"Dancing In The Dark" was the lead single for Bruce Springsteen's 1984 album Born In The U.S.A. and has been included in a previous mix as have live covers by Bob Dylan and Teagan & Sara. This mix includes the vocal track of his hit, a live acoustic version from 1986 and the 1984 Arthur Baker remix.
A couple other songs repeat across the mix. "Pay To Cum" is the 1980 debut single by Bad Brains, here with a cover from 2016 by Katy Goodman & Greta Morgan. Also included is an alternate version of "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" by The Beatles from their 1965 album Rubber Soul along with a cover by Waylon Jennings from the following year.
"Squabs On Forty Fab" is a 1981 disco medley of some of Squeeze's hit single and a parody of the trend of of time of similar medleys of hits by bands like The Beatles.
"It's Easier" is one of four songs recently released oa companion EP to the album they were recorded for but not included on, Stevie Wonder's "Songs In The Key Of Life" released 50 years ago.
The rest: the Roy Ayers-produced "So Alone" from Sylvia Strplin's only album, 1981's "Give Me Your Love"; the J Dilla remix of De La Soul's "Stakes Is High" with Mos Def and Truth Enola; A Tribe Called Quest's 1992 single "Scenario" with Busta Rhymes from their 1991 album The Low End Theory; the original Chic mix of Diana Ross' 1980 hit "Upside Down"; Jacqueline Taib's 1967 ye-ye pop song "7H Du Matin", an acoustic home demo of T.Rex's 1971 hit "Get It On (Bang A Gong)"; a cover of their single "Cosmic Dancer" from the same album Electric Warrior by Shakspear's Sister; a cover of The Beatles hit "Yesterday" by Tammy Wynette; "I Still Love H.E.R." by Freddie Gibbs with production by The Alchemist from their 2025 album Alfredo 2; Carol Woods' wistful "I Wonder What Will Happen" and an alternate take of "Visions Of Johanna" by Bob Dylan from his 1966 album Blonde On Blonde.
