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Best 15 Things

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Released
  
March 18, 2009

Length
  
52:34

Artist
  
Amerie

Label
  
Columbia Records

Recorded
  
September 2001—2007

Best 15 Things (2009)
  
In Love & War (2009)

Release date
  
18 March 2009

Best 15 Things httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediaen22bAme

Studio
  
Chalice Recording Studios (Hollywood, Los Angeles, California) Cue Recording Studios (Falls Church, Virginia) Lobo Recording Studios (Deer Park, New York) Night Flight Recording Studios (Fort Washington, Maryland) Sony Music Studios The Hit Factory (New York City, New York) Wonderland Studios (Jersey City, New Jersey)

Producer
  
Amerie Lenny Nicholson Rich Harrison Lil Jon Mike Caren One Up Cory Rooney Loren Dawson

Genres
  
Contemporary R&B, Hip hop music, Soul music

Similar
  
All I Have, Playlist: The Very Best of A, Touch, In Love & War, Because I Love It

Best 15 Things (stylized as Best 15 things) is the second compilation album by American singer Amerie. It was released only in selected Asian countries on March 18, 2009 by Columbia. It contained material from her first three studio albums: All I Have (2002), Touch (2005) and Because I Love It (2007).

Contents

Track listing

Sample credits
  • "Why Don't We Fall in Love" contains a sample of "Condor! (Theme)/I Got You Where I Want You", as performed by Dave Grusin from the soundtrack to the 1975 film Three Days of the Condor and excerpts from The Ebons' "You're the Reason Why", written by Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff.
  • "1 Thing" contains excerpts from The Meters' "Oh! Calcutta!", written by Stanley Walden.
  • "Rolling Down My Face" contains an interpolation of Roy Ayers' "Searching", written by Ayers.
  • "I'm Coming Out" is a cover of the track of the same title by Diana Ross.
  • "Some Like It" contains a sample of "World's Famous" by Malcolm McLaren.
  • "Take Control" contains a sample of "Jimi Renda-Se" by Tom Zé and "You Make My Dreams" by Hall & Oates.
  • "Gotta Work" contains a sample of "Hold on I'm Coming" by Mighty Dog Haynes.

    • Songs

    11 Thing4:01
    2Gotta Work3:10
    3Take Control3:42

    References

    Best 15 Things Wikipedia
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