Epiphany: The Best of Chaka Khan, Vol. 1
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Epiphany: The Best of Chaka Khan, Vol. 1 a.k.a. I'm Every Woman: The Best of Chaka Khan is a compilation album of recordings by American
United States
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 R&B/funk singer Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan , frequently known as the Queen of Funk, is a 10-time Grammy Award winning American singer-songwriter who gained fame in the 1970s as the frontwoman and focal point of the funk band Rufus. While still a member of the group in 1978, Khan embarked on a successful solo career...

 first released on the Warner Bros. Records
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 label in 1996. Although the compilation, which reached #22 on Billboard
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s R&B chart and #84 on Pop, was given the "Vol. 1" tag, it remains without a sequel to date. Vol. 1 was however re-issued by Warner
Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group is the third largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the big four record companies...

's sublabel Reprise Records
Reprise Records
Reprise Records is an American record label, founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra. It is owned by Warner Music Group, and operated through Warner Bros. Records.-Beginnings:...

 in 1999, then with alternative cover art and under the title I'm Every Woman - The Best of Chaka Khan. The collection was again re-issued as Epiphany: The Best of Chaka Khan, Vol. 1 in 2005, then also on the Reprise label.

After an at the time 23-year-long career in the music business which spanned over seventeen studio albums (nine solo, eight with the band Rufus
Rufus (band)
Rufus was an American funk band from Chicago, Illinois best known for launching the career of lead singer Chaka Khan. They had several hits throughout their career, including "Tell Me Something Good," "Sweet Thing," and "Ain't Nobody."-Origins:...

) and a combined total of some fifty entries on Billboards R&B singles chart, Epiphany was the first best of retrospective to be released, then summarising her recorded output in ten tracks; eight solo hits such as "I'm Every Woman
I'm Every Woman
"I'm Every Woman" is a hit song recorded by Chaka Khan in 1978. It was Chaka Khan's first hit outside of her recordings with funk band Rufus; the song was included on her platinum debut solo album Chaka. Produced by Arif Mardin and written by successful songwriting team Nickolas Ashford and Valerie...

", "I Feel for You
I Feel for You
"I Feel for You" is a song written by Prince that originally appeared on his 1979 self-titled album. It became a hit single in 1984 for female R&B singer Chaka Khan, appearing on her album, which was also called I Feel for You...

", "I Know You, I Live You" and "Through The Fire", combined with two recordings from the Rufus era, "Ain't Nobody
Ain't Nobody
"Ain't Nobody" is a 1983 hit single by Rufus & Chaka Khan. It was released as a studio bonus track on the band's live album Stompin' at the Savoy. It reached number one on the U.S. R&B chart and twenty-two on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart...

" and "Tell Me Something Good".

The Epiphany compilation is however mainly notable for including six tracks from what was originally intended to be Khan's tenth solo album, Dare You To Love Me, recorded between the years 1993 and 1995. Titles from the postponed and eventually cancelled album featured on the Epiphany compilation include "Love Me Still" (co-written by Bruce Hornsby
Bruce Hornsby
Bruce Randall Hornsby is an American singer, pianist, accordion player, and songwriter. Known for the spontaneity and creativity of his live performances, Hornsby draws frequently from classical, jazz, bluegrass, folk, Motown, rock, blues, and jam band musical traditions with his songwriting and...

, first released on the soundtrack to the 1995 Spike Lee
Spike Lee
Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor. His production company, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, has produced over 35 films since 1983....

 movie Clockers), Khan's reggae-tinged cover version of Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac are a British–American rock band formed in 1967 in London.The only original member present in the band is its eponymous drummer, Mick Fleetwood...

's "Everywhere", the duet "Never Miss the Water" with Me'shell Ndegéocello
Me'shell Ndegeocello
Meshell Ndegeocello is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, bassist, and vocalist. Her music incorporates a wide variety of influences, including funk, soul, hip hop, reggae, R&B, rock, and jazz. She has received significant critical acclaim throughout her career, and has had ten career Grammy...

, "Somethin' Deep", "Your Love Is All I Know" and "Every Little Thing". A seventh title, "It Ain't Easy Lovin' Me", was released as an exclusive bonus track on the Japanese edition of Epiphany: The Best of Chaka Khan: Vol. 1.

Another seven recordings from the Dare You To Love Me sessions have surfaced on movie soundtracks, compilations or other artists' albums; "Miles Blowin'" (a tribute to the late Miles Davis
Miles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis III was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz,...

, included on the Sugar Hill
Sugar Hill (1994 film)
Sugar Hill is a 1994 American crime film starring Wesley Snipes and Michael Wright as brothers Roemello and Raynathan Skuggs. The film focuses on the two brothers, who are major drug dealers in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City.-Plot:...

 soundtrack, 1994), "Free Yourself" (on the To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar is a 1995 American comedy film, starring Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze, and John Leguizamo as three New York drag queens who embark on a road trip...

 soundtrack, 1995), "Don't Take Back Your Love" (on Gerry DeVeaux's album Devoted Songs, 1996), Khan's recording of the jazz standard "My Funny Valentine
My Funny Valentine
"My Funny Valentine" is a show tune from the 1937 Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart musical Babes in Arms in which it was introduced by former child star Mitzi Green...

" (on the Waiting to Exhale soundtrack, 1996), "Pain" (co-written by Prince, on the soundtrack to TV sitcom Living Single
Living Single
Living Single is an American television sitcom which aired for five seasons on the Fox network from August 29, 1993 to January 1, 1998. The show centered on the lives of six friends who share personal and professional experiences while living in a Brooklyn brownstone.Throughout its run, Living...

, 1997), "You And I Are One" and "Power" (both on the 1998 Zebra Records compilation A Song A Day). Three further recordings from the Dare You To Love Me sessions, including the title track, officially remain unreleased.

The Epiphany compilation was promoted by the single release "Never Miss The Water" which included house
House music
House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...

 and drum & bass remixes by Frankie Knuckles
Frankie Knuckles
Frankie Knuckles is an American DJ, record producer and remix artist. He played an important role in developing house music as a Chicago DJ in the 1980s and he helped to popularize house music in the 1990s, with his work as a producer and remixer...

, Stylus Production and Candy Station. The single, issued on the Reprise Records
Reprise Records
Reprise Records is an American record label, founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra. It is owned by Warner Music Group, and operated through Warner Bros. Records.-Beginnings:...

 label, became a #1 hit on Billboards Dance Chart and also reached #36 on R&B. "Your Love Is All I Know", "Every Little Thing" and "Everywhere" were also released as singles in certain territories, such as the UK, Germany and Japan.

Until February 2008, the compilation was certified Gold by RIAA, selling 796,000 units according to Neilsen Soundscan.

Track listing

  1. "Ain't Nobody
    Ain't Nobody
    "Ain't Nobody" is a 1983 hit single by Rufus & Chaka Khan. It was released as a studio bonus track on the band's live album Stompin' at the Savoy. It reached number one on the U.S. R&B chart and twenty-two on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart...

    " (Wolinski) 4:41
    • From Rufus & Chaka Khan's 1983 album Stompin' at the Savoy - Live
      Stompin' at the Savoy - Live
      Stompin' at the Savoy – Live is an album by American R&B/funk band Rufus, , released on the Warner Bros. Records label in 1983....

  2. "Papillon (a.k.a. Hot Butterfly)" (Diamond) - 4:08
    • From the 1980 album Naughty
      Naughty (Chaka Khan album)
      Naughty is the second solo album by American R&B/funk singer Chaka Khan, released on Warner Bros. Records in 1980.- Biography :Three singles were released from Naughty: the club hit "Clouds" , "Get Ready, Get Set" and the big hit "Papillon "...

  3. "Tell Me Something Good
    Tell Me Something Good
    "Tell Me Something Good" is a song by Rufus and Chaka Khan, released in 1974. It was a big hit peaking at number three on the Billboard Hot 100, though it didn't chart in the United Kingdom. Written by Stevie Wonder, the song is among the earliest hits to use the guitar talk box. The single...

    " (Live) (Wonder) - 3:35
    • From Rufus & Chaka Khan's 1983 album Stompin' at the Savoy - Live
      Stompin' at the Savoy - Live
      Stompin' at the Savoy – Live is an album by American R&B/funk band Rufus, , released on the Warner Bros. Records label in 1983....

      . Original studio version appears on Rufus' 1974 album Rags to Rufus
      Rags to Rufus
      -Personnel:*Chaka Khan – lead vocals, background vocals*Dennis Belfield – background vocals, bass*André Fischer – drums, percussion, background vocals*Kevin Murphy – organ, clavinette, background vocals...

  4. "I Feel for You
    I Feel for You
    "I Feel for You" is a song written by Prince that originally appeared on his 1979 self-titled album. It became a hit single in 1984 for female R&B singer Chaka Khan, appearing on her album, which was also called I Feel for You...

    " (Prince) - 5:46
    • From the 1984 album I Feel for You
      I Feel for You (album)
      I Feel for You is the Platinum certified fifth solo album by American R&B/funk singer Chaka Khan, released on the Warner Bros. Records label in 1984.-Overview:...

  5. "I Know You, I Live You" (Khan, Mardin) - 4:28
    • From the 1981 album What Cha' Gonna Do for Me
      What Cha' Gonna Do for Me (Chaka Khan album)
      What Cha' Gonna Do for Me is the Gold certified third solo album by American R&B/funk singer Chaka Khan, released on the Warner Bros. Records label in 1981.-Overview:...

  6. "I'm Every Woman
    I'm Every Woman
    "I'm Every Woman" is a hit song recorded by Chaka Khan in 1978. It was Chaka Khan's first hit outside of her recordings with funk band Rufus; the song was included on her platinum debut solo album Chaka. Produced by Arif Mardin and written by successful songwriting team Nickolas Ashford and Valerie...

    " (Ashford, Simpson) - 4:08
    • From the 1978 album Chaka
      Chaka (1978 album)
      Chaka is the debut solo album by American R&B/funk singer Chaka Khan, released on the Warner Bros. Records label in 1978.- Overview :Two singles were released from Chaka, the first being her anthemic solo debut "I'm Every Woman", one of Khan's signature tunes alongside "Ain't Nobody" and "I Feel...

  7. "Love Me Still" (Hornsby, Khan) - 3:28
    • 1995 recording, first released on movie soundtrack Clockers
  8. "The End of a Love Affair" (Redding) - 5:13
    • From the 1988 album CK
  9. "And the Melody Still Lingers On (A Night in Tunisia)
    A Night in Tunisia
    "A Night in Tunisia" is a musical composition written by Dizzy Gillespie in 1942 while he was playing with the Earl Hines Band. It has become a jazz standard....

    " (Gillespie, Khan, Mardin, Paparelli) - 5:00
    • From the 1981 album What Cha' Gonna Do for Me
      What Cha' Gonna Do for Me (Chaka Khan album)
      What Cha' Gonna Do for Me is the Gold certified third solo album by American R&B/funk singer Chaka Khan, released on the Warner Bros. Records label in 1981.-Overview:...

  10. "Through the Fire" (Foster, Keane, Weil) - 4:47
    • From the 1984 album I Feel for You
      I Feel for You (album)
      I Feel for You is the Platinum certified fifth solo album by American R&B/funk singer Chaka Khan, released on the Warner Bros. Records label in 1984.-Overview:...

  11. "What Cha' Gonna Do for Me" (Doheny, Stuart) - 3:53
    • From the 1981 album What Cha' Gonna Do for Me
      What Cha' Gonna Do for Me (Chaka Khan album)
      What Cha' Gonna Do for Me is the Gold certified third solo album by American R&B/funk singer Chaka Khan, released on the Warner Bros. Records label in 1981.-Overview:...

  12. "Everywhere
    Everywhere (Fleetwood Mac song)
    "Everywhere" is a single released by the British-American band Fleetwood Mac from their album Tango in the Night. It was released in the UK on February 24, 1988 and reached # 4. In the United States, it was released a little earlier on November 28, 1987 and reached number 14 on the Billboard Hot...

    " (McVie) - 4:52
    • Previously unreleased recording, 1995
  13. "Never Miss the Water" (featuring Me'shell Ndegéocello
    Me'shell Ndegeocello
    Meshell Ndegeocello is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, bassist, and vocalist. Her music incorporates a wide variety of influences, including funk, soul, hip hop, reggae, R&B, rock, and jazz. She has received significant critical acclaim throughout her career, and has had ten career Grammy...

    ) (DeVeaux, Mole) - 4:46
    • Previously unreleased recording, 1995
  14. "Somethin' Deep" (Crouch, Jones, Khan) - 4:58
    • Previously unreleased recording, 1995
  15. "Your Love Is All I Know" (Friedman, Rich, Walker) - 4:35
    • Previously unreleased recording, 1993
  16. "Every Little Thing" (DeVeaux, Gamson, Khan, Thomas) - 5:12
    • Previously unreleased recording, 1993
  17. "It Ain't Easy Lovin' Me" (Gamson, Lieber, Khan, Cato) - 4:26
    • Bonus track Japanese edition. Previously unreleased recording, 1995

Personnel & production 1993-1995 recordings

"Love Me Still" (1995)
  • Bruce Hornsby
    Bruce Hornsby
    Bruce Randall Hornsby is an American singer, pianist, accordion player, and songwriter. Known for the spontaneity and creativity of his live performances, Hornsby draws frequently from classical, jazz, bluegrass, folk, Motown, rock, blues, and jam band musical traditions with his songwriting and...

     - piano
    Piano
    The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...

  • David Gamson - record producer
    Record producer
    A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...

  • Chaka Khan - producer, executive producer


"Everywhere" (1995)
  • David Gamson - keyboards
    Keyboard instrument
    A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...

    , drum programming
  • Raymond Chue - Fender Rhodes
  • Vere Isaac - bass guitar
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

  • Allen Cato - guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

  • Paul Jackson Jr. - guitar
  • David Gamson - producer
  • Andre Betts - producer
  • Bob Power - sound mix at Enterprise Studios


"Never Miss The Water" (1995)
  • David Gamson - keyboards, drum programming, producer, recording engineer
  • Me'shell Ndegéocello
    Me'shell Ndegeocello
    Meshell Ndegeocello is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, bassist, and vocalist. Her music incorporates a wide variety of influences, including funk, soul, hip hop, reggae, R&B, rock, and jazz. She has received significant critical acclaim throughout her career, and has had ten career Grammy...

     - vocals, bass guitar
  • Federico Gonzales Peña - Fender Rhodes, piano
  • Luis Conte
    Luis Conte
    Luis Conte is a Cuban percussionist.-Early years:As a child in Cuba, Conte began his musical odyssey playing the guitar. However, he soon switched to percussion, and that has remained his mode since....

     - percussion
  • Wah Wah Watson - guitar
  • Allen Cato - guitar
  • Olivier Lieber - guitar
  • Benjamin Wright - string arrangement
  • Charles Veal - concertmaster
  • Bob Power - sound mix at Enterprise Studios
  • Rail Rogut - recording engineer


"Somethin' Deep" (1995)
  • David Gamson - keyboards, drum programming, producer, recording engineer, rhythm arrangement
  • Federico Gonzales Peña - Fender Rhodes, piano
  • Luis Conte - percussion
  • Wah Wah Watson - guitar
  • Allen Cato - guitar
  • Olivier Lieber - guitar
  • Jerry Hey
    Jerry Hey
    Jerry Hey is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, horn arranger, string arranger, orchestrator and session musician who has played on hundreds of commercial recordings, including Thriller and the distinctive flugelhorn solo on Dan Fogelberg's hit Longer....

     - flugelhorn
  • Larry Williams
    Larry Williams
    Larry Williams was an American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer, songwriter, producer, and pianist from New Orleans, Louisiana...

     - flute
  • Benjamin Wright - string arrangement
  • Olivier Lieber - rhythm arrangement
  • Charles Veal - concertmaster
  • Bob Power - sound mix at Enterprise Studios
  • Rail Rogut - recording engineer


"Your Love Is All I Know" (1993)
  • Steve Skinner - keyboards, synthesizer
  • Chieli Minucci - guitar
  • Howard McCrary - guitar
  • Arif Mardin
    Arif Mardin
    Arif Mardin was a Turkish-American music producer, who worked with hundreds of artists across many different styles of music, including jazz, rock, soul, disco, and country...

     - producer, arranger
  • Steve Skinner - arranger
  • Micheal O'Reilly - mix at Right Track Recording, NY, recording engineer
  • Carl Nappa - assistant engineer
  • Jason Goldstein - assistant engineer
  • Recorded at The New Hit Factory, NY
  • Gloria Gabriel - production coordinator


"Every Little Thing" (1993)
  • Steve Skinner - keyboards, synthesizer
  • Chieli Minucci - guitar
  • Howard McCrary - guitar
  • Arif Mardin - producer, arranger
  • Steve Skinner - arranger
  • Micheal O'Reilly - mix at Right Track Recording, NY, recording engineer
  • Carl Nappa - assistant engineer
  • Jason Goldstein - assistant engineer
  • Recorded at The New Hit Factory, NY
  • Gloria Gabriel - production coordinator

Non-album tracks and remixes

  • "Never Miss The Water" (Franktified Club Mix) - 9:56
  • "Never Miss The Water" (The Classic Single)
  • "Never Miss The Water" (Frankie's Sunday Mix) - 11:07
  • "Never Miss The Water" (Dubjay's Duhlite) - 10:13
  • "Never Miss The Water" (The Holywater Drum & Bass Mix) - 8:03
  • "Never Miss The Water" (TV Mix) - 4:06
  • "Never Miss The Water" (Deeper Mix) - 9:00
  • "Never Miss The Water" (Deeper Dub) - 7:44
  • "Never Miss The Water" (Extended Album Version) - 6:12
  • "Never Miss The Water" (Lewis & Rich Mix) - 6:33
  • "Never Miss The Water" (Stylus' Remix, Radio Edit) - 3:56
  • "Never Miss The Water" (Stylus' Club Anthem) - 6:45
  • "Never Miss The Water" (Stylus' Anthem Dub) - 6:52
  • "Never Miss The Water" (Stylus' Street Mix) - 5:48
  • "Never Miss The Water" (Stylus' Straight Pass Through) - 5:34
  • "Never Miss The Water" (Stylus' Remix Instrumental) - 6:18
  • "Never Miss The Water (A Cappella) - 4:28
  • "Miles Blowin'" (Tina Harris, Ashley Hall) - 3:56
  • "Miles Blowin'" (Disco 9000 Mix) - 6:02
  • "Miles Blowin'" (Afro Cube Mix) - 5:32
  • "Miles Blowin'" (Vinyl Republic Dub) - 5:58
  • "Free Yourself" (Sami McKinney, Denise Rich, Warren McRae) - 4:13
  • "Don't Take Back Your Love" (Gerry Deveaux) - 5:40
  • "My Funny Valentine
    My Funny Valentine
    "My Funny Valentine" is a show tune from the 1937 Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart musical Babes in Arms in which it was introduced by former child star Mitzi Green...

    " (Richard Rodgers
    Richard Rodgers
    Richard Charles Rodgers was an American composer of music for more than 900 songs and for 43 Broadway musicals. He also composed music for films and television. He is best known for his songwriting partnerships with the lyricists Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II...

    , Lorenz Hart
    Lorenz Hart
    Lorenz "Larry" Milton Hart was the lyricist half of the famed Broadway songwriting team Rodgers and Hart...

    ) - 4:06
  • "Pain" (Prince/N. Channison Berry) - 5:24
  • "You And I Are One" (Howard McCreary, Chaka Khan
    Chaka Khan
    Chaka Khan , frequently known as the Queen of Funk, is a 10-time Grammy Award winning American singer-songwriter who gained fame in the 1970s as the frontwoman and focal point of the funk band Rufus. While still a member of the group in 1978, Khan embarked on a successful solo career...

    ) - 5:19
  • "Power" (Howard McCreary, Chaka Khan) - 3:57

External links

  • Epiphany: The Best of Chaka Khan, Vol. 1 at Discogs
    Discogs
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