Greatest Hits (The Bangles album)

Greatest Hits is a compilation album by American pop rock band the Bangles. It was released by their record company, Columbia Records on May 8, 1990, to fulfill the band's contractual requirements; by the time of the release of the album, the group had already broken up. The album peaked at #97 on the US Billboard 200 and at #4 on the UK Albums Chart.

Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by the Bangles
Released	May 8, 1990
Genre	Pop rock
Length	48:00
Label	Columbia CK 46125
Producer	David Kahne Davitt Sigerson Rick Rubin
The Bangles chronology
Everything (1988) Greatest Hits (1990) Doll Revolution (2003)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Q	[2]
Record Mirror	4/5[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]
Select	2/5[5]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	8/10[6]
The Village Voice	A−[7]

Content

The album features the single remixes of "Hero Takes a Fall", "Walking Down Your Street" and "I'll Set You Free". It also includes the group's cover of Simon & Garfunkel's "Hazy Shade of Winter", which was released on the soundtrack of the film Less than Zero, and had not been included on a Bangles album. It also contains the non-album B-side cover of the Grass Roots' "Where Were You When I Needed You" and the previously unreleased song "Everything I Wanted" from the Everything album sessions.^[8] "Everything I Wanted" was released as a single in the Netherlands and Australia to promote the release. In the UK, a new remix of "Walk Like an Egyptian" was released instead, peaking at #73.

Track listing

Tracks are included in chronological order by album, except the last track.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Origin	Length
1.	"Hero Takes a Fall" (Single Mix)	Susanna Hoffs, Vicki Peterson	All Over the Place, 1984	2:55
2.	"Going Down to Liverpool"	Kimberley Rew	All Over the Place	3:40
3.	"Manic Monday"	Prince	Different Light, 1986	3:06
4.	"If She Knew What She Wants"	Jules Shear	Different Light	3:50
5.	"Walk Like an Egyptian"	Liam Sternberg	Different Light	3:24
6.	"Walking Down Your Street" (Single Mix)	Louis Gutierrez, Hoffs, David Kahne	Different Light	3:17
7.	"Following"	Michael Steele	Different Light	3:21
8.	"Hazy Shade of Winter"	Paul Simon	Less than Zero soundtrack, 1987	2:47
9.	"In Your Room"	Hoffs, Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg	Everything, 1988	3:29
10.	"Eternal Flame"	Hoffs, Kelly, Steinberg	Everything	3:56
11.	"Be with You"	Walker Igleheart, Debbi Peterson	Everything	3:02
12.	"I'll Set You Free" (Single Mix)	Hoffs, Eric Lowen, Dan Navarro	Everything	4:51
13.	"Everything I Wanted"	Hoffs, Lowen, Navarro	Previously unreleased	3:37
14.	"Where Were You When I Needed You"	Steve Barri, P. F. Sloan	B-side of "Hero Takes a Fall" single, 1984	3:05

Band members

The Bangles

• Susanna Hoffs – rhythm guitar, percussion, vocals
• Vicki Peterson – lead guitar, mandolin, electric sitar, vocals
• Michael Steele – bass guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals
• Debbi Peterson – drums, percussion, vocals

Additional musicians

• Rusty Anderson – additional guitars
• Barbara Chapman – harp, additional guitars
• Mitchell Froom, David Kahne – keyboards
• Darryl Citizen – "noise"
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion
• Bobby Donati, Vinnie Vincent – guitars
• Tommy Morgan – harmonica
• Jim Snodgrass – tabla
• David Lindley – guitars, bouzouki, saxophone, Dobro, multi-instruments
• Walker Igleheart, John Philip Shenale, David White – keyboards, programming

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Greatest Hits Chart (1990-1995) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[9] 6 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[10] 19 Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[11] 54 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[12] 13 European Albums (Music & Media)[13] 15 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[14] 38 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[15] 31 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[16] 6 Scottish Albums (OCC)[17] 46 UK Albums (OCC)[18] 4 US Billboard 200[19] 97 US Cash Box Top 200 Albums[20] 92

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for Greatest Hits Chart (1990) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[21] 43 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[22] 98 European Albums (Music & Media)[23] 68 UK Albums (OCC)[24] 46

Certifications

Certifications for Greatest Hits

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[25]	Platinum	70,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[26]	Gold	50,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[27]	Gold	7,500^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[28]	Gold	25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[29]	Platinum	300,000^
United States (RIAA)[30]	Platinum	1,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.