In 1996, "The Very Best of Toni Childs" was released, becoming the fifth biggest-selling album of 1996 in Australia on the back of the re-release of her cover of Jimmy Cliff's "Many Rivers to Cross", which she recorded in 1989. The "Best of" collection also became her third platinum-selling top-10 album in New Zealand, and was certified six times platinum in Australia. Her version of "Many Rivers to Cross" was featured prominently in television advertisements for the National Australia Bank at the time.