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A greatest hits album, sometimes called a best of album or a catalog album, is a compilation of songs by a particular artist or band. Most often the track list contains previously released recordings with a high degree of notability. However to increase the appeal, especially to people who already own the original release, it is common to include remixes and/or alternate takes of popular songs; even new material (previously unreleased). At times a greatest hits compilation is the original release for songs that have themselves been released as a single and charted successfully.
Madonna's The Immaculate Collection is the best selling greatest hits compilation by a solo artist; all of the songs on it are presented in different versions than the original hit versions. The Eagles' Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) is the best selling greatest hits compilation by a group and also one of the ten best selling albums in history. Johnny Mathis's Johnny's Greatest Hits (1958) is generally considered the first greatest hits album. It was popular, remaining on the Billboard Top Albums Chart for a then record-breaking 490 continuous weeks. Greatest hits albums are typically produced after an artist has had enough successful songs to fill out an album release. Some artists, such as Michael Jackson, The Beatles, Kenny Rogers, Aerosmith, Kiss, U2, Los Tigres del Norte, Queen and Billy Joel, have released multiple greatest hits albums through their careers. Some greatest hits albums are released only at the end of the artist or group's career. Creed released a greatest hits album after they disbanded.
Tell me what you thought about when you were gone and so alone
The worst is over, you can have the best of me
We got older but we're still young
We never grew out of this feeling that we won't give up
Here we lay again on two separate beds
Riding phone lines to meet a familiar voice
Pictures drawn from memories
We reflect on miscommunications and misunderstandings
And missing each other too much to have had to let go
We turn our music down and we whisper
Say what you're thinking right now
Tell me what you thought about when you were gone and so alone
The worst is over, you can have the best of me
We got older but we're still young
We never grew out of this feeling that we won't give up
Jumping to conclusions made me fall away from you
I'm so glad that the truth has brought back together me and you
We're sitting on the ground and we whisper
Say what you're thinking out loud
Tell me what you thought about when you were gone and so alone
The worst is over, you can have the best of me
We got older but we're still young
We never grew out of this feeling that we won't give up
We turn our music down and we whisper
We're sitting on the grounds and we whisper
We turn our music down, we're sitting on the grounds
The next time I'm in town, we will kiss girl, we will kiss girl
Tell me what you thought about when you were gone and so alone
The worst is over, you can have the best of me
We got older but we're still young
We never grew out of this feeling that we won't
Feeling that we can't, we're not ready to give up
We got older but we're still young
We never grew out of this feeling that we won't give up