Greatest Bits

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Greatest Bits
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Compilation album by
ReleasedOctober 12, 1999 (1999-10-12)
Recorded1992-1998
Genre Comedy
Length43:07
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Jeff Foxworthy
Doug Grau
Scott Rouse
J. P. Williams
Jeff Foxworthy chronology
Totally Committed
(1998)
Greatest Bits
(1999)
Big Funny
(2000)

Greatest Bits is a compilation album by American comedian Jeff Foxworthy. It was released by Warner Bros. Records on October 12, 1999. The album peaked at number 189 on the Billboard 200 chart [1] and has been certified Gold by the RIAA. [2]

Contents

As of 2014, sales in the United States have exceeded 689,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. [3]

Track listing

  1. "It's OK That I'm This Way" – 3:47
  2. "Rednecks and Shiny Stuff" – 0:22
  3. "Commemorative Plates" – 0:33
  4. "Rednecks Play the Lottery" – 0:18
  5. "Bubble Wrap" – 0:23
  6. "Super-Size Them Fries" – 0:21
  7. "You Might Be a Redneck If…" – 4:28
  8. "Redneck Stomp" – 2:58
  9. "First Single's Apartment" – 1:56
  10. "The Security Deposit" – 0:18
  11. "The Morning After" – 0:32
  12. "She Has a Boyfriend" – 0:39
  13. "I Need Some Space" – 0:43
  14. "Party All Night" – 3:05
  15. "Men's/Women's Magazines" – 0:30
  16. "Bikini Season" – 0:26
  17. "You Will Get Remarried" – 0:47
  18. "Totally Committed (Edit)" – 3:10
  19. "Clampetts Go to Maui" – 3:58
  20. "Howdy from Maui" – 2:38
  21. "I'm from Georgia" – 0:15
  22. "Words in the South" – 0:38
  23. "My Favorite Southern Word" – 0:19
  24. "NASA & Alabama" – 1:52
  25. "Southern Accent" – 2:24
  26. "Redneck Games" – 3:26
  27. "Redneck 12 Days of Christmas" – 2:21

Chart performance

Chart (1999)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums17
U.S. Billboard 200189

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [2] Gold500,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

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References

  1. "Greatest Bits Charts". Allmusic . Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  2. 1 2 "American album certifications – Jeff Foxworthy – Greatest Bits". Recording Industry Association of America.If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 
  3. http://thecomicscomic.com/2014/05/19/comedy-wins-none-of-the-2014-billboard-music-awards-but-all-of-the-focus-of-this-weeks-magazine-issue/