The Very Best ... and Beyond | ||||
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Released | September 22, 1992 | |||
Recorded | 1977-1992 | |||
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Length | 73:10 | |||
Label | Atlantic [2] | |||
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Singles from The Very Best ... and Beyond | ||||
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The Very Best ... and Beyond is a greatest hits album by the British-American rock band Foreigner released on 22 September 1992 by Atlantic Records [4] The collection spans the band's history from 1977 through 1987, and includes three new tracks recorded in 1992. The compilation skips over the period in the late 1980s and early 1990s when original lead singer Lou Gramm had left the band, omitting any songs from the 1991 album Unusual Heat .
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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1. | "Soul Doctor" | Mick Jones, Lou Gramm | Newly released, 1992 | 4:51 |
2. | "Prisoner of Love" | Jones, Gramm | Newly released | 5:15 |
3. | "With Heaven on Our Side" | Jones, Gramm, Johnny Edwards, Parthenon Huxley, Steve Schiff | Newly released | 5:16 |
4. | "Juke Box Hero" | Gramm, Jones | 4 , 1981 | 4:19 |
5. | "Hot Blooded" | Gramm, Jones | Double Vision , 1978 | 4:24 |
6. | "Cold as Ice" | Jones, Gramm | Foreigner , 1977 | 3:20 |
7. | "Head Games" | Gramm, Jones | Head Games , 1979 | 3:37 [5] |
8. | "Waiting for a Girl Like You" | Jones, Gramm | 4 | 4:50 |
9. | "Urgent" | Jones | 4 | 4:29 |
10. | "Double Vision" | Jones, Gramm | Double Vision | 3:43 |
11. | "I Want to Know What Love Is" | Jones | Agent Provocateur , 1984 | 5:03 |
12. | "Say You Will" | Jones, Gramm | Inside Information , 1987 | 4:11 |
13. | "That Was Yesterday" | Jones, Gramm | Agent Provocateur | 3:46 |
14. | "I Don't Want to Live Without You" | Jones | Inside Information | 4:53 |
15. | "Rev on the Red Line" | Al Greenwood, Gramm | Head Games | 3:34 |
16. | "Dirty White Boy" | Jones, Gramm | Head Games | 3:38 |
17. | "Feels Like the First Time" | Jones | Foreigner | 3:51 |
Total length: | 73:10 |
Chart (1992) | Peak position |
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Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [6] | 34 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [7] | 2 |
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts) [8] | 13 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [9] | 23 |
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [10] | 98 |
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [11] | 49 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [12] | 20 |
UK Albums (OCC) [13] | 19 |
US Billboard 200 [14] | 123 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [15] | Gold | 35,000^ |
France (SNEP) [16] | Gold | 100,000* |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [17] | Gold | 25,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [18] | Gold | 100,000^ |
United States (RIAA) [19] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000^ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
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