Greatest Hits (Queen)

Greatest Hits is a compilation album of 1981 by the British rock group Queen . In Britain this album is the best selling album ever. The album has sold 5.4 million times, six hundred thousand more than the number two in the list. Worldwide, the album sold about 25 million times.

On this compilation album are roughly all the Queen hits from the seventies. Of hits from the 80s and early 90s was later a second compilation album, Greatest Hits IIreleased. Since then, both albums were together as a box set sold. After a third compilation album ( Greatest Hits III appeared), the three-CD box The Platinum Collectionreleased. Sales of the collection boxes are not included in the above numbers.

Contents

 * The first release in 1981
 * 2 Tracks
 * 2.1 UK release
 * 2.2 US version
 * 2.3 Other versions
 * 3 Hitnoteringen
 * 3.1 Dutch Album Top 100
 * 3.2 Flemish Ultratop 200 Albums

The release in 1981
In 1981 Greatest Hits came from all over the world. However, there was no universal tracklist or cover . This was because in different continents other singles were released. It also depended on how high the singles came in the charts, whether they were on the album. This strange method was the trademark of Queen: only the best was good enough. The UK release is generally regarded as the "standard version". In the UK, the album took eleven times platinum. It was on a total of 450 recorded weeks with four weeks at number one.

American version [ edit ]

 * 1) "Another One Bites The Dust"
 * 2) "Bohemian Rhapsody"
 * 3) "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
 * 4) "Killer Queen"
 * 5) "Fat Bottomed Girls"
 * 6) "Bicycle Race"
 * 7) " Under Pressure "
 * 8) "We Will Rock You"
 * 9) "We Are The Champions"
 * 10) "Flash"
 * 11) "Somebody To Love"
 * 12) "You're My Best Friend"
 * 13) " Keep Yourself Alive "
 * 14) "Play The Game"

Other versions [ edit ]

 * In the Netherlands, the album was released under the title of Greatest Hits. From the second pressing of this version the number one hit of Queen was with David Bowie at the end of 1981, " Under Pressure ", as eighteenth number included.
 * In Bulgaria, the album is released as a double album with 19 songs.