20 Years: The Greatest Hits

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20 Years: The Greatest Hits
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Greatest hits album by
Released27 May 2022 (2022-05-27)
Recorded2002–2022
Label Sony Music
Will Young chronology
Crying on the Bathroom Floor
(2021)
20 Years: The Greatest Hits
(2022)
Light It Up
(2024)
Singles from 20 Years: The Greatest Hits
  1. "Why Does It Hurt"
    Released: 15 April 2022 [1]

20 Years: The Greatest Hits is the third greatest hits album by English singer Will Young, released on 27 May 2022. The album commemorates two decades since Young's Pop Idol win. [2] The album contains the majority of Young's biggest hits, but excludes several singles from his career.

Contents

Promotion

On 15 April 2022, Young released the single "Why Does It Hurt", which preceded the album's release. [3] [4] The single debuted and peaked at number 87 on the UK Singles Downloads Chart Top 100. [5] Young performed the track as part of the setlist for his tour to accompany the album. [6]

Chart performance

20 Years: The Greatest Hits charted at number 6 on the UK Albums Chart and stayed on the chart for one week; it debuted at number 5 on the UK Album Sales Chart. Additionally, the album charted for seven weeks on the UK Physical Albums Chart. [7]

Track listing

20 Years: The Greatest Hits – Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)AlbumLength
1."Evergreen" From Now On (2002)4:11
2."Light My Fire" (Radio Edit)From Now On3:35
3."The Long and Winding Road" (with Gareth Gates)From Now On3:28
4."You and I"
From Now On4:04
5."Leave Right Now" Francis White Friday's Child (2003)3:32
6."Your Game"Friday's Child4:08
7."Friday's Child" (Single Version)
Friday's Child4:09
8."All Time Love" Jamie Hartman Keep On (2005)3:48
9."Who Am I"Keep On4:28
10."Changes"
  • Young
  • White
Let It Go (2008)3:58
11."Grace" (Radio Edit)Let It Go3:32
12."Jealousy" Echoes (2011)4:07
13."Come On"
  • Stilwell
  • Eliot
Echoes3:12
14."Losing Myself"Echoes4:00
15."Love Revolution"
85% Proof (2015)3:00
16."Joy"
  • Young
  • Stilwell
  • Eliot
85% Proof3:29
17."All the Songs"
  • Young
  • Stilwell
  • Eliot
Lexicon (2019)3:53
18."Daniel" (Radio Edit) Natasha Khan Crying on the Bathroom Floor (2021)3:19
19."Why Does It Hurt"
  • Young
  • Stilwell
  • Eliot
Previously unreleased (2022)3:42
20."Breaking Free"
  • Young
  • Stilwell
  • Eliot
Previously unreleased3:31
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Leave Right Now" (live session for Zoe Ball at Radio 2)White3:44
2."What Is Love" (live session for Zoe Ball at Radio 2)
2:42
3."Hanging on the Telephone" (live for Dermot O'Leary's Saturday Sessions) Jack Lee 3:26
4."All Time Love" (live recording for BBC Radio 2)Hartman3:58
5."Hey Ya!" (live for Jo Whitley's Live Lounge) André Benjamin 4:49
6."Take My Breath Away" (live for Dermot O'Leary's Saturday Sessions)4:01
7."Love Revolution" (live for Radio 2's 500 Words at St. James' Palace)
  • Young
  • Stilwell
  • Eliot
  • Matias
  • Martin
  • Clement
  • Borrmann
3:23
8."Your Game" (live for Jo Whitley's Live Lounge)
  • Young
  • Cruz
  • MacKichan
4:06
9."Golden Slumbers" (live for Dermot O'Leary's Saturday Sessions)
  • Lennon
  • McCartney
3:32
10."How Will I Know" (live for Radio 2's 500 Words at St. James' Palace)4:02
11."Running Up That Hill" (live for Dermot O'Leary's Saturday Sessions) Kate Bush 2:57
12."Your Game" (demo)
  • Young
  • Cruz
  • MacKichan
3:51
13."Jealousy" (demo)
  • Young
  • Stilwell
  • Eliot
4:04

Charts

Weekly chart performance for 20 Years: The Greatest Hits
Chart (2022)Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [8] 5
UK Albums (OCC) [9] 6

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