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Get the Party Started is a 2007 album by Welsh singer Dame Shirley Bassey.

Released in June 2007, the album features newly remixed tracks by contemporary producers. The remixes feature recorded vocal tracks previously issued in the 1980's and 90's. I Will Survive was recorded in 1996 for the album The Show Must Go On but was not issued at that time. In addition, the album features new recordings including a cover version of Pink's "Get the Party Started", which fronted the 2006 Marks & Spencer Christmas advertising campaign.[1] This album project was spearheaded by Bassey and saw her working with songwriting partners Catherine Feeney and Nikki Lamborn, who co-wrote the song, "The Living Tree". The album was released in the UK and Europe on Monday 25 June 2007 without being leaked onto the internet before the release date. It entered the UK Albums Chart at #6, her highest chart position for a studio album since 1970 and since 1978 overall.[2]

Due to the success of the digital download of the single "Get The Party Started" by Chris Cox. Get the Party Started was released officially in the United States on 18 March 2008 on the Decca label, making it the first album to be released there by Bassey after a long time absent.

Track listing

  1. "Get the Party Started" (Linda Perry) *
  2. "Big Spender" (North by Northwest remix) (Vocal recorded in 1984 for I Am What I Am)
  3. "I (Who Have Nothing)" (North by Northwest remix) (Vocal recorded in 1984 for I Am What I Am)
  4. "This is My Life" (Cagedbaby remix) (Vocal recorded in 1984 for I Am What I Am)
  5. "Slave to the Rhythm" (The Glimmers remix)
  6. "Can I Touch You There?" (Knut Saevik and Paul 'Strangefruit' Nyhus)
  7. "What Now My Love" (Bugz in the Attic remix) (Vocal recorded in 1984 for I Am What I Am)
  8. "Kiss Me Honey, Honey" (Restless Soul remix) (Vocal recorded in 1984 for I Am What I Am)
  9. "Hello" (Dobie Remix)
  10. "You Only Live Twice" (Mark de Clive-Lowe remix) (Vocal recorded in 1987 for The Bond Collection)
  11. "The Living Tree" (Catherine Feeney, Nikki Lamborn) *
  12. "Where Is the Love?" (Bruno E. remix)
  13. "I Will Survive" (North by Northwest remix) (Previously unreleased vocal performance from 1996)

* New recordings exclusive to this release.

References

  1. ^ Allmusic write-up and review
  2. ^ Chartstats - Shirley Bassey UK Chart discography
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