The Girl Most Likely (Claudja Barry album)

The Girl Most Likely
Studio album by Claudja Barry
Released	Nov. 1977 (Europe), Feb. 1978 (US)
Recorded	1977
Studio	Arco Studios, Munich, Germany Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Genre	Dance disco
Length	43:05
Label	Philips/Lollipop
Producer	Jürgen S. Korduletsch
Claudja Barry chronology
Sweet Dynamite (1976) The Girl Most Likely (1977) I Wanna Be Loved By You (1978)

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The Girl Most Likely is Claudja Barry's second studio album, released November 1977. It was launched by the single "Take Me in Your Arms" (a cover of Motown-star Kim Weston's 1966 single) and was released just shortly after a duet between Barry and her label-mate Ronnie Jones, a cover of Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston's "It Takes Two". It was felt that the album was short of another hit single, and Korduletsch & Evers quickly produced "Johnny, Johnny, Please Come Home" which would be issued early 1978 as the second single. This would replace the track "I'll Be Dancin' No More" on later LP-pressings.

As with her debut album, "The Girl Most Likely" was remixed by Tom Moulton for its US release on Salsoul Records which came out in February 1978 under the title Claudja. The track "Long Lost Friend" was omitted in favour of an extended 7-minute version of "Johnny, Johnny". The single "Dancin' Fever" hit No. 6 on Billboard's Disco Charts and also gave Barry her first Pop hit on Billboard where it charted at No. 72. "Take It Easy" was the second single release in April.

Outtakes

Outtakes from the album included the song "Wanna Win Your Love Back" (B-side of "Take Me in Your Arms"), a cover of "Summertime" (B-side of "Dancin' Fever" in Canada), and a cover of Badfinger's Without You which remained unreleased until 1980 when it was included on a German compilation album.

Track listing

1977 European Version

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Take Me in Your Arms"	Holland-Dozier-Holland	4:23
2.	"Take It Easy"	Keith Forsey Mats Björklund	6:53
3.	"Love Machine"	Korduletsch Evers	3:48
4.	"When Life Was Just a Game"	Michael Hoffmann Claudja Barry	3:34
5.	"Every Beat of My Heart"	Johnny Otis	2:31
6.	"Open the Door"	Korduletsch Evers Forsey	3:33
7.	"I'll Be Dancin' No More *"	Korduletsch Evers	2:59
8.	"Sexy Talkin' Lover"	Korduletsch Evers Barry	4:02
9.	"Dancin' Fever"	Korduletsch Evers	6:04
10.	"Sexy Talkin' Lover"	Korduletsch Evers	4:17

• Trk. 7 was replaced with "Johnny, Johnny, Please Come Home" 2:53 (Korduletsch, Evers) on the 1978 re-issue and 1993 CD edition. Japanese LP includes both tracks ("Johnny, Johnny" inserted as track B1).

1978 US Version

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Open the Door"	Korduletsch Evers Forsey	5:48
2.	"Love Machine"	Korduletsch Evers	4:50
3.	"When Life Was Just a Game"	Michael Hoffmann Barry	3:53
4.	"Take It Easy"	Forsey Björklund	6:53
5.	"Dancin' Fever"	Korduletsch Evers Barry	5:14
6.	"Johnny, Johnny Please Come Home"	Korduletsch Evers	7:09
7.	"Take Me In Your Arms"	Holland-Dozier-Holland	4:20
8.	"Every Beat of My Heart"	Otis	2:31
9.	"Sexy Talkin' Lover"	Korduletsch Evers	3:52

Remix: Tom Moulton (Except Trk. 7 Mixed by Korduletsch)

1978 UK Version

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Open the Door"	Korduletsch Evers Forsey	3:33
2.	"Love Machine"	Korduletsch Evers	3:48
3.	"Sweet Dynamite *"	Korduletsch Evers	4:07
4.	"Dancin' Fever"	Korduletsch Evers Barry	6:04
5.	"Take It Easy"	Forsey Björklund	6:53
6.	"Johnny, Johnny Please Come Home"	Korduletsch Evers	2:53
7.	"Take Me In Your Arms"	Holland-Dozier-Holland	4:20
8.	"Why Must a Girl Like Me *"	Korduletsch Evers	3:52
9.	"Every Beat of My Heart"	Otis	4:11

Trk. 3 and 8 Taken from Sweet Dynamite LP (1976)

Musicians

Drums & Percussion: Keith Forsey
Bass: Gary Unwin
Keyboards: Geoff Stradling
Guitar: Mats Björklund
Horns & Flutes: Pepe Solera, Etienne Cap
Additional Percussion: Jürgen S. Korduletsch, Jörg Evers, Joe Spector Backing Vocals: Carla Benson, Evette Benton, Barbara Ingram, N. Henry Ingram

External links

• Claudja Barry-The Girl Most Likely at Discogs