Greatest Hits (Shania Twain album)
Shania Twain released a Greatest Hits album in 2004. It contains 17 hits (18 on the International Version) from her three Diamond albums The Woman in Me, Come On Over and Up!. Also included are three new songs: "Party for Two" which hit the top ten at country in the U.S., UK and Germany, "Don't!" and "I Ain't No Quitter". No material from Twain's self-titled debut album is included.
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Released | November 8, 2004 | |||
Recorded | 1994–2004 | |||
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Length | 77:45 (North American edition) 77:07 (International edition) | |||
Label | Mercury Nashville | |||
Producer | Robert John "Mutt" Lange | |||
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Greatest Hits finished 2005 as the highest selling country album in the US.[3] The album has been certified 4× platinum in the US and 2× platinum in the UK.
Greatest Hits debuted at number two on the Billboard 200, and number one on the Top Country Albums with 530,000 copies sold.[4] The album stayed at number one on that chart for 11 consecutive weeks. As of December 2019, the album has sold 4.4 million copies in the US.[5]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Shania Twain and Robert John "Mutt" Lange, except for "You Win My Love" written by Lange.
No. | Title | Original album | Length |
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1. | "Forever and for Always" (red radio edit) | Up!, 2002 | 4:03 |
2. | "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!" (red radio edit) | Up! | 4:02 |
3. | "Up!" (green album version) | Up! | 2:53 |
4. | "Come On Over" | Come On Over, 1997 | 2:54 |
5. | "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" | Come On Over | 3:54 |
6. | "That Don't Impress Me Much" (dance mix) | Come On Over | 4:27 |
7. | "From This Moment On" (the right mix radio edit) | Come On Over | 3:55 |
8. | "Honey, I'm Home" | Come On Over | 3:37 |
9. | "You're Still the One" (radio edit) | Come On Over | 3:15 |
10. | "Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)" | Come On Over | 3:35 |
11. | "Love Gets Me Every Time" | Come On Over | 3:33 |
12. | "No One Needs to Know" | The Woman in Me, 1995 | 3:03 |
13. | "You Win My Love" (radio edit) | The Woman in Me | 3:45 |
14. | "(If You're Not in It for Love) I'm Outta Here!" (radio edit) | The Woman in Me | 3:48 |
15. | "The Woman in Me (Needs the Man in You)" (radio edit) | The Woman in Me | 3:57 |
16. | "Any Man of Mine" | The Woman in Me | 4:06 |
17. | "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?" (radio edit) | The Woman in Me | 3:59 |
18. | "Party for Two" (with Mark McGrath) | Previously unreleased, 2004 | 3:31 |
19. | "Don't!" | Previously unreleased, 2004 | 3:56 |
20. | "Party for Two" (with Billy Currington) | Previously unreleased, 2004 | 3:31 |
21. | "I Ain't No Quitter" | Previously unreleased, 2004 | 3:30 |
Total length: | 77:45 |
No. | Title | Original album | Length |
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1. | "Forever and for Always" (red radio edit) | Up! | 4:03 |
2. | "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!" (red radio edit) | Up! | 4:02 |
3. | "Up!" (red album version) | Up! | 2:53 |
4. | "Ka-Ching!" (red album version) | Up! | 3:21 |
5. | "Come On Over" | Come On Over | 2:54 |
6. | "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" (international version) | Come On Over | 3:54 |
7. | "That Don't Impress Me Much" (dance mix) | Come On Over | 4:27 |
8. | "From This Moment On" (the right mix radio edit) | Come On Over | 3:55 |
9. | "Honey, I'm Home" | Come On Over | 3:37 |
10. | "You're Still the One" (international version radio edit) | Come On Over | 3:15 |
11. | "Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)" | Come On Over | 3:35 |
12. | "Love Gets Me Every Time" | Come On Over | 3:33 |
13. | "No One Needs to Know" | The Woman in Me | 3:03 |
14. | "You Win My Love" (radio edit) | The Woman in Me | 3:45 |
15. | "(If You're Not in It for Love) I'm Outta Here!" (radio edit) | The Woman in Me | 3:48 |
16. | "The Woman in Me (Needs the Man in You)" (radio edit) | The Woman in Me | 3:57 |
17. | "Any Man of Mine" | The Woman in Me | 4:07 |
18. | "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?" (radio edit) | The Woman in Me | 3:59 |
19. | "Party for Two" (with Mark McGrath) | Previously unreleased | 3:31 |
20. | "Don't!" | Previously unreleased | 3:56 |
21. | "I Ain't No Quitter" | Previously unreleased | 3:30 |
Total length: | 77:07 |
Music Videos
- "Party For Two"
- "Don't!"
- "I Ain't No Quitter"
Personnel
- Bruce Bouton – pedal steel guitar
- Larry Byrom – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, slide guitar
- Joe Chemay – bass guitar, fretless bass
- B.J. Cole – dobro, pedal steel guitar
- Billy Crain – slide guitar
- Billy Currington – duet vocals on "Party for Two" (country version)
- Diamond Duggal – percussion
- Simon Duggal – percussion
- Glen Duncan – fiddle
- Stuart Duncan – fiddle
- Larry Franklin – fiddle
- Paul Franklin – pedabro, pedal steel guitar
- Carl Gorodetzky – string contractor
- Gavin Greenaway – string arrangements
- Rob Hajacos – fiddle
- David Hamilton – string arrangements, strings
- Aubrey Haynie – fiddle
- John Hobbs – organ, Wurlitzer
- Dann Huff – six-string bass guitar, 12-string electric guitar, electric guitar, electric sitar, sound effects, talk box guitar, tic tac bass, wah-wah guitar
- Ronn Huff – string arrangements
- John Hughey – pedal steel guitar
- David Hungate – bass guitar
- The Irish Film Orchestra – strings
- John Barlow Jarvis – piano, Wurlitzer
- Nick Jeca – clapping
- Robert John "Mutt" Lange – clapping, background vocals
- Paul Leim – drums, percussion, door slam
- Mark McGrath – duet vocals on "Party for Two" (pop version)
- Terry McMillan – cowbell, harmonica, harp, stomping
- Carl Marsh – string arrangements, strings
- Brent Mason – electric guitar
- Joey Miskulin – accordion
- The Nashville String Machine – strings
- Michael Omartian – piano
- Matt Rollings – piano
- Olle Romo – programming
- Joe Spivey – fiddle
- Aurther Stead – organ, piano, Wurlitzer
- Michael Thompson – bouzouki, e-bow, electric guitar, slide guitar
- Shania Twain – clapping, footsteps, lead vocals, background vocals
- Biff Watson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, nylon string guitar
- John Willis – banjo, bouzouki, acoustic guitar, mandolin
- Jonathan Yudkin – cello, fiddle, mandolin, violin
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[48] | 3× Platinum | 210,000^ |
Austria (IFPI Austria)[49] | Gold | 15,000* |
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[50] | Gold | 50,000* |
Canada (Music Canada)[51] | 6× Platinum | 600,000^ |
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[52] | Gold | 20,000^ |
Ireland (IRMA)[53] | 3× Platinum | 45,000^ |
New Zealand (RMNZ)[54] | Platinum | 15,000^ |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[55] | Platinum | 40,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[56] | 3× Platinum | 900,000^ |
United States (RIAA)[57] | 4× Platinum | 4,446,200[5] |
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Europe (IFPI)[58] | Platinum | 1,000,000* |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
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