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1993 compilation album by Bonnie Tyler
The Best
UK cover
Released 22 April 1993 Recorded 1976–1993
Genre
Pop rock Length 74 :48 (UK edition)
Label
1998 French cover
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Bonnie Tyler: The Best is a compilation album by Welsh singer
Bonnie Tyler . It was released in 1993 by
Columbia in the UK and by Versailles Records in France. Both issues feature the same front cover, but they do not have matching track lists. In 1995, the album was reissued in the UK under the title The Definitive Collection , featuring the original track listing and a bonus CD with five more tracks.
Track listing
UK Version
[2]
"
Total Eclipse of the Heart " (
Jim Steinman ) – 4:27 (from the 1983 album
Faster Than the Speed of Night )
"
Faster Than the Speed of Night " (Steinman) – 4:40 (from the 1983 album
Faster Than the Speed of Night )
"
Have You Ever Seen the Rain? " (
John Fogerty ) – 4:03 (from the 1983 album
Faster Than the Speed of Night )
"
If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man) " (
Desmond Child ) – 3:57 (from the 1986 album
Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire )
"
Here She Comes " (Pete Bellotte, Giorgio Moroder) – 3:21 (from the 1984 soundtrack for
Metropolis )
"
Loving You's a Dirty Job but Somebody's Gotta Do It " (Steinman) – 5:47 (from the 1986 album
Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire )
"Getting So Excited" (Alan Gruner) – 3:38 (from the 1983 album
Faster Than the Speed of Night )
"
Save Up All Your Tears " (Child,
Diane Warren ) – 4:02 (from the 1988 album
Hide Your Heart )
"
The Best " (
Mike Chapman ,
Holly Knight ) – 4:00 (from the 1988 album
Hide Your Heart )
"
Holding Out for a Hero " (Steinman,
Dean Pitchford ) – 4:28 (from the 1984 album
Footloose and the 1986 album
Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire )
"(The World Is Full of) Married Men" (Dominic Bugatti,
Frank Musker ) – 3:57 (1979 single only)
"
A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around and Fall in Love) " (with
Shakin' Stevens ) (Brook Benton, Luchi de Jesus, Clyde Otis) – 2:54 (from the 1983
Shakin' Stevens album
The Bop Won't Stop )
"
More Than a Lover " (
Ronnie Scott , Steve Wolfe) – 4:08 (from the 1977 album
The World Starts Tonight )
"
Don't Turn Around " (Warren,
Albert Hammond ) – 4:16 (from the 1988 album
Hide Your Heart )
"
Lovers Again " (Child) – 4:13 (from the 1986 album
Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire )
"
Lost in France " (Scott, Wolfe) – 3:57 (from the 1977 album
The World Starts Tonight )
"
It's a Heartache " (Scott, Wolfe) – 3:30 (from the 1978 album
Natural Force )
"
To Love Somebody (
Barry Gibb ,
Robin Gibb ,
Maurice Gibb ) – 5:30 (from the 1988 album
Hide Your Heart )
France Version
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Writer is same as English version for any occurrence of the same song.
"Total Eclipse Of The Heart"
"Holding Out For A Hero" (Club Mix)
"It's A Heartache"
"If You Were A Woman (And I Was A Man)"
"Here She Comes"
"Loving You Is A Dirty Job But Somebody's Got To Do It"
"Lost In France"
"Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around And Fall In Love)"
"Have You Ever Seen The Rain?"
"Straight From The Heart" (
Bryan Adams /Eric Kanga) (from the 1983 album
Faster Than the Speed of Night )
"Faster Than The Speed Of Night"
"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" (Gerry Goffin/Carole King/Jerry Wexler) (from the 1978 album
It's a Heartache )
"A Whiter Shade Of Pale" (Gary Brooker/Keith Reid) (from the 1981 album
Goodbye to the Island )
"The Best"
"
Hide Your Heart " (
Paul Stanley /Child/Knight) (from the 1988 album
Hide Your Heart )
"Don't Turn Around"
"Band Of Gold" (Extended Version) (Edyth Wayne / Ronald Dunbar) (original version from the 1986 album
Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire )
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