Greatest Hits (Vengaboys album)

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Greatest Hits
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Greatest hits album by
Released2009
Recorded1998/1999
Genre Eurodance, dance-pop
Label Breakin' Records
Vengaboys chronology
The Platinum Album
(2000)
Greatest Hits
(2009)
The Best of Vengaboys
(2011)

Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by Eurodance group the Vengaboys. [1] The album was made available on streaming services. [2]

Track listing

Track No.Name
1"We Like to Party"
2"Boom Boom Boom Boom"
3"Up and Down"
4"We're Going to Ibiza"
5"Parada de Tettas"
6"Superfly Slick Dick"
7"Shalala Lala"
8"24/7 in My 911"
9"Kiss (When the Sun Don't Shine)"
10"Ho Ho Vengaboys!"
11"Uncle John from Jamaica"
12"Cheekah Bow Bow (That Computer Song)"
13"To Brazil"
14"Your Place or Mine?"
15"Skinnydippin'"
16"Forever as One"

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References

  1. "iTunes - Music - Greatest Hits! (Album) by Vengaboys". Itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
  2. "Greatest Hits! (Album) by Vengaboys". music.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-01-29.