Four Decades of Song


Four Decades of Song is a three-CD compilation from Shirley Bassey issued in 1996. This set features 54 songs recorded between 1959 and 1993. In 2008 EMI repackaged and retitled this boxset as Shirley Bassey The Collection; the new version had six extra tracks.
With the exception of "Secret Love", all of these tracks were previously issued. This track was recorded in the mid-1960s but remained unreleased until 1996, and appears exclusively on this collection.

Track listing

CD One

  1. "Something"
  2. "As Long as He Needs Me"
  3. "Goldfinger"
  4. "With These Hands"
  5. "Don't Rain on My Parade"
  6. "In the [Still of the Night (1937 song)|In the Still of the Night]"
  7. "Feelings"
  8. "You Are the Sunshine of My Life"
  9. "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?"
  10. "Cry Me a River"
  11. "You'd Better Love Me"
  12. "Imagination"
  13. "All of Me"
  14. "Days of [Wine and Roses (song)|Days of Wine and Roses]"
  15. "If [You Love Me (Really Love Me)|If You Love Me (Hymne à l'amor)]"
  16. "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing"
  17. "As If We Never Said Goodbye"
  18. "Don't [Cry for Me Argentina]"
CD1 extra tracks for 2008 re-issue:
4. "Big Spender"
5. "Diamonds Are Forever"

CD Two

  1. "The [Look of Love (1967 song)|The Look of Love]"
  2. "Bridge [Over Troubled Water (song)|Bridge Over Troubled Water]"
  3. "My Way"
  4. "Funny Girl"
  5. "It's Impossible"
  6. "Breakfast in Bed"
  7. "One Less Bell to Answer"
  8. "Greatest Love of All"
  9. "You Never Done It Like That"
  10. "Better Off Alone"
  11. "As We Fall in Love Once More"
  12. "Night Moves"
  13. "Anyone Who Had a Heart"
  14. "The Magic Is You"
  15. "How Insensitive"
  16. "Run On and On and On"
  17. "I'll Be Your Audience"
  18. "All in Love Is Fair"
CD2 extra tracks for 2008 re-issue:
4. "You'll Never Know"
20. "What Kind of Fool Am I?"

CD Three

  1. "The Way We Were"
  2. "What I Did for Love"
  3. "Emotion"
  4. "Good, Bad but Beautiful"
  5. "Where or When"
  6. "Kiss Me Honey, Honey Kiss Me"
  7. "Ave Maria"
  8. "My Special Dream"
  9. "Let There Be Love"
  10. "I've Got You Under My Skin"
  11. "In Other Words (Fly Me to the Moon)"
  12. "Just [One of Those Things (song)|Just One of Those Things]"
  13. "Secret Love"
  14. "Born to Lose""
  15. "Come Back to Me"
  16. "If I Were a Bell"
  17. "Something Wonderful"
  18. "He Loves Me"
CD3 extra tracks for 2008 re-issue:
19. "I (Who Have Nothing)"
20. "I'll [Get By (As Long as I Have You)]"