Cartoon Heroes: The Best of Aqua

Cartoon Heroes: The Best of Aqua is a greatest hits album by the Danish-Norwegian dance-pop group Aqua. It was released solely in Japan on 22 May 2002.

Cartoon Heroes: The Best of Aqua
Greatest hits album by
Released22 May 2002
Recorded1996–2000
Genre
Length60:24
LabelMCA
Producer
Aqua chronology
Aquarius
(2000)
Cartoon Heroes: The Best of Aqua
(2002)
Greatest Hits
(2009)

Album information

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The set includes most of the hit singles that Aqua released, with the excised singles being "We Belong to the Sea", "Good Morning Sunshine", and the Scandinavian promotional single released with the documentary Around the World, "Didn't I".

The album also includes four songs that were not released as singles, "Back from Mars", "An Apple a Day", "Calling You" and "Halloween". There is a remix of "Cartoon Heroes" as well as two music videos.

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Cartoon Heroes" (from Aquarius, 2000)
  • Rasted
  • Norreen
3:41
2."Freaky Friday" (from Aquarius, 2000)
  • Rasted
  • Norreen
  • Rasted
  • Norreen
3:45
3."Barbie Girl" (from Aquarium, 1997)
  • Johnny Jam
  • Delgado
  • Rasted
  • Norreen
3:15
4."Roses Are Red" (from Aquarium, 1997)
  • Hartmann & Langhoff
3:43
5."Bumble Bees" (from Aquarius, 2000)
  • Rasted
  • Norreen
  • Rasted
  • Norreen
3:52
6."Doctor Jones" (from Aquarium, 1997)
  • Jam
  • Delgado
  • Rasted
  • Norreen
3:22
7."Around the World" (from Aquarius, 2000)
  • Rasted
  • Norreen
  • Rasted
  • Norreen
3:28
8."Lollipop (Candyman)" (from Aquarium, 1997)
  • Rasted
  • Norreen
  • Nystrøm
  • Dif
  • Hartmann
  • Langhoff
  • Jam
  • Delgado
  • Rasted
  • Norreen
3:35
9."Back from Mars" (from Aquarius, 2000)
  • Rasted
  • Norreen
  • Rasted
  • Norreen
4:02
10."Happy Boys & Girls" (from Aquarium, 1997)
  • Rasted
  • Norreen
  • Dif
  • Nystrøm
  • Jam
  • Delgado
  • Rasted
  • Norreen
3:34
11."My Oh My" (from Aquarium, 1997)
  • Rasted
  • Norreen
  • Dif
  • Jam
  • Delgado
  • Rasted
  • Norreen
3:23
12."Halloween" (from Aquarius, 2000)
  • Rasted
  • Norreen
  • Dif
  • Rasted
  • Norreen
3:49
13."Calling You" (from Aquarium, 1997)
  • Rasted
  • Norreen
  • Dif
  • Hartmann
  • Langhoff
  • Jam
  • Delgado
  • Rasted
  • Norreen
  • Hartmann & Langhoff
3:31
14."An Apple a Day" (from Aquarius, 2000)
  • Rasted
  • Norreen
  • Rasted
  • Norreen
3:38
15."Turn Back Time" (from Aquarium, 1997)
  • Rasted
  • Norreen
  • Jam
  • Delgado
  • Rasted
  • Norreen
4:07
16."Cartoon Heroes" (Hampenberg Remix)
  • Rasted
  • Norreen
5:41
Music videos
No.TitleDirector(s)Length
1."Cartoon Heroes"Thomas Masin4:19
2."Around the World"
  • Peter Stenbæk
  • Ronnie West
3:31

Chart positions

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Chart (2002) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[1] 12

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[2] Gold 100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ "カートゥーン・ヒーローズ~ベスト・オブ・AQUA" (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on 16 August 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Japanese album certifications – Aqua – Cartoon Heroes" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 16 May 2019. Select 2002年8月 on the drop-down menu