The Very Best of Level 42

The Very Best of Level 42 is a greatest hits album by English jazz-funk band Level 42. It features a chronological track listing of the band's hit single releases from 1981 to 1994.

Track listing

 * 1) "Love Games" (King, P. Gould) – 4:14 from Level 42
 * 2) "The Chinese Way" (King, P. Gould, Badarou) – 4:03 from The Pursuit of Accidents
 * 3) "The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up)" (King, Badarou, Lindup, P. Gould) – 3:46 from Standing in the Light
 * 4) "Micro-Kid" (King, Badarou, P. Gould, Lindup) – 3:49 from Standing in the Light
 * 5) "Hot Water" (King, Badarou, P. Gould, Lindup) – 3:37 from True Colours
 * 6) "The Chant Has Begun" (King, P. Gould) – 4:19 from True Colours
 * 7) "Something About You" (King, P. Gould, R. Gould, Badarou, Lindup) – 3:45 from World Machine
 * 8) "Leaving Me Now" (King, P. Gould, Badarou) – 3:35 from World Machine
 * 9) "Lessons in Love" (King, R. Gould, Badarou) – 4:02 from Running in the Family
 * 10) "Running in the Family" (King, P. Gould, Badarou) – 3:58 from Running in the Family
 * 11) "To Be with You Again" (King, R. Gould) – 3:56 from Running in the Family
 * 12) "It's Over" (King, Badarou, R. Gould) – 4:41 from Running in the Family
 * 13) "Children Say" (King, P. Gould, Badarou) – 4:28 from Running in the Family
 * 14) "Heaven in My Hands" (King, R. Gould) – 4:08 from Staring at the Sun
 * 15) "Take a Look" (King, R. Gould, Badarou, Lindup) – 4:43 from Staring at the Sun
 * 16) "Tracie" (King, Husband) – 3:25 from Staring at the Sun
 * 17) "Guaranteed" (King, Lindup, Badarou, Husband) – 3:51 from Guaranteed
 * 18) "Forever Now" (King, Musker, Darbyshire) – 4:16 from Forever Now
 * 19) "The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up) '98 Mix" (featuring Omar) (King, Badarou, Lindup, P. Gould) – 4:00

Personnel

 * Mark King – vocals, bass
 * Mike Lindup – keyboards, vocals
 * Boon Gould – guitars (tracks 1–13)
 * Phil Gould – drums (tracks 1–13, 18)
 * Gary Husband – drums (tracks 14–17)
 * Alan Murphy – guitars (tracks 14–16)
 * Allan Holdsworth – guitars (track 17)
 * Dominic Miller – guitars (track 17)
 * Danny Blume – guitars (track 18)
 * Wally Badarou – keyboards

Production

 * Tracks 1 and 2 produced by Mike Vernon for Handle Artists
 * Track 3 produced by Larry Dunn and Verdine White
 * Track 4 produced by Andy Sojka and Jerry Pike for Unbelievable Productions
 * Tracks 5 and 6 produced and engineered by Ken Scott for Komos Production
 * Tracks 7–13 produced by Wally Badarou and Level 42. Assistant producer, engineer and mixer – Julian Mendelsohn
 * Tracks 14–16 produced by Level 42, Wally Badarou and Julian Mendelsohn
 * Track 17 produced by Level 42 and Wally Badarou at the Summerhouse. Mixed by Tom Lord-Alge at the Hit Factory, New York
 * Track 18 produced by Mark King, Mike Lindup, Phil Gould and Steve Anderson. Engineered by Paul Wright, assisted by Tim Pilling
 * Track 19 produced by Level 42. Remix by Dodge for Soul Inside Productions. Keyboards by Jonathan Shorten. Additional vocals by Omar Lye-Fook. Engineered and recorded at Inside Sound Studio by Dodge. Mastered by Mike Showell at Metropolis.