VA - Just Great Songs... For You! (2020)

Some songs become part of your life, you hear them on the radio or on TV all the time, you know the words and find yourself singing along in the car or while you’re doing your daily chores. They defy being consigned to a particular genre and sound just as fresh years after they are released - they are simply ‘Just Great Songs’ and they are here… for you!

Over 3 CDs, we are proud to present 60 of the most loved tracks of recent times that have become THE essential songs for your feel-good playlist as well as being huge airplay hits.

Beginning with four of the most exciting new artists of the past few years, each with one of their key signature songs - Rag ’N' Bone Man with ‘Human’, Tom Walker’s ‘Leave A Light On’, ’Shotgun’ from George Ezra, and Shawn Mendes’ ‘In My Blood’.

P!nk’s anthemic ‘Walk Me Home’ leads into stunning love songs from One Direction (‘You & I’), Tom O’Dell (‘Real Love’) and James Arthur (’Say You Won’t Let Go’). The next four tracks again represent the very best in originality with ‘Chandelier’ from Sia, ’Take Me To Church’ from Hozier, Lady Gaga’s ‘You & I’ and the song that many critics and publications named ’the song of the decade’ at the end of the ’10’s, ’Video Games’ from the incredible Lana Del Rey. Little Mix, Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande showcase the best in polished pop while Paloma Faith and Celine Dion’s tracks are pure sophistication. Little Big Town’s Grammy-Award winning ‘Girl Crush’ is breathtaking, and to complete Disc One, Britain’s Got Talent contestant Calum Scott’s version of Robyn’s ‘Dancing On My Own’ has become a modern standard.

One of the biggest UK radio hits of all time kicks off Disc Two; Toploader with ‘Dancing In The Moonlight’. One Republic's ‘Counting Stars’, Miley Cyrus' ‘Wrecking Ball’, James Bay's ‘Hold Back The River’, Rixton’s ‘Me And My Broken Heart’, The Script’s ’The Man Who Can’t Be Moved’, Kelly Clarkson’s ‘Because Of You’ and Robbie Williams’s ‘No Regrets’ were all huge airplay and sales hits and are all here. Disc Two is also about stellar vocal performances of a song. It doesn’t get better than Amy Winehouse, Sam Smith, Duffy, Rebecca Ferguson, and Emeli Sande alongside Labrinth on ‘Beneath Your Beautiful’. Some of the most moving and emotionally charged songs are on this disc - John Legend’s beautiful ‘All Of Me’, Paul Weller’s ‘You Do Something To Me’, ‘Say Something’ from A Great Big World and the devastating ‘I Didn’t Know My Own Strength’ from Whitney Houston with a trio of exemplary cover versions - Ellie Goulding’s take on ‘Your Song’, ‘One Day I’ll Fly Away’ from The Vaults, and the amazing version of ‘Run’ from Leona Lewis.

The opening tracks on the final disc set the bar high with three of the most stunning pop ballads ever from Take That with ‘A Million Love Songs’, ‘Beautiful' from Christina Aguilera, and Britney Spears’ ‘Everytime’. It also delivers a superb mix of contemporary classics from Katy Perry, Ella Henderson, Years & Years, Keane, Olly Murs, Daniel Merriweather, KT Tunstall and James Morrison’s ‘Broken Strings’ duet with Nelly Furtado, alongside well-chosen covers of all-time great songs from Stereophonics with ‘Handbags & Gladrags’, Ronan Keating with ‘Iris’ , and Westlife ‘Miss You Nights’ as well as John Mayer’s incredible take on Beyonce’s ‘XO’ and Lissie’s stunning version of Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Go Your Own Way’.

This disc presents beautiful songs from Sara Bareilles with ‘Gravity’ and The Veronicas ‘You Ruin Me’ and finishes with two staples of airplay from Will Young with ‘Leave Right Now’ and Dido’s ‘White Flag’.