Greatest Hits (Journey album)

Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the American rock band Journey, originally released in 1988 by Columbia Records.^[3] It is the band's best-selling career disc, spending 742 weeks on the Billboard 200 albums chart^[4] (more than any other compilation album, except for Bob Marley and the Wailers' Legend, in history). Additionally, as of 20 December 2022, it has logged 1,379 weeks on Billboard's Catalog Albums chart.^[4]

Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by Journey
Released	November 11, 1988 (1988-11-11) ^[1]
Recorded	1977–1986
Genre	Rock hard rock pop rock
Length	61:14
Label	Columbia Sony
Producer	Mike Stone Kevin Elson Roy Thomas Baker Steve Perry Geoffrey Workman Kevin Shirley^[2]
Journey chronology
Raised on Radio (1986) Greatest Hits (1988) The Ballade (1991)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]

On 22 April 2008, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified Greatest Hits 15× Platinum for sales of 15 million copies in the United States.^[5] As of December 2008, it was reported to have been the sixth highest certified 'greatest hits' package in the United States according to the RIAA, behind only similar collections by the Eagles, Billy Joel, Elton John, and the Beatles' red and blue compilations.^[6]

It continues to be one of the most popular 'best of' packages, at times selling close to 500,000 copies globally per year. The album has been reissued several times and was digitally remastered for compact disc by Legacy Recordings, issued on August 1, 2006, with "When You Love a Woman" featured as a bonus track. In Japan, the album has been reissued as Open Arms: Greatest Hits with the song "Open Arms" appearing as the first song on the album. A second Journey compilation album, Greatest Hits 2, was released in 2011.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	from the album	Length
1.	"Only the Young"	Steve Perry, Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain	Vision Quest soundtrack (1985)	4:17
2.	"Don't Stop Believin'"	Perry, Schon, Cain	Escape (1981)	4:10
3.	"Wheel in the Sky"	Diane Valory, Schon, Robert Fleischman	Infinity (1978)	4:12
4.	"Faithfully"	Cain	Frontiers (1983)	4:27
5.	"I'll Be Alright Without You"	Perry, Schon, Cain	Raised on Radio (1986)	4:50
6.	"Any Way You Want It"	Perry, Schon	Departure (1980)	3:21
7.	"Ask the Lonely"	Perry, Cain	Two of a Kind soundtrack (1983)	3:54

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	from the album	Length
8.	"Who's Crying Now?"	Perry, Cain	Escape	5:00
9.	"Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)"	Perry, Cain	Frontiers	5:24
10.	"Lights"	Perry, Schon	Infinity	3:10
11.	"Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'"	Perry	Evolution (1979)	3:54
12.	"Open Arms"	Perry, Cain	Escape	3:23
13.	"Girl Can't Help It"	Perry, Cain, Schon	Raised on Radio	3:50
14.	"Send Her My Love"	Perry, Cain	Frontiers	3:54
15.	"Be Good to Yourself"	Perry, Cain, Schon	Raised on Radio	3:51
Total length:				61:14

2006 CD edition bonus track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	from the album	Length
16.	"When You Love a Woman"	Perry, Cain, Schon	Trial by Fire (1996)	4:07
Total length:				65:21

Personnel

• Steve Perry – lead vocals
• Neal Schon – guitar, vocals
• Jonathan Cain – keyboards, vocals except on "Wheel in the Sky", "Any Way You Want It", "Lights" and "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'"
• Gregg Rolie – keyboards, vocals on "Wheel in the Sky", "Any Way You Want It", "Lights" and "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'"
• Ross Valory – bass, vocals except on "I'll Be Alright Without You", "Girl Can't Help It" and "Be Good to Yourself"
• Randy Jackson – bass on "I'll Be Alright Without You", "Girl Can't Help It" and "Be Good to Yourself"
• Steve Smith – drums, vocals except on "Wheel in the Sky", "Lights", "I'll Be Alright Without You", "Girl Can't Help It" and "Be Good to Yourself"
• Aynsley Dunbar – drums on "Wheel in the Sky" and "Lights"
• Larrie Londin – drums on "I'll Be Alright Without You", "Girl Can't Help It" and "Be Good to Yourself"

Production personnel

• Mike Stone and Kevin Elson – producers on "Only the Young", "Don't Stop Believin'", "Faithfully", "Ask the Lonely", "Who's Crying Now", "Separate Ways", "Open Arms" and "Send Her My Love"
• Roy Thomas Baker – producer on "Wheel in the Sky", "Lights" and "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'",
• Steve Perry – producer on "I'll Be Alright Without You", "Girl Can't Help It" and "Be Good to Yourself"
• Geoffrey Workman and Kevin Elson – producers on "Any Way You Want It"
• Kevin Shirley – producer on "When You Love a Woman"

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1988–2020) Peak position Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[7] 36 Irish Albums (IRMA)^[8] 11 Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[9] 82 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[10] 30 Scottish Albums (OCC)^[11] 3 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[12] 20 UK Albums (OCC)^[13] 12 US Billboard 200^[14] 10 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)^[15] 4

Year-end charts Chart (1989) Position US Billboard 200^[16] 39 Chart (2010) Position US Billboard 200^[17] 106 Chart (2011) Position US Billboard 200^[18] 102 Chart (2012) Position US Billboard 200^[19] 117 Chart (2013) Position US Billboard 200^[20] 145 Chart (2014) Position US Billboard 200^[21] 103 Chart (2015) Position US Billboard 200^[22] 78 Chart (2016) Position US Billboard 200^[23] 88 Chart (2017) Position US Billboard 200^[24] 92 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)^[25] 11 Chart (2018) Position US Billboard 200^[26] 90 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)^[27] 8 Chart (2019) Position US Billboard 200^[28] 70 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)^[29] 11 Chart (2020) Position US Billboard 200^[30] 71 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)^[31] 6 Chart (2021) Position US Billboard 200^[32] 66 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)^[33] 6 Chart (2022) Position US Billboard 200^[34] 93 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)^[35] 11

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[36]	Gold	50,000^^
Ireland (IRMA)^[37]	Platinum	15,000^^
United Kingdom (BPI)^[38]	Platinum	300,000
United States (RIAA)^[6]	15× Platinum	15,000,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

See also

• List of best-selling albums in the United States

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