Franne Golde
Encyclopedia
Franne Golde is a songwriter, musician, singer and writer. Her songs have appeared on more than 100 million records worldwide
Franne has received BMI awards for singles with The Pussycat Dolls ("Stickwitu
"), Randy Travis
’s "A Man Ain't Made of Stone
", The Kinleys
' "Somebody's Out There Watching" from the Touched by an Angel
soundtrack
, Selena
’s "Dreaming of You
", Jody Watley
’s "Don't You Want Me
and "Nightshift
" by the Commodores
, which also won a Grammy for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group and received a Grammy nomination for Song of the Year and has become a classic still performed and played all over the world.
in Chicago. Her teachers were the legendary R&B artists, producers and songwriters who recorded there and soon took Franne under their wing. She soon formed her first band, Franne and Zoey, which received great local acclaim, and she was on her way to making records herself for Atlantic and later Epic
/Portrait
.
In the early 1980s Franne began writing with songwriter Carole Bayer Sager
, who introduced her to legendary producer Richard Perry
. He was very impressed with Franne and convinced her to move to Los Angeles and signed her to his publishing company Braintree Music. Soon after Diana Ross
cut "Getting Ready For Love", the first song Golde co-wrote with Tom Snow, under her new deal with Perry. The Top 10 international hit graced Ross’ Gold Album, Baby It's Me
.
Franne also wrote the R&B classic "Don't Look Any Further
" with Dennis Lambert and Duane Hitchings, which has since become one of the most frequently sampled tracks by rappers and dance artists internationally, including Snoop Dog, TLC
, Tupac Shakur
, Junior M.A.F.I.A.
with Notorious B.I.G, Lauryn Hill
and M People
, who recorded the song and made it a hit for the 4th time in England. Saxophonist Dave Koz
gave it a jazz interpretation on the 1 Gold album, Lucky Man and Michelin Tires tapped it for commercial advertising.
, and multi-platinum soundtracks Top Gun
, Beverly Hills Cop II
, Selena
(the biopic) which featured Franne’s Hit Single "Dreaming of You
" and the seminal TV series Miami Vice
and Touched By an Angel
, which included the Country hit single "Somebody's Out There Watching"
In a highly unusual move, Kenny G
recorded Golde’s "Even if My Heart Would Break" with Aaron Neville
for the 41 million-selling The Bodyguard soundtrack. He then chose to include it on his own 10 million-plus selling release, Breathless. It marked only the third time in chart history that the same song appeared on both the No. 1 and No. 2 albums.
She has written songs on many multi-platinum albums including: Pussycat Dolls
Stickwitu
— which was also a worldwide hit single and was nominated for a 2007 Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group — Jessica Simpson
Be, Christina Aguilera
’s So Emotional and her Grammy Award–winning Latin CD Mi Reflejo with "El Beso Del Final", Jody Watley
’s "Don’t You Want Me", Whitney Houston
’s "I Belong to You", The Commodores
’ "Nightshift" and Selena
’s "Dreaming of You".
Franne has received BMI awards for singles with The Pussycat Dolls ("Stickwitu
Stickwitu
"Stickwitu" is a R&B ballad by American girl group the Pussycat Dolls from their debut album, PCD. Produced by Jimmy Iovine, Robin Antin, Ron Fair and Tal Herzberg, it was released as the album's second single in late 2005. The song is an uptempo ballad being different to their previous single...
"), Randy Travis
Randy Travis
Randy Travis is an American country music singer and actor. Since 1985, he has recorded 20 studio albums and charted more than 30 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, 22 of which were number one hits...
’s "A Man Ain't Made of Stone
A Man Ain't Made of Stone
A Man Ain't Made of Stone is the eleventh studio album from American country music artist Randy Travis. Released in 1999 as his second album for the DreamWorks label, it produced four singles, of which only one — the title track — was a Top 40 hit on the Billboard country charts...
", The Kinleys
The Kinleys
The Kinleys was an American country music duo composed of identical twin sisters Heather and Jennifer Kinley, born November 5, 1970 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Between 1997 and 2000, they recorded two albums for the Epic Records label , also charting eight singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot...
' "Somebody's Out There Watching" from the Touched by an Angel
Touched by an Angel
Touched by an Angel is an American drama series that premiered on CBS on September 21, 1994 and ran for 211 episodes and nine seasons until its conclusion on April 27, 2003. Created by John Masius and produced by Martha Williamson, the series stars Roma Downey, as an angel named Monica, and Della...
soundtrack
Touched by an Angel: The Album
-Chart performance:...
, Selena
Selena
Selena Quintanilla-Pérez , known simply as Selena, was a Mexican American singer-songwriter. She was named the "top Latin artist of the '90s" and "Best selling Latin artist of the decade" by Billboard for her fourteen top-ten singles in the Top Latin Songs chart, including seven number-one hits...
’s "Dreaming of You
Dreaming of You (Selena song)
"Dreaming of You" is the name of a Selena love song written by Franne Golde and Tom Snow. It was Selena's biggest single, peaking at #21 on the Billboard Hot 100.The song was released at the end of the first quarter of 1995, after Selena's murder...
", Jody Watley
Jody Watley
Jody Vanessa Watley is an American, singer, songwriter, record producer, and founder of Avitone Records whose music crosses genres from Pop, R&B, Jazz, Dance and Electronic Soul....
’s "Don't You Want Me
Don't You Want Me
"Don't You Want Me" is a single by British synthpop group Human League, released from their album: Dare on 27 November 1981.It is the band's best known and most commercially successful recording to date, and was the Christmas number one in the UK, in 1981, where it sold over 1,400,000 copies,...
and "Nightshift
Nightshift
"Nightshift" is a 1985 hit song by the Commodores and title track from the album of the same name. The song was a tribute to Jackie Wilson and Marvin Gaye, two famous R&B musicians who had died in 1984....
" by the Commodores
Commodores
The Commodores are an American funk/soul band of the 1970s and 1980s. The members of the group met as mostly freshmen at Tuskegee Institute in 1968, and signed with Motown in November 1972, having first caught the public eye opening for The Jackson 5 while on tour...
, which also won a Grammy for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group and received a Grammy nomination for Song of the Year and has become a classic still performed and played all over the world.
Early career
Early in her career Franne found a home away from home in a rented studio at the famous Chess RecordsChess Records
Chess Records was an American record label based in Chicago, Illinois. It specialized in blues, R&B, soul, gospel music, early rock and roll, and occasional jazz releases....
in Chicago. Her teachers were the legendary R&B artists, producers and songwriters who recorded there and soon took Franne under their wing. She soon formed her first band, Franne and Zoey, which received great local acclaim, and she was on her way to making records herself for Atlantic and later Epic
Epic Records
Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...
/Portrait
Portrait
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.
In the early 1980s Franne began writing with songwriter Carole Bayer Sager
Carole Bayer Sager
Carole Bayer Sager is an American lyricist, songwriter, singer, and painter.-Introduction:Born in New York City, Sager graduated from New York University, where she majored in English, dramatic arts and speech...
, who introduced her to legendary producer Richard Perry
Richard Perry
Richard Perry is an American music producer. Perry began as a performer in his adolescence, but shifted gears after graduating college and rose through the late 1960s and early 1970s to become a highly successful and popular record producer with over a dozen gold records to his credit by 1982...
. He was very impressed with Franne and convinced her to move to Los Angeles and signed her to his publishing company Braintree Music. Soon after Diana Ross
Diana Ross
Diana Ernestine Earle Ross is an American singer, record producer, and actress. Ross was lead singer of the Motown group The Supremes during the 1960s. After leaving the group in 1970, Ross began a solo career that included successful ventures into film and Broadway...
cut "Getting Ready For Love", the first song Golde co-wrote with Tom Snow, under her new deal with Perry. The Top 10 international hit graced Ross’ Gold Album, Baby It's Me
Baby It's Me
Baby It's Me is a 1977 album released by American singer Diana Ross on the Motown label. The album was produced by producer Richard Perry. The singles released from the LP include "Gettin' Ready for Love", "You Got It", and "All Night Lover"....
.
Franne also wrote the R&B classic "Don't Look Any Further
Don't Look Any Further
"Don't Look Any Further" is a 1984 single by former Temptations lead singer Dennis Edwards, featuring Siedah Garrett. The single was written by Franne Golde, Dennis Lambert and Duane Hitchings. It peaked at #2 on the Billboard Black Singles chart and peaked at #72 on the Billboard Hot 100.-Track...
" with Dennis Lambert and Duane Hitchings, which has since become one of the most frequently sampled tracks by rappers and dance artists internationally, including Snoop Dog, TLC
TLC (band)
TLC is an American musical trio whose repertoire spanned R&B, hip-hop, soul, funk, and new jack swing. Originally consisting of singer Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, rapper-singer Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes and singer Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas it found success in the 1990s while also enduring a series of spats...
, Tupac Shakur
Tupac Shakur
Tupac Amaru Shakur , known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper and actor. Shakur has sold over 75 million albums worldwide as of 2007, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world...
, Junior M.A.F.I.A.
Junior M.A.F.I.A.
Junior M.A.F.I.A. is an American hip hop group from Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York. The acronym M.A.F.I.A. stands for Masters At Finding Intelligent Attitudes. They were formed and mentored by New York rapper, The Notorious B.I.G., in the early 1990s and released their debut album,...
with Notorious B.I.G, Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Noelle Hill is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress.Early in her career, she established her reputation as a member of the Fugees. In 1998, she launched her solo career with the release of the commercially successful and critically acclaimed album, The Miseducation of...
and M People
M People
M People are a British house music act from Manchester, who formed in 1990 and achieved success throughout most of the 1990s. The name M People is from the initials of Mike Pickering, who formed the group.-Career:...
, who recorded the song and made it a hit for the 4th time in England. Saxophonist Dave Koz
Dave Koz
Dave Koz is an American smooth jazz saxophonist.- Life and career :Dave Koz was born on March 27, 1963 in Encino, California....
gave it a jazz interpretation on the 1 Gold album, Lucky Man and Michelin Tires tapped it for commercial advertising.
Album Work
Golde’s work has been featured on some of the biggest soundtrack hits of the past decade, including the Grammy Award–winning The BodyguardThe Bodyguard
The Bodyguard is a 1992 American romantic-thriller film starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston. Costner stars as a former Secret Service Agent turned bodyguard who is hired to protect Houston's character, a music star, from an unknown stalker. Lawrence Kasdan wrote the film in the 1970s,...
, and multi-platinum soundtracks Top Gun
Top Gun
Top Gun may refer to:* Top Gun is a 1986 film starring Tom Cruise.**Top Gun , soundtrack to the movie**Top Gun , a number of games based on the movie...
, Beverly Hills Cop II
Beverly Hills Cop II
Beverly Hills Cop II is a 1987 action-comedy film starring Eddie Murphy and directed by Tony Scott. It is the first sequel in the Beverly Hills Cop series. Murphy returns as Detroit police detective Axel Foley, who returns to Beverly Hills, California to track down a joint robbery/gun-running ring...
, Selena
Selena
Selena Quintanilla-Pérez , known simply as Selena, was a Mexican American singer-songwriter. She was named the "top Latin artist of the '90s" and "Best selling Latin artist of the decade" by Billboard for her fourteen top-ten singles in the Top Latin Songs chart, including seven number-one hits...
(the biopic) which featured Franne’s Hit Single "Dreaming of You
Dreaming of You
Dreaming of You is the sixth and final studio album, and second posthumous album, by American Tejano pop singer Selena, and was released on July 18, 1995, by EMI Records and EMI Latin...
" and the seminal TV series Miami Vice
Miami Vice
Miami Vice is an American television series produced by Michael Mann for NBC. The series starred Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas as two Metro-Dade Police Department detectives working undercover in Miami. It ran for five seasons on NBC from 1984–1989...
and Touched By an Angel
Touched by an Angel
Touched by an Angel is an American drama series that premiered on CBS on September 21, 1994 and ran for 211 episodes and nine seasons until its conclusion on April 27, 2003. Created by John Masius and produced by Martha Williamson, the series stars Roma Downey, as an angel named Monica, and Della...
, which included the Country hit single "Somebody's Out There Watching"
In a highly unusual move, Kenny G
Kenny G
Kenneth Bruce Gorelick , better known by his stage name Kenny G, is an American, adult contemporary and smooth jazz saxophonist. His fourth album, Duotones, brought him breakthrough success in 1986...
recorded Golde’s "Even if My Heart Would Break" with Aaron Neville
Aaron Neville
Aaron Neville is an American soul and R&B singer and musician. He has had four top-20 hits in the United States along with four platinum-certified albums...
for the 41 million-selling The Bodyguard soundtrack. He then chose to include it on his own 10 million-plus selling release, Breathless. It marked only the third time in chart history that the same song appeared on both the No. 1 and No. 2 albums.
She has written songs on many multi-platinum albums including: Pussycat Dolls
Pussycat Dolls
The Pussycat Dolls are an American pop girl group and dance ensemble based in Los Angeles; currently consisting of Lauren Bennett, Vanessa Curry, Kristal "Lyndriette" Smith, Tiffany "Taz" Zavala, Kia Hampton and Paula Van Oppen. The Pussycat Dolls were founded by choreographer Robin Antin in 1995...
Stickwitu
Stickwitu
"Stickwitu" is a R&B ballad by American girl group the Pussycat Dolls from their debut album, PCD. Produced by Jimmy Iovine, Robin Antin, Ron Fair and Tal Herzberg, it was released as the album's second single in late 2005. The song is an uptempo ballad being different to their previous single...
— which was also a worldwide hit single and was nominated for a 2007 Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group — Jessica Simpson
Jessica Simpson
Jessica Ann Simpson is an American recording artist, actress, television personality, and fashion designer whose rise to fame began in 1999. Since that time, Simpson has achieved many recording milestones, starred in several television shows, movies, and commercials, launched a line of hair and...
Be, Christina Aguilera
Christina Aguilera
Christina María Aguilera is an American recording artist and actress. Aguilera first appeared on national television in 1990 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The Mickey Mouse Club from 1993–1994...
’s So Emotional and her Grammy Award–winning Latin CD Mi Reflejo with "El Beso Del Final", Jody Watley
Jody Watley
Jody Vanessa Watley is an American, singer, songwriter, record producer, and founder of Avitone Records whose music crosses genres from Pop, R&B, Jazz, Dance and Electronic Soul....
’s "Don’t You Want Me", Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston
Whitney Elizabeth Houston is an American singer, actress, producer and a former model. Houston is the most awarded female act of all time, according to Guinness World Records, and her list of awards include 1 Emmy Award, 6 Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among...
’s "I Belong to You", The Commodores
Commodores
The Commodores are an American funk/soul band of the 1970s and 1980s. The members of the group met as mostly freshmen at Tuskegee Institute in 1968, and signed with Motown in November 1972, having first caught the public eye opening for The Jackson 5 while on tour...
’ "Nightshift" and Selena
Selena
Selena Quintanilla-Pérez , known simply as Selena, was a Mexican American singer-songwriter. She was named the "top Latin artist of the '90s" and "Best selling Latin artist of the decade" by Billboard for her fourteen top-ten singles in the Top Latin Songs chart, including seven number-one hits...
’s "Dreaming of You".
Current career
Franne continues to be active in discovering and developing new talent and writing songs – She is currently writing a book based on her life and recently opened an online boutique called Franne's Closet.Releases
- Frannie (1976)
- Frannie (1979)
- Here I Go Fallin' In love Again / Tell Me What's Goin' On (1979)
- Restless (1980)
Production
- Club Paradise (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), "Love People" (1986)
- Modern Girls (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), "Girls Night Out" (1986)
- In This Skin (Jessica Simpson), "Everyday See You" and "Be" (2003)
Appears On
- Baby It's MeBaby It's MeBaby It's Me is a 1977 album released by American singer Diana Ross on the Motown label. The album was produced by producer Richard Perry. The singles released from the LP include "Gettin' Ready for Love", "You Got It", and "All Night Lover"....
(Diana RossDiana RossDiana Ernestine Earle Ross is an American singer, record producer, and actress. Ross was lead singer of the Motown group The Supremes during the 1960s. After leaving the group in 1970, Ross began a solo career that included successful ventures into film and Broadway...
), "Gettin' Ready For Love" (1977) - Gettin' Ready For Love (Diana Ross), "Gettin' Ready For Love" (1977)
- Stay With Me Baby (Kiki DeeKiki DeeKiki Dee is an English singer with a career spanning more than 40 years....
), "Holding Me Too Tight" (1978) - Moonlight Madness (Teri DeSarioTeri DeSarioTeri DeSario is a singer/songwriter from Miami, Florida. DeSario worked within several music genres out of high school. She was vocalist, played recorder and harp from 1970 - 1977 with a Medieval and Renaissance music group, the Early Music Consort, headed by scholar and Pro Musica member Arnold...
), "Hold On, Hold On" (1979) - Take A Bite (Marlena Shaw), "Shaw Biz/Suddenly It's How I Like To Feel/Shaw Bizz (Reprise)" (1979)
- When Love Comes Calling (Deniece WilliamsDeniece WilliamsJune Deniece Chandler known by her stage name Deniece Williams is an American Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and record producer who achieved success in the 1970s and 1980s...
), "God Knows" (1979) - Rock Me Up A Mountain / Sinner At Sunday (Anita Meijer), "Rock Me Up A Mountain Ariola Benelux" (1980)
- I Got The Melody (Odyssey), "Baby That's All I Want" (1981)
- Katie Kissoon (Katie Kissoon), "God Knows" (1981)
- Right On Time (Margriet Eshuijs Band), "Girl On The Radio" (1981)
- Secret Combination (Randy CrawfordRandy CrawfordRandy Crawford is an American jazz and R&B singer. She has been more successful in Europe than in the United States, where she has not entered the Billboard Hot 100 as a solo artist...
), "Secret Combination" (1981) - Get Nervous (Pat Benatar), "Looking For A Stranger" (1982)
- Diana Ross Anthology (Diana Ross), "Gettin' Ready For Love" (1983)
- Live From Earth (Pat Benatar), "Looking For A Stranger" (1983)
- Lucky (Marty Balin), "All We Really Need" (1983)
- Over My Head (Toni Basil) (1983)
- Ross (Diana Ross), "Let's Go Up" (1983)
- The Very Best Of Diana Ross - Anthology (Diana Ross), "Gettin' Ready For Love" (1983)
- Don't Look Any Further (Dennis Edwards), "Don't Look Any Further" (1984)
- Nightshift (Commodores), "Nightshift" (1984)
- Toni Basil (Toni Basil), "Over My Head" and "Spacewalkin' The Dog" (1984)
- Bit By Bit (Theme From "Fletch") (Stephanie Mills/Harold Faltermeyer), "Bit By Bit" (1985)
- High Class Disco (Compilation), "Nightshift" (1985)
- Janet (Commodores), "Janet" (1985)
- Miami Vice - Music From The Television Series (Compilation), "Own The Night" (1985)
- Nightshift (Winston GroovyWinston GroovyWinston Tucker , better known as Winston Groovy, is a Jamaican reggae singer best known for his recordings between the late 1960s and 1980s.-Biography:Tucker was born in the Waltham Park Road area of Kingston, Jamaica in 1946...
), "Nightshift" (1985) - Own The Night (Chaka Khan), "Own The Night" (1985)
- Ronny's Pop Show (Compilation), "Nightshift" (1985)
- The Collector (Cerrone), "The Collector Part II" (1985)
- The Most Beautiful Love Songs 2 (Compilation), "Nightshift" (1985)
- A Lot Of Love (Melba Moore), "Falling" (1986)
- Goin' To The Bank (Commodores), "Goin' To The Bank" (1986)
- Hot Summer Nights (Miami Sound Machine), "Destination Unknown" (1986)
- Talk To Me (Chico DeBarge), "Talk To Me" (1986)
- Top Gun - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Compilation), "Destination Unknown" (1986)
- Touch Me In The Morning / Baby It's Me (Diana Ross), "Gettin' Ready For Love" (1986)
- Be There (Pointer Sisters), "Be There" (1987)
- Don't You Want Me (Jody Watley), "Don't You Want Me" (1987)
- I Stand Alone (Agnetha Faltskog), "We Got A Way" (1987)
- Miracle (The Kane Gang), "Don't Look Any Further" (1987)
- The Love Songs (Randy Crawford), "Secret Combination" (1987)
- Aftershock (Average White Band), "Aftershock" (1988)
- Eighties Lady / Generate Love (Gwen McCrae), "Generate Love" (1988)
- Fearless (Eighth Wonder), "Wild Love" (1988)
- I'm Into Something Good (Peter Noone), "God Knows" (1988)
- Shock To My System (Roberta Flack), "Shock To My System" (1988)
- Time For Fantasy (Amii Stewart), "Stand" (1988)
- If I Could Turn Back Time (Cher), "Some Guys, Some Guys" (1989)
- Never Enough (The Highlanders), "Never Enough" (1989)
- 100 Dance Hits Of The Eighties (Compilation), "Goin' To The Bank" (1990)
- 30th Anniversary The Motown Legend (Compilation), "Nightshift" (1990)
- Don't Look Any Further/Is It In/Dance Across The Floor (Dennis Edwards/Jimmy "Bo" Horne), "Don't Look Any Further" (1990)
- Glenn Medeiros (Glenn Medeiros), "Me - U = Blue" (1990)
- Cereal Killers (Too Much Joy) (1991)
- Breathless (Kenny G), "Even If My Heart Would Break" (1992)
- Commodores Hits Vol. I & II (Commodores), "Nightshift" and "Goin'To The Bank" (1992)
- Restless Heart (Peter Cetera), "Dip Your Wings" (1992)
- The Bodyguard - Original Soundtrack Album (Compilation),"Even If My Heart Would Break" (1992)
- El Guardaespaldas (Banda De Sonido Original), "Even If My Heart Would Break" (1992)
- All That Matters To Me (Alexander O'Neal), "All That Matters To Me" (1993)
- Don't Look Any Further (M People), "Don't Look Any Further" (1993)
- Don't Walk Away (Pointer Sisters), "Tell It To My Heart" (1993)
- Elegant Slumming (M People), "Don't Look Any Further" (1993)
- Run To You (Whitney Houston), "I Belong To You" (1993)
- Soul On Board (Curt Smith), "Soul On Board" (1993)
- Dance To The Max 2 (Compilation), "Don't Look Any Further" (1994)
- Motown Blend (Compilation), "Don't Look Any Further" (1994)
- Sounds Of The Eighties - 1985 (Compilation) "Nightshift" (1994)
- Dreaming Of You (Selena), "Dreaming Of You" (1995)
- Funkology Volume Two / Behind The Groove (Compilation), "Don't Look Any Further" (1995)
- Let The Music Play (Compilation), "Don't Look Any Further" (1995)
- Mickey! (The Best Of Toni Basil) (Toni Basil), "Over My Head" and "Spacewalkin' The Dog" (1995)
- This Is It - The Best Of Melba Moore (Melba Moore), "Falling" (1995)
- Heartbreaker - Sixteen Classic Performances (Pat Benatar), "Looking For A Stranger" (1996)
- La Légende Des Tubes Volume 4 (Compilation), "Nightshift" (1996)
- La Légende Des Tubes Volume 18 (Compilation), "Don't Look Any Further" (1997)
- Reggae Fieber (Compilation), "Nightshift" (1997)
- The Very Of Toni Basil (Compilation), "Over My Head" and "Spacewalkin' The Dog" (1997)
- Hands On Motown (Compilation), "On The Nightshift" (1998)
- On The Nightshift (G's Incorporated), "On The Nightshift" (1998)
- The Best Of MPeople (M People), "Don't Look Any Further" (1998)
- Somebody's Out There Watching (The Kinleys), "Somebody's Out There Watching" (1998)
- Touched By An Angel: The Album (Compilation), "Somebody's Out There Watching" (1998)
- Perfect Moment (Martine McCutcheon), "Gettin' Ready For Love" (1999)
- Planet Freestyle ∙ Volume 4 (Compilation), "Want Me" (1999)
- What A Girl Wants (Christina Aguilera), "So Emotional" (1999)
- A Man Ain't Made of Stone (Randy Travis), "A Man Ain't Made of Stone" (1999)
- Mega Dance Hits 2000 (Compilation), "Want Me" (2000)
- Hollands Glorie - Gordon (Gordon), "Echte Liefde (Gaat Nooit Voorbij)" (2001)
- Love This Way (Eden's Crush), "Love This Way" (2001)
- Classic Masters (Compilation), "Looking For A Stranger" (2002)
- Around The World (Hind), "Don't Look Any Further" (2003)
- From Tha Church To Da Palace (Snoop Dog), "Paper'd Up" (2003)
- Greatest Hits (Selena), "Dreaming Of You" (2003)
- La Cabala - The Mysterious Room (Andrea T. Mendoza), "Don't Look Any Further" (2003)
- Re Notes - Remixes (Fried Pride), "Louisiana Sunday Afternoon" (2003)
- Culture Club Volume 4 (Compilation), "Nightshift" (2005)
- Don't Look Any Further / If You Should Ever Be Lonely (Dennis Edwards/Val Young), "Don't Look Any Further" (2005)
- Greatest Hits (Pat Benatar), "Looking For A Stranger" (2005)
- Renaissance: The Classics (Compilation), "Don't Look Any Further" (2005)
- Ultimate Collection (Compilation), "Don't Look Any Further" (2005)
- PCD (Pussycat Dolls), "Stickwitu" (2005)
- Nina (NinaNina GiradoMarifil Niña Girado , better known by her stage name Nina, is a Filipino pop/R&B singer, occasional songwriter, record producer, TV and radio personality. She made her recording debut in 2002 after signing a recording contract with Warner Music Philippines...
), "Where Is Love" (2006) - '80s Dance: Gold (Compilation), "Don't Look Any Further" (2006)
- Living With War (Neil Young), "Living With War" (2006)
- 12"/80s Grooves (Compilation), "Don't Look Any Further" (2007)
- Années 80 Hits-Box (Compilation), "Don't Look Any Further" (2007)
- Ghetto Rose (Keke Wyatt), "Ghetto Rose" (2007)
- The Journey (Jessica Mauboy), "Stickwitu" (2007)
- R&B Love Collection 2008 (Compilation), "Stickwitu" (2008)
- DJ Samir Presents Motown Magic (Compilation), "Don't Look Any Further" (2009)
- I Look To You (Whitney Houston), "Nothin' But Love" (2009)