50 Greatest Hits

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50 Greatest Hits
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ReleasedOctober 28, 2008 (2008-10-28) [1]
Recorded1984–2007
Genre Country, pop, rock
Label MCA Nashville
Producer Various original producers
Reba McEntire chronology
Love Revival
(2008)
50 Greatest Hits
(2008)
Keep On Loving You
(2009)
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50 Greatest Hits is three-disc compilation from country music singer Reba McEntire. The album's release was announced in August 2008 on her official website. It was also her last studio album for MCA Records, a label she had been with since 1984, the album features 20 #1 hits and 46 Top 10 singles. [4] It was released on October 28, 2008, in the United States and Canada a week later. The album debuted at #67 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart for the week of November 15, 2008, and it peaked at #41 for the week of February 20, 2010. The album stayed on the chart's for 35 weeks.

Contents

Track listing

Disc one

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."How Blue"John Moffat2:41
2."Somebody Should Leave" Harlan Howard, Chick Rains3:32
3."Have I Got a Deal for You" Michael P. Heeney, Jackson Leap2:47
4."Only in My Mind"Reba McEntire3:41
5."Whoever's in New England"Kendal Franchesci, Quentin Powers3:23
6."Little Rock"Pat McManus, Bob DiPiero, Gerry House 3:07
7."What Am I Gonna Do About You"Doug Gilmore, Bob Simon, Jim Allison3:30
8."Let the Music Lift You Up" Troy Seals, Eddie Setser4:28
9."One Promise Too Late" Dave Loggins, Lisa Silver, Schlitz3:25
10."The Last One to Know" Matraca Berg, Jane Mariash3:14
11."Love Will Find Its Way to You"Loggins, J. D. Martin3:36
12."Sunday Kind of Love"Barbara Belle, Anita Leonard, Louis Prima, Stan Rhodes3:04
13."I Know How He Feels"Rick Bowles, Will Robinson3:20
14."New Fool at an Old Game"Steve Bogard, Rick Giles, Sheila Stephen3:50
15."Cathy's Clown" Don Everly 3:01
16."'Til Love Comes Again" Bob Regan, Ed Hill 3:42
17."Walk On"Steve Dean, Lonnie Williams3:13

Disc two

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."You Lie"Fischer, Roberts, Black3:55
2."Rumor Has It"Bruce Burch, Vern Dant, Larry Shell3:47
3."Fancy" Bobbie Gentry 4:59
4."Fallin' Out of Love"Jon Ims4:37
5."For My Broken Heart" Liz Hengber, Keith Palmer 4:19
6."Is There Life Out There"Susan Longacre, Rick Giles3:55
7."The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" Bobby Russell 4:17
8."The Greatest Man I Never Knew" Richard Leigh, Layng Martine Jr. 3:16
9."Take It Back"Kristy Jackson3:17
10."The Heart Won't Lie" (duet with Vince Gill) Kim Carnes, Donna Terry Weiss3:20
11."It's Your Call"Bruce Burch, Shawna Harrington-Burkhart, Hengber3:08
12."Does He Love You" (duet with Linda Davis)Sandy Knox, Billy Stritch 4:19
13."Why Haven't I Heard from You"Knox, T.W. Hale3:27
14."She Thinks His Name Was John"Knox, Steve Rosen4:22
15."Till You Love Me"DiPiero, Gary Burr 3:50
16."The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" Mark D. Sanders, Kim Williams, Hill3:50
17."And Still"Hengber, Tommy Lee James 3:27

Disc three

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands"Don Goodman, Pam Rose, Mary Ann Kennedy 4:14
2."Starting Over Again" Bruce Sudano, Donna Summer 4:11
3."The Fear of Being Alone" Walt Aldridge, Bruce Miller3:02
4."How Was I to Know"Cathy Majeski, Sunny Russ, Stephony Smith3:41
5."I'd Rather Ride Around with You" Mark D. Sanders, Tim Nichols 4:07
6."What If It's You" Robert Ellis Orrall, Majeski4:07
7."If You See Him/If You See Her" (duet with Brooks & Dunn) Jennifer Kimball, James, Terry McBride 3:55
8."Forever Love"Hengber, Deanna Bryant, Russ3:52
9."Wrong Night"Bowles, Josh Leo 2:51
10."One Honest Heart" David Malloy, Gary Baker, Frank J. Myers 3:53
11."What Do You Say"Michael Dulaney, Neil Thrasher 3:28
12."I'll Be" Diane Warren 4:23
13."I'm a Survivor"Shelby Kennedy, Philip White3:07
14."Somebody"Dave Berg, Sam Tate, Annie Tate3:50
15."He Gets That from Me"Steven Dale Jones, White3:39
16."Because of You" (duet with Kelly Clarkson) Kelly Clarkson, Ben Moody, David Hodges 3:45

Charts

Chart (2008–2015)Peak
position
UK Country Compilation Albums (OCC) [5] 18
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [6] 41

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