Greatest Hits | ||||
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Greatest hits album by | ||||
Released | 7 October 1996 | |||
Recorded | 1985–1996 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 63:15 | |||
Label | EastWest | |||
Producer | Stewart Levine | |||
Simply Red chronology | ||||
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Singles from Greatest Hits | ||||
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AllMusic | [1] |
Robert Christgau | [2] |
Music Week | [3] |
Greatest Hits is the first compilation album released by British pop and soul group Simply Red, released in 1996, which contained material from their first five studio albums ( Picture Book , Men and Women , A New Flame , Stars and Life ) and included a newer track, a cover of Aretha Franklin's 1973 classic, "Angel".
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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1. | "Holding Back the Years" | Mick Hucknall, Neil Moss | Picture Book | 4:12 |
2. | "Money's Too Tight (to Mention)" | John Valentine, William Valentine | Picture Book | 4:29 |
3. | "The Right Thing" | Hucknall | Men and Women | 4:22 |
4. | "It's Only Love" | Jimmy Cameron, Vella Cameron | A New Flame | 3:52 |
5. | "A New Flame" | Hucknall | A New Flame | 3:58 |
6. | "You've Got It" | Hucknall, Lamont Dozier | A New Flame | 3:58 |
7. | "If You Don't Know Me By Now" | Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff | A New Flame | 3:26 |
8. | "Stars" | Hucknall | Stars | 4:08 |
9. | "Something Got Me Started" | Hucknall, Fritz McIntyre | Stars | 4:00 |
10. | "Thrill Me" | Hucknall, McIntyre | Stars | 5:04 |
11. | "Your Mirror" | Hucknall | Stars | 4:00 |
12. | "For Your Babies" | Hucknall | Stars | 4:18 |
13. | "So Beautiful" | Hucknall | Life | 5:00 |
14. | "Angel" | Carolyn Franklin, Sonny Sanders | Previously unreleased | 4:01 |
15. | "Fairground" | Hucknall | Life | 4:27 |
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Argentina (CAPIF) [33] | Gold | 30,000^ |
Australia (ARIA) [34] | 4× Platinum | 280,000^ |
Austria (IFPI Austria) [35] | Platinum | 50,000* |
Belgium (BEA) [36] | 2× Platinum | 100,000* |
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [37] | Platinum | 250,000* |
France (SNEP) [38] | 2× Gold | 200,000* |
Germany (BVMI) [39] | Platinum | 500,000^ |
Netherlands (NVPI) [40] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
New Zealand (RMNZ) [41] | Platinum | 15,000^ |
Poland (ZPAV) [42] | 2× Platinum | 80,000* |
Portugal | — | 56,000 [43] |
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [44] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
Sweden (GLF) [45] | Gold | 40,000^ |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [46] | Gold | 25,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [47] | 6× Platinum | 1,800,000^ |
Summaries | ||
Europe (IFPI) [48] | 3× Platinum | 3,000,000* |
Worldwide | — | 4,000,000 [49] |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
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