Greatest Hits (The Bangles album)

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Greatest Hits
The Bangles - Greatest Hits.jpg
Greatest hits album by
ReleasedMay 8, 1990
Genre Pop rock, new wave
Length48:00
Label Columbia
CK 46125
Producer
The Bangles chronology
Everything
(1988)
Greatest Hits
(1990)
Doll Revolution
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Record Mirror 4/5 [3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Select 2/5 [5]
Spin Alternative Record Guide 8/10 [6]
The Village Voice A− [7]

Greatest Hits is a compilation album by American pop rock band the Bangles. It was released by their record company, Columbia Records on May 8, 1990, to fulfill the band's contractual requirements; by the time of the release of the album, the group had already broken up. The album peaked at #97 on the US Billboard 200 and at #4 on the UK Albums Chart.

Contents

Content

The album features the single remixes of "Hero Takes a Fall", "Walking Down Your Street" and "I'll Set You Free". It also includes the group's cover of Simon & Garfunkel's "Hazy Shade of Winter", which was released on the soundtrack of the film Less than Zero , and had not been included on a Bangles album. It also contains the non-album B-side cover of the Grass Roots' "Where Were You When I Needed You" and the previously unreleased song "Everything I Wanted" from the Everything album sessions. [8] "Everything I Wanted" was released as a single in the Netherlands and Australia to promote the release. In the UK, a new remix of "Walk Like an Egyptian" was released instead, peaking at #73.

Track listing

Tracks are included in chronological order by album, except the last track.

No.TitleWriter(s)OriginLength
1."Hero Takes a Fall" (Single Mix) Susanna Hoffs, Vicki Peterson All Over the Place , 19842:55
2."Going Down to Liverpool" Kimberley Rew All Over the Place3:40
3."Manic Monday" Prince Different Light , 19863:06
4."If She Knew What She Wants" Jules Shear Different Light3:50
5."Walk Like an Egyptian" Liam Sternberg Different Light3:24
6."Walking Down Your Street" (Single Mix)Louis Gutierrez, Hoffs, David Kahne Different Light3:17
7."Following" Michael Steele Different Light3:21
8."Hazy Shade of Winter" Paul Simon Less than Zero soundtrack, 19872:47
9."In Your Room"Hoffs, Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg Everything , 19883:29
10."Eternal Flame"Hoffs, Kelly, SteinbergEverything3:56
11."Be with You"Walker Igleheart, Debbi Peterson Everything3:02
12."I'll Set You Free" (Single Mix)Hoffs, Eric Lowen, Dan Navarro Everything4:51
13."Everything I Wanted"Hoffs, Lowen, NavarroPreviously unreleased3:37
14."Where Were You When I Needed You" Steve Barri, P. F. Sloan B-side of "Hero Takes a Fall" single, 19843:05

Band members

The Bangles

Additional musicians

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Greatest Hits
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [25] Platinum70,000^
Netherlands (NVPI) [26] Gold50,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [27] Gold7,500^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [28] Gold25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [29] Platinum300,000^
United States (RIAA) [30] Platinum1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  27. "New Zealand album certifications – Bangles – Greatest Hits". Recorded Music NZ. October 21, 1990. Retrieved November 20, 2024.
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