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Greatest hits album by
ReleasedMarch 7, 2000
Genre Country
Length52:09
Label MCA Records
Producer Tony Brown
George Strait
George Strait chronology
Merry Christmas Wherever You Are
(1999)
Latest Greatest Straitest Hits
(2000)
George Strait
(2000)
Singles from Latest Greatest Straitest Hits
  1. "The Best Day"
    Released: January 3, 2000
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Latest Greatest Straitest Hits is the fifth compilation album by American country music artist George Strait. It was released on March 7, 2000 by MCA Records. The album represents his greatest hits since the release of his 1995 box set Strait Out of the Box . The set contains two newly recorded tracks. "The Best Day" was released as a single and hit #1 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks. Although not a single, "Murder on Music Row" (a duet with Alan Jackson) also charted in the Top 40 from unsolicited airplay.

Contents

The album does not include any singles from his 1999 album Always Never the Same . Another notable omission is "I Just Want to Dance with You", a #1 hit from 1998.

In March 2003 the album was certified Double Platinum by the RIAA. [5]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Best Day" Carson Chamberlain, Dean Dillon 3:24
2."Murder on Music Row" (duet with Alan Jackson) Larry Cordle, Larry Shell4:22
3."Carrying Your Love with Me"Steve Bogard, Jeff Stevens 3:50
4."Adalida"Mike Geiger, Mike Huffman, Woody Mullis3:35
5."Lead On"Dillon, Teddy Gentry3:26
6."Carried Away"Bogard, Stevens3:21
7."Blue Clear Sky" Bob DiPiero, John Jarrard, Mark D. Sanders 2:53
8."We Really Shouldn't Be Doing This" Jim Lauderdale 2:30
9."I Can Still Make Cheyenne" Aaron Barker, Erv Woolsey4:15
10."True" Marv Green, Stevens3:36
11."King of the Mountain" Larry Boone, Paul Nelson3:29
12."Round About Way"Steve Dean, Wil Nance3:03
13."You Can't Make a Heart Love Somebody"Steve Clark, Johnny MacRae 3:20
14."One Night at a Time" Roger Cook, Eddie Kilgallon, Earl Bud Lee3:50
15."Today My World Slipped Away" Vern Gosdin, Mark Wright 3:14

Personnel

Tracks 1 and 2

Charts

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