20 Years: The Greatest Hits by Will Young - DeepRiffs

COMPILATION

Volume 1

Volume 2

Celebrating the 20-year anniversary of his win on Pop Idol, Will Young highlights the peaks of his career thus far with 20 Years: The Greatest Hits, a compilation of successes from his years in the spotlight. Among the album's 20 tracks are Young's four U.K. number one singles -- "Evergreen," "Light My Fire," "The Long and Winding Road," and "Leave Right Now" -- alongside Top Five hits like "You and I" and "All Time Love." Also included are cuts like "All the Songs" and "Daniel," and two new singles, "Why Does It Hurt" and "Breaking Free." ~ David Crone

Volume 1

1. Evergreen

Background Vocals: Jeanette Olsson
Anders Von Hofsten; Performer
Bass Guitar: Tomas Lindberg; Performer
Lyricist: Per Magnusson
Jörgen Elofsson
David Kreuger
Jorgen Elofsson; Composer
Conductor: Ulf Janson
Henrik Janson; Conductor
Assistant Engineer: Tim Roe; Production
Engineer: Fredrik Anderson
Pete Lewis; Production
Bass Guitar: Tomas Lindberg; Performer
Guitar: Esbjörn Öhrwall
Esbjorn Ohrwall; Performer
Keyboard: Per Magnusson; Performer
Primary Artist: Will Young; Main Performer
Composer: Jörgen Elofsson
David Kreuger
Per Magnusson
Jorgen Elofsson; Composer
Performer: Stockholm Session Strings
Will Young; Performer
Vocals: United Colours Of Sound; Performer
Arranger: David Kreuger
Henrik Janson
Ulf Janson
Per Magnusson; Composer
Mastering Engineer: Richard Dowling; Production
Mixing Engineer: Bernard Löhr
Bernard Lohr; Production
Producer: Per Magnusson
David Kreuger
Jörgen Elofsson
Jorgen Elofsson; Production
Programmer: David Kreuger; Production

2. Light My Fire

Primary Artist: Will Young; Main Performer
Guitar: Milton Mcdonald; Performer
Percussion: Carlos Edwards; Performer
Performer: Absolute
Will Young; Performer
Arranger: Nick Ingman; Composer
Composer: Jim Morrison
John Densmore
Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
Robbie Krieger; Composer
Lyricist: John Densmore
Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
Robbie Krieger; Composer
Conductor: Nick Ingman; Conductor
Assistant Engineer: Phillipe Rose; Production
Mastering Engineer: Tony Cousins; Production
Mixing Engineer: Steve Fitzmaurice; Production
Producer: Absolute
Isobel Griffiths Limited; Production

3. The Long and Winding Road

Performer: Gareth Gates
Will Young
Will Young & Gareth Gates; Performer
Primary Artist: Gareth Gates
Will Young; Main Performer
Composer: Paul Mccartney
John Lennon; Composer
Lyricist: John Lennon
Paul Mccartney; Composer
Conductor: Nick Ingman; Conductor
Engineer: Geoff Foster
Heff Moraes; Production
Mastering Engineer: Richard Dowling; Production
Mixing Engineer: Heff Moraes; Production
Producer: Stephen Lipson; Production

4. You and I

Primary Artist: Will Young; Main Performer
Background Vocals: The London Community Gospel Choir
Ed Johnson
Tee Green
Lucie Silvas; Performer
Bass Guitar: Jack Daley; Performer
Composer: E. Johnson
Mike Peden
H. Johnson; Composer
Bass Guitar: Jack Daley; Performer
Drums: Charles Russell; Performer
Guitar: Graham Kearns; Performer
Arranger: Nick Ingman; Composer
Lyricist: E. Johnson
H. Johnson
Mike Peden; Composer
Conductor: Nick Ingman; Conductor
Keyboard: Peter Gordeno; Performer
Performer: Will Young; Performer
Mastering Engineer: Richard Dowling; Production
Strings: London Session Orchestra; Performer
Mixing Engineer: Steve Fitzmaurice; Production
Producer: Mike Peden; Production
Programmer: Charles Russell; Production
Recording: Martin Hayles; Production
Unknown Contributor Role: Gavyn Wright; Other

5. Leave Right Now

Primary Artist: Will Young; Main Performer
Background Vocals: Tracey Ackerman; Performer
Drums: Steve Barney; Performer
Guitar: Francis "eg" White
John Themis; Performer
Keyboard: Greg Wells
Anne Dudley; Performer
Performer: Will Young; Performer
Composer: Francis White; Composer
Lyricist: Francis White; Composer
Engineer: Heff Moraes; Production
Mixing Engineer: Heff Moraes; Production
Producer: Stephen Lipson
Isobel Griffiths Limited; Production
Programmer: Stephen Lipson; Production

6. Your Game

Background Vocals: Blair Mackichan; Performer
Primary Artist: Will Young; Main Performer
Guitar: Blair Mackichan; Performer
Performer: Will Young; Performer
Vocals: Metro Voices; Performer
Arranger: Nick Ingman; Composer
Composer: Will Young
Blair Mackichan
Taio Cruz; Composer
Lyricist: Will Young
Taio Cruz
Blair Mackichan; Composer
Chorus Master: Jenny O'grady; Conductor
Engineer: Heff Moraes; Production
Mixing Engineer: Heff Moraes; Production
Producer: Stephen Lipson
Blair Mackichan
Dave Naughton
Isobel Griffiths
Isobel Griffiths Ltd.; Production
Programmer: Stephen Lipson
Blair Mackichan; Production

7. Friday's Child

Background Vocals: Tracey Ackerman; Performer
Primary Artist: Will Young; Main Performer
Flute: Phil Todd; Performer
Guitar: Tim Cansfield; Performer
Harmonica: Mark Feltham
Steve Lee; Performer
Performer: Will Young; Performer
Arranger: Nick Ingman; Composer
Composer: Dufton Taylor Jr.
Steve Lee; Composer
Lyricist: Dufton Taylor Jr.
Steve Lee; Composer
Engineer: Heff Moraes; Production
Mixing Engineer: Heff Moraes; Production
Producer: Stephen Lipson
Isobel Griffiths
Isobel Griffiths Ltd.; Production
Programmer: Steven Wolf; Production

8. All Time Love

Primary Artist: Will Young; Main Performer
Background Vocals: Tracey Ackerman; Performer
Bass Guitar: Stephen Lipson; Performer
Bass Guitar: Stephen Lipson; Performer
Performer: Will Young; Performer
Piano: Jamie Hartman; Performer
Composer: Jamie Hartman; Composer
Lyricist: Jamie Hartman; Composer
Conductor: Anne Dudley; Conductor
Engineer: Mike Ross-trevor
Heff Moraes; Production
Mixing Engineer: Heff Moraes; Production
Producer: Stephen Lipson
Isobel Griffiths Limited; Production

9. Who Am I

Bass Guitar: Pino Palladino; Performer
Arranger: Simon Hale; Composer
Composer: Lucie Silvas
F. White; Composer
Background Vocals: Will Young
Tracey Ackerman; Performer
Drums: Neil Conti; Performer
Guitar: Stephen Lipson; Performer
Lyricist: F. White
Lucie Silvas; Composer
Conductor: Simon Hale; Conductor
Assistant Engineer: Gordon Davidson
James Stone; Production
Keyboard: Francis "eg" White; Performer
Performer: Will Young; Performer
Engineer: Gary Thomas
Heff Moraes; Production
Primary Artist: Will Young; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Pino Palladino; Performer
Strings: London Session Orchestra; Performer
Mixing Engineer: Heff Moraes; Production
Producer: Stephen Lipson
Gavyn Wright; Production
Programmer: Francis "eg" White; Production

10. Changes

Bass: Francis "eg" White; Performer
Cello: Dave Daniels; Performer
Drums: Francis "eg" White; Performer
Guitar: Francis "eg" White; Performer
Arranger: Francis "eg" White; Composer
Composer: Will Young
Francis White; Composer
Lyricist: Francis White
Will Young; Composer
Keyboard: Francis "eg" White; Performer
Performer: Will Young; Performer
Mastering Engineer: John Davis; Production
Percussion: Francis "eg" White; Performer
Strings: The London Studio Orchestra; Performer
Viola: Bruce White; Performer
Violin: Patrick Kiernan
Perry Montague-mason; Performer
Vocals: Will Young; Performer
Mixing Engineer: Francis "eg" White; Production
Programmer: Francis "eg" White; Production
Primary Artist: Will Young; Main Performer
Producer: Francis "eg" White; Production

11. Grace

Bass: Clark Coslett-hughes; Performer
Cello: Chris Worthy
Ian Burdge; Performer
Arranger: Simon Hale; Composer
Background Vocals: John Gibbons
Chris Ballin
Beverlei Brown
Hazel Fernandez
Charmain Elliott
Claudia Fontaine; Performer
Flugelhorn: Noel Langley; Performer
Lyricist: Will Young
Matt Prime; Composer
Conductor: Simon Hale
Louisa Fuller; Conductor
Assistant Engineer: Jez Murphy; Production
Primary Artist: Will Young; Main Performer
Drums: Geoff Dugmore; Performer
Flute: Phil Todd; Performer
Guitar: Stephen Carter; Performer
Keyboard: Ash Howes
Simon Hale; Performer
Composer: Will Young
Matt Prime; Composer
Performer: Will Young; Performer
Saxophone: Phil Todd; Performer
Trombone: Fayyaz Virji; Performer
Trumpet: Noel Langley; Performer
Viola: Vince Greene
John Metcalfe
Bill Hawkes
Emma Owens; Performer
Violin: Rick Koster
Emma Blanco
Sally Herbert
Richard George
Louisa Fuller
Sonia Slanly
Gillion Cameron
Frances Dewer
Fiona Mcnaught
Deborah White; Performer
Engineer: David Treahearn; Production
Mastering Engineer: John Davis; Production
Mixing Engineer: Ash Howes; Production
Producer: Matt Prime
Richard Stannard
Ash Howes; Production
Recording: Niall Acott; Production

12. Jealousy

Primary Artist: Will Young; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Alex Meadows; Performer
Bass Guitar: Alex Meadows; Performer
Drums: Tim Weller; Performer
Keyboard: Jim Eliot
Richard X; Performer
Performer: Will Young; Performer
Vocals: Will Young; Performer
Composer: Will Young
Jim Eliot
Jemima Stilwell; Composer
Lyricist: Jemima Stilwell
Will Young
Jim Eliot; Composer
Mastering Engineer: John Davis; Production
Producer: Pete Hofmann
Richard X
Jim Eliot; Production
Recording: Joe Rodgers
Jim Eliot
Matt Wiggins; Production

13. Come On

Bass: Alex Meadows; Performer
Primary Artist: Will Young; Main Performer
Drums: Tim Weller; Performer
Keyboard: Jim Eliot
Richard X; Performer
Performer: Will Young; Performer
Vocals: Will Young; Performer
Composer: Jim Eliot
Jemima Stilwell; Composer
Lyricist: Jim Eliot
Jemima Stilwell; Composer
Mastering Engineer: John Davis; Production
Producer: Pete Hofmann
Richard X
Jim Eliot; Production

14. Losing Myself

Primary Artist: Will Young; Main Performer
Bass: Alex Meadows; Performer
Drums: Tim Weller; Performer
Keyboard: Pascal Gabriel
Richard X; Performer
Performer: Will Young; Performer
Vocals: Will Young; Performer
Composer: Will Young
Guy Manuel De Homen
Vincent Belorgey
Pascal Gabriel; Composer
Lyricist: Will Young
Guy Manuel De Homen
Vincent Belorgey
Pascal Gabriel; Composer
Mastering Engineer: John Davis; Production
Mixing Engineer: Pete Hofmann; Production
Producer: Pete Hofmann
Richard X; Production
Programmer: Pascal Gabriel; Production

15. Love Revolution

Primary Artist: Will Young; Main Performer
Performer: Will Young; Performer
Composer: Andrea Martin
Edmund Clement
Ivan Matias
Robert Borrmann
James Christopher Eliot
Jemima Rose Adelaide Stilwell
William Robert Young; Composer
Lyricist: William Robert Young
Jemima Rose Adelaide Stilwell
Andrea Martin
Edmund Clement
Ivan Matias
Robert Borrmann
James Christopher Eliot; Composer
Producer: James Eliot; Production

16. Joy

Primary Artist: Will Young; Main Performer
Performer: Will Young; Performer
Composer: Will Young
James Eliot
Jemima Stillwell; Composer
Lyricist: Will Young
James Eliot
Jemima Stillwell; Composer
Producer: James Eliot; Production

17. All the Songs

Primary Artist: Will Young; Main Performer
Performer: Will Young; Performer
Composer: Will Young
Jim Eliot
Mima Stilwell; Composer
Lyricist: Will Young
Jim Eliot
Mima Stilwell; Composer

18. Daniel

Primary Artist: Will Young; Main Performer
Performer: Will Young; Performer
Composer: Natasha Khan; Composer
Lyricist: Natasha Khan; Composer

19. Why Does It Hurt

Primary Artist: Will Young; Main Performer
Performer: Will Young; Performer
Composer: Will Young
Mima
Jim Eliot; Composer
Lyricist: Will Young
Mima
Jim Eliot; Composer
Producer: Jim Eliot; Production

20. Breaking Free

Primary Artist: Will Young; Main Performer
Performer: Will Young; Performer
Composer: Will Young
Mima
Jim Eliot; Composer
Lyricist: Will Young
Mima
Jim Eliot; Composer
Producer: Jim Eliot; Production

Volume 2

1. Leave Right Now

Primary Artist: Will Young; Main Performer
Performer: Will Young; Performer
Composer: Francis White; Composer
Lyricist: Francis White; Composer

2. What is Love?

Primary Artist: Will Young; Main Performer
Performer: Will Young; Performer
Composer: Dee Dee Halligan
Junior Torello; Composer
Lyricist: Dee Dee Halligan
Junior Torello; Composer

3. Hanging on the Telephone

Primary Artist: Will Young; Main Performer
Performer: Will Young; Performer
Composer: Jack Lee; Composer
Lyricist: Jack Lee; Composer

4. All Time Love

Primary Artist: Will Young; Main Performer
Performer: Will Young; Performer
Composer: Jamie Hartman; Composer
Lyricist: Jamie Hartman; Composer

5. Hey Ya!

Primary Artist: Will Young; Main Performer
Performer: Will Young; Performer
Composer: Andre Benjamin; Composer
Lyricist: Andre Benjamin; Composer

6. Love Revolution

Primary Artist: Will Young; Main Performer
Performer: Will Young; Performer
Composer: Andrea Martin
Edmund Clement
Ivan Matias
Robert Borrmann
James Christopher Eliot
Jemima Rose Adelaide Stilwell
William Robert Young; Composer
Lyricist: Andrea Martin
Edmund Clement
Ivan Matias
Robert Borrmann
James Christopher Eliot
Jemima Rose Adelaide Stilwell
William Robert Young; Composer

7. Take My Breath Away

Primary Artist: Will Young; Main Performer
Performer: Will Young; Performer
Composer: Giorgio Moroder
Thomas Whitlock; Composer
Lyricist: Giorgio Moroder
Thomas Whitlock; Composer

8. Your Game

Primary Artist: Will Young; Main Performer
Performer: Will Young; Performer
Arranger: Nick Ingman; Composer
Composer: Blair Mackichan
Will Young
Taio Cruz; Composer
Lyricist: Will Young
Taio Cruz
Blair Mackichan; Composer

9. Golden Slumbers

Primary Artist: Will Young; Main Performer
Performer: Will Young; Performer
Composer: John Lennon
Paul Mccartney; Composer
Lyricist: John Lennon
Paul Mccartney; Composer

10. How Will I Know

Primary Artist: Will Young; Main Performer
Performer: Will Young; Performer
Composer: Narada Walden
George Merrill
Shannon Rubicam; Composer
Lyricist: Narada Walden
George Merrill
Shannon Rubicam; Composer

11. Running Up That Hill

Primary Artist: Will Young; Main Performer
Performer: Will Young; Performer
Composer: Kate Bush; Composer
Lyricist: Kate Bush; Composer

12. Your Game

Background Vocals: Blair Mackichan; Performer
Primary Artist: Will Young; Main Performer
Guitar: Blair Mackichan; Performer
Performer: Will Young; Performer
Vocals: Metro Voices; Performer
Arranger: Nick Ingman; Composer
Composer: Will Young
Blair Mackichan
Taio Cruz; Composer
Lyricist: Blair Mackichan
Taio Cruz
Will Young; Composer
Mixing Engineer: Heff Moraes; Production
Producer: Blair Mackichan
Isobel Griffiths
Dave Naughton
Isobel Griffiths Ltd.; Production
Programmer: Stephen Lipson
Blair Mackichan; Production

13. Jealousy

Primary Artist: Will Young; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Alex Meadows; Performer
Bass Guitar: Alex Meadows; Performer
Drums: Tim Weller; Performer
Keyboard: Jim Eliot; Performer
Performer: Will Young; Performer
Vocals: Will Young; Performer
Composer: Jim Eliot
Will Young
Jemima Stilwell; Composer
Lyricist: Will Young
Jemima Stilwell
Jim Eliot; Composer
Producer: Jim Eliot; Production
Recording: Jim Eliot; Production

Technical Specifications

Volume

2 volumes in total

Tracks

33 tracks available

Type

COMPILATION

Format

Digital Media

Duration

2 hours, 3 minutes and 39 seconds

Explicit

None

Coverart

Available and up to 3000x3000 px

Booklet

Not available

Max Quality

CD Quality (Lossless)

16bit / 44.1 kHz

Stereo

Audio Extension

Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF

Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA

Archive Format

Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR

Lyrics

27/33 tracks have lyrics

Synchronized Lyrics

12/33 tracks have synced lyrics

Genres

Pop/Rock

Label

Sony Music CG

Music Distribution Service

Sony

Country

United Kingdom

Language

English (United States)

Popularity

Release Date

May 26, 2022

Track Preview

Available

Delivery Charge

Free

Delivery Method

Digital download link via Email or Personal Dashboard on this site

UPC

886449766086