Finest Selection: The Greatest Hits

Finest Selection: The Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits album by British-Irish girl group The Saturdays. It was released on 11 August 2014, through Polydor Records.^[1] The album includes all 17 of their singles released from the albums Chasing Lights (2008), Wordshaker (2009), Headlines! (2010), On Your Radar (2011) and Living for the Weekend (2013) as well as three new songs, "What Are You Waiting For?", "808" and "Walking Through the Desert".

Finest Selection: The Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by The Saturdays
Released	11 August 2014
Recorded	2008–2014
Length	67:07
Label	Polydor
The Saturdays chronology
Living for the Weekend (2013) Finest Selection: The Greatest Hits (2014)
Singles from Finest Selection: The Greatest Hits
"What Are You Waiting For?" Released: 10 August 2014

Upon release, debuted at number ten on the UK Albums Chart, giving The Saturdays their fifth top-ten album in the UK. The album spent four weeks inside the UK Top 100.^[2] To date, it is the last release from the group who went on hiatus in 2014.^[3]

Promotion

Main article: Greatest Hits Live! (tour)

Singles

"What Are You Waiting For?" was released on 10 August 2014, as the album's lead single.^[4]

Track listing

Standard edition / Disc 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"What About Us" (featuring Sean Paul) (from Living for the Weekend and Chasing the Saturdays)	Camille Purcell Ollie Jacobs Philip Jacobs Sean Henriques	Art Bastian James F. Reynolds^[a] Sam Kempler^[b] Jason "jigzagula" Henriques^[c] Paul^[c]	3:41
2.	"Higher" (featuring Flo Rida) (from Headlines!)	Arnthor Birgisson Ina Wroldsen	Arnthor	3:18
3.	"Ego" (from Wordshaker)	Steve Mac Wroldsen	Mac	3:03
4.	"All Fired Up" (from On Your Radar)	Annie Yuill Brian Higgins Eliza Dodd-Noble Tim Deal Jason Resch Uzoechi Emenike Matt Gray Miranda Cooper Nick Dresti	Xenomania Brian Higgins	3:12
5.	"What Are You Waiting For?" (previously unreleased)	Higgins Carla Marie Williams Florence Arnald Gavin Harris Deal Luke Fitton Emenike Gray Cooper Nicholas Hill Toby Scott Ebba Tove Nilsson	Xenomania Harris^[a] Hill^[a]	3:25
6.	"Up" (single mix) (from Chasing Lights)	Josef Larossi Andreas Romdhane Wroldsen	Quiz & Larossi Fiasco^[a] Jeremy Wheatley^[a]	3:24
7.	"Forever Is Over" (radio edit) (from Wordshaker)	James Bourne Louis Biancaniello Sam Watters	Biancaniello Watters	3:24
8.	"Issues" (radio mix) (from Chasing Lights)	Carl Sturken Evan Rogers	Sturken Rogers Wheatley^[a] Rob Heselden^[b]	3:35
9.	"Disco Love" (from Living for the Weekend)	Adam Klein Pálmi Ragnar Ásgeirsson Saethór Kristjánsson Ásgeir Orri Ásgeirsson	StopWaitGo Productions	3:14
10.	"Notorious" (from On Your Radar)	Wroldsen Mac	Mac	3:11
11.	"Missing You" (from Headlines!)	Alexander Kronlund Lukas Hilbert	Hilbert Reynolds^[a]	3:41
12.	"Work" (Phil Tan Radio Mix) (from Chasing Lights)	Harry Sommerdahl Wroldsen Kalle Engström	Sommerdahl Engström	3:13
13.	"Not Giving Up" (radio mix) (from Living for the Weekend)	Anthony Egizii Carl Ryden Williams Celetia Martin David Musumeci	Ryden	3:19
14.	"30 Days" (from Living for the Weekend)	Autumn Rowe Mac	Mac	3:04
15.	"808" (previously unreleased)	Purcell George Tizzard Rick Parkhouse	Red Triangle Productions	3:12
16.	"Gentleman" (from Living for the Weekend)	Priscilla Renea Scott Effman	Ambience GhostTrack^[a] Renea^[c]	3:40
17.	"If This Is Love" (radio edit) (from Chasing Lights)	Alison Moyet Wroldsen Joe Belmaati John Reid Mich Hansen Remee Vince Clarke	Cutfather Belmaati	2:56
18.	"Walking Through the Desert" (previously unreleased)	Chelcee Grimes Phil Cook	Cook Reynolds^[a] Klempner^[b]	3:22
19.	"My Heart Takes Over" (from On Your Radar)	Wroldsen Mac	Mac	4:06
20.	"Just Can't Get Enough" (Radio Mix) from Chasing Lights)	Clarke	David Eriksen	3:07
Total length:				67:07

Deluxe edition bonus tracks and Super deluxe edition disc 2^[5]

No.	Title	Length
21.	"Not That Kinda Girl" (from "Notorious")	3:09
22.	"Flashback" (from "Ego")	3:13
23.	"Wildfire" (from "Gentleman")	3:37
24.	"Beggin'" (from "Issues")	3:09
25.	"Turn Myself In" (from "30 Days")	3:35
26.	"Love Come Down" (from "Disco Love")	3:32
27.	"Ladykiller" (from "All Fired Up")	3:20
28.	"I Can't Wait" (from "Forever Is Over")	3:43
29.	"Somebody Else's Life" (acoustic) (from "What About Us")	3:16
30.	"Had It with Today" (from "Higher")	3:15
31.	"Ready to Rise" (from "Missing You")	3:33
32.	"So Stupid" (from "My Heart Takes Over")	3:23
33.	"What Am I Gonna Do" (from "If This Is Love")	3:16
34.	"On the Radio" (from "Disco Love")	3:52
35.	"Unofficial" (from "Work")	3:53
36.	"Golden Rules" (from "Just Can't Get Enough")	3:50
37.	"Bigger" (from "Not Giving Up")	2:51
38.	"Crashing Down" (from "Up")	3:10
39.	"When Love Takes Over" (from "What Are You Waiting For?")	3:51

Super deluxe edition DVD^[6]

No.	Title	Director(s)	Length
1.	"If This Is Love"	Harvey B Brown
2.	"Up"	Brown
3.	"Issues"	Petro
4.	"Just Can't Get Enough"	Brown
5.	"Work" (Phil Tan Radio Mix)	J.T.
6.	"Forever Is Over"	Trudy Bellinger
7.	"Ego"	Mike Simpson Robin Van Calcar
8.	"Missing You"	Chris Cottam
9.	"Higher" (featuring Flo Rida)	Taylor Cohen
10.	"Notorious"	Syndrome
11.	"All Fired Up"	Ryan Hope
12.	"My Heart Takes Over"	Elisha Smith-Leverock
13.	"30 Days"	Cohen
14.	"What About Us" (featuring Sean Paul)	Sarah Chatfield
15.	"Gentlemen"	Bellinger
16.	"Disco Love"	Carly Cussen
17.	"Not Giving Up"	Chris Sweeny
18.	"What Are You Waiting For?"	Chatfield

Notes

• ^{^[a]} denotes additional production by
• ^{^[b]} denotes assistant production by
• ^{^[c]} denotes vocal production by

Charts and certifications

Charts Chart performance for Finest Selection: The Greatest Hits Chart (2014) Peak position Irish Albums (IRMA)^[7] 32 Scottish Albums (OCC)^[8] 9 UK Albums (OCC)^[9] 10

Certifications Certifications for Finest Selection: The Greatest Hits Region Certification Certified units/sales United Kingdom (BPI)^[10] Gold 100,000^‡ ^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release history and formats for Finest Selection: The Greatest Hits

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label	Ref.
Japan	8 August 2014	Digital download	Universal Music	^[11]
Spain				^[12]
Ireland		CD digital download	Polydor
United Kingdom	11 August 2014	CD CD+DVD digital download		^[13]
Germany	15 August 2014	CD digital download		^[14]

References

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5. "iTunes - Music - Finest Selection: The Greatest Hits (Deluxe) by The Saturdays". itunes.apple.com. January 2014.
6. "The Saturdays - Finest Selection: The Greatest Hits - Exclusive Metal Tin at Universal Music". store.universal-music.co.uk.
7. "Irish-charts.com – Discography The Saturdays". Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
8. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
9. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
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14. "Finest Selection: The Greatest Hits: Amazon.de: Musik". Amazon.de. 2014.