Greatest Hits (Lee Greenwood album)

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Greatest Hits
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Greatest hits album by
ReleasedSeptember 16, 1985
Genre Country
Length33:15
Label MCA
Producer Jerry Crutchfield
Lee Greenwood chronology
Streamline
(1985)
Greatest Hits
(1985)
Love Will Find Its Way to You
(1986)

Greatest Hits is the first compilation album by American country music artist Lee Greenwood. It was released on September 16, 1985, via MCA Records. The album includes the hit single "Dixie Road". [1]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Fool's Gold"Don Roth, Timmy Tappen3:42
2."Somebody's Gonna Love You"Rafe Van Hoy, Don Cook 3:42
3."It Turns Me Inside Out" Jan Crutchfield 3:34
4."She's Lying"Jan Crutchfield3:05
5."Dixie Road"Don Goodman, Pam Rose, Mary Ann Kennedy 2:39
6."Ain't No Trick (It Takes Magic)"Jim Hurt, Steve Pippin3:22
7."Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands"Goodman, Rose, Kennedy3:38
8."I.O.U" Kerry Chater, Austin Roberts 3:05
9."Going, Going, Gone"Jan Crutchfield3:19
10."God Bless the U.S.A." Lee Greenwood 3:09

Chart performance

Chart (1985)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [2] 163
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [3] 4

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References

  1. "Lee Greenwood - Greatest Hits(1985, Vinyl) - Discogs".
  2. "Lee Greenwood Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  3. "Lee Greenwood Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard.