| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
|---|
| 1 | Burning Down the House- assistant engineer:
- John Convertino , Franklin Gibson and Jay Mark
- engineer:
- Butch Jones and Alex Sadkin (task: final overdubs)
- producer:
- Talking Heads
- mixer:
- Alex Sadkin
- bass guitar, guitar, keyboard and percussion:
- David Byrne
- bass synthesizer:
- Tina Weymouth
- drums (drum set) and synthesizer:
- Chris Frantz
- guest percussion:
- Steve Scales
- guest synthesizer:
- Wally Badarou
- guitar and keyboard:
- Jerry Harrison
- background vocals:
- Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison and Tina Weymouth
- vocals:
- David Byrne
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Sire Records Company (in 1983)
- recorded at:
- Blank Tapes in New York, New York, United States, Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas and Sigma Sound in New York, New York, United States
- mixed at:
- Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas and Sigma Sound in New York, New York, United States
- part of:
- Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 29) and VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s (number: 29)
- recording of:
- Burning Down the House
- lyricist:
- David Byrne
- composer:
- David Byrne , Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison and Tina Weymouth
- publisher:
- Bleu Disque Music Co., Inc. , Index Music, Inc., ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
| Talking Heads | 4.5 | 4:01 |
| 2 | Lonely Ol' Night | John Mellencamp | | 3:45 |
| 3 | True Colors | Cyndi Lauper | 4.6 | 3:47 |
| 4 | Space Oddity | David Bowie | | 4:54 |
| 5 | Your Love | The Outfield | 3.75 | 3:38 |
| 6 | King of Pain | The Police | 3.8 | 4:57 |
| 7 | Let's Go | The Cars | 4 | 3:34 |
| 8 | One Night Love Affair | Bryan Adams | | 4:25 |
| 9 | Human | The Human League | | 3:52 |
| 10 | Purple Rain | Prince | | 4:23 |
| 11 | Sanctify Yourself | Simple Minds | | 3:56 |
| 12 | Any Way You Want It | Journey | 4.1 | 3:20 |
| 13 | When I Think of You | Janet Jackson | 2.5 | 3:56 |
| 14 | Private Eyes- recording engineer and mixer:
- Neil Kernon
- assistant engineer:
- Bruce Buckhhalter
- co-producer:
- Neil Kernon
- producer:
- Daryl Hall and John Oates
- drums (drum set) [drums]:
- Mickey Curry
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- BMG Entertainment (in 1981) and RCA Records (in 1981)
- recorded at:
- Electric Lady Studios in Greenwich Village, New York, New York, United States
- recording of:
- Private Eyes
- writer:
- Janna Allen , Sara Allen, Daryl Hall and Warren Pash
- publisher:
- Almo Music Corp. , BMG Rights Management Canada, Geomantic Music, Gnarly Dude Music, Hot Cha Music Co., Primary Wave Brian, Unichappell Music Six Continents Special Account, Unichappell Music, Inc., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. , ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) , ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 , ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 , フジパシフィック音楽出版 (until 2014-12-31), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (until 2017-03-31), フジパシフィックミュージック (from 2015-01-01 to present) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (from 2017-04-01 to present)
- live recording of:
- Private Eyes
- writer:
- Janna Allen , Sara Allen, Daryl Hall and Warren Pash
- publisher:
- Almo Music Corp. , BMG Rights Management Canada, Geomantic Music, Gnarly Dude Music, Hot Cha Music Co., Primary Wave Brian, Unichappell Music Six Continents Special Account, Unichappell Music, Inc., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. , ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) , ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 , ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 , フジパシフィック音楽出版 (until 2014-12-31), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (until 2017-03-31), フジパシフィックミュージック (from 2015-01-01 to present) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (from 2017-04-01 to present)
| Hall & Oates | 4.55 | 3:28 |
| 15 | True Blue | Madonna | 3.75 | 4:22 |
| 16 | [silence] | [no artist] | 1.7 | 0:05 |
| 17 | [silence] | [no artist] | 1.7 | 0:05 |
| 18 | [silence] | [no artist] | 1.7 | 0:05 |
| 19 | [silence] | [no artist] | 1.7 | 0:08 |
| 20 | Purple Rain (Long Cd version)- recording engineer:
- David Rivkin (on 1983-08-03) and David Leonard (on 1983-08-03)
- producer:
- Prince and The Revolution
- cello:
- David Coleman (from 1983-08-15 until 1983-09-15) and Suzie Katayama (from 1983-08-15 until 1983-09-15)
- drum machine [Linn LM-1], electronic drum set [Pearl SY-1 Syncussion], electronic drum set [Simmons SDS-V] and percussion:
- Bobby Z. (on 1983-08-03)
- electric bass guitar:
- Brown Mark (on 1983-08-03)
- electric grand piano [Yamaha CP-70]:
- Dr. Fink (on 1983-08-03)
- electric guitar:
- Wendy Melvoin (on 1983-08-03) and Prince (on 1983-08-03)
- synthesizer:
- Lisa Coleman (on 1983-08-03) and Prince (on 1983-08-03)
- viola and violin:
- Novi Novog (from 1983-08-15 until 1983-09-15)
- background vocals:
- Brown Mark (on 1983-08-03), Lisa Coleman (on 1983-08-03), Dr. Fink (on 1983-08-03) and Wendy Melvoin (on 1983-08-03)
- lead vocals:
- Prince (on 1983-08-03)
- conductor:
- Lisa Coleman (strings) and Wendy Melvoin (strings)
- performer:
- Prince (on 1983-08-03) and The Revolution (on 1983-08-03)
- strings arranger:
- Lisa Coleman and Prince
- arranger:
- Prince and The Revolution
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Warner Bros. Records Inc. (in 1984), WEA International Inc. (in 1984) and NPG Records, Inc. (in 2017)
- recorded at:
- First Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States (on 1983-08-03) and Sunset Sound, Studio 3 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1983-08 until 1983-09)
- engineered at:
- Sunset Sound, Studio 3 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1983-08 until 1983-09)
- part of:
- Rolling Stone: The 100 Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time (number: 1), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 18), Billboard Hot 100: 2026-01-17 (number: 27), Billboard Hot 100: 2026-01-24 (number: 30), Billboard Hot 100: 2026-01-31 (number: 38), Helsingin Sanomat: 100 maailman parasta laulua (number: 39), Billboard Hot 100: 2026-02-07 (number: 41), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 143)
- live recording of:
- Purple Rain (on 1983-08-03)
- lyricist and composer:
- Prince
- publisher:
- Because Éditions, Controversy Music and Island Music Ltd.
| Prince | 4.3 | 8:42 |
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