Greatest Hits (LeAnn Rimes album)

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Greatest Hits
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ReleasedNovember 18, 2003 (2003-11-18)
Recorded1996–2003
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Length66:25
Label Asylum-Curb
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LeAnn Rimes chronology
Twisted Angel
(2002)
Greatest Hits
(2003)
The Best of LeAnn Rimes
(2004)
Singles from Greatest Hits
  1. "This Love"
    Released: February 3, 2004
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Greatest Hits (originally titled Greatest Hits (To Be Continued) [2] ) is the first compilation album by American country music singer LeAnn Rimes, released in the United States on November 18, 2003, by Curb Records.

Contents

Content and release

The album contains 2 new songs: "This Love", which Rimes co-wrote alongside Marc Beeson and Jim Collins and speaks about her love for her then husband, Dean Sheremet, "Last Thing on My Mind", a duet with Irish pop singer Ronan Keating, and included "We Can", which had been previously released as a single for the Legally Blonde 2: Motion Picture Soundtrack . "This Love" was the sole single released from the album.

The album was originally released with a limited edition bonus track and DVD. The limited edition bonus track of "O Holy Night" was used to promote her 2004, What a Wonderful World , holiday album. The limited edition DVD contained three music videos ("Blue", "How Do I Live", and "We Can") and the Music in High Places performance of "Can't Fight the Moonlight". The DVD also contained four twenty-one second sound bites each of which Rimes describes the making of the music videos and her enjoyment of her Music in High Places performance of "Can't Fight the Moonlight".

On August 5, 2014, Greatest Hits was issued as a 2-CD limited edition exclusively to US Walmart stores. This limited edition contains Greatest Hits and the dance remix album, Dance Like You Don't Give a.... Greatest Hits Remixes . [3]

Track listing

Reissue track listing [4]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Blue" (from Blue ) Bill Mack Wilbur C. Rimes2:49
2."How Do I Live" (Single Version) Diane Warren
4:26
3."Can't Fight the Moonlight" (Graham Stack Radio Edit, from Coyote Ugly Soundtrack )Warren Trevor Horn 3:37
4."One Way Ticket" (from Blue)
  • Howard
  • W. Rimes
3:43
5."Commitment" (from Sittin' on Top of the World )
  • Tony Colton
  • Tony Marty
  • Bobby Wood
W. Rimes4:36
6."I Need You" (from Jesus: Music from and Inspired by the Epic Mini-Series )
  • Dennis Matkosky
  • Ty Lacy
3:48
7."Written in the Stars" (Duet with Elton John, from Aida )
  • Peter Collins
  • W. Rimes
4:18
8."Unchained Melody" (from Unchained Melody: The Early Years )
  • Alex North
  • Hy Zaret
W. Rimes3:52
9."The Light in Your Eyes" (from Blue) Dan Tyler
  • Howard
  • Johnny Mulhair
  • W. Rimes
3:21
10."On the Side of Angels" (from You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs )W. Rimes3:50
11."You Light Up My Life" (from You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs)Joe Brooks
  • Curb
  • Howard
  • W. Rimes
3:38
12."Nothin' New Under the Moon" (from Sittin' on Top of the World)
W. Rimes3:30
13."Big Deal" (from LeAnn Rimes )W. Rimes3:07
14."Life Goes On" (from Twisted Angel )
  • Desmond Child
  • Peter Amato
  • Gregg Pagani
3:34
15."We Can" (from Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde – Motion Picture Soundtrack )Warren Dann Huff 3:37
16."Last Thing on My Mind" (Duet with Ronan Keating, new recording)
Steve Robson4:00
17."This Love" (new recording)Huff3:47
18."Crazy" (from LeAnn Rimes) Willie Nelson W. Rimes2:52
Limited edition bonus track [5]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
19."O Holy Night"Placide Clappeau [6] 3:42
Limited edition bonus DVD [5]
No.TitleLength
1."Blue" (Music Video)2:52
2."How Do I Live" (Music Video)4:30
3."Can't Fight the Moonlight" (Music in High Places Performance)3:56
4."We Can" (Non-Movie Music Video)3:40
5."Blue" (Music video) (Sound Bite)0:21
6."How Do I Live" (Music video) (Sound Bite)0:21
7."Can't Fight the Moonlight" (Music in High Places Performance) (Sound Bite)0:21
8."We Can" (Music video) (Sound Bite)0:21
Japanese track listing [7]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."We Can"Diane Warren3:37
2."Blue"Bill Mack2:49
3."How Do I Live"Warren4:26
4."Can't Fight the Moonlight" (Graham Stack Radio Edit)Warren3:37
5."One Way Ticket (Because I Can)"Judy Rodman, Keith Hinton3:43
6."Life Goes On"Rimes, Desmond Child, Andreas Carlsson3:34
7."Commitment"Tony Colton, Tony Marty, Bobby Wood4:36
8."I Need You"Dennis Matkosky, Ty Lacy3:48
9."Written in the Stars" (Duet with Elton John)Elton John, Tim Rice4:18
10."Unchained Melody"Alex North, Hy Zaret3:52
11."The Light in Your Eyes"Dan Tyler3:21
12."Looking Through Your Eyes" David Foster, Carole Bayer Sager 4:05
13."You Light Up My Life"Joe Brooks3:38
14."Suddenly"Carlsson, Child3:58
15."Nothin' New Under the Moon"Rick Bowles, Tom Shapiro, Josh Leo3:30
16."Big Deal"Al Anderson, Jeffrey Steele3:07
17."But I Do Love You"Warren3:21
18."Last Thing on My Mind" (Duet with Ronan Keating)Ronan Keating, Steve Robson4:00
19."This Love"Rimes, Marc Beeson, Jim Collins3:47
20."Crazy"Willie Nelson TV2:52
21."O Holy Night"Placide Cappeau3:42

Personnel

Charts

Greatest Hits debuted at No. 24 on Billboard 200 with 70,686 copies sold in its first week. [8]

See also

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