# For a Friend: The Best Of

For a Friend: The Best Of is a 34-track, double disc greatest hits compilation and career retrospective by Jimmy Somerville, featuring his work as a solo artist, as well as with Bronski Beat and The Communards.
The compilation was released in 2009, and spans twenty five years of Somerville's career. It begins with Bronski Beat's 1984 hit "Smalltown Boy", and concludes with tracks from Somerville's 2009 album Suddenly Last Summer, which features stripped down covers of songs Somerville considered formative. It includes ten UK top twenty hits including "Smalltown Boy" (Bronski Beat: UK #3, 1984), "Don't Leave Me This Way" (The Communards: UK #1, 1986), and "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" (Jimmy Somerville: UK #5, 1989).

## Track listing
### Disc 1

| | Title | Performer | Writers | Original Artist |
| 1. | "Smalltown Boy" | Bronski Beat | Steve Bronski, Larry Steinbachek, Jimmy Somerville | |
| 2. | "Why?" | Bronski Beat | Bronski, Steinbachek, Somerville | |
| 3. | "It Ain't Necessarily So" | Bronski Beat | George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dorothy Heyward, DuBose Heyward | From Porgy and Bess |
| 4. | "I Feel Love/Johnny Remember Me (Medley)" | Bronski Beat Featuring Marc Almond | Geoff Goddard, Giorgio Moroder, Pete Bellotte, Donna Summer | Donna Summer ("I Feel Love") John Leyton and The Outlaws ("Johnny Remember Me") |
| 5. | "Screaming" | Bronski Beat | Bronski, Steinbachek, Somerville | |
| 6. | "Run from Love" (Remix version from Hundreds & Thousands) | Bronski Beat | Bronski, Steinbachek, Somerville | |
| 7. | "Hard Rain" (Remix version from Hundreds & Thousands) | Bronski Beat | Bronski, Steinbachek, Somerville | |
| 8. | "Don't Leave Me This Way" | The Communards Featuring Sarah Jane Morris | Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, Cary Gilbert | Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes (1975) Thelma Houston (1976) |
| 9. | "La Dolorosa" | The Communards | Richard Coles, Somerville | |
| 10. | "Disenchanted" | The Communards | Coles, Somerville | |
| 11. | "So Cold the Night" | The Communards | Coles, Somerville | |
| 12. | "You Are My World" | The Communards | Coles, Somerville | |
| 13. | "Forbidden Love" | The Communards | Coles, Somerville | |
| 14. | "Breadline Britain" | The Communards | Coles, Somerville | |
| 15. | "Tomorrow" | The Communards | Coles, Somerville | |
| 16. | "There's More to Love (Than Boy Meets Girl)" | The Communards | Coles, Somerville | |

### Disc 2

| | Title | Performer | Writers | Original Artist |
| 1. | "Victims" | The Communards | Coles, Somerville | |
| 2. | "For a Friend" | The Communards | Coles, Somerville | |
| 3. | "Never Can Say Goodbye" | The Communards | Clifton Davis | The Jackson 5 (1971) Gloria Gaynor (1974) |
| 4. | "Comment te dire adieu?" | Jimmy Somerville Featuring June Miles-Kingston | Serge Gainsbourg, Arnold Goland, Jack Gold | Françoise Hardy |
| 5. | "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" | Jimmy Somerville | James Wirrick, Sylvester James | Sylvester (Sylvester James) |
| 6. | "Read My Lips (Enough Is Enough)" | Jimmy Somerville | Somerville | |
| 7. | "Heartbeat" | Jimmy Somerville | Matt Rowe, Somerville, Richard Stannard | |
| 8. | "By Your Side" | Jimmy Somerville | Rowe, Somerville, Stannard | |
| 9. | "Safe" (Todd Terry Short Session) | Jimmy Somerville | Gary Butcher, Somerville | |
| 10. | "To Love Somebody" | Jimmy Somerville | Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb | Bee Gees |
| 11. | "Lay Down" | Jimmy Somerville | Gainsbourg, Sally Herbert, Somerville | Samples Serge Gainsbourg's "Contact" |
| 12. | "Dark Sky" | Jimmy Somerville | Herbert, Somerville | |
| 13. | "Something To Live For" (Sounds of Life Mix) | Jimmy Somerville | Herbert, Ed Monaghan, Somerville | |
| 14. | "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" | Jimmy Somerville | Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio | Frankie Valli |
| 15. | "Come On" | Jimmy Somerville | Sunniva Greeve, Peter Plate, Somerville, Ulf Leo Sommer | |
| 16. | "Could It Be Love?" | Jimmy Somerville | Felix Gauder, Milan Sajé, Somerville | |
| 17. | "Sweet Unknown" | Jimmy Somerville | Alison Shaw, Jim Shaw | Cranes |
| 18. | "People Are Strange" | Jimmy Somerville | John Paul Densmore, Robbie Krieger, Ray Manzarek, Jim Morrison | The Doors |

## Charts
### Weekly charts

| Chart (2012) | Peak position |
| UK Independent Albums Chart (OCC) | 14 |
| UK Albums Chart (OCC) | 160 |