Finest Selection: The Greatest Hits

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Finest Selection: The Greatest Hits
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Greatest hits album by
Released11 August 2014
Recorded2008–2014
Length67:07
Label Polydor
The Saturdays chronology
Living for the Weekend
(2013)
Finest Selection: The Greatest Hits
(2014)
Singles from Finest Selection: The Greatest Hits
  1. "What Are You Waiting For?"
    Released: 10 August 2014

Finest Selection: The Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits album by British-Irish girl group The Saturdays. It was released on 11 August 2014, through Polydor Records. [1] The album includes all 17 of their singles released from the albums Chasing Lights (2008), Wordshaker (2009), Headlines! (2010), On Your Radar (2011) and Living for the Weekend (2013) as well as three new songs, "What Are You Waiting For?", "808" and "Walking Through the Desert".

Contents

Upon release, debuted at number ten on the UK Albums Chart, giving The Saturdays their fifth top-ten album in the UK. The album spent four weeks inside the UK Top 100. [2] To date, it is the last release from the group who went on hiatus in 2014. [3]

Promotion

Singles

"What Are You Waiting For?" was released on 10 August 2014, as the album's lead single. [4]

Track listing

Standard edition / Disc 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."What About Us" (featuring Sean Paul) (from Living for the Weekend and Chasing the Saturdays )
  • Art Bastian
  • James F. Reynolds [a]
  • Sam Kempler [b]
  • Jason "jigzagula" Henriques [c]
  • Paul [c]
3:41
2."Higher" (featuring Flo Rida) (from Headlines! )Arnthor3:18
3."Ego" (from Wordshaker )
Mac3:03
4."All Fired Up" (from On Your Radar )
3:12
5."What Are You Waiting For?" (previously unreleased)
3:25
6."Up" (single mix) (from Chasing Lights )
3:24
7."Forever Is Over" (radio edit) (from Wordshaker)
  • Biancaniello
  • Watters
3:24
8."Issues" (radio mix) (from Chasing Lights)
  • Sturken
  • Rogers
  • Wheatley [a]
  • Rob Heselden [b]
3:35
9."Disco Love" (from Living for the Weekend)
  • Adam Klein
  • Pálmi Ragnar Ásgeirsson
  • Saethór Kristjánsson
  • Ásgeir Orri Ásgeirsson
StopWaitGo Productions3:14
10."Notorious" (from On Your Radar)
  • Wroldsen
  • Mac
Mac3:11
11."Missing You" (from Headlines!)
  • Hilbert
  • Reynolds [a]
3:41
12."Work" (Phil Tan Radio Mix) (from Chasing Lights)
  • Harry Sommerdahl
  • Wroldsen
  • Kalle Engström
  • Sommerdahl
  • Engström
3:13
13."Not Giving Up" (radio mix) (from Living for the Weekend)Ryden3:19
14."30 Days" (from Living for the Weekend)Mac3:04
15."808" (previously unreleased)
  • Purcell
  • George Tizzard
  • Rick Parkhouse
Red Triangle Productions3:12
16."Gentleman" (from Living for the Weekend)
  • Ambience
  • GhostTrack [a]
  • Renea [c]
3:40
17."If This Is Love" (radio edit) (from Chasing Lights)
2:56
18."Walking Through the Desert" (previously unreleased)
  • Chelcee Grimes
  • Phil Cook
  • Cook
  • Reynolds [a]
  • Klempner [b]
3:22
19."My Heart Takes Over" (from On Your Radar)
  • Wroldsen
  • Mac
Mac4:06
20."Just Can't Get Enough" (Radio Mix) from Chasing Lights)ClarkeDavid Eriksen3:07
Total length:67:07
Deluxe edition bonus tracks and Super deluxe edition disc 2 [5]
No.TitleLength
21."Not That Kinda Girl" (from "Notorious")3:09
22."Flashback" (from "Ego")3:13
23."Wildfire" (from "Gentleman")3:37
24."Beggin'" (from "Issues")3:09
25."Turn Myself In" (from "30 Days")3:35
26."Love Come Down" (from "Disco Love")3:32
27."Ladykiller" (from "All Fired Up")3:20
28."I Can't Wait" (from "Forever Is Over")3:43
29."Somebody Else's Life" (acoustic) (from "What About Us")3:16
30."Had It with Today" (from "Higher")3:15
31."Ready to Rise" (from "Missing You")3:33
32."So Stupid" (from "My Heart Takes Over")3:23
33."What Am I Gonna Do" (from "If This Is Love")3:16
34."On the Radio" (from "Disco Love")3:52
35."Unofficial" (from "Work")3:53
36."Golden Rules" (from "Just Can't Get Enough")3:50
37."Bigger" (from "Not Giving Up")2:51
38."Crashing Down" (from "Up")3:10
39."When Love Takes Over" (from "What Are You Waiting For?")3:51
Super deluxe edition DVD [6]
No.TitleDirector(s)Length
1."If This Is Love"Harvey B Brown 
2."Up"Brown 
3."Issues"Petro 
4."Just Can't Get Enough"Brown 
5."Work" (Phil Tan Radio Mix)J.T. 
6."Forever Is Over" Trudy Bellinger  
7."Ego"
  • Mike Simpson
  • Robin Van Calcar
 
8."Missing You"Chris Cottam 
9."Higher" (featuring Flo Rida)Taylor Cohen 
10."Notorious"Syndrome 
11."All Fired Up"Ryan Hope 
12."My Heart Takes Over"Elisha Smith-Leverock 
13."30 Days"Cohen 
14."What About Us" (featuring Sean Paul)Sarah Chatfield 
15."Gentlemen"Bellinger 
16."Disco Love"Carly Cussen 
17."Not Giving Up"Chris Sweeny 
18."What Are You Waiting For?"Chatfield 

Notes

Charts and certifications

Release history

Release history and formats for Finest Selection: The Greatest Hits
RegionDateFormat(s)LabelRef.
Japan8 August 2014 Digital download Universal Music [11]
Spain [12]
Ireland
  • CD
  • digital download
Polydor
United Kingdom11 August 2014
  • CD
  • CD+DVD
  • digital download
[13]
Germany15 August 2014
  • CD
  • digital download
[14]

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