The Greatest Hits (Lulu album)
The Greatest Hits is a 2003 Lulu album charting her 40-year career in music from 1964's UK top-ten hit "Shout" through 2002's "We've Got Tonight," a UK top-five duet with Ronan Keating. It also covers everything in between, including her 1967 US No. 1 Hit "To Sir With Love", the 1969 Eurovision Song Contest winner "Boom Bang-a-Bang", the 1974 James Bond theme "The Man with the Golden Gun", and the 1993 UK No. 1 Hit "Relight My Fire" (a duet with Take That).
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Released | 2003 | |||
Recorded | 1964–2002 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Label | Mercury | |||
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The album combines her UK hits such as "The Boat That I Row" and "The Man Who Sold The World", as well as her successful singles in the US like "Oh Me Oh My (I'm A Fool For You Baby)" and "I Could Never Miss You (More Than I Do)". Tracks from her 2002 album Together are also featured, including duets with Elton John and Sting. The final track, "First Of May" is a duet with her former husband Maurice Gibb, taken from her "An Audience With Lulu" ITV television special, making it the only song which debuted on the CD.
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Shout" (with The Luvvers) | Rudolph Isley, Ronald Isley, O'Kelly Isley, Jr. | |
2. | "Independence" (Brothers in Rhythm mix) | ||
3. | "Relight My Fire" (with Take That) | Dan Hartman | 4:11 |
4. | "Teardrops" (with Elton John) | Zeriiya Zekkariyas | 4:48 |
5. | "I Don't Wanna Fight" | Lulu, Billy Lawrie, Steve DuBerry | 4:47 |
6. | "We've Got Tonight" (with Ronan Keating) | Bob Seger | 3:40 |
7. | "The Man Who Sold the World" | David Bowie | |
8. | "Where the Poor Boys Dance" (Almighty mix) | Lulu, Lawrie, David Tyson | 3:53 |
9. | "Hurt Me So Bad" | 3:45 | |
10. | "To Sir With Love" | Don Black, Mark London | 2:44 |
11. | "Oh Me Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby)" | Jim Doris | 2:42 |
12. | "I Could Never Miss You (More Than I Do)" | Neil Harrison | |
13. | "Sail on Sailor" (with Sting) | Brian Wilson, Van Dyke Parks, Tandyn Almer, Ray Kennedy, Jack Rieley | 3:27 |
14. | "I'm Back for More" (with Bobby Womack) | Ken Stover | 5:08 |
15. | "The Man with the Golden Gun" | John Barry, Don Black | 2:35 |
16. | "The Boat That I Row" | Neil Diamond | |
17. | "Boom Bang-a-Bang" | Alan Moorhouse, Peter Warne | |
18. | "First of May" (Live) (with Maurice Gibb) | Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb |
Chart performance
- In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at No. 35 and spent 2 weeks on the UK Albums Chart.[1]
References
- "The Official Charts Company - Lulu - The Greatest Hits". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 August 2011.