The Hits (Will Young album)

The Hits is a greatest hits compilation album by British singer-songwriter Will Young. It was released on 16 November 2009.[2] It contains twelve songs from Young's first four studio albums, From Now On (2002), Friday's Child (2003), Keep On (2005) and Let It Go (2008), plus two bonus tracks.[2] The first is new single "Hopes & Fears", and the second is a ballad called "If It Hadn't Been for Love".

The Hits
Greatest hits album by
Will Young
Released16 November 2009
Recorded2002–2009
GenrePop
Label19 Recordings, RCA, Sony Music
ProducerAbsolute, Ash Howes, David Kreuger, Stephen Lipson, Blair MacKichan, Per Magnusson, Mike Peden, Richard Stannard, Eg White, Robot Club
Will Young chronology
Let It Go
(2008)		 The Hits
(2009)		 Leave Right Now
(2010)
Singles from The Hits
  1. "Hopes & Fears"
    Released: 8 November 2009
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

The album is noted for omitting certain single releases: "Anything Is Possible", which was a number-one hit as a double A-side with "Evergreen", the number-one duet with Gareth Gates, "The Long and Winding Road" and the single "Don't Let Me Down". Four tracks were written or co-written by Will Young.

The album was released as a standard edition and a deluxe edition, which included a DVD of the music videos for the songs featured on the album.

Track listing
The Hits
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."Evergreen"
From Now On (2002)4:12
2."Light My Fire"
From Now On3:28
3."You and I"
From Now On4:04
4."Leave Right Now"
Friday's Child (2003)3:34
5."Your Game"
Friday's Child4:10
6."Friday's Child"
  • Steve Lee
  • D. Taylor
Friday's Child8:59
7."Switch It On"
Keep On (2005)3:47
8."All Time Love"
  • Jamie Hartman
Keep On3:56
9."Who Am I"
Keep On4:28
10."Changes"
  • W. Young
  • E. White
Let It Go (2008)4:00
11."Grace"
  • W. Young
  • Matt Prime
Let It Go4:37
12."Let It Go"
  • E. White
  • Jeremy Gregory
  • K. Poole
Let It Go3:41
13."Hopes & Fears"
  • Yolanda Quartey
  • Stew Jackson
Original3:46
14."If It Hadn't Been for Love"
Original3:36

Chart performance
Chart (2009) Peak
Position		 Certification Sales
UK Albums Chart 7
Platinum
 503,400+
Irish Albums Chart[3] 19
Gold[4]

References
  1. O'Brien, Jon. "Review: The Hits". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
  2. "Will set to release 'The Hits'!". RCA Label Group. 3 August 2009. Archived from the original on 20 January 2010. Retrieved 3 August 2009.
  3. "IRMA – Irish Recorded Music Association". www.irma.ie.
  4. http://irishcharts.ie/awards/gold09.htm
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