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Greatest Hits
Original 1981 edition
Greatest hits albumby
Queen
Released26 October 1981
Recorded1974–1980 (1981 UK edition (EMI) & 2011 UK edition (Island) & 1994 US edition)
1972–1981 (1981 US & Canada edition)
1974–1981 (1981 Japan edition & 2011 Japan Reissue edition)
1972–1983 (1992 US edition (Hollywood Records))
1973–1982 (2004 US edition (Greatest Hits: We Will Rock You))
StudioVarious
GenreRock
Length58:19(UK edition)
Label
ProducerVarious
Queenchronology
Flash Gordon
(1980) 		Greatest Hits
(1981) 		Hot Space
(1982)
Alternative cover
1992 US edition

Greatest Hitsis acompilation albumby the British rock bandQueen,released worldwide on 26 October 1981.[1]The album consisted of Queen's biggest hits since their first chart appearance in 1974 with "Seven Seas of Rhye",up to their 1980 hit"Flash"(though in some countries"Under Pressure",the band's 1981 chart-topper withDavid Bowie,was included). There was no universal track listing or cover art for the album, and each territory's tracks were dependent on what singles had been released there and which were successful. In 1992, the US version of the albumClassic Queenwas released following the band's rekindled popularity in the nation.[2]

Greatest Hitsis the band's best-selling album to date, with total sales of over 25 million copies, making it one of thebest-selling albums of all time.It reached number one on theUK Albums Chart,spending four weeks at the top and sold consistently well throughout the 1980s, becoming the fourth-biggest selling album of the decade. The single "Under Pressure", which was released the same week asGreatest Hits,also topped theUK Singles Chart.

As of July 2024,Greatest Hitshas spent 1,110 weeks on the UK Albums Chart and has been certified23× platinumwith sales of over seven million copies, making it thebest-selling album of all time in the UK.

Greatest Hitspeaked at number eight on theBillboard200in November 2020, the second-slowest ascent to the top ten of the US album chart in history. Among thelongest charting albums in the US,as of July 2024, it has spent 603 weeks on theBillboard200 and has been certified9× platinumin the US. It has also been certified 15× platinum in Australia, 10× platinum in New Zealand, and 3× platinum in Canada. Following the release of the Queen biopicBohemian Rhapsodyin 2018, it re-entered the charts worldwide.

Release[edit]

There was no universal track listing or cover art for theGreatest Hitsalbum, and each territory's tracks were dependent on what singles were released there and what tracks charted. In some territories, despite the band's popularity, not enough songs were issued as singles to fill a compilation album, and a few album tracks were used as filler. Some examples of these were "Sweet Lady"and"Love of My Life",neither of which was released as a single in any country but appear on some regions' 1981Hitsrelease. In the UK, the album was limited to the Queen singles that had reached the top 20 in the UK singles chart up to that point, plus "We Will Rock You",which had been the B-side of"We Are the Champions".

The US ended up with its original mono edit of Queen's first single release, "Keep Yourself Alive",originally released in 1973 and re-released in the US in 1975, following the success of"Bohemian Rhapsody".The US version also added"Under Pressure",Queen's collaboration withDavid Bowie,which was released the same week asGreatest Hitsand subsequently topped theUK Singles Chartand reached the top ten in many charts around the world. However, the song was not included on the European versions ofGreatest Hits– according to Queen's business manager Jim Beach, this was because the longer manufacturing time required to press records in Europe meant that several hundred thousand copies of the album had already been pressed up before the song had been recorded.[3]

In Argentina and Brazil, the LP edition included the same track listing as the UKGreatest Hits,minus "Seven Seas of Rhye"and including" Love of My Life "(Live Killersversion). The CD version is the same as the British version.

The cover photo that appeared on the UK and US release was taken byLord Snowdonat his home studio, using only natural light. For the 1981 release, the photo was skewed, but was later presented as it was originally taken for the 2011 re-release.[4][5]

In 1991, Queen sought to issue asecondGreatest Hitscollection worldwide, this time with a standard track listing. However, the band had just changed record labels in the US, from Capitol toHollywood Records,who were keen on a massive promotion of the band's back catalogue. The problem was that Elektra still held the US rights to that first 1981 collection (despite being Hollywood's US licensee). Hollywood Records decided not to releaseGreatest Hits IIto the US market, but instead created their own collection,Classic Queen(1992), peaking at number four on theBillboard200chart.[2]This compilation was made up of tracks such as "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Keep Yourself Alive" and "Under Pressure" (which had already appeared on the Elektra 1981Hitscollection), as well as newer tracks ( "A Kind of Magic"and"Radio Ga Ga").[6]Some tracks were not even singles in the US ( "One Year of Love") or anywhere ("Stone Cold Crazy").[6]Though well received, this collection would eventually pose the problem of overlapping track lists in the future.

Later that year, Hollywood Records released a companion collection,Greatest Hits,with similar artwork (on a red background, whereClassic Queenwas on royal blue). Commonly referred to as theRed Greatest Hits,it features most of the '70s tracks absent fromClassic Queen(including "Another One Bites the Dust","We Will Rock You "," We Are the Champions "and"Killer Queen").

In 2004, to promote the Las Vegas production of the musicalWe Will Rock You,Hollywood Records releasedGreatest Hits: We Will Rock You Edition,which was the UKGreatest Hitswith three bonus tracks.

Greatest FlixandGreatest Pix[edit]

Greatest Hitswas released alongsideGreatest Flix,a 60-minute compilation released onVHSvideo,LaserDisc,andCED Videodiscof all the videos Queen had made up until that point in chronological order, andGreatest Pix,a 96-page paperback book edited byJacques Lowewhich featured photos of the band taken byNeal Preston.[3]AlthoughGreatest Flixonly listed 17 videos on its sleeve, it contained two videos for "We Will Rock You". The video for "Killer Queen" had been shot especially forGreatest Flix,as no video had been made for the song on its original release in 1974.[3]In the US, the release ofGreatest Flixwas scheduled for 15 November 1981 on Warner Home Video, but distribution was switched to EMI Music after the band's management disagreed with Warner's recent decision to move to a rental-only programme instead of selling their videos.[7]In 1992, Hollywood Records released a VHS version to accompany the album, simply calledGreatest Hits.

Greatest Flix(1981)

  1. "Killer Queen"
  2. "Bohemian Rhapsody"
  3. "You're My Best Friend"
  4. "Somebody to Love"
  5. "Tie Your Mother Down"
  6. "We Are the Champions"
  7. "We Will Rock You"
  8. "We Will Rock You (Live)"
  9. "Spread Your Wings"
  10. "Bicycle Race"
  11. "Fat Bottomed Girls"
  12. "Don't Stop Me Now"
  13. "Love of My Life (Live)"
  14. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
  15. "Save Me"
  16. "Play the Game"
  17. "Another One Bites the Dust"
  18. "Flash"

Note: On the sleeve notes of the video, "We Are the Champions" is incorrectly listed after the two versions of "We Will Rock You".

Greatest Hits(1992 US edition)

  1. "We Will Rock You"
  2. "We Are the Champions"
  3. "Another One Bites the Dust"
  4. "Killer Queen"
  5. "Somebody to Love"
  6. "Fat Bottomed Girls"
  7. "Bicycle Race"
  8. "You're My Best Friend"
  9. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
  10. "Now I'm Here"
  11. "Play the Game"
  12. "Seven Seas of Rhye"
  13. "Body Language"
  14. "Save Me"
  15. "Don't Stop Me Now"
  16. "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy"
  17. "I Want to Break Free"
  18. "Bohemian Rhapsody (Original Version)"
  19. "We Will Rock You (Rick Rubin 'Ruined' Remix Edit)" (end credits)

Note: New videos were created for Now I'm Here, Seven Seas Of Rhye and Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy for this collection, as they did not previously have music videos.

Critical reception and legacy[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[8]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[9]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[10]

Initial reviews of the album in the British music press were negative. InNMEBarney Hoskynssaid, "All of [their songs], besides 'Another One Bites the Dust', are quite repulsive, unbelievably crass insults to their respective genres and uniformly vulgar music. It was only when Queen took vulgarity to its absolute limit that they stood out."[11]Melody Maker'sAdam Sweetingstated, "I've never been the slightest bit interested in Queen's ridiculous pomposity and Freddie just makes me snigger, but I suppose songs like 'Killer Queen' are sort of catchy, while anything as preposterous as 'We Will Rock You' deserves an award if only for bad taste".[12]

However, retrospective reviews have rated the album higher:Ira RobbinsgaveGreatest Hitsa B+ rating inEntertainment Weeklyupon its reissue in 1992,[9]andAllMusicawarded the record four and a half stars out of five.[8]In an interview in 2003 as part of theArtetelevision programmeMusic Planet 2Nite,RadioheadguitaristEd O'Brienhailed the album as "impeccable" and "absolutely genius".[13]

Commercial performance[edit]

Gold and silver discs issued by EMI in 1982 forGreatest Hits(1981). With more than 25 million copies sold it is Queen's best selling album.

In the UK,Greatest Hitsdebuted at number two on theUK Albums Chartand climbed to number one the following week, spending four weeks at the top. The album continued to sell well throughout the 1980s, appearing on several UK year-end charts, and by the end of the decade it had become the fourth-biggest selling album in the UK during the 1980s, with sales of over 1.9 million copies.[14]By 2006,Greatest Hitshad become thebest-selling album in the UKand the first album to sell more than five million copies there.[15]In February 2014,Greatest Hitsbecame the first album in the UK to sell over six million copies,[16][17]and it was claimed that one in three families in the UK owned a copy.[18]In June 2022,Greatest Hitsspent its 1,000th week on the UK Albums Chart, and in July 2022, it reached seven million sales, with one in four households in the UK estimated to have a copy of the album.[19]As of July 2024, the album has spent 1,110 weeks in the top 100 of the UK Albums Chart.[20]

In the US,Greatest Hitssold moderately well on initial release in 1981, obtaining a platinum certification.[21]It reached a new peak of number 11 on theBillboard200chart on its reissue in 1992,[22]and finally made the top ten of theBillboard200 in November 2020 when it peaked at number eight, as a result of aWalmartsale on various vinyl albums on 14 November 2020. The 39 years and one month that the album took to reach the top ten of theBillboard200 is the second-longest ascent to the top ten in the history of the US album chart.[23]One of thelongest charting albums in the US,as of July 2024 it has spent 603 weeks on theBillboard200.[24]Greatest Hitshas now been certified nine times platinum in the US for sales of nine million copies, making it the band's best-selling album in that country.[21][25]It is also the band's best-selling album to date, with total sales of over 25 million copies.[26][27]

Track listing[edit]

This section includes the track listings for the originalGreatest Hitsin its various forms. For other compilations, including thesecondandthirdGreatest Hitsalbums, see the relevant articles.

On the 17-track UK editions,Freddie Mercurywas the writer of ten of the songs,Brian Mayfive andJohn Deacontwo.Roger Taylorhadn't written any songs that had been released as singles for the band at that point.

1981 UK edition (EMI) & 2011 UK edition (Island)
Has a photograph of the band as its cover.
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Bohemian Rhapsody"(fromA Night at the Opera,1975)Freddie Mercury5:57
2."Another One Bites the Dust"(fromThe Game,1980)John Deacon3:36
3."Killer Queen"(fromSheer Heart Attack,1974)Mercury2:57
4."Fat Bottomed Girls"(single version, fromJazz,1978)Brian May3:22
5."Bicycle Race"(fromJazz,1978)Mercury3:01
6."You're My Best Friend"(fromA Night at the Opera,1975)Deacon2:52
7."Don't Stop Me Now"(fromJazz,1978)Mercury3:29
8."Save Me"(fromThe Game,1980)May3:48
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
9."Crazy Little Thing Called Love"(fromThe Game,1980)Mercury2:42
10."Somebody to Love"(fromA Day at the Races,1976)Mercury4:56
11."Now I'm Here"(fromSheer Heart Attack,1974)May4:10
12."Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy"(fromA Day at the Races,1976)Mercury2:54
13."Play the Game"(fromThe Game,1980)Mercury3:33
14."Flash"(single version, fromFlash Gordon,1980)May2:48
15."Seven Seas of Rhye"(fromQueen II,1974)Mercury2:47
16."We Will Rock You"(fromNews of the World,1977)May2:01
17."We Are the Champions"(fromNews of the World,1977)Mercury3:00
Total length:58:44
1981 US and Canada edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Another One Bites the Dust"3:37
2."Bohemian Rhapsody"5:58
3."Crazy Little Thing Called Love"2:44
4."Killer Queen"3:02
5."Fat Bottomed Girls"3:23
6."Bicycle Race"3:01
7."Under Pressure"(later included onHot Space,1982)Queen,David Bowie4:05
8."We Will Rock You"2:02
9."We Are the Champions"3:01
10."Flash"2:49
11."Somebody to Love"4:58
12."You're My Best Friend"2:52
13."Keep Yourself Alive"(single version in mono, fromQueen,1973)May3:32
14."Play the Game"3:30
Total length:47:58
1981 Japan edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Bohemian Rhapsody"5:55
2."Another One Bites the Dust"3:33
3."Killer Queen"3:00
4."Fat Bottomed Girls"3:22
5."Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy"2:32
6."Don't Stop Me Now"3:28
7."Save Me"3:48
8."Under Pressure"4:05
9."Crazy Little Thing Called Love"2:42
10."Somebody to Love"4:55
11."Now I'm Here"4:15
12."Teo Torriatte"(single version, fromA Day At The Races,1976)May5:00
13."You're My Best Friend"2:50
14."Play the Game"3:28
15."Flash's Theme A.K.A. Flash"2:47
16."We Will Rock You"2:00
17."We Are the Champions"2:58
Total length:60:37
1992 US edition (Hollywood Records)
Has a red cover with the Queen crest design.
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."We Will Rock You"2:02
2."We Are the Champions"3:01
3."Another One Bites the Dust"3:37
4."Killer Queen"3:01
5."Somebody to Love"4:56
6."Fat Bottomed Girls(LP version) "4:16
7."Bicycle Race"3:02
8."You're My Best Friend"2:51
9."Crazy Little Thing Called Love"2:43
10."Now I'm Here"4:14
11."Play the Game"3:31
12."Seven Seas of Rhye"2:48
13."Body Language"(fromHot Space,1982)Mercury4:33
14."Save Me"3:48
15."Don't Stop Me Now"3:34
16."Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy"2:55
17."I Want to Break Free"(single version, fromThe Works,1984)Deacon4:22
Total length:58:43
2004 US edition (Greatest Hits: We Will Rock You)
Same track listing as UK 1981 edition, followed by three additional tracks.
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
18."I'm in Love with My Car"(rare original single mix, fromA Night at the Opera,1975)Roger Taylor3:12
19."Under Pressure" (fromQueen on Fire – Live at the Bowl,2004)3:39
20."Tie Your Mother Down"(fromQueen on Fire – Live at the Bowl,2004)May3:52
Total length:69:17
2011 Japan reissue edition
From the bonus track for Japan, available on iTunes.
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
18."Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)"(FromA Day at the Races,1976)May5:07
Total length:63:00

In addition to the variations above, the official biographyQueen: As It Beganby Jacky Gunn and Jim Jenkins states the following variations on the original UK track listing:[citation needed]

  • Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Venezuela had "Love of My Life" (live version) instead of "Seven Seas of Rhye".
  • Belgium and Spain had "Spread Your Wings" as an extra track.
  • Australia was identical to the US version, but had "Tie Your Mother Down" (live version, with organ intro) as an extra track.
  • Bulgaria had "Death On Two Legs" and "Sweet Lady" as extra tracks.
  • Canada, France, Germany, Israel and Netherlands had "Under Pressure" as an extra track.
  • Germany also added "Spread Your Wings" on some first pressing copies.

Personnel[edit]

Queen

  • Freddie Mercury– lead, backing andoperatic vocals,acoustic piano,jangle piano,fingersnaps, bicycle bells, handclaps, acoustic guitar, organ, synthesizer, footstomps, fingersnaps (on original North American release only), drum machine (on 1991 North American release only),synth bass
  • Brian May– acoustic and electric guitars, co-lead vocals on "Fat Bottomed Girls" (chorus), backing and operatic vocals, bicycle bells, handclaps, piano, synthesizer, footstomps, fingersnaps (on original North American release only), co-lead vocals on "Keep Yourself Alive" (bridge),harmonium(on Japanese release only)
  • Roger Taylor– acoustic and (on 1991 North American release only) electronic drums, percussion, backing and operatic vocals,timpani,gong, triangle, chimes, bicycle bells, handclaps, woodblocks, tambourine, footstomps, fingersnaps (on original North American release only), cowbell, co-lead vocals on "Keep Yourself Alive" (bridge), rhythm guitar (on 2004 US edition), lead vocals (on 2004 US edition)
  • John Deacon– bass guitar, electric guitar, acoustic and electric pianos, bicycle bells, handclaps, footstomps, fingersnaps (on original North American release only), synthesizer (on 1991 North American release only)

Additional personnel (original UK release)

Additional personnel (original North American release)

Additional personnel (1991 North American release)

Charts[edit]

Certifications and sales[edit]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[144] Diamond 506,916[145]
Australia (ARIA)[146] 15× Platinum 1,050,000^
Austria (IFPIAustria)[147] 4× Platinum 200,000*
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[148] Platinum 250,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[149] 3× Platinum 300,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[150] Platinum 55,058[150]
France (SNEP)[151] 2× Platinum 200,000‡
Germany (BVMI)[152] 7× Gold 1,750,000^
Italy (FIMI)[153]
sales since 2009 		2× Platinum 100,000‡
Japan (RIAJ)[154] Gold 100,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[155] Platinum 100,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[156] 10× Platinum 150,000‡
Poland (ZPAV)[157] Gold 10,000‡
Portugal (AFP)[158] Gold 10,000^
South Korea — 536,546[159]
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[160] Gold 50,000^
Sweden (GLF)[161] Gold 50,000^
Switzerland (IFPISwitzerland)[162] 5× Platinum 250,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[163] 25× Platinum 7,500,000‡
United States (RIAA)[21]
1981 release 		9× Platinum 9,000,000‡
United States (RIAA)[21]
1992 release 		5× Platinum 5,000,000‡
Summaries
Worldwide — 25,000,000[26]

*Sales figures based on certification alone.
^Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history[edit]

Date Region Label Format Catalog number
26 October 1981 United Kingdom EMI LP/cassette EMTV 30
United States Elektra LP 5E-564
1990 Soviet Union Melodiya LP А60 00703 001[164]
15 September 1992 United States Hollywood CD 61265
17 August 2004 United States Hollywood CD 2061-62465-2
3 January 2011 United Kingdom Island CD 2758364

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