Greatest Hits (Luv' Album CD Version)
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Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Dutch girl group
Luv'
released by Mercury Records
/Phonogram Records
. It is the CD Version of a Greatest Hits album which came out ten years earlier, including a bonus track: Luv' Hitpack
. It features hit singles scored in the charts between 1977
and 1979
: My Man
, U.O.Me
, You're the Greatest Lover
, Trojan Horse
, Casanova
and Eeny Meeny Miny Moe
. These songs were taken from the two first studio albums (With Luv'
and Lots Of Luv'
). The Phonogram years were the group's most successful ones in terms of chart performance as Luv'
reached the Top 10 in a dozen of countries in the late 1970s.
, Luv'
was reformed with a line-up different from the original one. Meanwhile, Phonogram Records
, the group's first label which held the copyright on the albums With Luv'
and Lots Of Luv'
and the singles taken from them, decided to release a CD compilation. The record company chose a tracklisting close to a previous Greatest Hits LP that came out ten years earlier when the original Luv'
trio was active.
A bonus song was added and released as a single: Luv' Hitpack
, a medley
produced by Peter Slaghuis
(a famous remixer of the European Dance
scene known thanks to his project 'Hithouse' in the late 1980s).
and Piet Souer
under the pseudonym Janschen & Janschens
Girl group
A girl group is a popular music act featuring several young female singers who generally harmonise together.Girl groups emerged in the late 1950s as groups of young singers teamed up with behind-the-scenes songwriters and music producers to create hit singles, often featuring glossy production...
Luv'
Luv'
Luv is a Dutch pop girl group that scored a string of hit records in Continental Europe as well as South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Mexico in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In 1979, Luv' was "Holland's best export act" and thus received the "Conamus Export Prize"...
released by Mercury Records
Mercury Records
Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Motown Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal...
/Phonogram Records
Phonogram Records
Phonogram Records was started in 1962 as a joint venture between Philips Records and Deutsche Grammophon. In 1972, Phonogram was merged with Polydor Records into PolyGram....
. It is the CD Version of a Greatest Hits album which came out ten years earlier, including a bonus track: Luv' Hitpack
Luv' Hitpack
Luv' Hitpack is the seventeenth single by Dutch girl group Luv' released in 1989 by Mercury Records/Phonogram Records and is a Megamix conceived by Peter Slaghuis. It appears on the compilation Greatest Hits and the German anthology You're the Greatest LUVer...
. It features hit singles scored in the charts between 1977
1977 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1977.-January–February:*January 1 – The Clash headline the gala opening of the London music club, The Roxy....
and 1979
1979 in music
See also:Record labels established in 1979* 1979 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1979.-January–February:*January 1...
: My Man
My Man (Luv' song)
"My Man" is the debut single by Dutch girl group Luv', released in May 1977 by Philips/Phonogram Records. It appears on the 1978 album With Luv.-Background:The song is Luv's very first commercially available single...
, U.O.Me
U.O.Me (Theme from Waldolala)
U.O.Me is the third single by Dutch girl group Luv', released in early 1978 by Philips Records. It appears on the 1978 debut album, With Luv' and is considered as Luv's real breakthrough in Benelux...
, You're the Greatest Lover
You're the Greatest Lover
"You're the Greatest Lover" is a single by Dutch girl group Luv'. It was first released in July 1978 by Philips/Phonogram Records. It appears on the 1978 debut album With Luv and on compilations . It is the group's international breakthrough as it was successful in a large part of Continental...
, Trojan Horse
Trojan Horse (Luv' song)
"Trojan Horse" is the fifth single by Dutch girl group Luv', released in the autumn of 1978 by Philips/Phonogram Records. This million seller appears on the German version of the 1978 debut album, With Luv' and was a successful hit record in a large part of Continental Europe, South Africa and New...
, Casanova
Casanova (Luv' song)
"Casanova" is the sixth single by Dutch girl group Luv', released in the spring of 1979 by Philips Records. This song appears on the formation's second album, Lots Of Luv, and was a Top 10 single in a large part of Continental Europe, maintaining Luv's position as the best Dutch export act of...
and Eeny Meeny Miny Moe
Eeny Meeny Miny Moe (Luv' song)
"Eeny Meeny Miny Moe" is the seventh single by Dutch girl group Luv', released in the summer of 1979 by Philips/Phonogram Records. This song appears on the formation's second album Lots Of Luv and entered the record charts in Benelux, German speaking countries and Denmark.-Background:After the...
. These songs were taken from the two first studio albums (With Luv'
With Luv'
With Luv' is the first album by Dutch girl group Luv', released in August 1978 by Phonogram/Philips Records. It features the hit singles My Man , U.O.Me and the million-seller You're the Greatest Lover...
and Lots Of Luv'
Lots Of Luv'
Lots Of Luv' is the second album by Dutch girl group Luv', released in May 1979 by Philips Records/Phonogram. It features the hit singles Casanova and Eeny Meeny Miny Moe, which maintained Luv's position as the best Dutch export act of 1979...
). The Phonogram years were the group's most successful ones in terms of chart performance as Luv'
Luv'
Luv is a Dutch pop girl group that scored a string of hit records in Continental Europe as well as South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Mexico in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In 1979, Luv' was "Holland's best export act" and thus received the "Conamus Export Prize"...
reached the Top 10 in a dozen of countries in the late 1970s.
Album history
In 19891989 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1989.-Events:*January 14 – Paul McCartney releases Снова в СССР exclusively in the USSR...
, Luv'
Luv'
Luv is a Dutch pop girl group that scored a string of hit records in Continental Europe as well as South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Mexico in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In 1979, Luv' was "Holland's best export act" and thus received the "Conamus Export Prize"...
was reformed with a line-up different from the original one. Meanwhile, Phonogram Records
Phonogram Records
Phonogram Records was started in 1962 as a joint venture between Philips Records and Deutsche Grammophon. In 1972, Phonogram was merged with Polydor Records into PolyGram....
, the group's first label which held the copyright on the albums With Luv'
With Luv'
With Luv' is the first album by Dutch girl group Luv', released in August 1978 by Phonogram/Philips Records. It features the hit singles My Man , U.O.Me and the million-seller You're the Greatest Lover...
and Lots Of Luv'
Lots Of Luv'
Lots Of Luv' is the second album by Dutch girl group Luv', released in May 1979 by Philips Records/Phonogram. It features the hit singles Casanova and Eeny Meeny Miny Moe, which maintained Luv's position as the best Dutch export act of 1979...
and the singles taken from them, decided to release a CD compilation. The record company chose a tracklisting close to a previous Greatest Hits LP that came out ten years earlier when the original Luv'
Luv'
Luv is a Dutch pop girl group that scored a string of hit records in Continental Europe as well as South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Mexico in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In 1979, Luv' was "Holland's best export act" and thus received the "Conamus Export Prize"...
trio was active.
A bonus song was added and released as a single: Luv' Hitpack
Luv' Hitpack
Luv' Hitpack is the seventeenth single by Dutch girl group Luv' released in 1989 by Mercury Records/Phonogram Records and is a Megamix conceived by Peter Slaghuis. It appears on the compilation Greatest Hits and the German anthology You're the Greatest LUVer...
, a medley
Medley (music)
In music, a medley is a piece composed from parts of existing pieces, usually three, played one after another, sometimes overlapping. They are common in popular music, and most medleys are songs rather than instrumental. A medley which is a remixed series is called a megamix, often done with tracks...
produced by Peter Slaghuis
Peter Slaghuis
Peter Slaghuis was a Dutch DJ, producer and remixer, whose work was mostly released under the name Hithouse ....
(a famous remixer of the European Dance
Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
scene known thanks to his project 'Hithouse' in the late 1980s).
Track listing
All songs by Hans van HemertHans van Hemert
Hans van Hemert is a Dutch ASCAP award winning record producer and songwriter. Mouth & MacNeal and Luv' are among the pop acts he produced...
and Piet Souer
Piet Souer
Pieter Cornelis "Piet" Souer is a Dutch music producer, songwriter and arranger. His collaboration with famous pop acts made him gain twenty two gold and platinum records, one Conamus Export Prize and one Outstanding Song Award thanks to his...
under the pseudonym Janschen & Janschens
- "You're the Greatest LoverYou're the Greatest Lover"You're the Greatest Lover" is a single by Dutch girl group Luv'. It was first released in July 1978 by Philips/Phonogram Records. It appears on the 1978 debut album With Luv and on compilations . It is the group's international breakthrough as it was successful in a large part of Continental...
" - 2:50- Taken from the album With Luv'With Luv'With Luv' is the first album by Dutch girl group Luv', released in August 1978 by Phonogram/Philips Records. It features the hit singles My Man , U.O.Me and the million-seller You're the Greatest Lover...
- Taken from the album With Luv'
- " Shoes Off (Boots On)" - 3:06
- Taken from the album Lots Of Luv'Lots Of Luv'Lots Of Luv' is the second album by Dutch girl group Luv', released in May 1979 by Philips Records/Phonogram. It features the hit singles Casanova and Eeny Meeny Miny Moe, which maintained Luv's position as the best Dutch export act of 1979...
- Taken from the album Lots Of Luv'
- "Louis je t'adore" - 3:40
- Taken from the album With Luv'With Luv'With Luv' is the first album by Dutch girl group Luv', released in August 1978 by Phonogram/Philips Records. It features the hit singles My Man , U.O.Me and the million-seller You're the Greatest Lover...
- Taken from the album With Luv'
- "CasanovaCasanova (Luv' song)"Casanova" is the sixth single by Dutch girl group Luv', released in the spring of 1979 by Philips Records. This song appears on the formation's second album, Lots Of Luv, and was a Top 10 single in a large part of Continental Europe, maintaining Luv's position as the best Dutch export act of...
" - 3:50- Taken from the album Lots Of Luv'Lots Of Luv'Lots Of Luv' is the second album by Dutch girl group Luv', released in May 1979 by Philips Records/Phonogram. It features the hit singles Casanova and Eeny Meeny Miny Moe, which maintained Luv's position as the best Dutch export act of 1979...
- Taken from the album Lots Of Luv'
- "D.J" - 3:20
- B-side of Casanova, taken from the album Lots Of Luv'Lots Of Luv'Lots Of Luv' is the second album by Dutch girl group Luv', released in May 1979 by Philips Records/Phonogram. It features the hit singles Casanova and Eeny Meeny Miny Moe, which maintained Luv's position as the best Dutch export act of 1979...
- B-side of Casanova, taken from the album Lots Of Luv'
- "If You Love Me" - 2:34
- Taken from the album Lots Of Luv'Lots Of Luv'Lots Of Luv' is the second album by Dutch girl group Luv', released in May 1979 by Philips Records/Phonogram. It features the hit singles Casanova and Eeny Meeny Miny Moe, which maintained Luv's position as the best Dutch export act of 1979...
- Taken from the album Lots Of Luv'
- "I Like Sugar Candy Kisses" - 3:36
- Taken from the album Lots Of Luv'Lots Of Luv'Lots Of Luv' is the second album by Dutch girl group Luv', released in May 1979 by Philips Records/Phonogram. It features the hit singles Casanova and Eeny Meeny Miny Moe, which maintained Luv's position as the best Dutch export act of 1979...
- Taken from the album Lots Of Luv'
- "Don't Let Me Down" - 2:35
- B-side of My Man
- "Trojan HorseTrojan Horse (Luv' song)"Trojan Horse" is the fifth single by Dutch girl group Luv', released in the autumn of 1978 by Philips/Phonogram Records. This million seller appears on the German version of the 1978 debut album, With Luv' and was a successful hit record in a large part of Continental Europe, South Africa and New...
" - 3:23- Taken from the German version of With Luv'With Luv'With Luv' is the first album by Dutch girl group Luv', released in August 1978 by Phonogram/Philips Records. It features the hit singles My Man , U.O.Me and the million-seller You're the Greatest Lover...
- Taken from the German version of With Luv'
- "Marcellino" - 3:15
- Taken from the album Lots Of Luv'Lots Of Luv'Lots Of Luv' is the second album by Dutch girl group Luv', released in May 1979 by Philips Records/Phonogram. It features the hit singles Casanova and Eeny Meeny Miny Moe, which maintained Luv's position as the best Dutch export act of 1979...
- Taken from the album Lots Of Luv'
- "I.M.U.R" - 3:35
- B-side of Eeny Meeny Miny Moe, taken from the album Lots Of Luv'Lots Of Luv'Lots Of Luv' is the second album by Dutch girl group Luv', released in May 1979 by Philips Records/Phonogram. It features the hit singles Casanova and Eeny Meeny Miny Moe, which maintained Luv's position as the best Dutch export act of 1979...
- B-side of Eeny Meeny Miny Moe, taken from the album Lots Of Luv'
- "My ManMy Man (Luv' song)"My Man" is the debut single by Dutch girl group Luv', released in May 1977 by Philips/Phonogram Records. It appears on the 1978 album With Luv.-Background:The song is Luv's very first commercially available single...
" - 3:05- Taken from the album With Luv'With Luv'With Luv' is the first album by Dutch girl group Luv', released in August 1978 by Phonogram/Philips Records. It features the hit singles My Man , U.O.Me and the million-seller You're the Greatest Lover...
- Taken from the album With Luv'
- "Sugar Babe" - 2:45
- Taken from the album With Luv'With Luv'With Luv' is the first album by Dutch girl group Luv', released in August 1978 by Phonogram/Philips Records. It features the hit singles My Man , U.O.Me and the million-seller You're the Greatest Lover...
- Taken from the album With Luv'
- "Who Do You Wanna BeWho Do You Wanna Be"Who Do You Wanna Be" is the eighth single by Dutch girl group Luv', released in the autumn of 1979 by Philips/Phonogram Records. This song appears on the formation's debut album With Luv' and their first compilation "Greatest Hits"...
" - 3:44- Taken from the album With Luv'With Luv'With Luv' is the first album by Dutch girl group Luv', released in August 1978 by Phonogram/Philips Records. It features the hit singles My Man , U.O.Me and the million-seller You're the Greatest Lover...
- Taken from the album With Luv'
- "U.O.MeU.O.Me (Theme from Waldolala)U.O.Me is the third single by Dutch girl group Luv', released in early 1978 by Philips Records. It appears on the 1978 debut album, With Luv' and is considered as Luv's real breakthrough in Benelux...
" - 2:55- Taken from the album With Luv'With Luv'With Luv' is the first album by Dutch girl group Luv', released in August 1978 by Phonogram/Philips Records. It features the hit singles My Man , U.O.Me and the million-seller You're the Greatest Lover...
- Taken from the album With Luv'
- "Eeny Meeny Miny MoeEeny Meeny Miny Moe (Luv' song)"Eeny Meeny Miny Moe" is the seventh single by Dutch girl group Luv', released in the summer of 1979 by Philips/Phonogram Records. This song appears on the formation's second album Lots Of Luv and entered the record charts in Benelux, German speaking countries and Denmark.-Background:After the...
" - 2:54- Taken from the album Lots Of Luv'Lots Of Luv'Lots Of Luv' is the second album by Dutch girl group Luv', released in May 1979 by Philips Records/Phonogram. It features the hit singles Casanova and Eeny Meeny Miny Moe, which maintained Luv's position as the best Dutch export act of 1979...
- Taken from the album Lots Of Luv'
- "Don Juanito De Carnaval" - 3:13
- Taken from the album With Luv'With Luv'With Luv' is the first album by Dutch girl group Luv', released in August 1978 by Phonogram/Philips Records. It features the hit singles My Man , U.O.Me and the million-seller You're the Greatest Lover...
- Taken from the album With Luv'
- "Everybody's Shakin' Hands On Broadway" - 3:24
- Taken from the album With Luv'With Luv'With Luv' is the first album by Dutch girl group Luv', released in August 1978 by Phonogram/Philips Records. It features the hit singles My Man , U.O.Me and the million-seller You're the Greatest Lover...
- Taken from the album With Luv'
- "Luv' HitpackLuv' HitpackLuv' Hitpack is the seventeenth single by Dutch girl group Luv' released in 1989 by Mercury Records/Phonogram Records and is a Megamix conceived by Peter Slaghuis. It appears on the compilation Greatest Hits and the German anthology You're the Greatest LUVer...
- 4:30
Production
- Hans van HemertHans van HemertHans van Hemert is a Dutch ASCAP award winning record producer and songwriter. Mouth & MacNeal and Luv' are among the pop acts he produced...
- producerRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, songwriterSongwriterA songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer... - Piet SouerPiet SouerPieter Cornelis "Piet" Souer is a Dutch music producer, songwriter and arranger. His collaboration with famous pop acts made him gain twenty two gold and platinum records, one Conamus Export Prize and one Outstanding Song Award thanks to his...
- Conducter/arranger - Gert Van Hoeyen - Digital remastering
- Peter SlaghuisPeter SlaghuisPeter Slaghuis was a Dutch DJ, producer and remixer, whose work was mostly released under the name Hithouse ....
- remix on track 19
Single release
| # | Singles | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Luv' Hitpack Luv' Hitpack Luv' Hitpack is the seventeenth single by Dutch girl group Luv' released in 1989 by Mercury Records/Phonogram Records and is a Megamix conceived by Peter Slaghuis. It appears on the compilation Greatest Hits and the German anthology You're the Greatest LUVer... " |
1989 |