Greatest Hits (Simply Red album)

Greatest Hits is the first compilation album released by British pop and soul group Simply Red, which contained material from their first five studio albums (Picture Book, Men and Women, A New Flame, Stars and Life) and included a newer track, a cover of Aretha Franklin's 1973 classic, "Angel".

Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by
Simply Red
Released7 October 1996
Recorded1985–1996
GenrePop
LabelEastWest
ProducerStewart Levine
Simply Red chronology
Life
(1995)		 Greatest Hits
(1996)		 Blue
(1998)
Singles from Greatest Hits
  1. "Angel"
    Released: 28 October 1996

Track listing
  1. "Holding Back the Years" (Mick Hucknall/Neil Moss) – 4:12 from Picture Book
  2. "Money's Too Tight (to Mention)" (John Valentine/William Valentine) – 4:29 from Picture Book
  3. "The Right Thing" (Hucknall) – 4:22 from Men and Women
  4. "It's Only Love" (Jimmy Cameron/Vella Cameron) – 3:52 from A New Flame
  5. "A New Flame" (Hucknall) – 3:58 from A New Flame
  6. "You've Got It" (Hucknall/Lamont Dozier) – 3:58 from A New Flame
  7. "If You Don't Know Me By Now" (Kenny Gamble/Leon Huff) – 3:26 from A New Flame
  8. "Stars" (Hucknall) – 4:08 from Stars
  9. "Something Got Me Started" (Hucknall/Fritz McIntyre) – 4:00 from Stars
  10. "Thrill Me" (Hucknall/McIntyre) – 5:04 from Stars
  11. "Your Mirror" (Hucknall) – 4:00 from Stars
  12. "For Your Babies" (Hucknall) – 4:18 from Stars
  13. "So Beautiful" (Hucknall) – 5:00 from Life
  14. "Angel" (Carolyn Franklin/Sonny Saunders) – 4:01 Previously unreleased
  15. "Fairground" (Hucknall) – 4:27 from Life

Charts

Weekly charts
Chart (1996) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[1] 4
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[2] 1
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[3] 2
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[4] 1
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[5] 3
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[6] 11
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[7] 2
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[8] 1
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[9] 8
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[10] 3
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[11] 4
UK Albums (OCC)[12] 1
US Billboard 200[13] 116
Chart (2008) Peak
position
Russian Albums (2M)[14] 10

Year-end charts
Chart (1996) Position
German Albums Chart[15] 49

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[16] Gold 30,000^
Australia (ARIA)[17] 4× Platinum 280,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[18] Platinum 50,000*
Belgium (BEA)[19] 2× Platinum 100,000*
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[20] Platinum 250,000*
France (SNEP)[21] 2× Gold 200,000*
Germany (BVMI)[22] Platinum 500,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[23] Platinum 100,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[24] Platinum 15,000^
Poland (ZPAV)[25] 2× Platinum 200,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[26] Platinum 100,000^
Sweden (GLF)[27] Gold 20,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[28] Gold 25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[29] 6× Platinum 1,800,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[30] 3× Platinum 3,000,000*
Worldwide N/A 4,000,000 [31]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

References
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  14. Россия Top 25: Centr – Эфир в норме (in Russian). 2M-online.ru. 13 December 2008. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  15. "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  16. "Argentinian album certifications – Simply Red – Greatest Hits". Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers.
  17. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2001 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association.
  18. "Austrian album certifications – Simply Red – Greatest Hits" (in German). IFPI Austria.
  19. "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – albums 2006". Ultratop. Hung Medien.
  20. "Brazilian album certifications – Simply Red – Greatest Hits" (in Portuguese). Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos.
  21. "French album certifications – Simply Red – Greatest Hits" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
  22. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Simply Red; 'Greatest Hits')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  23. "Dutch album certifications – Simply Red – Greatest Hits" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Enter Greatest Hits in the "Artiest of titel" box.
  24. "New Zealand album certifications – Simply Red – Greatest Hits". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  25. "Polish album certifications – Simply Red – Greatest Hits" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry.
  26. Salaverrie, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (PDF) (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Madrid: Fundación Autor/SGAE. p. 945. ISBN 84-8048-639-2. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  27. "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1987−1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden.
  28. "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Simply Red; 'Greatest hits')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.
  29. "British album certifications – Simply Red – Greatest hits". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Type Greatest hits in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  30. "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards – 2002". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  31. "Who's Selling Where". Billboard. 22 February 1997. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
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