# Greatest Hits (Eurythmics album)

Professional ratings :
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Calgary Herald | B |
| Robert Christgau | A− |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+ |
| New Musical Express | 8/10 |
| Tom Hull – on the Web | B+ |
| Q Magazine | |
Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by British pop duo Eurythmics, released on 18 March 1991 by RCA Records. It contains their successful singles spanning the years 1982 through 1990. The album topped the charts in the United Kingdom for a total of 10 weeks, in New Zealand for eight weeks and in Australia for seven weeks. It remains the duo's best-selling album worldwide and has been certified six-times platinum in the United Kingdom and triple platinum in the United States. Phil Sutcliffe in Q Magazine noted that "this compilation portrays, for once, a band accorded precise justice by the singles charts".
The original European version of the album contains 18 tracks, while the version released in the US contains only 14. The five songs omitted from the US edition are "Right by Your Side", "Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four)", "It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)", "You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart" and "The Miracle of Love", while "The King and Queen of America" is added. The track order also differs.

## Track listing

All tracks are written by Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart, except "When Tomorrow Comes" co-written by Patrick Seymour

## Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Greatest Hits.
* David A. Stewart – production (all tracks)
* Adam Williams – production (track 1)
* Jimmy Iovine – production (tracks 14, 15)
* Jon Bavin – engineering (tracks 3, 5, 9, 11, 13, 17)
* Fred Defaye – engineering (track 10)
* Eric Thorngren – engineering (track 12)
* Manu Guiot – engineering (tracks 9, 11, 13, 17, 18)
* Sophie Muller – cover picture
* Laurence Stevens – art, design
* Annie Lennox – art, design

## Certifications

Certifications for Greatest Hits :
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
| Australia (ARIA) | 3× Platinum | 210,000$^^$ |
| Austria (IFPI Austria) | Platinum | 50,000$^*$ |
| Canada (Music Canada) | 3× Platinum | 300,000$^^$ |
| Finland (Musiikkituottajat) | Gold | 32,801 |
| France (SNEP) | Platinum | 300,000$^*$ |
| Germany (BVMI) | 5× Gold | 1,250,000$^‡$ |
| Japan (RIAJ) | Gold | 100,000$^^$ |
| Netherlands (NVPI) | Platinum | 100,000$^^$ |
| New Zealand (RMNZ) | 4× Platinum | 60,000$^^$ |
| Norway (IFPI Norway) | Platinum | 50,000$^*$ |
| Spain (PROMUSICAE) | Platinum | 100,000$^^$ |
| Sweden (GLF) | Platinum | 100,000$^^$ |
| Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) | 2× Platinum | 100,000$^^$ |
| United Kingdom (BPI) | 6× Platinum | 2,055,996 |
| United States (RIAA) | 3× Platinum | 3,000,000$^^$ |
| $^*$ Sales figures based on certification alone. $^^$ Shipments figures based on certification alone. $^‡$ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |||

## Video version

A version of the compilation with 21 music videos was also released, on VHS and LaserDisc in 1991, and on DVD in 2000. Although it includes three more songs than the European audio version, and seven more than the US audio version, it still omits the videos for the singles "Never Gonna Cry Again" (1981), "The Walk" (1982), "Shame" (1987) and "Revival" (1989). In contrast to the audio versions of the compilation, the music videos are presented in chronological order, with short collages (made from snippets from the videos) between the songs.

### Charts

Chart performance for Greatest Hits :
| Chart (1991) | Peak position |
| UK Top Music Videos (Music Week/Gallup) | 1 |
| US Top Music Videos (Billboard) | 13 |
| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
| Swedish Music DVD (Sverigetopplistan) | 2 |

### Certifications

Certifications for Greatest Hits :
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
| Canada (Music Canada) | Gold | 5,000$^^$ |
| $^^$ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |||