''Get the Party Started'' is a 2007 album by Welsh singer

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Background

Released in June 2007, the album features newly

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" was recorded in 1996 for the album ''The Show Must Go On'' but was not issued at that time. In addition, the album features new recordings including a cover version of

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The album project was spearheaded by Bassey and saw her working with songwriting partners Catherine Feeney and Nikki Lamborn, who co-wrote the song " The Living Tree". The album was released in the UK and Europe on 25 June 2007. It entered the

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at No. 6, her highest chart position for a studio album since 1970 and since 1978 overall. On 22 July 2013 it was awarded a silver disc by

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(BPI). Due to the success of the digital download of the single "

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label, making it the first album to be released there by Bassey after a long time absent.

Track listing

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" (North by Northwest remix) (Vocal recorded in 1984 for ''I Am What I Am'') # "This is My Life" (Cagedbaby remix) (Vocal recorded in 1984 for ''I Am What I Am'') # " Slave to the Rhythm" (The Glimmers remix) # "Can I Touch You There?" (Knut Saevik and Paul 'Strangefruit' Nyhus) # " What Now My Love" (Bugz in the Attic remix) (Vocal recorded in 1984 for ''I Am What I Am'') # "Kiss Me Honey, Honey" (Restless Soul remix) (Vocal recorded in 1984 for ''I Am What I Am'') # "

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" (Dobie Remix) # " You Only Live Twice" (Mark de Clive-Lowe remix) (Vocal recorded in 1987 for ''

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" (North by Northwest remix) (Previously unreleased vocal performance from 1996) * New recordings exclusive to this release. Get the Party Started (Deluxe version) The album was re-issued in November 2009 as a digital download only with several bonus tracks and a

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" (Soundscape Radio Edit Mix) (New remix exclusive to this release) # "

" (Pink Pound Remix) (Vocal recorded in 1984 for ''I Am What I Am'') # "The Living Tree" (Shaken and Stirred Mix) # "The Living Tree" (Promotional Video) # "Get the Party Started" (Promotional Video)

Chart performance

References

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