Greatest Hits (1997 Richard Marx album)

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Greatest Hits
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ReleasedNovember 1997
April 1998 (VCD version)
Recorded1986–1997
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Length74:40
Label Capitol
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Richard Marx chronology
Flesh and Bone
(1997)
Greatest Hits
(1997)
The Best of Richard Marx
(2000)
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Greatest Hits is a compilation album by American singer/songwriter/producer Richard Marx. Released in 1997, this hits package was Marx's final release under his ten-year-long Capitol Records recording contract. It contains fourteen of his single releases, plus "Touch of Heaven", a promotional single from the 1997 album Flesh & Bone , and "Angel's Lullaby", a track that had appeared on the 1996 compilation album For Our Children, Too, released to benefit the Pediatric AIDS Foundation. [2]

Contents

Greatest Hits was certified Gold in the United Kingdom in 2024 for sales of 100,000 copies. In 2016, the album was certified Gold by the RIAA—which represents U.S. sales of over 500,000 copies—becoming Marx's fifth American Gold album.

The album was dedicated to Dick Marx, Richard Marx's father.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Richard Marx, except where noted

No.TitleOriginal albumLength
1."Don't Mean Nothing" (Marx, Bruce Gaitsch) Richard Marx , 19874:42
2."Endless Summer Nights"Richard Marx4:32
3."Now and Forever" Paid Vacation , 19943:34
4."Should've Known Better"Richard Marx4:12
5."Angelia" Repeat Offender , 19895:18
6."Hold On to the Nights"Richard Marx5:14
7."Angel's Lullaby"For Our Children, Too, 19963:58
8."Take This Heart" Rush Street , 19924:11
9."Satisfied"Repeat Offender4:14
10."Until I Find You Again" Flesh and Bone , 19974:25
11."Hazard"Rush Street5:17
12."The Way She Loves Me"Paid Vacation4:15
13."Keep Coming Back"Rush Street6:49
14."Children of the Night"Repeat Offender4:42
15."Touch of Heaven"Flesh and Bone4:52
16."Right Here Waiting"Repeat Offender4:23

Charts

Chart (1997–98)Peak
position
New Zealand Albums Chart [3] 18
Norwegian Albums Chart [4] 2
Swedish Albums Chart [5] 13
UK Albums Chart [6] 34
US Billboard 200 [7] 140

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [8] Gold100,000

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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