Greatest Hits (Craig David album)

Greatest Hits is Craig David's first greatest hits album and was released on 24 November 2008.^[1] It contains three new songs, "Where's Your Love", "Insomnia" and "Just My Imagination" (unrelated to the track on his 2010 album). "Officially Yours" and "Unbelievable" are the only two singles previously released by David not to feature on the album.

Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by Craig David
Released	24 November 2008
Recorded	2000–2008
Genre	2-step garage hip hop R&B
Length	61:27 (standard edition) 79:02 (deluxe edition)
Label	Warner Bros. Sire
Producer	Mark Hill Soulshock and Karlin Jim Beanz Marshall & Trell Fraser T Smith Brian Rawling Paul Meehan
Craig David chronology
Trust Me (2007) Greatest Hits (2008) Signed Sealed Delivered (2010)
Singles from Greatest Hits
"Where's Your Love" Released: 10 November 2008 (UK and Ireland only) "Insomnia" Released: 17 November 2008

The album peaked at number 48 in the UK, thus becoming David's lowest-charting album to date. It received a Silver certification from the BPI.^[2] In 2016, after the release of Following My Intuition, it rose to a new peak of number 28 after entering the top 40 for the first time.^[3]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
BBC Music	(positive)[5]
musicOMH	[6]

BBC Music said of the album:

Serving as a reminder to the songs Craig had in the early 2000s (decade), this Greatest Hits is at very least a fun listen. Craig David was a great pop star, who simply needs to take some time to rediscover his love of music and win back the hearts of the nation.

Track listing

• "Rendezvous", "Spanish", "World Filled with Love" and "This Is the Girl" are omitted from the single-disc version of the album.

Disc one (CD)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Fill Me In" (from Born to Do It, 2000)	Craig David Mark Hill	Mark Hill	4:16
2.	"7 Days" (from Born to Do It)	David Hill	Mark Hill	3:55
3.	"Rise & Fall" (featuring Sting) (from Slicker Than Your Average, 2002)	David Dominic Miller Gordon Sumner	Soulshock and Karlin	4:47
4.	"Insomnia" (previously unreleased)	David Jim Beanz	Jim Beanz	3:25
5.	"What's Your Flava?" (from Slicker Than Your Average)	David Anthony Marshall Trevor Henry	Marshall & Trell	3:36
6.	"Walking Away" (from Born to Do It)	David Hill	Mark Hill	3:25
7.	"Where's Your Love" (featuring Tinchy Stryder and Rita Ora) (previously unreleased)	David Fraser T Smith June Hamm Stephen Emmanuel Kwasi Danquah III	Fraser T Smith	3:35
8.	"You Don't Miss Your Water ('Til the Well Runs Dry)" (from Slicker Than Your Average)	David Hill	Mark Hill	5:20
9.	"Rendezvous" (from Born to Do It)	David Hill	Mark Hill	4:37
10.	"Spanish" (featuring Duke One) (from Slicker Than Your Average)	David Marshall Henry	Marshall & Trell	5:03
11.	"All the Way" (from The Story Goes..., 2005)	David Hill	Mark Hill	3:55
12.	"Just My Imagination" (previously unreleased)	David Wayne Hector	Brian Rawling Paul Meehan	4:17
13.	"World Filled with Love" (from Slicker Than Your Average)	David Smith	Fraser T Smith	3:44
14.	"Don't Love You No More (I'm Sorry)" (from The Story Goes...)	David Hill	Mark Hill	4:04
15.	"6 of 1 Thing" (from Trust Me, 2007)	David Smith	Fraser T Smith	3:47
16.	"Hidden Agenda" (from Slicker Than Your Average)	David Hill	Mark Hill	3:54
17.	"This Is the Girl" (with Kano) (from Trust Me)	David Smith Kane Robinson	Fraser T Smith	4:11
18.	"Rewind" (from Born to Do It)	David Hill	Mark Hill	5:32
19.	"Hot Stuff (Let's Dance)" (from Trust Me)	David Smith	Fraser T Smith	3:39
Total length:				79:02

• Disc two (DVD)

1. "Fill Me In"
2. "7 Days"
3. "Walking Away"
4. "What's Your Flava?"
5. "Rise & Fall" (featuring Sting)
6. "All the Way"
7. "Don't Love You No More (I'm Sorry)"
8. "This Is the Girl" (Kano featuring Craig David)
9. "Hot Stuff (Let's Dance)"
10. "Where's Your Love" (featuring Tinchy Stryder and Rita Ora)

Personnel

Credits adapted from album's liner notes.^[7]

• Omar Adimora – mixing (track 7)
• Jim Beanz – producer, engineer, and mixing (track 4)
• Craig David – vocals (all tracks), producer (tracks 7, 13, 17)
• Steve Fitzmaurice – mixing (track 1, 6, 13)
• Matt Furmidge – mixing (track 12)
• Trevor "Trell" Henry – producer, mixing, and rap (track 5)
• Mark Hill – producer (tracks 1, 2, 6, 8, 9, 11, 14, 16, 18), mixing (tracks 2, 9, 18), additional vocals (track 9)
• Kano – producer and vocals (track 17)
• Kenneth Karlin – producer (track 3)
• Koil – engineer and mixing (track 4)
• Tim Liken – mixing (track 7)
• Manny Marroquin – mixing (track 3)
• Anthony Marshall – producer and mixing (tracks 5, 11)
• Paul Meehan – producer (track 12)
• Brian Rawling – producer (track 12)
• Rita Ora – vocals (track 7)
• Fraser T Smith – producer (tracks 7, 13, 15, 17, 19), mixing (track 15, 19)
• Soulshock – producer and mixing (track 3)
• Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing (tracks 8, 11, 14, 16, 17)
• Sting – vocals (track 3)
• Tinchy Stryder – vocals (track 7)
• Martin Terefe – producer (track 15)

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Greatest Hits Chart (2008–2016) Peak position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[8] 8 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[9] 28 Italian Albums (FIMI)[10] 45 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[11] 28 Scottish Albums (OCC)[12] 59 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[13] 24 UK Albums (OCC)[14] 28 UK R&B Albums (OCC)[15] 3

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for Greatest Hits Chart (2009) Position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[16] 62

Certifications

Certifications of Greatest Hits, with sales where available

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[17]	Silver	60,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Greatest Hits release history

Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref(s)
Worldwide	14 November 2008	Digital download	Teacup	[18][19][20]
United Kingdom	24 November 2008	CD + DVD (Deluxe)	Sire	[21]
Europe		CD (Standard)	Warner Bros.	[22]
Japan	s26 November 2008		Warner Bros. Japan	[23]
Germany	28 November 2009		Warner Bros.	[24]
Australia	29 November 2008	CD + DVD (Deluxe)		[25]
United States	2 December 2009	CD digital download (Standard)		[26]