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
Released	16 November 2009
Recorded	2002–2009
Label	19 RCA Sony
Producer	Absolute 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
"Hopes & Fears" Released: 8 November 2009

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
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.

Track listing

The Hits

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Evergreen"	Jörgen Elofsson Per Magnusson David Kreuger	From Now On (2002)	4:12
2.	"Light My Fire"	Jim Morrison Ray Manzarek John Densmore Robby Krieger	From Now On	3:28
3.	"You and I"	Mike Peden Ed Johnson Henry Johnson	From Now On	4:04
4.	"Leave Right Now"	Eg White	Friday's Child (2003)	3:34
5.	"Your Game"	Will Young Blair MacKichan Tayo Onile-Ere	Friday's Child	4:10
6.	"Friday's Child"	Steve Lee D. Taylor	Friday's Child	8:59
7.	"Switch It On"	W. Young Stephen Lipson Ronnie Peterson Karen Poole Steven Wolf	Keep On (2005)	3:47
8.	"All Time Love"	Jamie Hartman	Keep On	3:56
9.	"Who Am I"	E. White Lucie Silvas	Keep On	4:28
10.	"Changes"	W. Young E. White	Let It Go (2008)	4:00
11.	"Grace"	W. Young Matt Prime	Let It Go	4:37
12.	"Let It Go"	E. White Jeremy Gregory K. Poole	Let It Go	3:41
13.	"Hopes & Fears"	Yolanda Quartey Stew Jackson	Original	3:46
14.	"If It Hadn't Been for Love"	Caroline Lost Jez Ashurst	Original	3:36

Notes

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

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for The Hits Chart (2009) Peak position Irish Albums (IRMA)[3] 19 UK Albums (OCC)[4] 7

Year-end charts 2009 year-end chart performance for The Hits Chart (2009) Position UK Albums (OCC)[5] 26 2010 year-end chart performance for The Hits Chart (2010) Position UK Albums (OCC)[6] 165

Certifications

Certifications for The Hits

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Ireland (IRMA)[7]	Gold	7,500^
United Kingdom (BPI)[8]	2× Platinum	600,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

The Hits release history

Region	Date	Edition(s)	Format(s)	Label	Ref.
United Kingdom	16 November 2009	Standard	CD digital download	19 RCA Sony	[9]
		Deluxe	CD digital download DVD		[10]