Original songs on "The Essential Nina Simone"

"Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair" was covered by The Twilight Singers on the album "She Loves You"

"That's All I Ask" was covered by Jeff Buckley on the album "Mystery White Boy (bonus disc)"

Cover songs on "The Essential Nina Simone"

The Billie Holiday song "Don't Explain" was originally on the album "Lady in Autumn: The Best of the Verve Years (disc 1)"

The Randy Newman song "I Think It's Going To Rain Today" was originally on the album "Guilty: 30 Years of Randy Newman (disc 1)"

The George Harrison song "Isn't It A Pity" was originally on the album "All Things Must Pass (2001 remaster) (disc 1)"

The Bob Dylan song "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" was originally on the album "Highway 61 Revisited"