Greatest Hits (Billy Ocean album)

Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by British R&B singer and songwriter Billy Ocean, released in 1989. The album features Ocean's biggest hit singles of the 1980s, along with two new singles, "I Sleep Much Better (In Someone Else's Bed)" and "Licence to Chill", the latter of which became Ocean's final US hit to date, reaching #32. 'Greatest Hits' became Ocean's best-selling release in the UK, remaining his only album to reach Platinum status there. It has also been certified Platinum in the US.

Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by
Released4 October 1989 (1989-10-04)
Genre
Length56:15
Label
Producer
Billy Ocean chronology
Tear Down These Walls
(1988)
Greatest Hits
(1989)
The Collection — 1976-1991: 15 Years...The Story Continues
(1991)
Singles from Greatest Hits
  1. "Licence to Chill"
    Released: 1989
  2. "I Sleep Much Better (In Someone Else's Bed)"
    Released: 1990
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going"Billy Ocean, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Wayne Brathwaite, Barry Eastmond4:08
2."License to Chill"Ocean, Lange4:52
3."Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)"Ocean, Keith Diamond4:06
4."There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)"Ocean, Brathwaite, Eastmond4:50
5."Loverboy"Ocean, Diamond, Lange4:09
6."Suddenly"Ocean, Diamond3:51
7."Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car"Ocean, Lange4:43
8."Love Zone"Ocean, Brathwaite, Eastmond4:13
9."Here's to You"Ocean, Brathwaite, Eastmond, Jolyon Skinner4:11
10."I Sleep Much Better (In Someone Else's Bed)"Ocean, Lange5:15
11."The Colour of Love"Ocean, Brathwaite, Eastmond, Skinner4:22
12."Tear Down These Walls"Ocean, Lange, Terry Riley3:40
13."Mystery Lady"Ocean, Diamond, James Woodley3:55
Total length:56:15

Charts

Chart (1989) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[2] 77
Australia ARIA Charts[3] 14
Canada RPM 59
Dutch MegaCharts[4] 60
New Zealand Recorded Music NZ[5] 7
UK Albums Chart (Official Charts Company) [6] 4

References

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