The Best of Belinda, Volume 1 | ||||
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Greatest hits album by | ||||
Released | September 1992 | |||
Recorded | 1986–1991 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 62:20 | |||
Label | Virgin (UK)/MCA (North America) | |||
Belinda Carlisle chronology | ||||
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Allmusic | [1] |
The Best of Belinda, Volume 1 (released in the United States as Her Greatest Hits) is the fifth album by American singer Belinda Carlisle, released in 1992 by Virgin Records. It is Carlisle's first greatest hits compilation album and includes her hits from 1987 to 1992. It is the only Carlisle album to have topped the UK Albums Chart. The Australian and Japanese cover art differs from the International versions as does the American release.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Album | Length |
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1. | "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" | Rick Nowels, Ellen Shipley | Heaven on Earth (1987) | 4:06 |
2. | "(We Want) The Same Thing" | Nowels, Shipley | Runaway Horses (1989) | 4:16 |
3. | "Circle in the Sand" | Nowels, Shipley | Heaven on Earth | 3:40 |
4. | "Leave a Light On" | Nowels, Shipley | Runaway Horses | 4:14 |
5. | "Little Black Book" | Richard Feldman, Marcy Detroit, Belinda Carlisle | Live Your Life Be Free (1991) | 4:10 |
6. | "Summer Rain" | Robbie Seidman, Maria Vidal | Runaway Horses | 4:11 |
7. | "Vision of You" | Nowels, Shipley | Runaway Horses | 4:08 |
8. | "Live Your Life Be Free" | Nowels, Shipley | Live Your Life Be Free | 4:22 |
9. | "I Get Weak" | Diane Warren | Heaven on Earth | 4:14 |
10. | "La Luna" | Nowels, Shipley | Runaway Horses | 4:12 |
11. | "I Plead Insanity" | Nowels, David Munday, Kushla Prasad | Live Your Life Be Free | 4:11 |
12. | "World Without You" | Warren | Heaven on Earth | 3:58 |
13. | "Do You Feel Like I Feel?" | Nowels, Shipley | Live Your Life Be Free | 4:14 |
14. | "Half the World" | Feldman, Eric Pressly, Shipley | Live Your Life Be Free | 4:11 |
15. | "Runaway Horses" | Nowels, Shipley | Runaway Horses | 4:13 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" | Rick Nowels, Ellen Shipley | 4:06 |
2. | "(We Want) The Same Thing" | Nowels, Shipley | 4:16 |
3. | "Circle in the Sand" | Nowels, Shipley | 3:40 |
4. | "Leave a Light On" | Nowels, Shipley | 4:14 |
5. | "Little Black Book" | Richard Feldman, Marcy Detroit, Belinda Carlisle | 4:10 |
6. | "Summer Rain" | Robbie Seidman, Maria Vidal | 4:11 |
7. | "Live Your Life Be Free" | Nowels, Shipley | 4:22 |
8. | "I Get Weak" | Diane Warren | 4:14 |
9. | "La Luna" | Nowels, Shipley | 4:12 |
10. | "I Plead Insanity" | Nowels, David Munday, Kushla Prasad | 4:11 |
11. | "Do You Feel Like I Feel?" | Nowels, Shipley | 4:14 |
12. | "Runaway Horses" | Nowels, Shipley | 4:13 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" | Rick Nowels, Ellen Shipley | 4:06 |
2. | "I Get Weak" | Warren | 4:14 |
3. | "I Feel the Magic" | Charlotte Caffey, Segal | 3:20 |
4. | "Half the World" | Feldman, Pressly, Shipley | 4:11 |
5. | "Gotta Get to You" | Caffey, Carlisle, Paula Jean Brown, James Whelan | 4:06 |
6. | "Leave a Light On" | Nowels, Shipley | 4:14 |
7. | "Circle in the Sand" | Nowels, Shipley | 3:40 |
8. | "Mad About You" | Brown, Whelan, Mitchel Young Evans | 3:36 |
9. | "I Feel Free" | Jack Bruce, Pete Brown | 4:49 |
10. | "Summer Rain" | Seidman, Vidal | 4:11 |
11. | "Live Your Life Be Free" | Nowels, Shipley | 4:22 |
12. | "Vision of You" | Nowels, Shipley | 4:08 |
13. | "Do You Feel Like I Feel?" | Nowels, Shipley | 4:14 |
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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New Zealand (RMNZ) [15] | Platinum | 15,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [16] | 2× Platinum | 600,000^ |
Australia | — | 700,000 [17] |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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