The Very Best of Cher

The Very Best of Cher
Greatest hits album by Cher
Released	April 1, 2003 (U.S.)
Recorded	1965/2003
Genre	Pop rock, dance-pop, disco, house
Length	72:00 (U.S.)
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	David McLees
Cher chronology
Living Proof (2001) The Very Best of Cher (2003) Live! The Farewell Tour (2003)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[2]

The Very Best of Cher is the eighth compilation album by American singer-actress Cher, released on April 1, 2003. The album includes many of Cher's most popular songs, such as "If I Could Turn Back Time", "Believe", "Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves" and "Take Me Home". It debuted at number seven on the Billboard 200 albums chart and later reached number four on the issue date of May 17.^[3][4] As of November 2011, the album had sold 2.8 million copies in the United States.^[5]

Album information

The Very Best of Cher was released by Warner Bros. Records, MCA, and Geffen Records. The original U.S. edition features 21 tracks, while the various later editions typically feature more songs or different selections.^[6]

The album originally coincided with the Living Proof: The Farewell Tour. The album cover picture is also seen on the DVD Cher: The Farewell Tour Live in Miami and was originally planned to be the DVD cover of The Very Best of Cher: The Video Hits Collection as well, but was changed last minute.

Track listing

US Edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Believe"	Paul Barry Matthew Gray Brian Higgins Stuart McLennen Timothy Powell Steven Torch	Mark Taylor Brian Rawling	3:59
2.	"If I Could Turn Back Time"	Diane Warren	Warren Guy Roche	4:00
3.	"Heart of Stone"	Andy Hill Peter Sinfield	Peter Asher	4:11
4.	"Just Like Jesse James"	Desmond Child Warren	Child	4:07
5.	"Save Up All Your Tears"	Child Warren	Richie Zito Bob Rock	4:00
6.	"After All" (Love theme from Chances Are) (duet with Peter Cetera)	Dean Pitchford Tom Snow	Asher	4:05
7.	"I Found Someone"	Michael Bolton Mark Mangold	Bolton	3:44
8.	"One by One" (Junior Vasquez Vocal Edit)	Anthony Griffiths	Stephen Lipson	4:23
9.	"Strong Enough"	Taylor Barry	Taylor Rawling	3:43
10.	"All or Nothing"	Taylor Barry	Taylor Rawling	3:58
11.	"Song for the Lonely" (Edit)	Taylor Barry Torch	Taylor Rawling	3:22
12.	"Take Me Home" (Edit)	Michele Aller Bob Esty	Esty	3:28
13.	"The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)"	Rudy Clark	Asher	2:52
14.	"All I Really Want to Do"	Bob Dylan	Sonny Bono	2:58
15.	"Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)"	Bono	Bono	2:44
16.	"Half-Breed"	Al Capps Mary Dean	Snuff Garrett	2:45
17.	"Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves"	Bob Stone	Garrett	2:36
18.	"Dark Lady"	Johnny Durrill	Garrett	3:28
19.	"The Beat Goes On" (Sonny & Cher)	Bono	Bono	3:29
20.	"I Got You Babe" (Sonny & Cher)	Bono	Bono	3:11
21.	"A Different Kind of Love Song" (Rodney Jerkins Main Mix (Faster))	Johan Åberg Michelle Lewis Sigurd Rosnes	Åberg Anders Hansson	4:19

North American special edition bonus disc: Live! The Farewell Tour
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"	Adam Clayton The Edge Bono Larry Mullen, Jr.	4:35
2.	"Song for the Lonely"	Taylor Barry Torch	6:47
3.	"All or Nothing"	Taylor Barry	3:58
4.	"I Found Someone"	Bolton Mangold	3:36
5.	"Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)"	Bono	3:41
6.	"All I Really Want to Do"	Dylan	2:01
7.	"Half-Breed"	Capps Dean	1:34
8.	"Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves"	Stone	1:31
9.	"Dark Lady"	Durrell	1:13
10.	"Take Me Home"	Aller Esty	3:48
11.	"The Way of Love"	Al Stillman Jacques Dieval	2:34
12.	"After All" (Love theme from Chances Are))	Pitchford Snow	3:54
13.	"Just Like Jesse James"	Child Warren	5:39
14.	"Heart of Stone"	Hill Sinfield	4:09
15.	"The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)"	Clark	2:30
16.	"Strong Enough"	Taylor Barry	3:01
17.	"If I Could Turn Back Time"	Warren	6:17
18.	"Believe"	Barry Gray Higgins McLennen Powell Torch	6:49

International edition (disc 1)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Believe"	Barry Gray Higgins McLennen Powell Torch	Taylor Rawling	4:01
2.	"Strong Enough"	Taylor Barry	Taylor Rawling	3:43
3.	"If I Could Turn Back Time"	Warren	Warren Roche	4:03
4.	"I Found Someone"	Bolton Mangold	Bolton	3:46
5.	"Song for the Lonely" (Edit)	Taylor Barry Torch	Taylor Rawling	3:29
6.	"Walking in Memphis"	Marc Cohn	Christopher Neil	3:58
7.	"Just Like Jesse James"	Child Warren	Child	4:07
8.	"One by One"	Griffiths	Lipson	5:06
9.	"Love and Understanding"	Warren	Roche Warren	4:44
10.	"Save Up All Your Tears"	Child Warren	Zito Rock	4:00
11.	"Più che puoi" (with Eros Ramazzotti)	Antonio Galbiati Ramazzotti Adelio Cogliati Cher	Rick Nowels	4:11
12.	"Love Can Build a Bridge" (with Chrissie Hynde and Neneh Cherry)	John Barlow Jarvis Naomi Judd Paul Overstreet	Asher	4:16
13.	"Take Me Home" (Edit)	Aller Esty	Esty	3:26
14.	"Rudy"	Jacques Morali Henri Belolo Dennis Frederiksen Howie Epstein Jimmy Hunter Mark Maierhoffer	David Wolfert	3:54
15.	"Bad Love" (from the film Foxes)	Cher Giorgio Moroder	Moroder	5:29
16.	"When the Money's Gone"	Bruce Roberts Donna Weiss	Roberts Warren Rigg	3:44
17.	"All or Nothing"	Taylor Barry	Taylor Rawling	4:00
18.	"Alive Again"	Chicane Ray Hedges Tracy Ackerman	Chicane Taylor Nigel Butler Hedges	4:19
19.	"A Different Kind of Love Song"	Åberg Lewis Rosnes	Åberg Hansson	3:51

International edition (disc 2)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)"	Clark	Asher	2:53
2.	"Heart of Stone"	Hill Sinfield	Asher	4:20
3.	"Dov'è l'amore" (Emilio Estefan Jnr. Mix)	Taylor Barry	Taylor	3:44
4.	"The Music's No Good Without You"	Cher James Thomas Taylor Barry	Thomas Jeff Taylor M. Taylor	4:42
5.	"Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves"	Stone	Garrett	2:38
6.	"Half-Breed"	Capps Dean	Garrett	2:46
7.	"Dark Lady"	Durrill	Garrett	3:29
8.	"I Got You Babe" (Sonny & Cher)	Bono	Bono	3:09
9.	"The Beat Goes On" (Sonny & Cher)	Bono	Bono	3:29
10.	"Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" (1966 version)	Bono	Bono	3:54
11.	"The Way of Love"	Stillman Dieval	Garrett	2:34
12.	"All I Really Want to Do"	Dylan	Bono	2:58
13.	"Train of Thought"	Alan O'Day	Garrett	2:34
14.	"A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done" (Sonny & Cher)	Bono	Bono Garrett	3:14
15.	"We All Sleep Alone"	Jon Bon Jovi Richie Sambora Child	Bon Jovi Sambora Child	3:54
16.	"Love Hurts"	Boudleaux Bryant	Zito	4:19
17.	"Not Enough Love in the World"	Don Henley Danny Kortchmar Benmont Tench	Lipson	4:23
18.	"Born With the Hunger"	Shirley Eikhard	Cher Roberts	4:05
19.	"After All" (Love theme from Chances Are) (duet with Peter Cetera)	Pitchford Snow	Asher	4:07
20.	"All I Ever Need Is You" (Sonny & Cher)	Jimmy Holiday Eddie Reeves	Garrett	2:38
21.	"Baby Don't Go" (Sonny & Cher)	Bono	Bono	3:05
22.	"Dead Ringer for Love" (with Meat Loaf)	Jim Steinman	Steve Popovich Sam Lederman Stan Snyder Meat Loaf Stephan Galfas Steinman Jimmy Iovine	4:24
23.	"Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" (1987 version)	Bono	Bon Jovi Child Sambora	3:51

French edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Believe"	Higgins, McLennen, Barry, Torch, Gray, Powell	4:00
2.	"The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)"	Clark	2:53
3.	"If I Could Turn Back Time"	Warren	4:03
4.	"Heart of Stone"	Hill, Sinfield	4:20
5.	"Love and Understanding"	Warren	4:44
6.	"Just Like Jesse James"	Warren, Child	4:07
7.	"I Found Someone"	Bolton, Mangold	3:46
8.	"One by One"	Griffiths	5:06
9.	"Strong Enough"	Taylor, Barry	3:43
10.	"Più che puoi" (with Eros Ramazzotti)	Ramazzotti, Galbiati	4:11
11.	"Walking in Memphis"	Cohn	3:58
12.	"Love Can Build a Bridge" (with Chrissie Hynde and Neneh Cherry)	Jarvis, Judd, Overstreet	4:16
13.	"All I Really Want to Do"	Dylan	2:58
14.	"Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)"	Bono	3:54
15.	"Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves"	Stone	2:38
16.	"The Beat Goes On" (Sonny & Cher)	Bono	3:29
17.	"I Got You Babe" (Sonny & Cher)	Bono	3:09
18.	"Dov'è l'amore" (Emilio Estefan Jnr. Mix)	Taylor, Barry	3:44
19.	"Save Up All Your Tears"	Warren, Child	4:00
20.	"A Different Kind of Love Song"	Aberg, Lewis, Rosnes	3:51
21.	"The Music's No Good Without You"	Cher, Thomas, Taylor, Barry	4:42

UK Edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Album	Length
1.	"Believe"	Higgins, McLennen, Barry, Torch, Gray, Powell	Believe	4:00
2.	"If I Could Turn Back Time"	Warren	Heart of Stone	4:03
3.	"Save Up All Your Tears"	Warren, Child	Love Hurts	4:00
4.	"Walking in Memphis"	Cohn	It's a Man's World	3:58
5.	"The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)"	Clark	Love Hurts	2:53
6.	"Love and Understanding"	Warren	Love Hurts	4:44
7.	"I Found Someone"	Bolton, Mangold	Cher	3:46
8.	"Just Like Jesse James"	Warren, Child	Heart of Stone	4:07
9.	"One by One"	Griffiths	It's a Man's World	5:06
10.	"Love Can Build a Bridge" (with Chrissie Hynde and Neneh Cherry)	Jarvis, Judd, Overstreet	Non-album single	4:16
11.	"Strong Enough"	Taylor, Barry	Believe	3:43
12.	"All or Nothing"	Taylor, Barry	Believe	3:58
13.	"A Different Kind of Love Song"	Aberg, Lewis, Rosnes	Living Proof	3:51
14.	"Heart of Stone"	Hill, Sinfield	Heart of Stone	4:20
15.	"The Music's No Good Without You"	Cher, Thomas, Taylor, Barry	Living Proof	4:42
16.	"Dov'è l'amore" (Emilio Estefan Jnr. Mix)	Taylor, Barry	Believe	3:44
17.	"Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves"	Stone	Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves	2:38
18.	"The Beat Goes On" (Sonny & Cher)	Bono	In Case You're In Love	3:29
19.	"I Got You Babe" (Sonny & Cher)	Bono	Look at Us	3:09
20.	"All I Really Want to Do"	Dylan	All I Really Want to Do	2:58
21.	"Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)"	Bono	The Sonny Side of Chér	3:54

Personnel

	"Believe" (1998) Cher's best selling record was received with positive reviews.
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• Producers: Sonny Bono,^[7] Peter Asher, Michael Bolton, Desmond Child, Bob Esty, Snuff Garrett, Steve Lipson, Giorgio Moroder, Brian Rawling, Guy Roche, Bob Rock, Mark Taylor, Diane Warren, Richie Zito
• Executive producer: Cher
• Compilation producer: David MacLees
• Remastering: Bill Inglot, Dan Hersch
• Remixing: Junior Vasquez
• Editorial supervision: Sheryl Farber
• Annotation: Steve Woolard
• Art direction: Jeri Heiden
• Art direction: Hugh Brown
• Design: Barrie Goshko
• Photography: Sonny Bono
• Photography: Norman Seeff
• Photography: Harry Langdon
• Photography: Kevyn Aucoin
• Project assistant: Leigh Hall
• Project assistant: April Milek
• Project assistant: Randy Perry
• Project assistant: Tim Scanlin
• Liner notes: Kurt Loder

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts Chart (2003) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[8] 12 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[9] 17 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[10] 29 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[11] 18 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[12] 10 Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[13] 60 European Albums (Top 100)[14] 45 French Compilations (SNEP)[15] 25 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[16] 31 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[17] 31 Italian Albums (FIMI)[18] 67 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[19] 27 Polish Albums (ZPAV)[20] 38 Scottish Albums (OCC)[21] 9 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[22] 2 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[23] 10 UK Albums (OCC)[24] 17 US Billboard 200[25] 4

Year-end charts Chart (2003) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[26] 89 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[27] 89 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[28] 16 UK Albums (OCC)[29] 127 US Billboard 200[30] 28 Chart (2004) Peak position UK Albums (OCC)[31] 184 Certifications and sales Region Certification Certified units/Sales Australia (ARIA)[32] 2× Platinum 140,000^^ Canada (Music Canada)[33] Platinum 100,000^^ Sweden (GLF)[34] Platinum 60,000^^ United Kingdom (BPI)[35] Gold 100,000^^ United States (RIAA)[36] 2× Platinum 2,800,000[5] ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	April 1, 2003	Warner Bros.	1CD	R2 73852
	August 26, 2003		2CD	R2 73956
Germany	August 29, 2003	Warner Music	2CD	25646 0864 2
Canada	September 1, 2003	Warner Bros.		WTVD 60864
Australia	September 2003	Warner Music		25646 0864 5
France	September 22, 2003		1CD	50466 8588 2
United Kingdom	November 24, 2003		1CD	50466 8586 2
Japan	January 21, 2004		2CD	WPCR-11751-2

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