 2024)
recording of:
King
lyricist and composer:
Olly Alexander, Michael Goldsworthy, Mark Ralph, Andy Smith (performs as Lxury) and Emre Turkmen
publisher:
Imagem Music BV, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd. and Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
sub-publisher:
Concord Music GmbH, Sony Music Publishing (Germany) GmbH and Universal Music Publishing GmbH (Universal Music Publishing Group Germany)
Years & Years3.953:29