Hits (Phil Collins album)

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Greatest hits album by
Released5 October 1998
Recorded1980–1998
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Length74:01
Label
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Phil Collins chronology
Dance into the Light
(1996)
...Hits
(1998)
Tarzan: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack
(1999)
Singles from ...Hits
  1. "True Colors"
    Released: 26 October 1998
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Hits (stylised as ...Hits), is the first greatest hits album by English drummer and singer-songwriter Phil Collins. It was released on 5 October 1998 in the United Kingdom, [2] and one day later in the United States. [3] The collection included fourteen top 40 hits, including seven American number one songs, spanning from the albums Face Value (1981) through Dance into the Light (1996). One new Collins recording, a cover of Cyndi Lauper's "True Colors", also appeared on the collection and was a popular song on adult contemporary stations. Hits was also the first Phil Collins album to include four songs originally recorded for motion pictures (all of them US number-one hits) as well as his popular duet with Philip Bailey, "Easy Lover" (a UK number-one hit).

Contents

In 1998, the album reached number one in the United Kingdom and number 18 in the United States. It was reissued in 2008, following the usage of "In the Air Tonight" in a successful Cadbury advertisement campaign. On 4 August 2008, it became the number one album on the New Zealand RIANZ album chart. In July 2012, the album re-entered the US charts, reaching number six on the Billboard 200 when the album price was deeply discounted very briefly by Amazon. [4] [5] It has sold 3,429,000 in the US as of July 2012. [5]

The compilation's cover features stylised versions of the cover art for Collins' first six albums, the collection's primary sources of songs.

Since the release of Hits there have been further compilations of Phil Collins songs. The Platinum Collection and Love Songs: A Compilation... Old and New were both released in 2004, while The Singles appeared in 2016.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Phil Collins, except where noted

...Hits– Standard edition [6]
No.TitleWriter(s)Originally released onLength
1."Another Day in Paradise"  ...But Seriously (1989)5:22
2."True Colors"previously unreleased4:34
3."Easy Lover" (with Philip Bailey)
Chinese Wall (1984)5:02
4."You Can't Hurry Love" Holland–Dozier–Holland Hello, I Must Be Going! (1982)2:52
5."Two Hearts"
Buster: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1988)3:24
6."I Wish It Would Rain Down" ...But Seriously (1989)5:28
7."Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)"  Against All Odds: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1984)3:25
8."Something Happened on the Way to Heaven"...But Seriously (1989)4:51
9."Separate Lives" (with Marilyn Martin) Stephen Bishop White Nights (1985)4:06
10."Both Sides of the Story"  Both Sides (1993)6:37
11."One More Night"  No Jacket Required (1985)4:46
12."Sussudio" No Jacket Required (1985)4:21
13."Dance into the Light"  Dance into the Light (1996)4:22
14."A Groovy Kind of Love"Buster: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1988)3:29
15."In the Air Tonight"  Face Value (1981)5:30
16."Take Me Home" No Jacket Required (1985)5:52
Total length:74:01

Track notes

Personnel

Additional credits

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for Hits
Chart (1998–2012)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [10] 2
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [11] 2
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [12] 4
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [13] 1
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [14] 1
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [15] 25
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [16] 1
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [17] 1
French Albums (SNEP) [18] 101
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [19] 2
Italian Albums (FIMI) [20] 3
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [21] 5
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [22] 1
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [23] 2
Spanish Albums (AFYVE) [24] 3
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [25] 1
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [26] 2
UK Albums (OCC) [27] 1
US Billboard 200 [28] 6

Year-end charts

1998 year-end chart performance for Hits
Chart (1998)Position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [29] 15
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [30] 22
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [31] 35
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [32] 18
Canadian Albums (RPM) [33] 46
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [34] 23
European Top 100 Albums (Music & Media) [35] 17
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [36] 32
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [37] 33
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [38] 11
UK Albums (OCC) [39] 15
1999 year-end chart performance for Hits
Chart (1999)Position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [40] 100
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [41] 51
Canadian Albums (RPM) [42] 46
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [43] 88
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts) [44] 60
European Albums (Music & Media) [45] 48
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [46] 50
UK Albums (OCC) [47] 98
US Billboard 200 [48] 103

Certifications

Certifications for Hits
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF) [49] Platinum60,000^
Australia (ARIA) [50] 6× Platinum420,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria) [51] Platinum50,000*
Belgium (BEA) [52] 4× Platinum200,000*
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [53] Gold100,000*
Canada (Music Canada) [54] 4× Platinum400,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat) [55] Gold32,143 [55]
France (SNEP) [56] 2× Platinum600,000*
Germany (BVMI) [57] 3× Gold750,000^
Italy (FIMI) [58]
sales since 2009
Gold30,000*
Japan (RIAJ) [59] 2× Platinum400,000^
Netherlands (NVPI) [60] Platinum100,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [61] 3× Platinum45,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway) [62] Platinum50,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [63] 2× Platinum200,000^
Sweden (GLF) [64] Platinum80,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [65] Platinum50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [66] 6× Platinum1,800,000*
United States (RIAA) [67] 3× Platinum3,000,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI) [68] 5× Platinum5,000,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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