Greatest Hits (1992 US version)

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Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits (1992 US version), 1992
Released 15 September 1992
Recorded 1973 - 1984 at various studios
Length mm:ss
Label Hollywood Records (US)
Producer(s) Queen, variously with Roy Thomas Baker, Mack, and David Richards
Queen chronology
Live At Wembley '86
1992
Greatest Hits
1992
Greatest Hits I & II
1995

Contents

Instead of reissuing and expanding the original 1981 version of Greatest Hits, Hollywood Records elected to come up with their own configuration, so as to avoid overlapping in some instances. Using the US version of Queen's first internationally-released compilation album, Hollywood Records came up with a close-but-not-quite tracklisting that collected North American singles released between 1974 and 1984, though there were some notable omissions and questionable inclusions. For one, Now I'm Here, Save Me, and Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy were never released as singles in the US, while Body Language – perhaps rightly – remains the only song to represent Hot Space. Why US-exclusive singles, like Liar, Long Away, It's Late, Need Your Loving Tonight, or Calling All Girls, weren't released on the compilation remain unexplained. Regardless, like its sister companion Classic Queen, the 1992 reconstruction of Greatest Hits served as a valuable introduction to the early part of Queen's discography, though it narrowly missed the US Top Ten (peaking at #11) upon its release.

Tracklists

US CD version

  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

Credits

  • Musicians:
John Deacon - bass guitar, keyboards
Brian May - guitars, vocals, keyboards
Freddie Mercury - vocals, piano, keyboards
Roger Taylor - drums, percussion, vocals, keyboards

Additional info

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