Tracks
- 11985Dutch Top 40: peak position 1 in week 7 of 1986, 16 weeks in the chartWhen the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going4:08B major
- 21984Dutch Top 40: peak position 23 in week 29 of 1985, 7 weeks in the chartSuddenly3:55
- 31988Dutch Top 40: peak position 1 in week 13 of 1988, 13 weeks in the chartGet Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car4:44E major
- 41984Dutch Top 40: peak position 15 in week 46 of 1984, 9 weeks in the chartCaribbean Queen (No More Love On the Run)4:04C major
- 51976Dutch Top 40: peak position 11 in week 19 of 1976, 6 weeks in the chartLove Really Hurts Without You2:59A major
- 61976Dutch Top 40: peak position 12 in week 19 of 1977, 7 weeks in the chartRed Light Spells Danger3:31D♯ major
- 71976Stop Me (If You've Heard It All Before)3:59F minor
- 81986Dutch Top 40: peak position 8 in week 23 of 1986, 10 weeks in the chartThere'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)4:53
- 91984Dutch Top 40: peak position 5 in week 9 of 1985, 13 weeks in the chartLoverboy4:09
- 101976L.O.D. (Love on Delivery)2:44B major
- 111984The Long and Winding Road4:43
- 121984Love Is Forever4:14G major
- 131988Calypso Crazy4:27A minor
- 141980Dutch Top 40: peak position 12 in week 11 of 1980, 7 weeks in the chartAre You Ready6:54C minor
- 151986Bitter Sweet4:57A minor
- 161984Mystery Lady3:55E major
- 171986Love Zone4:13D♯ major
- 181988The Colour of Love4:22D minor
Source of the Dutch Top 40 entries: top40.nl
Sound of The Very Best of Billy Ocean
The Very Best of Billy Ocean sounds more acoustic than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 123 bpm.
Quietest track: Mystery Lady · most energetic: Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car
Across 18 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.
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Frequently asked questions
When was The Very Best of Billy Ocean by Billy Ocean released?
The Very Best of Billy Ocean came out in 2010.
How many tracks are on The Very Best of Billy Ocean?
The Very Best of Billy Ocean has 18 tracks, 77 minutes in total.
Which tracks from The Very Best of Billy Ocean made the Dutch Top 40?
Nine tracks from this album reached the Dutch Top 40: When the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going, Suddenly, Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car, Caribbean Queen (No More Love On the Run), Love Really Hurts Without You, Red Light Spells Danger and three others. The highest was When the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going, at number 1 in week 7 of 1986.
Which category is The Very Best of Billy Ocean in?
The Very Best of Billy Ocean is filed under compilations. On the home page, sorted by category, the album sits on that shelf, among the other albums by Billy Ocean.
What do the percentages for the sound of The Very Best of Billy Ocean mean?
They come from an acoustic analysis of the recordings as they are on Spotify: per track a score from 0 to 100 for energy, danceability, mood and acoustic, plus the tempo and the key. They are the outcome of a model, not a measurement of the music itself; 93% acoustic means the model is fairly sure that mostly acoustic instruments are heard. The sound of the album is the average of its tracks, each track counting equally, and the comparison is with the average of all analysed tracks in the collection.
How do you play The Very Best of Billy Ocean?
With the round Spotify button after each track, or the whole album at once via the play button next to the cover. The music plays in the player at the bottom of the page and keeps going while you browse on. This needs one-time consent for Spotify.
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