A Place on Earth: The Greatest Hits | ||||
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Released | November 30, 1999 | |||
Recorded | 1987–99 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 71:58 | |||
Label | Virgin | |||
Belinda Carlisle chronology | ||||
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Singles from A Place on Earth: The Greatest Hits | ||||
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A Place on Earth: The Greatest Hits is the second greatest hits album by American singer Belinda Carlisle, released in the UK on November 30, 1999, by Virgin Records. A limited edition was released with a bonus disc featuring remixes and rare B-sides. A European edition was also released with an interview CD featuring Belinda providing answers to over 40 questions sent in by fans.
Three new tracks were recorded especially for this compilation - "Feels Like I've Known You Forever", "A Prayer for Everyone" and "All God's Children", which was released as a single. A promotional release of an edited version of "A Prayer for Everyone" was issued to Swedish radio stations but went unreleased. All three new tracks would later be released on a re-issue of Carlisle's final Virgin studio album Real .
The bonus disc included two non-album tracks ("Only a Dream", and "The Air You Breathe") originally released in 1992 as B-sides. These were for the singles "Half the World" and "Little Black Book".
Despite being released only seven years after her previous greatest hits compilation, The Best of Belinda, Volume 1 , the collection was a success in the UK where it made the top 20 and was certified gold.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" | Rick Nowels, Ellen Shipley | 4:08 |
2. | "I Get Weak" | Diane Warren | 4:15 |
3. | "Circle in the Sand" | Nowels, Shipley | 3:42 |
4. | "Leave a Light On" | Nowels, Shipley | 4:16 |
5. | "La Luna" | Nowels, Shipley | 4:12 |
6. | "(We Want) The Same Thing" | Nowels, Shipley | 4:17 |
7. | "Summer Rain" | Robbie Seidman, Maria Vidal | 4:11 |
8. | "Live Your Life Be Free" | Nowels, Shipley | 4:23 |
9. | "Do You Feel Like I Feel?" | Nowels, Shipley | 4:15 |
10. | "Little Black Book" | Richard Feldman, Marcy Detroit, Belinda Carlisle | 4:12 |
11. | "Big Scary Animal" | Charlotte Caffey, Carlisle, Ralph Schuckett | 4:15 |
12. | "In Too Deep" | Nowels | 4:00 |
13. | "California" | Nowels, Billy Steinberg, Vidal | 2:58 |
14. | "Always Breaking My Heart" | Per Gessle | 3:06 |
15. | "Love in the Key of C" | Nowels | 3:51 |
16. | "Feels Like I've Known You Forever" | David Munday | 3:49 |
17. | "A Prayer for Everyone" | Marie-Claire D'Ubaldo, Nowels, Steinberg | 4:21 |
18. | "All God's Children" | Paul Barry, Billy Lawrie, Mark Taylor | 3:47 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" (Heavenly version) | Nowels, Shipley | 5:58 |
2. | "I Get Weak" (12" version) | Warren | 7:32 |
3. | "Circle in the Sand" (Beach Party Mix) | Nowels, Shipley | 7:51 |
4. | "World Without You" (Extended Worldwide Mix) | Warren | 8:26 |
5. | "(We Want) The Same Thing" (Summer Remix) | Nowels, Shipley | 5:08 |
6. | "Summer Rain" (Justin Strauss Mix) | Seidman, Vidal | 8:03 |
7. | "Live Your Life Be Free" (Club Mix) | Nowels, Shipley | 5:30 |
8. | "Only a Dream" | Caffey, Carlisle, Feldman | 3:09 |
9. | "The Air You Breathe" | Donna Weiss, David White | 4:27 |
10. | "Little Black Book" (Little Black Mix) | Feldman, Detroit, Carlisle | 5:15 |
Chart (1999–2000) | Peak position |
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European Albums ( Music & Media ) [2] | 69 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [3] | 6 |
UK Albums (OCC) [4] | 15 |
Scottish Albums (OCC) [5] | 56 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI) [6] | Gold | 100,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |