Hits (Phil Collins album)

Hits (stylized as ...Hits), released in 1998 and again in 2008, following the success of "In the Air Tonight" on the Cadbury advertisement campaign, is the first greatest hits album by English drummer and singer-songwriter Phil Collins. The collection included fourteen top 40 hits, including seven American number one songs, spanning from the albums Face Value (1981) through Dance into the Light (1996). One new Collins recording, a cover of Cyndi Lauper's "True Colors", also appeared on the collection and was a popular song on adult contemporary stations. Hits was also the first Phil Collins album to include four songs originally recorded for motion pictures (all of them U.S. number one hits) as well as his popular duet with Philip Bailey, "Easy Lover" (a UK number one hit).

...Hits
Greatest hits album by
Phil Collins
Released
  • 5 October 1998 (UK)[1]
  • 2008
Recorded1980–1998
Genre
Length1:14:01
Label
Producer
Phil Collins chronology
Dance into the Light
(1996)		 ...Hits
(1998)		 Tarzan: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack
(1999)
Singles from ...Hits
  1. "True Colors"
    Released: 26 October 1998
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

In 1998, the album reached number one in the United Kingdom and number 18 in the United States. On 4 August 2008, it became the number one album on the New Zealand RIANZ album chart. In July 2012, the album re-entered the U.S. charts, reaching number six on the Billboard 200 when the album price was deeply discounted very briefly by Amazon.com.[3][4] It has sold 3,429,000 in the US as of July 2012.[4]

The compilation's cover features stylized versions of the cover art for Collins' first six albums, the collection's primary sources of songs.

There are other greatest hits compilations of Phil Collins songs. A collection of Collins's more romantic songs were released on a two-disc compilation titled Love Songs: A Compilation... Old and New. 1999's Turn It On Again: The Hits, 2005's Platinum Collection and 2014's R-Kive were greatest hits collections by Collins' original group, Genesis. Most recently, Collins released the 2016 compilation The Singles as part of his "Take a Look at Me Now" album remaster series.

Track listing
...Hits – Standard edition[5]
No.TitleWriter(s)Originally released onLength
1."Another Day in Paradise"Phil Collins...But Seriously (1989)5:22
2."True Colors"
previously unreleased4:34
3."Easy Lover" (with Philip Bailey)
Chinese Wall (1984)5:02
4."You Can't Hurry Love"Holland-Dozier-HollandHello, I Must Be Going! (1982)2:52
5."Two Hearts"
Buster (1988)3:24
6."I Wish It Would Rain Down"Phil Collins...But Seriously (1989)5:28
7."Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)"Phil CollinsAgainst All Odds (1984)3:25
8."Something Happened on the Way to Heaven"
...But Seriously (1989)4:51
9."Separate Lives" (with Marilyn Martin)Stephen BishopWhite Nights (1985)4:06
10."Both Sides of the Story"Phil CollinsBoth Sides (1993)6:37
11."One More Night"Phil CollinsNo Jacket Required (1985)4:46
12."Sussudio"Phil CollinsNo Jacket Required (1985)4:21
13."Dance into the Light"Phil CollinsDance into the Light (1996)4:22
14."A Groovy Kind of Love"
Buster (1988)3:29
15."In the Air Tonight"Phil CollinsFace Value (1981)5:30
16."Take Me Home"Phil CollinsNo Jacket Required (1985)5:52
Total length:01:14:01

Track notes
  • Track 1 features David Crosby on backing vocals.
  • Track 2 features Babyface on backing vocals, keyboard and drum programming, and Sheila E on percussion.
  • Track 3 features Philip Bailey on vocals.
  • Tracks 4, 11–13, 15 feature Daryl Stuermer on guitar.
  • Track 6 features Eric Clapton on guitar.
  • Tracks 8, 13 feature Nathan East on bass.
  • Track 9 features Marilyn Martin on vocals.
  • Track 16 features Peter Gabriel, Sting, and Helen Terry on backing vocals.
  • The original pressing of the album lists "Another Day in Paradise" with an incorrect running time of 6:22 and "One More Night" with a running time of 5:12. This is not the case for the Virgin pressing.

Personnel

Charts

Album
Chart (1998–2008) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[9] 2
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[10] 2
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[11] 4
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[12] 1
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[13] 1
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[14] 25
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[15] 1
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[16] 1
French Albums (SNEP)[17] 101
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[18] 2
Italian Albums (FIMI)[19] 5
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[20] 1
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[21] 2
Spanish Albums (AFYVE)[22] 3
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[23] 1
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[24] 2
UK Albums (OCC)[25] 1
US Billboard 200[26] 6

Year-end charts
Chart (1998) Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[27] 15
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[28] 22
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[29] 35
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[30] 18
Canadian Albums (RPM)[31] 46
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[32] 23
European Top 100 Albums (Music & Media)[33] 17
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[34] 32
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[35] 33
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[36] 11
UK Albums (OCC)[37] 15
Chart (1999) Position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[38] 100
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[39] 51
Canadian Albums (RPM)[40] 46
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[41] 88
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[42] 60
European Albums (Music & Media)[43] 48
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[44] 50
UK Albums (OCC)[45] 98
US Billboard 200[46] 103
Chart (2000) Position
UK Albums (OCC)[47] 215

Singles
Year Title Charts
UK
[48]		 US
[49]		 US A.C.
[49]		 GER
[50]		 NL Top 100
[51]		 AUT
[52]		 FRA
[53]
1998 "True Colors" 26 112 2 35 73 20 33

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[54] Platinum 60,000^
Australia (ARIA)[55] 6× Platinum 420,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[56] Platinum 50,000*
Belgium (BEA)[57] 4× Platinum 200,000*
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[58] Gold 100,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[59] 4× Platinum 400,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[60] Gold 32,143[60]
France (SNEP)[61] 2× Platinum 600,000*
Germany (BVMI)[62] 3× Gold 750,000^
Italy (FIMI)[63] Gold 25,000*
Japan (RIAJ)[64] 2× Platinum 400,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[65] Platinum 100,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[66] 3× Platinum 45,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[67] Platinum 50,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[68] 2× Platinum 200,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[69] Platinum 50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[70] 6× Platinum 1,800,000*
United States (RIAA)[71] 3× Platinum 3,000,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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