Trunk Funk – The Best of The Brand New Heavies

1999 greatest hits album by The Brand New Heavies

Trunk Funk - The Best of The Brand New Heavies

Greatest hits album by The Brand New Heavies

Released

13 September 1999 (Trunk Funk)
17 October 2000
(Trunk Funk Classics)

Genre

Label

The Brand New Heavies chronology

Shelter
(1997)

Trunk Funk - The Best of The Brand New Heavies
(1999)

We Won't Stop
(2003)

Singles from Trunk Funk - The Best of The Brand New Heavies

"Saturday Nite"
Released: 30 August 1999
"Apparently Nothing"
Released: 17 January 2000

Trunk Funk Classics 1991–2000
(US only)

Following a 10-year tenure with their record labels, funk band the Brand New Heavies released two greatest hits albums titled Trunk Funk, a wordplay on the band's long standing elephant logo.

Biography

Trunk Funk – The Best of The Brand New Heavies was released 13 September 1999 in the UK on FFRR Records. It highlights the group's dance and pop oriented UK hits, with many appearing in remixed, edited, or radio-friendly formats. Because lead singer Siedah Garrett left the band in 1998, and previous lead N'Dea Davenport was out promoting her solo debut, UK singer Carleen Anderson fills in on vocals for this album. Three new recordings appear here, "Try My Love," the Marvin Gaye redux "Saturday Nite," and a cover of "Apparently Nothing," originally done by Anderson's former band Young Disciples. This compilation was not released in the United States.

Trunk Funk Classics 1991–2000 was released 17 October 2000 in the US by Delicious Vinyl Records. This collection has an entirely different track listing than the above release. Where the UK Trunk Funk release highlighted dance and pop-oriented Heavies singles, this release focuses on 70's soul influenced cuts like "Brother Sister," the J. Dilla remix of "Sometimes" featuring rapper Q-Tip, and "Put the Funk Back in It." The US Trunk Funk also includes two tracks from Heavy Rhyme Experience, Vol. 1, the band's collaboration with a host of hip-hop artists. Among the previously unreleased tracks are the video edit of "Dream Come True '92" and the new track "Finish What You Started" marking lead singer N'Dea Davenport's much-desired return to the band.

Track listing

International release

Trunk Funk – The Best of The Brand New Heavies (International Release)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Featured Vocalist(s)	Length
1.	"Saturday Nite"	(J. Kincaid/L. Hamblin/S. Law/M. Gaye)	Carleen Anderson	4:33
2.	"Dream Come True"		N'Dea Davenport	7:46
3.	"Never Stop" (David Morales Remix Single Edit)		N'Dea Davenport	3:54
4.	"Stay This Way" (The Heavy Mix 7")		N'Dea Davenport	4:09
5.	"Dream On Dreamer" (Heavies Radio Version)		N'Dea Davenport	3:35
6.	"Back to Love" (Radio Remix)		Jan Kincaid, N'Dea Davenport	4:10
7.	"Midnight at the Oasis" (Radio Version)	(D. Nichtern)	N'Dea Davenport	3:47
8.	"BNH"		-	4:28
9.	"You Are the Universe" (Radio Version)		Siedah Garrett	3:41
10.	"Forever" (Soulpower Remix)		N'Dea Davenport	5:24
11.	"Shelter" (Spike's Remix)		Jan Kincaid, Siedah Garrett	3:47
12.	"Sometimes"		Siedah Garrett	4:01
13.	"Spend Some Time" (Radio Version)	(A. Levy/A. Cheung)	N'Dea Davenport	3:38
14.	"You've Got a Friend" (Radio Version)	(C. King)	Siedah Garrett	3:26
15.	"Close to You"		N'Dea Davenport	4:04
16.	"Gimme One of Those"		-	3:42
17.	"Apparently Nothing"	(C. Anderson/M. Nelson)	Carleen Anderson	4:24
18.	"Try My Love"		Carleen Anderson	3:46

US Release

Trunk Funk Classics 1991–2000 (US Release)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Featured Vocalist(s)	Length
1.	"Finish What You Started"	C. Folmer, S. Bartholomew, J. Kincaid, A. Levy	N'Dea Davenport	4:29
2.	"Brother Sister"	N. Davenport, S. Bartholomew, J. Kincaid, A. Levy	N'Dea Davenport	4:49
3.	"Put the Funk Back in It"	S. Bartholomew, L. Gordon, J. Kincaid, A. Levy, J. Wellman	-	3:19
4.	"Stay This Way"	J. Wellman	N'Dea Davenport	5:43
5.	"Back to Love"	J. Kincaid	Jan Kincaid, N'Dea Davenport	4:38
6.	"Have a Good Time"	N. Davenport, S. Bartholomew, J. Kincaid, A. Levy	N'Dea Davenport	3:13
7.	"Bonafide Funk"	S. Bartholomew, J. Kincaid, A. Levy, K. McKenzie	Main Source	3:59
8.	"Never Stop"	J. Kincaid	N'Dea Davenport	4:14
9.	"Forever"	J. Kincaid	N'Dea Davenport	5:12
10.	"Dream On Dreamer"	D. Austin, N. Davenport	N'Dea Davenport	4:02
11.	"Sometimes" (The Ummah Remix)	S. Garrett, J. Kincaid	Siedah Garrett, Q-Tip	4:12
12.	"Gimmie One of Those"	J. Kincaid, J. Wellman, L. Gordon, S. Bartholomew	-	3:43
13.	"Soul Flower"	S. Bartholomew, T. Hardson, J. Kincaid, A. Levy, R. Robinson	The Pharcyde	3:42
14.	"Dream Come True '92" (Video Edit)	A. Levy, J. Kincaid, J. Wellman, L. Gordon, L. Muriel, S. Bartholomew	N'Dea Davenport	4:25
15.	"Saturday Nite" (Jay Dee Remix)	J. Kincaid, L. Hamblin, M. Gaye, S. Law	Carleen Anderson	5:01

Personnel

Carleen Anderson – vocals on "Saturday Nite," "Apparently Nothing," and "Try My Love"
Simon Bartholomew – guitar, percussion & background vocals
N'Dea Davenport – percussion, keyboards, vocals, background vocals on tracks
Siedah Garrett - vocals on tracks "Sometimes", "You Are the Universe", "You've Got a Friend", and "Shelter"
Jan Kincaid – percussion, drums, keyboards, vocals, background vocals
Andrew Levy – bass, percussion, keyboards, background vocals, string arrangements

References

"Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 28 August 1999. p. 25. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
"Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 15 January 2000. p. 19. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
Gail Mitchell (15 April 2006). "Heavies New Again". Billboard Magazine. 118 (15): 58. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
Dave Thompson (1 August 2001). Funk. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879306298. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
Vladimir Bogdanov; Chris Woodstra; Stephen Thomas Erlewine (14 August 2003). All Music Guide to Soul: The Definitive Guide to R&B and Soul. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879307448. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
"Trunk Funk - The Best of the Brand New Heavies on Discogs.com". Retrieved 11 September 2012.
"Trunk Funk Classics 1991-2000 on Discogs.com". Retrieved 11 September 2012.

v t e The Brand New Heavies
Simon Bartholomew Andrew Levy Angela Ricci Jan Kincaid N'Dea Davenport Siedah Garrett Lascelles Gordon Ceri Evans Carleen Anderson Sy Smith Sulene Fleming
Studio albums	The Brand New Heavies Heavy Rhyme Experience, Vol. 1 Brother Sister Shelter Allabouthefunk Get Used to It
Compilation albums	Trunk Funk – The Best of The Brand New Heavies
Live albums	Live in London
Singles	"Don't Let It Go to Your Head" "Dream On Dreamer" "Midnight at the Oasis" "Sometimes" "You Are the Universe" "You've Got a Friend" "I Don't Know Why (I Love You)"
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