Greatest Hits II | ||||
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Released | May 19, 2009 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 65:51 | |||
Label | BNA | |||
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Kenny Chesney chronology | ||||
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Singles from Greatest Hits II | ||||
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Allmusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Greatest Hits II is a compilation album by American country music artist Kenny Chesney. It was released on May 19, 2009, and it is his second greatest hits album since Greatest Hits in 2000. The album includes twelve singles from 2002 to 2009, as well as two non-singles from previous albums ("Be as You Are" from Be as You Are (Songs from an Old Blue Chair) and "I'm Alive" from Lucky Old Sun ). Also included is the new song "Out Last Night", which was issued as a single in April 2009, followed by "I'm Alive" in August 2009.
The album was re-released on February 9, 2010 to include two new tracks, "This Is Our Moment" and "Ain't Back Yet". The former was used by the television network ESPN as a college football theme and peaked at number 46 based on unsolicited airplay, while the latter was released to radio as the album's single in February 2010. [2]
For unknown reasons, several hits, including the number-one singles "Don't Blink", "Better as a Memory", and "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven" were excluded from this album.
Stephen Thomas Erlewine, reviewing the album for Allmusic, gave it four stars out of five. He said that the album was stronger than his last two studio albums because it did not contain as many laid-back songs. Erlewine also called "Out Last Night" an "amiable day-after shuffle." [1]
The album debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200 [3] and number one on the US Top Country Albums in its first week of release. [4] On November 27, 2012, the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) selling over a million copies in the United States. [5] As of April 2017, the album has sold 1,343,500 copies in the United States. [6]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Out Last Night" | Kenny Chesney, Brett James | 3:21 |
2. | "Living in Fast Forward" | David Lee Murphy, Rivers Rutherford | 3:32 |
3. | "Young" | Craig Wiseman, Naoise Sheridan, Steve McEwan | 3:56 |
4. | "Summertime" | Wiseman, McEwan | 3:27 |
5. | "Down the Road" (duet with Mac McAnally) | Mac McAnally | 3:01 |
6. | "Beer in Mexico" | Chesney | 4:32 |
7. | "There Goes My Life" | Neil Thrasher, Wendell Mobley | 5:02 |
8. | "When the Sun Goes Down" (duet with Uncle Kracker) | James | 4:50 |
9. | "Anything but Mine" | Scooter Carusoe | 5:24 |
10. | "Be as You Are" | Chesney, Dean Dillon | 4:20 |
11. | "I Go Back" | Chesney | 4:03 |
12. | "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems" | Casey Beathard | 3:29 |
13. | "The Good Stuff" | Wiseman, Jim Collins | 3:20 |
14. | "Never Wanted Nothing More" | Ronnie Bowman, Chris Stapleton | 3:28 |
15. | "I'm Alive" (duet with Dave Matthews) | Chesney, Dillon, Mark Tamburino | 3:19 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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16. | "This Is Our Moment" | Chesney | 3:08 |
17. | "Ain't Back Yet" | Wiseman, Chris Tompkins | 3:46 |
Chart (2009) | Peak position |
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Canadian Albums (Billboard) [7] | 14 |
US Billboard 200 [8] | 3 |
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [9] | 1 |
Chart (2009) | Position |
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US Billboard 200 [10] | 67 |
US Top Country Albums ( Billboard ) [11] | 14 |
Chart (2010) | Position |
US Billboard 200 [12] | 148 |
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [13] | 26 |
Chart (2018) | Position |
US Top Country Albums ( Billboard ) [14] | 69 |
Chart (2019) | Position |
US Top Country Albums ( Billboard ) [15] | 54 |
Chart (2020) | Position |
US Top Country Albums ( Billboard ) [16] | 60 |
Chart (2021) | Position |
US Top Country Albums ( Billboard ) [17] | 71 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA) [5] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |