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| Released | November 8, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | 1997–2005 | |||
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| Length | 71:41 | |||
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Greatest Hitz is a compilation album by American nu metal band Limp Bizkit. Released in 2005, it is a retrospective compiling material from the band's albums Three Dollar Bill, Y'all (1997), Significant Other (1999), Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water (2000) and Results May Vary (2003).
Greatest Hitz was announced for release as early as 2001. [1] While recording the albums Results May Vary and The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1) , the band continued to work on the compilation. [2] [3] A companion DVD, Greatest Videoz , was also released.
Greatest Hitz contains material from the band's albums Three Dollar Bill, Y'all (1997), Significant Other (1999), Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water (2000) and Results May Vary (2003), as well as previously unreleased tracks and a new song entitled "Home Sweet Home/Bittersweet Symphony", a medley of "Home Sweet Home" by Mötley Crüe and "Bitter Sweet Symphony" by The Verve. [4] [5]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [5] |
| Decibel | 2/10 [6] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [7] |
| The Essential Rock Discography | 7/10 [4] |
| IGN | 6.9/10 [8] |
Greatest Hitz peaked at No. 47 on the Billboard 200. [9] AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine said, "None of [Greatest Hitz] has aged well – as a matter of fact, it's aged incredibly quickly, sounding older than alt-rock hits from the mid-'90s – but that's almost beside the point, because this does its job well, and listeners who want to have some Limp Bizkit in their collection will find this to provide them with more of what they want than any other Bizkit dizc." [5] In The Essential Rock Discography, Martin Charles Strong gave the compilation a 7 out of 10 rating. [4]
| No. | Title | Original album | Length |
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| 1. | "Counterfeit" | Three Dollar Bill, Y'all (1997) | 4:48 |
| 2. | "Faith" (George Michael cover) | Three Dollar Bill, Y'all | 2:26 |
| 3. | "Nookie" | Significant Other (1999) | 4:26 |
| 4. | "Break Stuff" | Significant Other | 2:46 |
| 5. | "Re-Arranged" | Significant Other | 5:54 |
| 6. | "N 2 Gether Now" (feat. Method Man) | Significant Other | 3:55 |
| 7. | "Take a Look Around" | Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water / Mission: Impossible 2 (2000) | 5:19 |
| 8. | "My Generation" | Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water | 3:41 |
| 9. | "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)" | Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water | 3:33 |
| 10. | "My Way" | Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water | 4:33 |
| 11. | "Boiler" | Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water | 5:44 |
| 12. | "Eat You Alive" | Results May Vary (2003) | 3:57 |
| 13. | "Behind Blue Eyes" (The Who cover) | Results May Vary | 4:29 |
| 14. | "Build a Bridge" | Results May Vary | 3:56 |
| 15. | "Why" | Recorded during the Results May Vary sessions / previously unreleased | 4:05 |
| 16. | "Lean on Me" | Recorded during the Results May Vary sessions / previously unreleased | 4:27 |
| 17. | "Home Sweet Home/Bittersweet Symphony" (Mötley Crüe and The Verve cover) | Medley of "Home Sweet Home" by Mötley Crüe and "Bitter Sweet Symphony" by The Verve / previously unreleased (2005) | 3:42 |
| Total length: | 71:41 | ||
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
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| 18. | "The Truth" | The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1) (2005) |
Tracks 1–11
Tracks 12–17
| Chart (2005) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard 200 [9] | 47 |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Australia (ARIA) [11] | Gold | 35,000^ |
| Germany (BVMI) [12] | Gold | 100,000^ |
| United Kingdom (BPI) [13] | Gold | 100,000* |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. | ||
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