title: Playlist: The Very Best of Clay Aiken
text: # Playlist: The Very Best of Clay Aiken
  
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  Playlist: The Very Best of Clay Aiken is a compilation of remastered original recordings by pop singer Clay Aiken. It is part of a series of similar series of Playlist albums issued by Legacy Recordings.
  
  The track listing includes fan favorites, the No. 1 single “This Is The Night,” the Top 5 “Solitaire” and others handpicked by Aiken from his albums. The album was released on March 31, 2009. A PDF file included on the CD contains the song credits, photographs, and liner notes.
  
  First week sales of 3,000 copies placed Playlist: The Very Best of Clay Aiken at number 173 on the Billboard 200 chart and at number ten on the Top Internet Albums chart.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  * "Ashes" (from On My Way Here album)
  * "A Thousand Days" (from A Thousand Different Ways album)
  * "The Way" (from Measure of a Man album)
  * "Bridge Over Troubled Water" (from "Bridge Over Troubled Water/This Is the Night" single)
  * "On My Way Here" (from On My Way Here album)
  * "This Is the Night" (from "Bridge Over Troubled Water/This Is the Night" single)
  * "Solitaire" (from "The Way/Solitaire" single)
  * "Here You Come Again" (from A Thousand Different Ways album)
  * "Measure of a Man" (from Measure of a Man album)
  * "The Real Me" (from On My Way Here album)
  * "Something About Us" (from On My Way Here album)
  * "Invisible" (from Measure of a Man album)
  * "On the Wings of Love"(from American Idol Season 2: All-Time Classic American Love Songs compilation)
  * "Mary, Did You Know" (from Merry Christmas with Love album)
  
  ### Song notes
  
  * ^ "Ashes" Written by: Nichole Nordeman, Mark Hammond / Produced by: Kipper – 3:44
  * ^ "A Thousand Days" Written by: Christian Leuzzi, Aldo Nova & Emanuel Olsson / Produced by: John Fields – 4:30
  * ^ "The Way" Written by: Steve Morales, Enrique Iglesias, Kara DioGuardi, David Siegel / Produced by: Steve Morales – 4:07
  * ^ ""Bridge Over Troubled Water" Written by: Paul Simon / Produced by: Nigel Wright – 4:01
  * ^ "On My Way Here" Written by: Ryan Tedder, Hunter Davis, Chris Faulk / Produced by: Kipper – 4:29
  * ^ "This Is the Night" Written by: Aldo Nova, Gary Burr, Chris Braide / Produced by: Steve Mac – 3:33
  * ^ "Solitaire" Written by: Neil Sedaka & Phil Cody / Produced by: Cliff Magness & Steve Mac – 5:26
  * ^ "Here You Come Again" Written by: Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil / Produced by: Adam Anders – 3:34
  * ^ "Measure of a Man" Written by: Steve Morales, Cathy Dennis, David Siege / Produced by: Steve Morales – 3:58
  * ^ "The Real Me" Written by: Natalie Grant / Produced by: Kipper – 4:38
  * ^ "Something About Us" Written by: Michael O'Brien, Scotty Wilbanks, Regie Hamm / Produced by: Kipper – 3:40
  * ^ "Invisible" Written by: Desmond Child, Andreas Carlsson, Chris Braide / Produced by: Desmond Child – 4:04
  * ^ "On the Wings of Love" Written by: Jeffrey Osborne, P. Schless / Produced by: James McMillan – 3:44
  * ^ "Mary Did You Know" Written by: Lee Rufus GreenebIII, Mark Alan Lowry / Produced by: Walter Afanasieff – 3:20
  