Greatest Hits (John Michael Montgomery album)

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Greatest Hits
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ReleasedOctober 14, 1997 (1997-10-14)
Genre Country
Length50:14
Label Atlantic
Producer various
John Michael Montgomery chronology
What I Do the Best
(1996)
Greatest Hits
(1997)
Leave a Mark
(1998)
Singles from Greatest Hits
  1. "Angel in My Eyes"
    Released: September 29, 1997
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Greatest Hits is the first Greatest Hits compilation to be released by American country music artist John Michael Montgomery; it was released in 1997 on Atlantic Records. The track "Angel in My Eyes" was newly recorded for this compilation and released as a single, peaking at #4 on the Billboard country music charts in 1998.

Contents

In August 1999 the album was certified Platinum by the RIAA. [1]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)" Richard Fagan, Robb Royer 2:30
2."If You've Got Love" Mark D. Sanders, Steve Seskin 3:54
3."Rope the Moon"Jimmy Denton, Aggie Brown, Jess Brown4:06
4."I Love the Way You Love Me" Chuck Cannon, Victoria Shaw 4:01
5."Friends"Jerry Holland3:52
6."Cowboy Love"Bill Douglas, Jeff Wood 3:12
7."I Miss You a Little"Fagan, John Michael Montgomery, Mike Anthony4:12
8."Beer and Bones" Sanger D. Shafer, Lonnie Williams3:38
9."I Can Love You Like That"Steve Diamond, Maribeth Derry, Jennifer Kimball 3:53
10."No Man's Land" John Scott Sherrill, Seskin3:02
11."Be My Baby Tonight"Fagan, Ed Hill 2:50
12."I Swear" Gary Baker, Frank J. Myers 4:24
13."Angel in My Eyes"Blair Daly, Tony Mullins 3:31
14."Life's a Dance" Allen Shamblin, Seskin3:09

Personnel on track 13

Chart performance

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [8] Platinum1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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