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Greatest Hits

Greatest Hits
Certified eleven times platinum in the UK, this album features a portrait taken by Lord Snowdon. The album was also released in conjunction with a video compilation ‘Greatest Flix’ and a book ‘Greatest Pix’ all of which topped their respective charts simultaneously in 1981. The tracklisting differed slightly throughout the world, but ultimately this is possibly one of the finest band ‘Best Of’ collections ever released.

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Tracks
1. Bohemian Rhapsody (Mercury)
2. Another One Bites the Dust (Deacon)
3. Killer Queen (Mercury)
4. Fat Bottomed Girls (May)
5. Bicycle Race (Mercury)
6. You’re My Best Friend (Deacon)
7. Don’t Stop Me Now (Mercury)
8. Save Me (May)
9. Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Mercury)
10. Somebody To Love (Mercury)
11. Now I‘m Here (May)
12. Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy (Mercury)
13. Play The Game (Mercury)
14. Flash (May)
15. Seven Seas Of Rhye (Mercury)
16. We Will Rock You (May)
17. We Are The Champions (Mercury)

Note; the album tracklisting differs worldwide. (See Details)

Did You Know?
1. Lord Snowdon took the photographs for the album cover
2. Queen’s first greatest hits album is the UK’s biggest selling compilation hits album ever
3. Different track listings were used around the world
4. Album sold over 300,000 copies in first four days of release and entered chart with a platinum sale status.
5. To date greatest hits has sold 3.3 million copies in UK and has spent nearly 500 weeks in the charts

Album Details
Release Date – UK 2 November 1981 / US 3 Nov 1981
Highest Chart Position – UK No.1 / US No.14
Number Of Weeks On Chart – UK 553 / US 26
Producers – Various inc. Queen, Roy Thomas Baker, Mike Stone, Mack and May
Engineers – Various inc. Mike Stone, Gary Lyons, Geoff Workman, Mack
Recording Studios – Various inc Trident, Wessex, Rockfield, Air, Sarm, Roundhouse, Olympic, Scorpio, Landsdowne, The Manor, Basing Street, Mountain, Superbear, Musicland and Anvil.
Artwork Concept – Freddie Mercury
Award Status – 11 x Platinum (UK) Platinum (US)

Tracklisting Variations
Australia – inc. ‘Keep Yourself Alive’ and ‘Tie Your Mother Down’, but not ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’, ‘Save Me’, ‘Now I’m Here’, ‘Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy’ or ‘Seven Seas Of Rhye’
Austria/Canada/Germany/Israel/Netherlands- inc Under Pressure as an extra track
Argentina/Brazil/Mexico/Venezuela – inc. ‘Love Of My Life’ (live), but not ‘Seven Seas Of Rhye’
Belgium/Spain – inc. ‘Spread Your Wings’ as an extra track
Bulgaria- inc ‘Death On Two Legs and Sweet Lady as extra tracks
Japan – inc. ‘Teo Torriate’, but not ‘Bicycle Race’ or ‘Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy’
USA – inc. ‘Keep Yourself Alive’ and ‘Under Pressure’, but not Save Me

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