Greatest Hits (1993 Richard Marx album)

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Greatest Hits
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Greatest hits album by
ReleasedOctober 20, 1993
Length68:32
Label CEMA Special Markets
Producer Richard Marx, David Cole, Humberto Gatica
Richard Marx chronology
Live Music Hall Koln 1992
(1992)
Greatest Hits
(1993)
Paid Vacation
(1994)

Greatest Hits is the first compilation disc by Richard Marx sold through Avon. This album contains every single released from Marx's first three discs, including an extra track, "Calling You", which was purported to be the fifth single from the album Rush Street before it was decided against it.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Richard Marx, except where noted.

  1. "Take This Heart" (Richard Marx) - 4:10
  2. "Hazard" - 5:17
  3. "Chains Around My Heart" (Marx/Fee Waybill) - 5:42
  4. "Calling You" (Marx/Bruce Gaitsch) - 4:42
  5. "Children of the Night" - 4:44
  6. "Hold On to the Nights" - 5:07
  7. "Don't Mean Nothing" (Marx/Gaitsch) - 4:38
  8. "Endless Summer Nights" - 4:27
  9. "Keep Coming Back" - 6:51
  10. "Satisfied" - 4:14
  11. "Angelia" - 5:17
  12. "Right Here Waiting" - 4:24
  13. "Too Late to Say Goodbye" (Marx/Waybill) - 4:52
  14. "Should've Known Better" - 4:07

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Norway (IFPI Norway) [1] Gold25,000*
United States (RIAA) [2] Gold500,000

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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References

  1. "IFPI Norsk platebransje Trofeer 1993–2011" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
  2. "American album certifications – Richard Marx – Greatest Hits". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved December 17, 2019.