Comments on: Have any "Greatest Hits" albums had bonus songs which become a greatest hit?

Question: Have any "Greatest Hits" albums had bonus songs which become a greatest hit?

jeremias — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 20:35:00 -0800

Many times a "Greatest Hits" album is released and there is an extra new song or two added as a bonus (and they're usually not very good) . . Have there ever been any of these "bonus tracks" which themselves have gone on to become a greatest hit?

By: smackfu

smackfu — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 21:00:11 -0800

No Doubt had a big hit with "It's My Life" off their "The Singles 1992-2003" collection.

By: cloeburner

cloeburner — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 21:01:35 -0800

Changes by Tupac

By: frogan

frogan — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 21:16:50 -0800

Does a B-side qualify as an extra? There have been many, many famous B-sides that went on to become hits. Wikipedia has a list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-sides

By: keswick

keswick — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 21:21:27 -0800

Tom Petty, "Last Dance With Mary Jane."

By: jjg

jjg — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 21:46:19 -0800

I would say that B-sides don't count, and neither do singles compilations.

By: Danelope

Danelope — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 21:51:52 -0800

Nirvana, "You Know You're Right".

By: jjg

jjg — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 21:53:17 -0800

New Order, "True Faith".

By: Dreama

Dreama — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 22:01:00 -0800

Do live releases count as greatest hit compilations? If so, I submit Duran Duran's "Wild Boys" from the "Arena" live disc.

By: kindall

kindall — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 22:24:40 -0800

Alan Parsons' "You Don't Believe" first appeared on a greatest hits collection... it got a fair amount of airplay and later appeared on one of their "real" albums.

By: pompomtom

pompomtom — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 22:44:04 -0800

Ummm... define "Greatest Hit".

Iron Lion Zion sucked arse, but it sold well and charted.

By: scody

scody — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 00:04:42 -0800

Paul Weller's "Brand New Start" was first released on his Modern Classics (greatest hits) -- it charted in the UK in the Top 10, I believe.

By: snarkle

snarkle — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 01:11:30 -0800

"The Sweetest Thing" by U2 was only included on their 1980-1990 compilation. It was a pretty decent hit in Australia.

By: benzo8

benzo8 — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 01:42:44 -0800

A different recording of The Sweetest Thing (without Boyzone, and with a far more interesting middle-8) appeared as the b-side to a single during The Joshua Tree era (though I can't recall which one this early in the morning)... The song wasn't completely unknown when it appeared on 80-90.

By: antifuse

antifuse — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 02:06:29 -0800

Britney Spears' cover of "My Prerogative" was a relatively big hit, I think...

By: brettski

brettski — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 02:10:06 -0800

REM's Bad Day a greatest hit extra and then reached #8 in the UK

By: badlydubbedboy

badlydubbedboy — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 02:53:15 -0800

The Pet Shop Boys have released two Greatest Hits albums. The first one - Discography - also had "Was it Worth it?" which charted at #24 in the UK charts. And it's one of my favourite songs.

The second one - PopArt - also had two singles, Miracles and Flamboyant which charted at #10 and #12 respectively.

By: kimota

kimota — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 04:03:08 -0800

The earliest example of this I remember was the Cars' "Tonight She Comes."

By: yerfatma

yerfatma — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 04:18:21 -0800

A different recording of The Sweetest Thing . . . appeared as the b-side to a single during The Joshua Tree

I remember this as well, simply because I tortured a friend who was a huge U2 fan all during 8th grade by signing "THe Swedish Thing". Memories.

By: charmston

charmston — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 05:27:59 -0800

- Runnin' (Dying to Live) by Tupac (Sorta - it was actually made from recorded & unreleased material of his after his death)
- When I'm Gone by Eminem

By: misteraitch

misteraitch — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 05:51:12 -0800

Madonna: Justify My Love, from The Immaculate Collection.

By: mojohand

mojohand — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 06:42:33 -0800

Kimota wins. "Tonight She Comes" was a Top Ten hit.

By: anthom

anthom — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 07:20:09 -0800

There's also Billy Joel's "You're Only Human (Second Wind)" which originally appeared on his Greatest Hits vol. 1 & 2 set in '85.

By: bcwinters

bcwinters — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 08:51:51 -0800

"I Believe In You" and "Giving It Up" were both new tracks on Kylie Minogue's Ultimate Kylie, and both charted in the Top 10 in the UK.

By: Saucy Intruder

Saucy Intruder — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 09:10:33 -0800

Bruce Springsteen had a couple new hits on his GH album, including "Secret Garden" which was featured in Jerry Maguire.

By: patricio

patricio — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 09:13:11 -0800

"Music is my radar" was on the Best of Blur CD released c.2000. I think it charted, though it's not exactly a 'greatest hit' itself.

By: It's Raining Florence Henderson

It's Raining Florence Henderson — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 09:40:59 -0800

Sheryl Crow's cover of "The First Cut Is the Deepest" from The Very Best of Sheryl Crow topped or placed highly in many charts.

By: Espy Gillespie

Espy Gillespie — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 09:51:23 -0800

"Free as a Bird" and "Real Love" were released with the Beatles Anthology and both became hits.

By: smackfu

smackfu — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 06:53:25 -0800

BTW, I stand by my No Doubt suggestion, since while it was indeed on a singles collection, it had not been previously released as a single.